Right, so here goes.
I finished an entire ML season using the latest update and for the most part enjoyed. It's really difficult, even to the point where as a
Now for the bad news. Curiosity got the better me and after I finished my season I reverted back to version 1.00. To simply it, the gameplay is just more fluid and fun to play. It feels just like the demo, nice and responsive and just generally fun to play. It's not all roses because it was far too easy, and the AI is nowhere near as good in my opinion. In fact, I had much more open, end to end football games that felt less real.
It is a shame, as I do think something has genuinely been lost in this update that makes the game less fun to play as a whole. With that being said, it's still a great game and i'm reverting back to updated now as there's no point dwelling on the original version (and I need to get those kits updated!).
I hope that Konami are made aware that something has been lost with this update, and what I hope even more is that they don't get themselves into mess with the gameplay from here when more people get theirs hands on it and conflicting feedback comes from all sorts of directions.
Final note, fouls were few and far between in both versions and definitely not on the level of the demo, which I thought was perfect.