I actually prefer PES2008 to the mess I just played.
Extremely boring, they've limited almost all tricks.
- Marseille Roulettes can only be performed by some players.
- The Lift Flick can only be done by some players (it is extremely challenging to lift a ball above head height from stationary apparently).
- Manual passes (on the right stick) are definitely 8-way still. Atleast my Logitech Rumblepad 2 can only use those 8 directions. BUT I had to switch back to using [ R3 Direction + R3 Click ] to be able to use 8 directions. If I just pointed the stick in a direction, I only managed to make the player pass in 4 directions (up, down, left, right).
- Holding R2 gives you slow dribbling and technical movement by the player as in PES2008. There is no way to use the Right analog stick and R2 as a sort of trickstick as mentioned before.
- Removed are the dragback to diagonal/front movement from PES6/2008 (where the player from stationary first pulls the ball backwards as he takes a small step backwards, and then immediately accelerated forward and kicks out the ball in the direction you specify (was used to nutmeg players in PES2008).
- Also no sign of the Mattnews feint from stationary (even though the commands list states it should be there. I tried to do it with Ronaldo and Messi from stationary by moving the left stick as in PES6/2008, but nothing.
- Noticed about 5 or 6 new animations over 4 games. Most by the keeper. Running is still as robotic as 2008. Feet are sliding around really much when dribbling around.
- Passes are as bad as in PES2008. players constantly put more/less power than you want since you can't choose power, and so balls are constantly going several meters too far and ending up at an opponent, even though the passer wasn't pressured and any real footballer would've been able to execute it properly. Failure to aim at a teammate does the usual "pass the ball a short distance into nomansland" rubbish, that serves no purpose whatsoever, since passing into space isn't an option at all in this game due to absolutely no control over power or direction when it happens.
- Movement of players seems erratic and you've no real way to gauge when you need to release the stick for the player to slow down before you just run past an opponent. Stab tackles are bad with players most often just not even aiming at the ball, they just send out a leg without looking seemingly.
Seriously, I don't want to touch this game (or demo, since the usual "this is an old build" will most likely pop up, which is sad both if it isn't true and if it is true). I've been playing PES6 recently on PC, and that game is several orders of magnitude better than this, which is saying something since I dislike so much of that game aswell.
They are going to have to do something miraculous to fix this game for release.
EDIT: Also, the drop shoulder moves seem to have been removed completely. WTF? One of the few useful moves when pitted against a defender.
but good. c.ronaldo nice fk styles. fk are nice
. It feels more freedom than the previous version, everything is better. Shots, animations (not superb but definetely better than 2008), graphics, goalies, gameplay feels completely different. I will be buying PES again after last year's disaster.
. C´mon guys! you can leave your torrent running while you test the game ;-).
