Recent content by Stragen

I'd suggest Fred (from Lyon) as a mid-range between the ultra-expensive Rooney et al and Babel, Bojinov who, while they will be excellent, while also take a lot of development. He really is very good (certainly not slow, if I recall, and with good heading and shooting stats), but develops a fair...

I think he meant ML points judging by the nature of his post. but yeah; make sure you win. Leagues, cups, etc. But also try to get awards such as 'top scorer' and 'most assists', and hopefully then; an overall best player award will follow. Those sorts of things are a nice bonus for anyone.

Even though his shooting stas aren't that good (helped no doubt by having 'middle-shooting') I've found that I can score quite a few longish range goals (I'm yet to score any REALLY long range shots) with Park J. Sung.

Ouch. I was teetering between ps2 and PC versions too. I'm glad I chose ps2, although it will mean needing to purchase a max drive (which I'd do through here probably, except I'm not sure what the delivery's like to Australia and I know a local business which has them, aye).

I've been a PES player (and lurker on this forum, too) for a while now, but for some reason I didn't register for far too long. For that, I am genuinely sorry. But in other news, I have now, and so I hope I'll speak to all of you soon. Obviously, one of my interests includes PES, but others...

You're not wrong there. I tried this in training once (back on topic), and I thought it didn't actually look that good. I reckon it might if I did it against actual players though.

I always liked Adriano as CF with Rooney in SS, at least in my ML, but that's only becuase I can't yet afford Van Nistelrooy or Henry.

Hmmm...I wonder whether there's some way of extracting the data in the PC version? I mean, I've no idea, I just wondered; is it possible that someone could figure out where in all the data files that the teams are placed, and somehow extract them? I'm purely speculating, and probably more than a...

A noob goal? Oh come on. Whatever works (as well as it isn't a bug exploit), surely. On the other hand, curling free kicks into the top corner does look impressive.

There was a list of players who could do it around here somewhere...but where.

Well, as far as I see it - sort of. Five stars is more difficult in one way, in that the CPU attacks more, and has a greater chance of scoring and hence of beating you. However, that aggressive playing style also means that of course, they give you more chances. At 3 stars, the CPU is more...

:) I hadn't thought of that, thank ye.

Hey, I tell you what; you bought the game for youself, not for other people. Play it at the rate which suits you. I mean, I have a friend who's pretty new to the series (or if not new, only played PES 3 and 4 infrequently), and is starting on 1. I don't make fun of him, either; he's learnnig the...

In essence, I'd just like to concur with the views expressed by several others already. Manually chasing down until you're in front enough for a slide or X tackle is the best way to deal with it, and placing less emphasis on ball-chasing. However, sometimes using the square button to get a...

Personally, I'm inclined to agree with the thread author. I've been passing in from close freekicks since PES 3. It worked well enough then, but it is much more effective again in PES 5. Having said that, shooting from freekicks also seems easier in PES 5 (although I haven't got the knack of it...