oh absolutley agreed then.
however, i dont agree on a vision stat. thats just retarded and is only for autopassing fags.
A "Vision" Stat would NEVER work, it would be too Inaccurate. It's better to simply distinguish Short Ground Passes -from- Long Ground Passes.. and Short Lobbed Passes -from- Long Lobbed Passes.
Those 4 Stats would effectively Determine each players Passing Range.
David Beckham; great "Long Lobbed Passing" and "Long Ground Passing" skills -but- Average "Short Ground Passes".. he was never good in tight spaces.
Romario or Pele; great "Short Ground Passes" -but- Not so great "Long Ground Passes".
Riquelme; great "Short Ground Passes", "Long Ground Passes", Short Lobbed Passes", and "Long Lobbed Passes".
I could keep going.. but you probably already get the Point. New Passing Stats would further Differentiate each Individual, and considering Konami knows How to make Stats work and reflect In the Gameplay.. they should keep elaborating on that Approach that worked for them so well in the Past.
New Stats would Introduce "Realistic Restrictions" into an already Decent game.
By Realistic Restrictions I mean; if you have a player such as Romario, then you would be Restricted into Not making Passes from Deep Positions (Long Ground Passes) and -instead- playing to his "strengths", wich are playing the Short Ground Pass in tight spaces -and- end up scoring Goals.
Football is all about Restrictions, and playing to your Strengths -instead- of the opposite. This makes Football a TEAM game, it is not (usually) decided by One Individual -but- a Collective Unit of Individuals.
And what should Dictate How the TEAM plays?? Each player's Stats and Special Abilities. So Logically, the more Realistic (and Accurate) the Stats and Special Abilities are -the- better the game will be.
Anyways, I Also think "Dribbling Accuracy" and "Dribbling Speed" -are- very Generic, it would be great if Konami Divided those 2 Stats into; "Step Overs", "Explosiveness", "Shielding Ability", "Body Feints", "Flicking the Ball", etc, etc.. the BASIC Dribbling skills.
Maybe also include; "Nutmegs" as a Special Ability.
Bottom Line of this rant?? I think Konami should work on their "Strengths", and one of their strengths is that they actually Know how to make Stats Relevant In the actual Gameplay.
So, maybe a Next Gen System of Stats and Special Abilities could be the Foundation for a proper Next Gen PES.