I keep getting the substitution bug and this is the E-Mail i sent to Konami:
I am writing to complain about the substitution bug that ruins PES 2009.
As you are probably aware, it happens quite regularly that when you make a substitution in the game the player/S that you removed somehow re-appear back on the pitch after a couple of minutes. You cannot re-sub them and all players involved in the substitutions experience points are reduced to zero. If like me you buy this game predominantly to play the master league mode then the game is effectively ruined.
When you couple this problem with the fact that there are only two spare team slots to edit, meaning that my representation of the English Premiership in master league mode is infiltrated with foreign teams from the start, taking away the sense of achievement of qualifying from your domestic league to take on the cream of Europe and rendering the whole thing just plain annoying and pointless.
This is the third E-Mail address I've been given to complain about this problem, with the previous two U. K based Konami ones stating that they were aware of the problem but had no idea what,if anything was going to be done about it.
I have been buying this series since ISS on the PS 1, and despite the fact that Konami seem to be content with putting the bare minimum effort in to the game year after year ,regularly offering less than the previous version,I have never felt the urge to complain until now.
Can you honestly claim that this is a true representation of the modern game of Football ???
When Tottenham Hotspurs' ( English Premiership side, also known as North East London ) first game in what is supposed to be the Coca Cola Championship ( that's the English second division to you ) is away to Boca Juniors?????
If these monumental cock-ups can be resolved I might just consider persevering with this title , if not, and I never thought I would say it, it has to be FIFA from now on.
Or maybe Konami should finally do the decent thing and let E. A sports have their game engine, then Football fans around the world would finally get the game they deserve.
And this was thier reply:
Dear customer,
Thank you very much for contacting the Konami customer support team.
You have reported an error of which we are aware. In order to help you
further, please answer the following questions:
-Was a memory card used or not?
-What teams were used?
-Was the formation of the team modified?
-Who was substituted for whom?
-What stadium was selected?
-Have you edited any of the players or teams?
-Please describe step by step what happened before the problem occured
Also, please delete all savegames related to PES 2009 from your memory card
and try again.
We apologize for the inconvenience this problem may have caused you.
And my reposte:
What ?? so your saying you can't edit the game in any way or its going to fuck it up!!!
DON'T TAKE THE PISS!!!!