Re: PES 2009 News, Discussion and Rumours
Wow.
Just plain wow. I've been out of this thread for a couple of days, had to read through 40+ pages of comments before I even begin to post.
@Rob92: I'm glad that you admitted that you got carried away and stopped. I can accept all your arguments, but for I don't know how many pages on a row it was just you hammering on whoever tried to make a positive comment
Honest, I believe that it has been put here pretty clearly: you are entitled to prefer FIFA and not like PES. You are entitled to comment on what you find faulty on the PES videos or whatever. You should also allow others to find some confort in things that they see in the videos or read wherever, and let them appreciate them - even though they may be displeasing for yourself

I'm glad that in the end it all calmed down, because this thread was becoming terrible to follow.
And that is why people like WENB: because they are allowed to enjoy the time before the release of a new PES version without having to be force-fed that they are wrong.
After all, even though some of you are really critical about everything, some of the rest are satisfied with it - which doesn't mean that they say it is perfect, or that they don't reckon faults in it.
I, for one, am happy with the news after the embargo. The playtests from every outlet gave me a clear image of what to expect, and it suits me fine. I am eagerly waiting for the "Be a Legend" mode, and seeing it running on the Seabass video without any slowdown was complete bliss for me. The PS2 versions' Player Camera were always slow as hell.
I liked the ball movement a lot. There were some pretty nice passes that I felt that couldn't have been done in previous versions.
The shooting seems fine. The animations do need some work, but for me they do the job competently.
The off-the-ball movement seems like a fantastic addition. For those of you who didn't understand what it is, Seabass explained it pretty well. In previous PES's, for you to pass a ball and the player keep on running, instead of halting to pass and then resume the run, you'd always have to make a one-two pass, even if later on you didn't return the ball to the original player. Expert players and players who usually play 2vs2 games should be pretty familiar with using the L1+X to pass the ball more frequently than just using the X button only. The problem with using L1+X would always be that you had no control about when the running player would stop, nor its course.
Some of the playtests mentioned that you no longer needed the super cancel. This is all streamlined in the animations - and if it works as promised, it is going to be bliss. You can see some of those slight changes in the videos.
I'm going to pick this one because I don't recall the one I wanted to show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh3pn3iLbAw
At 1:44, Riquelme passes to Cambiasso, and then moves to try and find a better place to stay.
At 2:48 you'll see a pass, and then the player moves just as if it had been a one-two pass in previous versions, just to stop a little ahead. It didn't stay put after the pass, as it happens in previous games, and yet he didn't continue the run ad eternum. At 3:27 Portugal does it, at 3:32 it's Argentina's turn.
Here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwR4vNL8PFk
At 0:41 the French attack moves seamlessly while passing - no pass and stop.
The goal at 6:27 is a goal that I have never seen in PES, and I have tried to take free kicks in this manner. I can concede that people may have seen goals like these beore, but I haven't, and I do have a history with ISS's and PES's for quite a while.
At 7:41, seeing the French players running to the box - instead of the winger getting there first and then having to wait for them - is something that doesn't happen very often in PES2008 for me at least.
For other nice touches, I'm going to pick the latest video posted here for the example - the one from SG Eintracht (for which, by the way, thanks):
At 0:10, that interception reminds me of older PES's, where the ball wasn't glued to a player. As you can see, the Argentina player just mover in front of the French one an voilá!
At 0:23, the french player tries to make an interception without it being a sliding tackle.
From 0:20 to 0:26 see Messi's movement in the radar, creating the opening on the right flank.
The pass at 0:38 is lovely. Could have been stronger, but if you tried to pull it off in ealrier versions, I bet that it would have gone straight to an Argentina player. Serioulsy.
The cross at 1:43 looks pretty nice.
Right before the end, at 3:29, you see that he passes are no longer directed to players, but to the space. He is running with Makelele after the pass, and then changes to Malouda. In previous versions, even if you had changed player, the original player - in this case, Makelele - would have continued running after the ball.
Here:
http://www.jeuxvideo.tv/video/pro-evolution-soccer-2009.html#view:256118
At 0:55 there's a pass which, in previous versions, would not have moved as it did here, and would have ended in the Portuguese player's feet.
At 2:31 there's the pass and the player run again.
Here:
http://www.jeuxvideo.tv/video/pro-evolution-soccer-2009.html#view:256132
At 2:34 there's a pass which you can't seriously say that you would see in current PES versions.
Finally, this is the one I wanted to show earlier:
http://www.jeuxvideo.tv/video/pro-evolution-soccer-2009.html#view:256122
At 1:33, the header followed by a run would be unthinkable in current PES's. The header animation ends, the player stops, and only then does he start running at the moment. In this video, it is sweetly and seamlessly joined into the running animation.
Honestly, from what I am seeing, I really have that PES feeling that it will only make sense when I play it and feel it. It sincerely gives me that vibe that there's a whole lot of new stuff to feel and see.
The best analogy I can think of in this scenario is porn vs. sex. You really can't have a clue of what it will feel like just from watching the videos.
And from watching them once again, I see more and more details that put these videos miles away from PES2008. Trust me, they might look like what you think you remember that PES2008 felt like, but trust me when I tell you that you should put that PES2008 disc on your consoles once again and see that it's quite different - not necessarily night-and-day differences, but morning to sunset differences.
For me, I want to thank you all for making me write this post. I was less enthusiastic about the game before I started
And you know what will happen in 2 months?
The game will be released. It will be pretty much like the videos that are being shown today.
Many people will enjoy it. Many people will like it.
Some of them will say that the game is much better than what the videos in Leipzig showed. Go figure.
The ones who don't like the game - or just like to rant - will blame those who said "wait 'til you try the game for yourselves, the videos don't do it justice" because they got their heads filled with hopes that the game would be everything that they wanted.
Well, it won't. If you choose to take it for what it is, it will be great.
If you don't, you always have the other game - and I respect that.
Just respect us for also being enthusiastic for this game as well.
Sorry for the really, really long post. I got carried away too
Best regards to all. I'll be out for the weekend.
Paulo Tavares
P.S. - For f's sake... Before I started writing the thread was peaceful, and now it's all FIFA vs PES again? Come on...