difficulty 6, period lenth 30min.
i think a lot of the mid-aged PES/WE players out there with preferences, when playing ML or simply alone, set on getting as much reality out of a football gaming session (ever wondered who the heck plays with those 30min options?), while it`s true that konami make more steps forward than backward in terms of gameplay evolution each year, nontheless are confused and at times frustrated that, in my humble opinion, the handling of defence compared to offense is out of balance in WE10. it`s certainly only 2-3 very small things, like when a defender and attacker make a run for the ball the defender would suddenly slow down 2m before the ball with the offensive player gaining the ball (even though you might using the `super cancel` techniques), the ref function is very bad at picking what`s a foul (especially with sliding tackles) and what not, or simple goalie rediculousness when they parry some turnaround (mid-strength) shot from some 15m with their feet(!) just for the striker to finish home or when shots come from the sides of the penalty box (even if the shot is as strong as adriano`s) and the stopper just doesn`t come out of the goal to narrow down the angle for the striker and in the end would block the shot with both hands in his own goal (more than laughable).
all those things would not really hurt of course when using PES/WE as a party game with friends, but when it comes to long term gaming you start realising these small flaws and the authenticity of the game will drop somewhat, i think.
ok. a lot of moaning, blah blah blah. here`s a suggestion.
after another frustrating game i decided to change some stats for both the goalie and the defenders. i don`t consider it cheating, because these changes will apply to all the teams, not just your own. for the goalkeeper it`d be defence, response, goalkeeper skills and mentality. i`ve put them all to about 95 (maybe mentality of all the stats is not realistic to be at 95 for all the keepers). it doesn`t even matter (again, in my thoughts) whether it`s world class like buffon or casillas or simply solid good ones as lehmann or dudek since these stats changes bring the ball handling and reaction time of all the goalies to some believable level (even a mediocre keeper can have super reaction or reflex saves and no keeper in football would block a 20m shot with his feet, but either punch the ball wide back into the field, to the sides or firmly grab the leather) as the default ingame reactions are just awfully unrealistic.
for defenders i mostly only changed the response stats to, again, 95 mostly, since the ingame response is veeeery slow. what i also considered would be of help to change to make the gameplay more believable are body balance as a lot of defenders (not just top clubs) nowadays know how to shield the ball properly, even against guys like rooney or adriano (whereas if you don`t pass away the ball while having one of the mentioned strikers pushing your defender from behind like some unstoppable tanks, you`re bound to lose possession which also is not quite close to football standards).
i made all these changes to my team as well as to the opponent. now i think it plays a little bit more realistic for me. it got harder to get hold of the ball in attack, it`s more difficult to make runs into open spaces, especially the wing runs, for either team (defenders react more adequately now and are faster to close down the wings in time). and the goalies make sure you cannot score rediculous goals when the ball bounces off the keeper, doesn`t drop the ball that offen as well as is more aggressive to come out to clinch the leather from corner kicks. with these changes goalies are still not that good at narrowing angles, but at least they`re more reliable now.
please remember, these suggestions are for very advanced players who`d like to experience the game going with the full 6 stars, playing close to reality 30min half times, but without (or the least amount of) the comp gaining more class with small cheating issues. i didn`t say that there`s no need now for the use of all the other legal techniques as proper tactics (offsides, man marking, pressuring), proper use of O or R2 button while defending, closing spaces by manually readjusting defenders and so on.
currently i`m playing around with tweaking down a lot of attackers stats to balance attack to defence in general. i would post my thoughts and ideas if the need for it should arise from your feedback.
please post your experiences or ideas on how to tweak the squads to make defence and attack more balanced to handle (only on 6 stars please).
i think a lot of the mid-aged PES/WE players out there with preferences, when playing ML or simply alone, set on getting as much reality out of a football gaming session (ever wondered who the heck plays with those 30min options?), while it`s true that konami make more steps forward than backward in terms of gameplay evolution each year, nontheless are confused and at times frustrated that, in my humble opinion, the handling of defence compared to offense is out of balance in WE10. it`s certainly only 2-3 very small things, like when a defender and attacker make a run for the ball the defender would suddenly slow down 2m before the ball with the offensive player gaining the ball (even though you might using the `super cancel` techniques), the ref function is very bad at picking what`s a foul (especially with sliding tackles) and what not, or simple goalie rediculousness when they parry some turnaround (mid-strength) shot from some 15m with their feet(!) just for the striker to finish home or when shots come from the sides of the penalty box (even if the shot is as strong as adriano`s) and the stopper just doesn`t come out of the goal to narrow down the angle for the striker and in the end would block the shot with both hands in his own goal (more than laughable).
all those things would not really hurt of course when using PES/WE as a party game with friends, but when it comes to long term gaming you start realising these small flaws and the authenticity of the game will drop somewhat, i think.
ok. a lot of moaning, blah blah blah. here`s a suggestion.
after another frustrating game i decided to change some stats for both the goalie and the defenders. i don`t consider it cheating, because these changes will apply to all the teams, not just your own. for the goalkeeper it`d be defence, response, goalkeeper skills and mentality. i`ve put them all to about 95 (maybe mentality of all the stats is not realistic to be at 95 for all the keepers). it doesn`t even matter (again, in my thoughts) whether it`s world class like buffon or casillas or simply solid good ones as lehmann or dudek since these stats changes bring the ball handling and reaction time of all the goalies to some believable level (even a mediocre keeper can have super reaction or reflex saves and no keeper in football would block a 20m shot with his feet, but either punch the ball wide back into the field, to the sides or firmly grab the leather) as the default ingame reactions are just awfully unrealistic.
for defenders i mostly only changed the response stats to, again, 95 mostly, since the ingame response is veeeery slow. what i also considered would be of help to change to make the gameplay more believable are body balance as a lot of defenders (not just top clubs) nowadays know how to shield the ball properly, even against guys like rooney or adriano (whereas if you don`t pass away the ball while having one of the mentioned strikers pushing your defender from behind like some unstoppable tanks, you`re bound to lose possession which also is not quite close to football standards).
i made all these changes to my team as well as to the opponent. now i think it plays a little bit more realistic for me. it got harder to get hold of the ball in attack, it`s more difficult to make runs into open spaces, especially the wing runs, for either team (defenders react more adequately now and are faster to close down the wings in time). and the goalies make sure you cannot score rediculous goals when the ball bounces off the keeper, doesn`t drop the ball that offen as well as is more aggressive to come out to clinch the leather from corner kicks. with these changes goalies are still not that good at narrowing angles, but at least they`re more reliable now.
please remember, these suggestions are for very advanced players who`d like to experience the game going with the full 6 stars, playing close to reality 30min half times, but without (or the least amount of) the comp gaining more class with small cheating issues. i didn`t say that there`s no need now for the use of all the other legal techniques as proper tactics (offsides, man marking, pressuring), proper use of O or R2 button while defending, closing spaces by manually readjusting defenders and so on.
currently i`m playing around with tweaking down a lot of attackers stats to balance attack to defence in general. i would post my thoughts and ideas if the need for it should arise from your feedback.
please post your experiences or ideas on how to tweak the squads to make defence and attack more balanced to handle (only on 6 stars please).
