The game is different - everyone can see that its different, yes the ref does blow up a lot for fouls.. so stop hounding the ball with X?? just run your player into the direction path of the actual ball.... works so much better, there is now a right time to apply pressure with x, you actually have to use your brain a bit, and I think its a welcome addition that you actually have to chase the ball and harass the computer - winning on PES4 was too easy in the end.. Im having no troubles playing on 4*, I always start on 4 as then to progress not ruining the whole thing for the rest of the year... all these people that are saying "It seriously sucks" ect are ok in saying that, its fine, but lads - does it really suck or is it your skills that now suck?
I was bored of lobs that you could hit from 25yards and shots that boom over the goalie from 40 yards on PES4, me and my friends play quite hardcore and we all love it, feels quite rewarding when you actually score a goal nowadays and a 1-0 is a grinded out performance.. smashing the ball near post is quite fun too. PES5 = Quality game, yeah its changed, therefore so do you have to, you canny play it like PES4 - thats where you're going wrong, explore new things..