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Being a games tester for Konami, luckily i get to "test"! the games over a weekend, and i have had this one this weekend and i was very reluctant to send this one back!! The gameplay is so smooth, it's brilliant to see more licensed teams on the game this year, one day when Fifa is dead and gone maybe the guys at Konami will stump up the cash for the rights!!
Back to the gameplay, mind you don't let your keeper stray out the box, PES5 had an imaginary wall on the edge of the box to stop the goalkeeper, no such thing this year, so if your sliding at your oppositions feet, beware you don't slide out of the box!!! Also watch out when your kicking the ball upfield, don't get too close to the edge of the box, as you may handle the ball outside of the box! Goalkeeper kicking action has been changed as well, a double tap of the square button means your keeper will drop kick(where the ball hits the floor first) the ball upfield giving it further distance with a lower trajectory. Goalkeepers are also harder to beat in the latest installment, pulling of amazing banks-esque saves! picking free kicks heading for the onion bag out of the air with ease, (tip look for the keepers starting position prior to a free kick!).
Defending is made harder, strikers will go down if they are facing away from goal and they feel you on their back or they will turn you in the blink of an eye if you get too close, you'll need to learn to stand off anticipating the turn or the lay off!
Free kick taking was relatively easy on PES5, not so easy on this one due to keepers anticipating the shot going into the top corner, variation will be required.
Attacking corners will be brilliant, allowing you to decide who goes up for corners! you can even send your keeper up if your losing in a nail biting-must win game!! Defending corners has a new strategy aswell, with choices of man or zonal marking, giving each player their role, your selection decisions will have an impact on the players you pick or leave out, with that 3rd choice striker sitting on the bench wanting to impress you, he may well come on and work his a***e off for the cause to cement his place in the squad, or players getting picked regularly may start being a bit lazy on the pitch, (another tip rotate where you can). Players like Ronaldinho and Henry will start to get unhappy if you are relying on them too much!
The shooting machine has been changed meaning pot shots are available, but do not rely on this as about 1 in 100 will fly in and a few will go agonizingly close, and many more will be scuffed and shanked! but when you do catch one well enough be sure to save it i hit one from the equivalent of 40 yards with an amazing amount of swerve into the postage stamp (top corner), and then the crowd erupts!
Crowd noises are so much better in PES6, with realistic chants and if your not playing too well their will be boos! If your defender makes a doggy challenge away from home and does not get sent off then the home crowd will boo his every touch, and trust me this does effect the way he plays like going up for vital headers and missing them!!!
The editor is absolutely amazing on this seasons version, allowing you to accurately create most of the kits that are unlicensed and also create loads of Nike, Puma and Umbro boots. also featured is a ball editor, allowing you to recreate the premier league ball, even thought all the Adidas ones are nice enough!
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Being a games tester for Konami, luckily i get to "test"! the games over a weekend, and i have had this one this weekend and i was very reluctant to send this one back!! The gameplay is so smooth, it's brilliant to see more licensed teams on the game this year, one day when Fifa is dead and gone maybe the guys at Konami will stump up the cash for the rights!!
Back to the gameplay, mind you don't let your keeper stray out the box, PES5 had an imaginary wall on the edge of the box to stop the goalkeeper, no such thing this year, so if your sliding at your oppositions feet, beware you don't slide out of the box!!! Also watch out when your kicking the ball upfield, don't get too close to the edge of the box, as you may handle the ball outside of the box! Goalkeeper kicking action has been changed as well, a double tap of the square button means your keeper will drop kick(where the ball hits the floor first) the ball upfield giving it further distance with a lower trajectory. Goalkeepers are also harder to beat in the latest installment, pulling of amazing banks-esque saves! picking free kicks heading for the onion bag out of the air with ease, (tip look for the keepers starting position prior to a free kick!).
Defending is made harder, strikers will go down if they are facing away from goal and they feel you on their back or they will turn you in the blink of an eye if you get too close, you'll need to learn to stand off anticipating the turn or the lay off!
Free kick taking was relatively easy on PES5, not so easy on this one due to keepers anticipating the shot going into the top corner, variation will be required.
Attacking corners will be brilliant, allowing you to decide who goes up for corners! you can even send your keeper up if your losing in a nail biting-must win game!! Defending corners has a new strategy aswell, with choices of man or zonal marking, giving each player their role, your selection decisions will have an impact on the players you pick or leave out, with that 3rd choice striker sitting on the bench wanting to impress you, he may well come on and work his a***e off for the cause to cement his place in the squad, or players getting picked regularly may start being a bit lazy on the pitch, (another tip rotate where you can). Players like Ronaldinho and Henry will start to get unhappy if you are relying on them too much!
The shooting machine has been changed meaning pot shots are available, but do not rely on this as about 1 in 100 will fly in and a few will go agonizingly close, and many more will be scuffed and shanked! but when you do catch one well enough be sure to save it i hit one from the equivalent of 40 yards with an amazing amount of swerve into the postage stamp (top corner), and then the crowd erupts!
Crowd noises are so much better in PES6, with realistic chants and if your not playing too well their will be boos! If your defender makes a doggy challenge away from home and does not get sent off then the home crowd will boo his every touch, and trust me this does effect the way he plays like going up for vital headers and missing them!!!
The editor is absolutely amazing on this seasons version, allowing you to accurately create most of the kits that are unlicensed and also create loads of Nike, Puma and Umbro boots. also featured is a ball editor, allowing you to recreate the premier league ball, even thought all the Adidas ones are nice enough!
