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Preset Script
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A preset script would add substance and structure into the game, it is way beyond the stupid Wii system, but apparently you cannot see why.
You get rid of the stupid Manual Cursor Change, and you replace it with something that actually requires CRITICAL THINKING.
The football video game currently with the best manual control is too easily exploited? Yes it is. It is insubstantial and stupid.
Is it better than PES11 on the PS3? Yes because it offers something new to the gamer. It offers two different types of diversion: the ball carrier, and the player without the ball, more diversion. PES on the PS3 is just about the ball carrier, and it gets boring very quickly, because it's the same old formula.
Is the Wii PES easy to exploit? Yes because the computer CANNOT be competent due to the fact that directing the right analog stick determines the direction in which a player will run without the ball. And since the computer does NOT know the direction that you will give at any given time, the computer CANNOT be competent, because the computer cannot read the future, which makes it impossible for the gamer to be in control of the game because the computer is not in control of the game.
In addition, since you play the game from a WIDE VIEW PERSPECTIVE, this means that the players on the pitch will move as if they had a radar for a brain, which is in fact CHEATING, and also completely ruins the concept of player individuality.
The Wii system is as stupid as this: playing from the wide view perspective, you notice a gaping hole somewhere on the pitch, you direct the right analog stick towards the gaping hole, and the player/target moves towards the gaping hole. Simple and stupid.
The computer cannot be competent, because the computer cannot read your mind: the computer does not know if you want to move towards the gaping hole or if you want to move into some other space on the pitch, and this creates a lack of balance due to the fact that the defender cannot react in time, due to the fact that the computer does not know what you intend to do when in possession of the ball.
PES on the Wii functions around a literal and stupid concept. It is better than PES on the PS3, but that doesn't change the fact that it is stupid and obvious. As a gamer, I am merely talking about how we can have a footy sim that is addictive and yet flawless, and I know that the preset script is the only way it can be done.
The preset script would give the game a feeling of uncertainty, an "anything can happen" feeling, due to the fact that the ball carrier would not know how the defender would react to the preset script, because defensive reactions would not be determined by a preset script. Therefore producing an "anything can happen yet I am in control of what I intend to do" feel to the game.
Perhaps you should decide whether you want a video game or a movie before you rant. Because PES is closer to being movie, than it is to being a video game.
NOTE -- preset script is an improvement on the Wii-like gameplay, simpler to execute yet impossible to exploit. It gives you control over the game, which is the main thing that differentiates video games from movies.
