I had real doubts after the reviews of WE9 complained about the excessive fouls, but having played the demo excessively I can safely say that its merely 'stricter'. The fouls committed in PES5 are common in real life, and it adds superbly to realism. It isnt that much slower, the players just seem to be a bit 'heavier' in their movement, again realism is enhanced.
Goods:
Playing the long ball is awesome, as the players' chesting and shielding have been improved.
no more 'twisting and turning outside the penalty area until u lose the defender' stuff, its harder to turn 180.
Wing play is alot of fun, with tricks such as elastico, nutmegs and the shot feint cut-in. Shifts one-on-one play out onto the wings, which is more realistic.
Everyone can take a free kick now- not just beckham.
Gripes:
Some animations are still dodgy- who do they get in to do the motion capturing? They cud be alot better, and its not a matter of difficulty, its a matter of changing it. I still think penalty kick animation shud be revised. No one takes a penalty like that.
When curling in set piece free kicks into the far post, there's often no one running in, which is pretty annoying.
Colour palette is subdued- which is realistic but gets me a bit bored. Fifa 06 has a more vivid colour palette, which adds to the glamour of playing with real madrid.
I had 2 headers scored against me and the keeper didnt even twitch.
No Nike balls. That sucks.