... I don't know if I dare to say this, not even to myself. but I am a bit disapointed. the players don't know how to control the ball, it just bounces off them. I have only played three games so far. and I have already scored an own goal that wasn't a mistake from me. samuel was a couple of yards from the goalline, then the ball bounced off him and straight into goal, too fast to even give me a chance to repair the error.
also when you try to run with the ball, the players need to kick it WAY ahead of them, they don't seem to know how to handle a football. Maybe it looks like that when kids 8-10 years old play. but these players do this as a job, and should control the ball a lot better.
the passing sometimes is really bad. I played on the hardest level, against AC Milan, and both me and my opponents were too bad when passing the ball. another thing about passing, when you pass the ball to a player he keeps running away from it, making it easy for a defender to come between. it was like this in PES4 aswell. but even more now.
the good things are mostly graphical. some players are really lifelike. for example I almost wanted to touch the tele to see if Stam's beard was itchy. shooting is more realistic. and the way players move feel more like the real thing. I dont mind that the crowd isn't there, if it makes the game run smother that's something I'm willing to take.
there is a function to load data from Pes4. but I can't get it to work properly. I can load the names of my custom teams, but not for stadiums and everything else.
I hope I'm deadwrong, but right now I am very close to recall PES4 from retirement...