I thinks this is still predomineltly PES.For me it’s the realisation of what can be done on a modem engine.
I am a little suprised at the negativity
To me, it's all about bugs. Too much, i never see it even in an Alpha or Beta try version. And they release it like if it's nothing.
Killing hope of tons of people. You're "guessing" that it will be better, but you don't have a clue how the direction will go mate, or if those bugs are rectifiable at all : there 3 news found bugs every day it's played. And the LOD level is just incomprehensible.
But about graphisms, from what Durandil posted about the LOD change, he didn't do it by himself : he's a very good guy and not Konami sided or whatever or trying to sell the game. Like the one person in the crowd is LOD from a 720p resolution on Mobile. The other is probably for PS4 or PS5.
I thrust him personnally. He didn't remade himself the ugly PS1 LOD player, sure about it because i know him as he's well known in French and he's a trustful person.
Now, Graphisms are one thing, bugs and physics issues, contact, control, and what you're thinkin about "free" could also be because the rails aren't ready yet. You don't know. Every games needs "rails" (well not in passing, i talk in general), especially in football, just for the sake of having control of what they could add or remove as details or calibration without having a complete game breaker. "Rails" are something needed for the balance.
But if they make in the future a game that doesn't need it and found another way... Yes, i will be a total game changer for not only football but all sports games that will be inspired by the system. I don't believe that much they're able to do it to be frank, but well.
Ftm we don't know a fucking thing, as you can really give an opinion on a skeleton game, but a constatation of what it is. Well, except "it's unfinished, the game is totally bugged, it's shit" or "there's potential, perhaps a big one. But there's so much bugs that we don't have a clue if it's a matter of choice of if half of what they want to implement is not ready yet"