Re: PES 2009 News Discussion & Rumours (STRICTLY NO FIFA DEMO IMPRESSIONS)
I really don't see many differences, it seems to play exactly the same scripted-passing and "do-it-all-yourself-because-AI-is-unexistant".
The CPU build up is lame IMO, because it simply pass around or retain the ball with no intention at all until a striker is totally unmarked (the player AI teammates are as dumb as always letting a striker completely alone in the center, watch it for yourselves in the video, it happens twice or 3 times, the CBs simply go away of him) and then the CPU player with the ball (regardless if it's a winger, a midfielder or even the CB) , as if something is triggered, simply does a pixel-perfect 30 meters through ball letting the striker alone.
To me the very poor AI (of CPU and mostly the AI of your teammates) and the scripted-railed passing and shooting make it seem an arcade machine, it's all too mechanical.
Some people will like this direct and simple approach to the game, but I find it odd nowadays.