alexholmes
Registered User
So, i've become increasingly frustrated at the lack of features implemented in PES 2011 since the next-gen games were released. In case you don't know, i'd call myself a semi-fifa fan as well, having had all their games since i can remember! but recently, I though i'd come back to pes- the game with which you can sit with your mates, have a beer, and have a load of fun! However, I have some gripes with the game which become really frustrating and thought I'd share them with you loyal pes fans : (in no particular order)
Firstly there is the offside rule. It just doesn't seem to be right, with players who aren't interfering with play being flagged offside by the linesman? Not only that, but when my striker really is offside, by the time the linesman/referee signals it i could have taken another 5 goals!
Second on my list is the player runs. I just dont understand half of the stuff going on with the players. I play as Spurs, yet not one player, not even the Flying Welshman, will bomb down the wing. This becomes increasingly frustrating when my tactics are set to all out attack, counter attack, and the strategy i play (in the pes starting line up screen?) is set for attack, attack, attack!
Next- what happened to the advantage rule? Being an ex-fifa 11 guy myself, i was frustrated by the amount of advantages the referee would give and would then book my players once the advantage was over (which is fair enough, but when it happens all the time it gets on my nerves). However, swtiching to a game where the advantage rule doesnt even feature, I realise how much i miss the rule! Its such a main feature of any real football game. It can win/lose you a match, and in the dying seconds of a game if you're brought down on the edge of the box unfairly you expect to have a free kick. Not here though. Just gotta get up and, in the words of The Spencer Davis Group "Keep on Running".
I also don't like the way that set-pieces look (from offsides, not from being fouled- no advantage rule
) So the camera pans down to the ground so you can see the whole pitch. The problem i have with this is that the players all look so square and blocky. Now, i know that may be such a minor thing for some people but i'd like a game that's pretty close to the real thing.
Which brings me to my next point. The crowd. Made by a four year old cutting out pieces of cardboard. What annoys me is not that the crowd look awful (well yes it does annoy me), but the fact that they are ALL synchronised. The all do exactly the same thing at exactly the same time. Furthermore, the chants are just shockingly bad. Now that's not to say that I wish they had real chants- because we have that feature for our own use- but the frequency of any chant is pretty awful.
I hate the crossing on the game. Simple as that. I know we (PS3/Xbox users-not sure if the PC guys use control pads or what) have to push the left analog stick forward to cross to the back post or pull it towards us to cross to the near post, but the crossing accuracy itself is horrendous. Also, when playing in a ground cross, I'd say that 90% of the time the defender will cut it out and, when my striker does get the ball, just the simplest tap of O (the circle button. Yes i use the fifa controls on pes) will fire the ball out of the stadium!
Talking of player abilities, shooting can be a nightmare too. How many times are you in acres of space with a player known for his long shot ability? And of those people, how many of you find your shots flying further over the bar than Chris Waddle's penalty against Germany? On the rare occasion i score i'll be honest and say that i run around the room like a fricking nutter!
Lastly, I'd like to mention the goalkeepers. They seem to have become better as the pes series develops, but they're so bad its almost funny. Now, i know that every real goalkeeper is liable to make mistakes but not the kind of mistakes the pes keepers make. They always parry the ball, they don't seem to have any spacial awareness, and they come up for corners even if you're drawing! Anyone see the problem there!? (If not, i'l explain! Id rather get 1 point from a game than have the opposition break against me from the corner and be aiming at an empty goal!)
Anyway, that's all i can remember now, but i'll keep updating the list until it gets puts right! However, I'd appreciate it if you could take part in the poll above the thread to see what you find most annoying of the things i've listed (you can select multiple answers too)
Firstly there is the offside rule. It just doesn't seem to be right, with players who aren't interfering with play being flagged offside by the linesman? Not only that, but when my striker really is offside, by the time the linesman/referee signals it i could have taken another 5 goals!
Second on my list is the player runs. I just dont understand half of the stuff going on with the players. I play as Spurs, yet not one player, not even the Flying Welshman, will bomb down the wing. This becomes increasingly frustrating when my tactics are set to all out attack, counter attack, and the strategy i play (in the pes starting line up screen?) is set for attack, attack, attack!
Next- what happened to the advantage rule? Being an ex-fifa 11 guy myself, i was frustrated by the amount of advantages the referee would give and would then book my players once the advantage was over (which is fair enough, but when it happens all the time it gets on my nerves). However, swtiching to a game where the advantage rule doesnt even feature, I realise how much i miss the rule! Its such a main feature of any real football game. It can win/lose you a match, and in the dying seconds of a game if you're brought down on the edge of the box unfairly you expect to have a free kick. Not here though. Just gotta get up and, in the words of The Spencer Davis Group "Keep on Running".
I also don't like the way that set-pieces look (from offsides, not from being fouled- no advantage rule
) So the camera pans down to the ground so you can see the whole pitch. The problem i have with this is that the players all look so square and blocky. Now, i know that may be such a minor thing for some people but i'd like a game that's pretty close to the real thing.Which brings me to my next point. The crowd. Made by a four year old cutting out pieces of cardboard. What annoys me is not that the crowd look awful (well yes it does annoy me), but the fact that they are ALL synchronised. The all do exactly the same thing at exactly the same time. Furthermore, the chants are just shockingly bad. Now that's not to say that I wish they had real chants- because we have that feature for our own use- but the frequency of any chant is pretty awful.
I hate the crossing on the game. Simple as that. I know we (PS3/Xbox users-not sure if the PC guys use control pads or what) have to push the left analog stick forward to cross to the back post or pull it towards us to cross to the near post, but the crossing accuracy itself is horrendous. Also, when playing in a ground cross, I'd say that 90% of the time the defender will cut it out and, when my striker does get the ball, just the simplest tap of O (the circle button. Yes i use the fifa controls on pes) will fire the ball out of the stadium!
Talking of player abilities, shooting can be a nightmare too. How many times are you in acres of space with a player known for his long shot ability? And of those people, how many of you find your shots flying further over the bar than Chris Waddle's penalty against Germany? On the rare occasion i score i'll be honest and say that i run around the room like a fricking nutter!
Lastly, I'd like to mention the goalkeepers. They seem to have become better as the pes series develops, but they're so bad its almost funny. Now, i know that every real goalkeeper is liable to make mistakes but not the kind of mistakes the pes keepers make. They always parry the ball, they don't seem to have any spacial awareness, and they come up for corners even if you're drawing! Anyone see the problem there!? (If not, i'l explain! Id rather get 1 point from a game than have the opposition break against me from the corner and be aiming at an empty goal!)
Anyway, that's all i can remember now, but i'll keep updating the list until it gets puts right! However, I'd appreciate it if you could take part in the poll above the thread to see what you find most annoying of the things i've listed (you can select multiple answers too
)
