CastoloMessias
Non-League
- 25 June 2021
So I just played two games, and honestly what is all the negativity for? This is clearly a very, very early and an unpolished build of the game. Grass textures are missing, fans are non-existent, player models are unpolished. That's just graphics stuff, can be and İ think will be easily fixed. Ambiance won't be great, because well it's Konami and we know they have no idea on how to improve that.
I also do not believe that this is a separate game which has nothing to do with PES 2022. I think this is one of the very early playable builds of the game.
They have fixed a lot of the outdated issues. Defending system has changed, sprint system has changed, dribbling has changed. These are all very good changes. PES's defending with x system was acceptible until early 2010s it was outdated for years now. Sure it's a pain to get accustomed to new mechanics but it makes sense. You can actually protect your shape.
Collision system looks better. Have no definite verdict on this but it looks better. Thus foul decisions seem better too.
Animation choices are better, players usually opt for better, more suited animations compared to last two games.
Offensive player selection seems sorted. I play manual and one of the real problems was you couldn't do a tight space short passing game. Although ball went to the right place game consistently selected wrong players which killed your attack. Did it 5-6 times without any issues.
Player awareness is better. Players actively try to intercept the ball instead of having mindfarts the second ball comes near them.
Dribbling looks better but we'll see. I think there'll be less dribbling as people get adjusted to the new defending system and get better at it.
Overall I like the barebones. There are some problems as well. Player runs are still just in vertical lines. I have no idea why they switched standard feint with this new thing. It looks like it will be a better game than last two though.
I just hope they are working on game modes as well
EDIT: THEY BROUGHT TACKLE CARDS BACK
I like the fact you are looking for positives. But I found the dribbling, passing and defending system horrible though. Personally, I was more than happy with the dribbling on R1 and R2 combo that was in PES 2021 and previous games. There was no need to change this, just refine it with better animations. Using R1 on a PS5 dual sense for sprinting on PES21 was really good for me, and of course the R2 trigger has the haptic feedback as well.
So I will reluctantly let them change key mechanics in the new game but it has be excellent and the passing, movement and general play has to be superb. I didn't see any evidence of that in the Beta. Hopefully, I'm very wrong on that or the Beta is 75% different to PES 2022. Roll on July 21st.