After playing 40+ games on 3 star, i am still not used to playing PES 5. Personally, i think this is the greatest PES by far, i think the fact that it is harder to dribble and take players on is a good thing, because when you do score it feels better because you know that you had to try very hard to score. I also think that gone are the days of 9-0 victories, the games seem much more closer now, which like real football, is usually how things pan out. I love this game, the only thing i really hate about this game is the free kicks, there are far too many of them and it slows the game down too much, the ref is so bloody petty.
In each of my last 4 games on 3 star i have scored 3 or more goals than the computer, so i think i am getting to master 3 star, now i will move on to 4 star, which is good cause i struggle still even now on 3 star, and i still have 4, 5 and 6 star to master, which i think will take me a couple of weeks. Yes, it is harder to dribble and beat players but that's what makes the game great, cause i know that on 6 star it will be very difficult, i just hope when i master 6 star, the game won't start to get boring like PES 4 when i used to batter the computer every game and in the end scoring a goal was not that impressive cause you scored so many. But this version, because the games are so close, i can see me playing this game a hell of a lot, many hours a day.
One last thing, for the morons who say that PES 5 is no different to PES 4 then you really need you're heads read. For a start the shooting and heading are both 100% better than the previous version, and while passing is harder it is much better and realistic, the goalkeepers are much more better and at times very hard to score against especially one on ones. Personally i think this games is very different to the previous one, there are loads of small extra features added to PES 5 which has yet again made the PES series the best football game series ever produced, without a doubt. Yes, the FIFA graphics maybe better and smoother but i would much rather play a game which is more realistic and enjoyable than play a game cause the graphics are brilliant.