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All the issues aside, and there are A LOT of issues, it's still the most fun I've had with a PES since the PS2 days.
I haven't tried it but would not holding the manual button down work better for your issue ? Maybe worth a goAnd now the not so good.
Another cool deflection goal. Even better because, for some reason, Bruno and Pogba almost never score for me. But this clip is one of too many examples of egregious defending. No defender should ever attempt to clear the ball right down the middle when he is facing his own goal. He made the worst decision he could make and we scored as a result.
This is actually the second time I've scored a goal like this pretty recently actually (here's the other one). Everyone running into each other, everyone falling over, and I still almost miss the tap in lol (and then celebrate like I just won the world cup ). These collisions are not fluid. At times it feels more like demolition derby cars rather than representations of footballers. You had a defender bigger than me some how colliding with me and falling over. You had a second defender attempting to control the ball at a full sprint, while almost in his own 6 yard box, and then colliding with his own keeper. And the first defender is too busy stuck in animation to react to the ball at his feet. It's a comedic mess. The three stooges would be proud of this performance.
As I mentioned previously, I started a new save. Wanted to do something a little different and focus more on using the younger United players in the game. So of course the first thing I did was go out and sign Diego Godin.
Here he is not reacting to a cross. This is something that I have seen over and over again; the player in the best position to deal with a ball not reacting/not being told by the game to react with the ball. Notice how he's moving in the direction of the cross then just stops. And then turns the opposite direction that Vardy is standing. It's really frustrating how many times I've conceded because of nonexistent defensive awareness. But wait. There's more.
Let me introduce you to Harry Maguire. Before Godin, he was my highest rated defender. He's also arguably been my defense's worst offender. If you can recall, here's his excellent range of passing on display against West Ham. And that was in my last save.
Here is Harry just surrendering the ball back to Roma immediately after picking it up. I don't know how else to describe it honestly. It's like he felt bad that they lost it in the first place. It's like he was playing in the backyard with his younger brother and decided to let the lad win for once. I say this because ole slabhead is 8 in/21cm taller and 55lb/25kg heavier than Carles Perez, the player who dispossessed him with ease. At least according to PES. What a nice big bro Harry is to Carles.
Jokes aside, I don't know what it is about the animations that causes them to freeze in certain instances. The worst being when a player loses the ball. It's been an issue for years. But lets not ignore Tuanzebe running in a straight line instead of marking Defrel who ultimately scores. I understand the importance of positioning but situational threats >>>>> positioning everyday of the week especially during the attack to defense transitional phase. Sound familiar? It should. Because I've said it before and I will keep talking about the lack of transitional logic in this game because it's important and fundamental to football, yes, but mostly because I have an awful habit of repeating myself lol.
Here's Harry heading the ball the one place he absolutely shouldn't be heading the ball. He heads it back to AWB who, instead of realizing he's under pressure and boots it clear, tries to control it and ends up putting it on a plate for Alexis Sanchez. Sidenote, I'm starting to realize how much of an issue defenders attempting to control the ball, in moments they should be clearing it asap, really is. But there's another probem here that I find more frustrating and it's the fact that clearances too often aren't just clearances. They are passes. It's another issue that's been around for years. Maguire shouldn't be 'thinking' about heading the ball to a teammate. He should be 'thinking' about clearing the danger. But too often I see defenders head the ball directly to teammates instead of clearing the danger. Which frequently leads to more chances for opposition attackers if said pass is misplaced.
As you can see, Maguire is clearly earning his wage at United. I'm sure he'll love it in Luton next season.
I haven't tried it but would not holding the manual button down work better for your issue ? Maybe worth a go
There is manual over ride button I have it set to R1 so.if I want to lump it I press that when clearing
Amen.
I'm going to tell a long (possibly boring) story now, that relates to this - and to @gabe.paul.logan's question, "will PES ever be good again".
I've told this story before, but ten years ago I was lucky enough to be invited out to Vancouver to meet the FIFA team. We'd just arrived at their complex and were being given a tour of the place, when the producer of their Euro and World Cup games, Simon Humber, emerged from nowhere looking for "the guy from Evo-Web". (David Rutter was the main FIFA producer at the time, another good guy. Seabass was still working on PES.)
(Important note - a year or two before this point, Simon joined Evo-Web to do a bit of undercover research. He wanted to gather feedback, but specifically feedback from PES players, because he was trying to build a game that was more realistic and that gave PES fans a reason to try FIFA. Can you imagine a gameplay producer of a PES or a FIFA ever doing that again, given what we experience trying to get "sim" feedback through to the devs nowadays? His username was lemondoctor, check it out for a blast from the past.)
He came over to me, shook my hand and we got chatting. But he asked me, "if I walk away now and I was to start making your perfect football game, what would it be like" - and I said "a game where the guy who wins the match is the guy with the better knowledge of football and the players on the pitch, not the guy who knows the game's exploits, or even has the better reflexes - because sometimes you should need to play a long-ball game to win, and sometimes you should need to play a possession game to win".
Honestly, his face lit up, and he said "that's exactly what I'm trying to do" - and I was really excited. I still think the 2010 World Cup game he produced is one of the best EA football games ever made, and it's a pretty deep game in terms of its gameplay for the time.
David Rutter was integral in getting EA to invest money into the gameplay and (as far as the board was concerned) take a huge risk by developing the "Ignite" engine and freeing the ball from the players for the first time ("but what if the long-term fans hate it")... and they made the best FIFAs ever as a result. Simon sadly passed away in 2015 - and David was given a higher-level job around the same time. Since then (and the move to Frostbite)... Well. Sales are great. Critical reception, not so much.
If anything, I'd say PES and FIFA are now more "play one way to win, play any other way and you'll lose" than ever - and I don't feel like guys like Seabass, Simon and David are ever going to have the freedom to tear things up again and make a game that football lovers want.
BUT.
Konami have decided they need to take a year off from "full" PES development, to make something that they hope will be mindblowing. This is an absolute first. The producer (who according to the PES 2020 credits is Manorito Hosada - who was the Marketing Manager for PES 2014 incidentally, what a strange career progression!) has managed to convince the company to take a huge risk, not unlike Rutter did (even though Konami don't depend on PES for cash like EA depends on FIFA - which, incidentally, may never really change as a result).
If there's a chance of football games getting good again, PES 2022 will be the moment, I think.
If it isn't - then I don't think it'll ever happen.
All I want to know: any gameplay related changes, mostly AI behavior?!PS4 patch has dropped, just under 1 gig
Too early to tell, only had one exhibition game before work and lost 1 nil to wolves on top player. Normally would breeze that but like i say too early. Initially it did feel and though Pa1 was more assisted playing as liverpool but im used to my crap team on ML, so went manual. Ill try some more at 10 amAll I want to know: any gameplay related changes, mostly AI behavior?!
Will check myself tonight but you know... I want your impressions!!
Gameplay is:
Pardon me for being oldfart, but where is the "Fixed an issue which caused new ML saves to crash , after latest DP" part???
man, i always went beserk when i wanted to curl one in with R. Carlos (especially with the outside of his foot) and it looked so damn off! glad this is fixed!
heavier?! so its even more "delay" in player movement!? not that snappy anymore?!after a few more games feel heavier to me , i've gone up to plus one speed
Its not unresponsive but then i use auto selection which i find much better. After 5 games on 13 minutesheavier?! so its even more "delay" in player movement!? not that snappy anymore?!
what about AI behaviour on the pitch (mates and opponent)? any new attack pattern, any new animations spotted, anything different from what we had in this regard??
i was playing 2020 on +1 already...
thanks for the insights again!Its not unresponsive but then i use auto selection which i find much better. After 5 games on 13 minutes
2 ML games DIV 2 Italian - professional level - Played 2 - won 2 - PA1 Adv shooting - what i noticed that i had never seen before - ball seemed heavier - noticed two players drained right down to red pretty early in second half - seemed more scrappy and one of the games where i scored 2 both goals deflected off the keeper - maybe coincidence but ive never scored that kind of goal before
Other games where in Euro - i felt it a bit sluggish so went to plus one speed - manual pass and adv shooting - played much better that was on SS level
To be fair i enjoyed all the games and maybe its all coincidence/placebo or whatever but it felt more like patch 1.03 where it was tight,physical and heavier - 1.03 was probably my favorite of all patches - anyway try again over the weekend on my new Philips pico max projector that i backed on startup project in December and arrived yesterday - PES at 120" 1080P its what i dreamed of as a boy