Tech Skill arguing the merits of PES over Fifa... if there was ever an indication as to how much PES11 is throwing the cat amongst the pigeons in the fifa community this must surely be it.
I've lurked here long enough to remember several of Tech's fire and brimstone condemnations of PES 10 and wondered about the sanity of a man's increasingly abusive trades with members of a site called PESGaming for, shockingly, supporting their chosen platform of footballing entertainment. Wondered, laughed my arse off, and went about my day. In fairness, he wasn't the only one ...
Still it seems I alongside a proportion of the PESGaming community ("you're our hero Tech!" :lol
underestimated Mr. Skill. It appears that he's simply a highly emotional chap who expects ALOT from his football gaming experience and who would deny him that? Moderator's aparrently, but now we're all friends again ("I love you tech!") I'd like to add the following to this debate.
I've never bought a Fifa football title since the cluster fuck versions of the 90's. Then satan's spawn (read marketing) decided this next gen thing meant the prettier it looks, the better it is (read "the more money we make") and poor old Konami got all confused. Silly Konami. PES 8, PES 9 and PES10 followed. And no, they were not, by comparison, good. But they were prettier... meanwhile Fifa start to take themselves seriously and developed, by comparison to
their previous efforts, a far superior game in Fifa 10.
So... I know there's a fair few of you out there in the community that made the leap from Pro to Fifa last year. This question is for you:
I'm not blind to the faults of Pro's previous efforts but neither am I blind to Fifa's prior tendencies to put style over substance. Don't talk to me about stadia, or commentary (though PES is in dire need of a decent commentary team and script), or licences because it pales into insignifiance in the face of the core mechanics of the game. It's beautiful for a reason...
To someone who is genuinely on the fence, and refuses to shell out the best part of £70 for both, lets indeed have some real talk on this. IGN, OPM, infact most of these so called independent reviewers all have, wait for it, agendas:shocking:. So, step forward those of you who have clocked up some serious hours on both demos and compare and contrast the following.
Ball Physics
Crossing
Passing
Dribbling
Tricks
Shooting
AI both Defensive and Offensive
Refereeing
Tactical Options (I was intrigued by Fifa' introduction of set piece plays but how did this work in practice?)
Anyone willing to give it a go?