Hi guys, I pretty much liked the out of the box Pro Evo as every time I edited or added option files to the game the game still played poorly after a while. So I had to endure Merseyside Red et al, until the game become a little too easy in my second season. The final straw, although the game flayed fantastically, was a four-nil victory for me v Man Utd when it could have been six or seven nil to me, not realistic!
So I gave your option file a go as was interested in the gameplay changes to it.
Can I just say, touch wood, and so far, this has transformed the game completely for me. I was getting regular non pressure possession of around 62-65% previously as teams looked to park the bus, but I also found it was easier to beat teams that came onto me. The game I felt was unfair on times to in silly circumstances, twice losing 3-0 leads from the first leg of games as the AI went nuts into super terminator mode in the second leg, with some weird pretty clear cheating.
THIS PATCH, so far, is FANTASTIC! I have the kits, stadiums etc together with full player responsiveness, I can hold the ball when I have my back to defenders, I can play concise passing, and my wide game also gets rewarded with long pin point side to side balls. The game 'feels' more alive with what I can only explain is that there are more angles open to do things, the players are more intuitive, and the biggest one of all is the CPU is now deadly in some circumstances, whilst also holding onto the ball. The most possession I've had is 60-40%, but that was against a dull Birmingham side, who I lost 1-0 to in fact. The rest of the time it's been around 53% for me, what a change!!
The first game I played, was against Stoke a good 1-0 win, the gameplay felt stunning. DIfferent shot angles were present, I could do much more craft neater things in and around the box, which was impossible before, the winning goal was a long raking through ball which Carroll flicked on, Gerrard chested, then rifled into the bottom corner after an initial burst which saw me, at last!!, get clear for a second or so of the normally Usain Bolt like defenders. It was a brilliant move, which I believe is now only possible after your edits!!
The second game Man Utd, took me to the cleaners, dominating possession and chances, pressuring me in the right areas. THE GAME DIDN'T CHEAT TO WIN, and I had the same response with my players, they just beat me with some fantastic football, which exploited my high defensive line, and lack of DMF as Berbatov seemed to roam more. I had my chances don't get me wrong, but every chance felt like it could have been a goal as opposed to AI blatantly missing open goals etc on my behalf.
I'm currently 10th in the Prem, won a few, drawn a few, lost a few, had a tense one nil victory in Europa first round. Like a previous posted said, there just seems to be more 'stuff' happening. An example would be after playing Tottenham they went on the attack looking for an equaliser, I then proceeded to play a stunning counter attack in three moves via a few sprints, which left Suarez one on one. This wasn't possible before, at least not with the precision, this also happened against me when I over committed against Man Utd.
I really hope it stays like this for a durable amount of time, or perhaps KONAMI curse will kick in and render the option file shite, with whatever normally messes up option files.
I should add like a previous poster, I have played so far all games on +1 gamespeed.
A big big thank you to you guys, I had given up hope after playing what seemed like a million games of PES as I just couldn't dedicate the time to adjusting everything myself and have been playing the odd game of the bore-fest FIFA.
But this has brought it back to life! A stunning piece of work guys, a very well done!!