Here's someone's review of the demo i have copied and pasted here. The link to the website is there too Take note that this is after only a few plays and i think the reviewer is more used to playing FIFA than he is PES, so i wouldn't take this review as gospel, but it's worth a read anyway...
From
http://www.gamingaccess.com/index.php?news_id=15394&mode=game_id
" 6) GamingAccess comments
I am installing the demo, here is the cold hard evidence. Now, I'm going to play the game, take some screenshots, take some videos, and upload everything to GamingAccess, YouTube... So far, I have screenshots of the installation
The Good
* The Ball is great
* This game is the only one that feels almost like watching a soccer game on TV
* The game is difficult, realistic, and the keepers do a good job
* Physics are great
* graphics are good, the graphics from the crowd are awesome
* speed is just right
The Bad
* the menus are designed for kids
* the music is horrible
* the entrance of the teams to the stadium is annoying, instead of hearing the crowd, I hear rock and pop music, not realistic
* the controls are HORRIBLE. FIFA controls are much better. Right analog stick works for doing passes, I guess only Ronaldinho could use this feature. If I play 2 hours, I will still have to discover how to do a bicycle trick with Ronaldinho.
* the background music from the crowd is not realistic, just chants
* I was playing a game, the player alone in front of the goallie, and the referee stops the game! Game goes to second half!!!
* Be a Pro Mode doesn't seems so exciting to me, against that's just me
* The game seems like it's designed for 12 year old kids. People in their 20s like game like Crysis, realism is all that counts!!! Why do we have crappy music, menus, and controls!!!
Conclusion
* For all the people waiting for PES 2009, the feeling is a bit mixed. The ball is great, physics are great, AI is good, not perfect, but I don't expect a lot of bugs like PES 2008. However, I used to be a PES fanatic because of two things
1. controls were better than FIFA
2. game was more realistic
* Now, the controls are WAY WAY behind FIFA, and I really like to control my players. What is the point of playing a game in which I don't know how to dribble unless I practice like 4 hours? in FIFA I can do that within 10 minutes
* However, the game engine, the realism, the ball physics, man, it feels AWESOME!!!
* This game reminds me of FIFA 2000, the year in which they tried new controls and ruined the game
* However, PES is by far the most realistic game.
What can you expect
* Very solid game, but some thins in the AI cannot be enhanced. I hope referees are not as stupid as the one that called out the first game when the player was alone in front of the goallie
* This game will need A LOT OF PATCHING "
Sorry, can't find the name of the guy who wrote it.