I've been playing Winning Eleven and Pro Evolution Soccer for about 7 years, and this is by far the best soccer game I've played. However, I've disliked a few aspects about this PES 2010 demo:
- Referees are weird. They give fouls where they don't exist, don't give some fouls where they exist, and it takes too much violence for them to give a yellow card.
- The game is more tatical, and that was great. To play it in the top levels (and online) you got to know about football, or you'll be left behind. BUT there is a slight problem, at least in PC Demo version: there's a little delay in a few commands, and this has been comprimising my plays, specially my finishes.
- The penalty system is too sensitive. I have had about seven or eight penalty opportunities, and I've scored only twice (with a goal in the middle). I have NO idea of the power I'm applying to the ball (a power bar would fit well) or where is it going (too high, too much to the side).
- Whenever I tackle an opponent (or vice versa) and the ball goes out of bounds, in 80% of the cases the one who has tackled gets the throw in, when it should be the other's throw in. The same thing applies to corner kicks and stuff.
- The long passes (I don't mean crosses, I mean those long passes made pressing "W" button, or triangle in PS3) are TOO WEAK, so whenever we need a steady, decided pass to 20m ahead, to make the player sprint and get it, or to make a counter attack, it won't work.
- Players always wait for the passes. That gives chance to the defender to come up and steal the ball. The player who is receiving the ball must "pick it up", as we say here in Brazil, meaning, he must go to it.
- The defenders wait for you while a counter attack or a front attack. That is interesting in some cases, but in other it looks totally weird. The solution to this problem is the midfielder that supports the defence coming from behind, so you have to sprint and then you hit the defence's "wall". But it's still weird, you jog with the ball and no one comes to try tackling it.
- The crowd chantings and all is great but they got to stand up at least when you score!
Well, I think that's it! I've posted this because I'm a PES Player and always will be, so I'm eager to see improvements in the next versions!