Man this game is a nightmare. I had moments in my last match that made me yell out loud, louder than I wanted to.
And then I found it extremely difficult to get both teams positionally correct. I find that things can get very strange and I try to ignore it but I know I won't be able to if I ever purchase this game. Very frustrating because the times I had fun, I was having a shitload of fun. And the negative stuff is so easily fixable and such legacy issues that I want to be like "
Do you all actually play the game yourselves EA"
Barca v Las Palmas (WC, 20 min, Width 50/20, Length 35/25, Height 55/55, Fullbacks 60/60, Pass error 60/55, Pass speed 47/47)
Pros:
-Fullback slider adjustment really helped get them forward with well timed runs. I previously was only making Alba and Vidal Wingbacks but this made things much more realistic.
Chipped through balls are sooooo much better. About on par with Pes if not better. Had Iniest play one with the outside of his foot in the perfect situation.
-Had a FANTASTIC run in behind by Aleix Vidal that I hit with an over the top ball with Rak. Low crossed it to Neymar and the Keeper made an amazing kick save after a first time shot.
-I won 6-1, and the great thing was none of the goals were due to Blitzkreig or any other bs reasons. They were legitimatly beautiful goals. I felt excited about each one of them that you sometimes don't get with Pes.
-My first goal. My Lord my first goal. Got going with Neymar on a long run. Cut middle and Leo made a fantastic run in behind the Cb and RB. Dinked one over the top. Messi with a sliding finish. Thing of beauty.
-Second goal-MSN. Messi slipped a through ball to Suarez. Suarez (being Suarez) fluffed a goal chance by using the outside of the foot only to hit the post, crazy realistic, only for the rebound to fall right into Neymars path. Looked crazy good on the replay
-My third goal was almost better than the 1st. This time, a dink with Busi to a streaking Alba. PERRRRFECT ball. Alba crosses it back post to Messi who buryies it after a solid first touch. Textbook Barca.
-Got 5 goals before half. They were all very Barca-like. You could probably find identical ones by watching highlights of last season. Las Palmas got 1 right before half ended. I got my six in the 79th with a looping cross to the top of the box with Alba to Dennis Suarez. Low shot, bottom corner.
-The commentators had a great moment after Messi got dispossessed by a slide tackle in the box. Crowd reaction was a nice touch and Martin Tyler made a point to highlight how good the refs positioning was.
-I haven't scored two identical goals yet
-AI slide tackles are really good without being OP.
-Crossing is beautiful.
-Moving Neymar in on the gameplan screen seemed to help a tad
-Saw a close, first time finesse shot almost hit the corner flag because body shape was all wrong. Glorious especially on default shot error. I wanted to save it and show you all
Cons:
-Pass error was clearly in my head because Las Palmas played perfect passes almost all game. They finished with 90%. This is likely due to tactics because I moved their speed to 25 and their pass distance to 40. It definitely slowed them down which is the real good news. Things weren't nearly as frantic for them offensively as they were for Valencia. The problem is if you want the ball back from the CPU, you're usually going to have to tackle it off of them. I finished with 93 with is a bit too high for even Barca. But I was playing very safe passes to just try and watch how the AI was setting up defensively.
-Wingers were wayyyy to wide defensively, even with width at 20 for the CPU. Man marking the fullbacks. I wanted to stick my head through my TV, seeing this. PES and Fifa get this was when having 5 players in the midfield. Pes is even worse here but it was still so frustrating to see because changing the width in last years Fifa would fix this issue. It's hard for me to enjoy the game whenever I see this. It changes every pass you play. Defensive shape is
SO vital.
-Line was still too deep. Will try increasing to maybe 60.
-You have to keep in mind using no touch dribbling because itll also make someone show for you offball if you're not careful, the opposite of last year. I don't know what brainiac at EA can't figure out how to make these two different buttons so this isnt a problem
-Width that low makes CPU fullbacks not stay wide which will ruin the realism a bit. Trying to figure out how to have my cake and eat it too.
-Fouls have been pretty low in every game. Same as last year. This will surely upset some people. Been to occupied for it to bug me quite yet.
-Pass speed needs to be decreased a bit more.
-Definitely getting hawked down from behind in some situations that I shouldnt be. Much better than last year though.
-Oh something I keep forgetting. Lefties still fake shot with their right foots. Small and stupid I know. But it really irks me cutting in with Leo, and he fakes shots with the wrong foot and I'm then dispossessed.
Ill try upping pass error even more this next game. Only saw one horrible cross. Pray for me and my journey
that Fifa 17 is better gameplay wise with the correct sliders. I'm always shocked to see that people feel otherwise over in the Pes thread and I've always wanted to do a detailed comparison in the fifa v pes thread with video evidence and clear examples of how flawed Pes is, despite how good it was last year. Just haven't had the energy to do so. Really, I don't think it's even that close. But both out of the box without sliders, I can see people giving the nod to Pes. Pes 14 i think? (One with Gotze) was about even if not slightly ahead of Fifa regardless of sliders. It's tough too because I only recently got into football with my entire childhood being basketball american football and baseball. I've only watched "soccer" for about 4-5 years now, but it's about as detailed watching as you could ever imagine. My point is, I never got to live in the glory days of Pes 5 era.
You really should try to just enjoy it. When the beta will be over you will understand if you liked what you played or not. It's way too early to have a definitive opinion, you just played a couple of days.
