First Impressions

[Bite.Me]

Well, first impressions of the final game:

Started a Champions League with Benfica,

Group Stage
Benfica 1-1 Real Madrid
Copenhagen 1-0 Benfica
Benfica 1-0 Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Zagreb 0-2 Benfica
Real Madrid 0-2 Benfica
Benfica 1-0 Copenhagen

Benfica 13pts 4W 1D 1L 7GS 2GC
Real Madrid 10pts 3W 1D 2DL9GS 6GC
Copenhaga 5pts 1W 2D 3L 1GS 3 GC
Dinamo Zagreb 5pts 1W 2D 3DL3GS 9GC

1st Knockout
Roma 0-1 Benfica
Benfica 2-3 Roma


Impressions

Benfica's squad is a little underrated stat wise... few players over 80 top speed. All the subs are awful.

No more excessive replays.


No more excessive ammount of fouls... which is good beacause gameplay is much more fluid, but on the other side, there's an insane ammount of fouls that aren't called. Players being grabbed and clearly obstructed aren't fouls anymore.

Stadium speakers announce substitutions, game attendance, goal scorers and a lot more I didn't catch up.

The passing system is a little differente from the demo. I feel the passing stength bar grows slower.

Overall game speed is slower.

Game is much more crowded in the midfield compared to the demo.

As a result of those 3 factors, slower strength bar, slower game speed and crowded midfield, it's much more difficult to play inside, compared to the demo.

EDIT:
Just a couple more I remembered:

AI tem mentality changes throughout the game.
Games were I was up 1-0 at the start they kept their strategy, but after half-time they were changing it up a lot... they really go forward at end of games and put a lot of stress on your defense.

 

[DIECI]

good review, thank you! Does the AI actually attack and put you under pressue this year or do they just pass it around like in 2010?

 

[Athlon_]

No more excessive ammount of fouls... which is good beacause gameplay is much more fluid, but on the other side, there's an insane ammount of fouls that aren't called. Players being grabbed and clearly obstructed aren't fouls anymore.

Is the foul calling now as bad as PES2010, or is it just a ballance between say PES5 and PES2010?

The passing system is a little differente from the demo. I feel the passing stength bar grows slower.

Overall game speed is slower.

Game is much more crowded in the midfield compared to the demo.

As a result of those 3 factors, slower strength bar, slower game speed and crowded midfield, it's much more difficult to play inside, compared to the demo.

This almost makes the game sound sluggish and unresponsive. Is the game still fluid like the demo but more difficult? Or is it now a bit more like PES2010 (i.e. worse)?

EDIT:
Just a couple more I remembered:

AI tem mentality changes throughout the game.
Games were I was up 1-0 at the start they kept their strategy, but after half-time they were changing it up a lot... they really go forward at end of games and put a lot of stress on your defense.

Does the AI become easy to counter attack? Have you seen the AI over-extend itself too much? I'd be getting so many easy goals like in PES4 or PES6 because the AI pushed too far up.

 

[TorresYNWA]

Thx! Sounds amazing. The harder it is the better.

 

[Ravex]

My BAL teammates actually scores!

Like, without my involvement.

It's still not perfect, but it's a hell lot better than last years BAL.