my little review
I downloaded the demo last night and all i can say is...
OMFG Pes is BACK!!! lol
for 2-3 years my mates who have fifa have laughed at Pes for it simple faults, while i have liked Pro eve 2008-10 they just werent Next gen games.
2010 had many faults but did have that PES elememt which we all enjoy.
However 2011 is definately surpassed the classic PES 6.
First off the main menu is sleek and asthetically appealing but has a nice arcade feel to it.
Going straight into an exhibition is simple, if you press X repeatedly from the Main Menu you will start a match. (lazy i know but effortless)
Game Plan: the auto settings "Leave to Manager" ares nice and simple to newbies (i.e. a mate who has never played PES) while the "Simple Settings" add a little more depth using preset settings with minor variation, for example, "Out Wide: Offensive".
The Manual settings are a PES players dream lol Dragging and Dropping a player into the EXACT position you want, with the Hexagon stats picture back making player choices nice and simple. The players overall stat is shown in the corner. Pressing triangle with a player selected also shows the actual stats too.
As usual there are strategies assigned to buttons. The team style settings from 2010 are back and really effective.
The link feints are awesome. Easy to design and customize ur preferred tricks and skills. The choice is for long complicated tricks or simple fast tricks.
A new option is management eddit where the entire teams attitude is chosen for the the time durin the match whether you are winning, level or losing. So you can choose possession football for the first half if you are winning or all out attack if you are losing. This adds a nice touch and gives your team a simple backround strategy.
Coach Mode: this is where auto subs are on and formation changes are made automatically etc etc nice touch if you are lazy or new to PES.
During the Match:
Passing is fun, effective and rewarding. The 360 degree and power gauge make passing very flexible + the players make good runs and chase the ball down. the one bonus with the power gauge is the ability to see if the super cancel worked because the guage will dissappear.
Long balls are now very effective especially when pinged into space infront of the side midfeilder/ wing forward.
Tackling is slightly different but altogether has the same ground roots from previous PES games. while the ref isnt too bad its all to easy to accidently go in too hard on a player resulting in a free kick to the opposing team. Again it is rewarding to construct good pressure and tackling the striker.
GOD like player: What i mean by God like is those player that are difficult to stop when used by beginners. For example Messi on 2010 was hard to tackle no matter who was using him. However on 2011 you cannot be careless with him. Yes he his really good but it takes a little effort to use his full potential but he cant take it round everyone.
There is sooo much more to talk about but tbh you need to play the game to understand the improvements.
Overall:
Good passing is rewarded
Long balls can be effective
God like players are limited
Clean interface (menus ect ect)
Passing has so much freedom and flows nicely
Basically this game has so much potential
its got the old school gaming roots
its rock paper scissors (one strategey beasts others but is beaten other)
+
easy to learn but hard to master
lol any questions?