is it me or do the players run weird?? it doesn't look natural
Nahh... you're spot on! ;o)
The graphics in PES this year are good (I won't even say great) - but the animations are utter rubbish!!! Actually - the animations (or rather lack of) - are one of the major reasons I'm personally not falling head over heels over this game. I've started to really like the WE demo - I now prefer it over the FIFA demo - which for me says something.
But I really don't like the animations. They are old (some of them have been in the PES-franchise since ISS Pro Evo1 on the PS1!!!??!), they are "klonky" and really not in any way seamlessly fluid into one another...
It's not that nice to look at in motion I'm affraid.
If you'd compare it to FIFA - then FIFA's
animations are far superior - and as a spectator the FIFA game is a joy just to watch. Not so with PES. Sad, since it used to be the other way around!
I remember back when ISS Pro Evo came out for the first time, when we would gather 8-10 friends to play a couple of "round robins" all night. When two players were playing - the other 8 were litterally glued to the screen, because it was such a joy to watch, and back then, such a "realistic" reproduction of the real game, that even if you didn't play yourself, you couldn't take your eyes off the screen...
Ufortunately I personally think that when it comes to looks and animations, then FIFA has that spectator egde now. PES is not beautiful to look at right now.
I have my camera settings to "wide" and I usually skip the cutscenes - so I personally don't notice Torres' lifelike freckles or how lifelike Messi looks up close... I pay more attention to how they move and collide with eachother - which doesn't look realistic at all.
My oppinion of cause. ;o)