Hi Brunnoce
I agree that the shooting is so much better, it's just i can't feel these so called big differences in all other area's.
I'm glad you are happy with it and I am sure it will give hours of endless fun, however it's just not my cup of tea and the more I try to like it the more frustrating it is becoming. Anyway I can't really contribute muct to the thread so i am signing out, but hope you all enjoy it chaps
) or maybe evan change your mind after trying the full version on a proper 6mim half macth.
Ok that's fair enough I guess then. Most people who pick up a football game look to pass or shoot or run as soon as they get it - its an instantaneous reaction after years of constant pressure through PES and every other football game - it's action oriented and until now, we've never had the ability or option to hold the ball and try to create space.
It will take time for people to get the rails and constant pressure out of their system - IMO those who consistently pressure in 09 and 10 (playing against mates) are the easiest to beat - if this gets around, people will pressure less and less.
I have played against humans in 10 - I can't say Ive noticed any stamina effects, but the people I play against dont 'hold' the pressure button like some - although they will close me down fairly quickly.
As for the Essien vs Xavi argument that I seem to have started hehe...Xavi is no doubt a magician with the ball, but I feel that sticking him in a lesser team without the drive of iniesta beside him would make him seem a little bit anonymous...sort of like a rich man's liam miller if you get my drift.
I love the drive that Essien and Iniesta can initiate - they take the game by the scruff of the neck - Xavi is often a talented bystander who will step in to provide the final link to the goal - obviously important, but I just prefer the drive of these other two.
Anyway...
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Take Xavi out of Barca - they basically play the same way but lack killer balls/touch. Take Essien out of Chelsea - they lose their shape, lose their drive and lose their power. Xavi will always be applauded more because he's the one playing through the balls. Comparing the two is difficult though b/c they are, as drekkard said, very different players in their roles, the teams they play in and the requirements of their respective leagues.
I'll admit Liam Miller was probably a poor choice - the point of the comparison was that both have the vision and touch to split defences, but like alot of players in their role, can sometimes become a little anonymous. (Deco?)
Everything goes through Xavi because they play through Xavi, not because he wins the ball or pushes them forward. Clearly this is because both Barca/Spain know how devastating he can be and give him the ball, but I will always be more inclined to give my respect to a player who can win his own ball, be a leader, cares about his club, AND play through the balls and strikes when he has to.
Xavi is the consummate professional. Essien is a footballer.
This is surely going to ruffle a few feathers as Im well aware my opinion is far from popular, so lets just agree to disagree.
People and barcelona...
Ok that's fair enough I guess then. Most people who pick up a football game look to pass or shoot or run as soon as they get it - its an instantaneous reaction after years of constant pressure through PES and every other football game - it's action oriented and until now, we've never had the ability or option to hold the ball and try to create space.
It will take time for people to get the rails and constant pressure out of their system - IMO those who consistently pressure in 09 and 10 (playing against mates) are the easiest to beat - if this gets around, people will pressure less and less.
I have played against humans in 10 - I can't say Ive noticed any stamina effects, but the people I play against dont 'hold' the pressure button like some - although they will close me down fairly quickly.
As for the Essien vs Xavi argument that I seem to have started hehe...Xavi is no doubt a magician with the ball, but I feel that sticking him in a lesser team without the drive of iniesta beside him would make him seem a little bit anonymous...sort of like a rich man's liam miller if you get my drift.
I love the drive that Essien and Iniesta can initiate - they take the game by the scruff of the neck - Xavi is often a talented bystander who will step in to provide the final link to the goal - obviously important, but I just prefer the drive of these other two.
Anyway...
This.
Night night Pep
