Red Owl
Registered User
As I seem to be struggling to summarise my issues with PES2010, I thought I'd just play an Exhibition match against the COM, and record how many times something wrong with the gameplay happens.
So, I've gone for Liverpool vs. Sporting Gijon (the latter being randomised), and I played it on Professional difficulty (I was on Top Player, but til yesterday I hadn't played PES since November) and I've set the match time to 20 minutes. So here we go...
2mins in: after playing it out wide to Glen Johnson, I try and beat the Gijon left mid, but since everyone has exactly the same pace when I am on the ball, I play it forwards to Kuyt, and then back to Johnson, and try the early cross. Obviously this presents me with a chance, as it always does, and Torres's header from just inside the box is pushed away for a corner, by a keeper who saved it out of luck rather than skill.
3mins: the corner is cleared after a wee scrap (which I don't mind, it's realistic) and it is clearly high up towards their striker (Barral), however, for some reason it won't allow Skrtel to challenge for the header, instead the Slovak just creeps up behind him and watches Barral take down the ball on his chest.
4mins: I actually beat a man with Johnson, who managed to send the Gijon player the wrong way, and so I actually can put a cross in from the byline for once. It evades Gerrard's head by a few centimetres and is cleared (by the defender managing a flying back-flick while jumping the opposite way, obviously), but then Jon Champion says "Beautifully tucked away!"
7mins: I work a crossing chance for Riera down the left, and his decent cross it perfectly towards the feet of Dirk Kuyt, 8 yards out, and the Dutchman... diving headers it?!?!?! It rolls nicely to the keeper who picks it up. From the keeper's clearance, I again can't make my player challenge for the header, or even move him into any other position than half a foot behind the Gijon player. Anyway, I win the ball, and try to attack through the middle, but Torres' pass to Kuyt instead goes to the Gijon player who is 45degrees away from Kuyt (from Torres' perspective).
9mins: they win a corner, and when they put it in, I finally get my player positioned in the perfect place... but then a Gijon player just pushes him out of the way (not literally, like pushing that happens in real football; he just walked into the space occupied by Mascherano, who slid out of the way) but they head over.
11mins: I was enjoying a nice peroid of passing the ball around 40yards from their goal. Pass it back to Mascherano, who takes a touch, then, instead of passing it (as I told him to do) he instead runs with it straight into the nearest Gijon player)
12mins: I am now trying to win the ball back, currently controlling Skrtel. They pass it to a guy who is exactly next to Skrtel... so the game changes my control to Johnson
15mins: a Gijon player is running down the left flank, I close him down with Kuyt, who tackles him, but in the process manages to run the ball out of play. The ball wasn't particularly close to the touchline, but he insisted on kicking it out anyway.
16mins: GOAL! Okay, credit to PES there, this is just a normal goal (apart from the finish); I pass it to Torres, who slides it to Riera, who manages to get into the box and pass it back to Torres who (despite me wanting him to slide it in at the near post) just lamely sidefoots into the centre of the goal; it still goes in due to the keeper just standing still.
18mins: Gijon go on a mazy run down the left wing, beating three Liverpool players. Mainly because I can't control the one I want to, and second player pressure is useless. It's played inside, and despite me telling Lucas and Mascherano to try and tackle the Gijon player, they both run behind him instead, allowing him to hit a weak shot at Reina.
20mins: tried another early cross, and given that I am controlling my left winger, who is in acres of space at the far post, I assume that he's about to have a decent chance. However, to my surprise, the Gijon player on the edge of the box casually nods it away. Why does this surprise me? Because Torres is 1m away from him.
22mins: I give up and put Football Manager on.
So, I've gone for Liverpool vs. Sporting Gijon (the latter being randomised), and I played it on Professional difficulty (I was on Top Player, but til yesterday I hadn't played PES since November) and I've set the match time to 20 minutes. So here we go...
2mins in: after playing it out wide to Glen Johnson, I try and beat the Gijon left mid, but since everyone has exactly the same pace when I am on the ball, I play it forwards to Kuyt, and then back to Johnson, and try the early cross. Obviously this presents me with a chance, as it always does, and Torres's header from just inside the box is pushed away for a corner, by a keeper who saved it out of luck rather than skill.
3mins: the corner is cleared after a wee scrap (which I don't mind, it's realistic) and it is clearly high up towards their striker (Barral), however, for some reason it won't allow Skrtel to challenge for the header, instead the Slovak just creeps up behind him and watches Barral take down the ball on his chest.
4mins: I actually beat a man with Johnson, who managed to send the Gijon player the wrong way, and so I actually can put a cross in from the byline for once. It evades Gerrard's head by a few centimetres and is cleared (by the defender managing a flying back-flick while jumping the opposite way, obviously), but then Jon Champion says "Beautifully tucked away!"
7mins: I work a crossing chance for Riera down the left, and his decent cross it perfectly towards the feet of Dirk Kuyt, 8 yards out, and the Dutchman... diving headers it?!?!?! It rolls nicely to the keeper who picks it up. From the keeper's clearance, I again can't make my player challenge for the header, or even move him into any other position than half a foot behind the Gijon player. Anyway, I win the ball, and try to attack through the middle, but Torres' pass to Kuyt instead goes to the Gijon player who is 45degrees away from Kuyt (from Torres' perspective).
9mins: they win a corner, and when they put it in, I finally get my player positioned in the perfect place... but then a Gijon player just pushes him out of the way (not literally, like pushing that happens in real football; he just walked into the space occupied by Mascherano, who slid out of the way) but they head over.
11mins: I was enjoying a nice peroid of passing the ball around 40yards from their goal. Pass it back to Mascherano, who takes a touch, then, instead of passing it (as I told him to do) he instead runs with it straight into the nearest Gijon player)
12mins: I am now trying to win the ball back, currently controlling Skrtel. They pass it to a guy who is exactly next to Skrtel... so the game changes my control to Johnson
15mins: a Gijon player is running down the left flank, I close him down with Kuyt, who tackles him, but in the process manages to run the ball out of play. The ball wasn't particularly close to the touchline, but he insisted on kicking it out anyway.
16mins: GOAL! Okay, credit to PES there, this is just a normal goal (apart from the finish); I pass it to Torres, who slides it to Riera, who manages to get into the box and pass it back to Torres who (despite me wanting him to slide it in at the near post) just lamely sidefoots into the centre of the goal; it still goes in due to the keeper just standing still.
18mins: Gijon go on a mazy run down the left wing, beating three Liverpool players. Mainly because I can't control the one I want to, and second player pressure is useless. It's played inside, and despite me telling Lucas and Mascherano to try and tackle the Gijon player, they both run behind him instead, allowing him to hit a weak shot at Reina.
20mins: tried another early cross, and given that I am controlling my left winger, who is in acres of space at the far post, I assume that he's about to have a decent chance. However, to my surprise, the Gijon player on the edge of the box casually nods it away. Why does this surprise me? Because Torres is 1m away from him.
22mins: I give up and put Football Manager on.
