Ok there is an interview with Finnish beta testers and with seabass. This video was made by a well known portuguese sports newspaper called "A bola" (the ball in english) and it´s my favourite newspaper. Is also the newspaper wich sell more here in Portugal.
http://www.miragens.abola.pt/videosdetalhe.aspx?id=2494
I will translate the video:
At first the 2 finnish guys say that PES 2008 was dissapointing and that PES 2009 is like the old PES. Near previous PES (except PES 6 wich they also mention as bad). The 2nd finnish just talks about the champions league mode and about the fact that defenders are smarter and that it´s easier to defend.
In the interview with Seabass they ask "Why are short passes harder to perform in PES 2009? They´re not so accurate as in PES 2008."
Seabass says that "well the passes are not inaccurate at all. Actually they´re more accurate if you do them at the right time. If you loose that timing they will be inaccurate and I think that´s real. If your player is under pressure, if his direction is not towards a teammate or if you press constantly the X button, you can´t expect the pass to be accurate. I think this is realistic. We want the game to be as realistic as possible, but we also don´t want to affect gameplay. You must feel good playing the game."
realistic gameplay + fun as possible, it´s their goal.
After this the portuguese interviewer asks about online mode.
Seabass answer: "we know PES 2008 had much criticism about online mode, so in PES 2009 we renewed it to assure a good online experience. Everything is fine now. No one will be dissapointed this year, but I still not happy because I want more than 2vs2. That´s our next goal, we are already working on it.
After that another question: "now that you have champions league mode in the game you think PES is definetly for European gamers?"
Seabass: " no we want it to be for everyone around the world."
He also said "in the last 3 years we paid attention to our fans feedback only, to improve the game. But after pes 2008 release we start to putting our own ideas in the game and we want to surprise our fans with new things. Of course we still paying attention to fans feedback but not only that. We need more."
Then he talked about EA... saying "we have better AI and gameplay this year but EA stills leading in many other ways like the graphic engine and licenses; as we don´t have many licenses we have to provide a good gameplay, and this year we are better again."
last question:" tell me, you already have news about pes 2010?
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seabass:" of course I can´t tell you anything about pes 2010 but I´m excited because new consoles give you more possibilities and we can have a great AI in the game. The players behaviour will be really near the real life ones... pes fans will be suprised, and I´m excited with it"
That´s it. As you can see the game is harder, you must think before making a pass, I love the "timing" thing and the fact defence is more balanced
Waiting for the demo
missed that, 14 ...
damn it
