Re: PES 2009 News Discussion Etc. (STRICTLY NO FIFA DEMO IMPRESSIONS OR POLITICAL CHA
The more I play the demo the more I like
I had a spare hour and was gonna play fifa09 after a quick blast of this but ended up playing the demo over and over.
it deffo harks back to PES on the PS2, no question there, but it is a refined version.
some of the animations are shite. FACT. and in this depatment it is blown out of the water by FIFA09 (which I rate very highly this year)
If there was a sliding scale of simulation I would say FIFA09 is too conservative esp when dribbling and pr evo is abit too liberal.
but there is something about pr evo (except last years) that allows you to be inventive in your play that is not possible in FIFA.
I think anything is possible in PES. you can keep your finger on the sprint button and make it into an arcade game(esp last year -not so much this) or you can pass it about with a slow build up. the major reason why I still prefer PES over FIFA is how it allows you to pass in tight situations..
the passing in FIFA is fantastic but when your around the box it seems a bit slow to respond when you want to do a quick passing move to carve open a tight defence. in PES as soon as you see an opertunity you can take advantage of it, its almost like when your playing FIFA you are controlling the player and telling him what to do but with PES you ARE the player with the ball. so the quality of the move is as good as your own football brain.
also PES lets you beat a man when dribbling using body movement. I feel this is a major weak point for FIFA. if your KAKA you should be able to beat a man with sharp turns and faints without having to use the trick stick.
PES has a 'Jink' button in R2 - which has actualy been tonned down a bit this year. get a player like kaka on the ball you feel like you can take someone on, give it to Phil neville and his reactions are too slow so you pass the ball on.
This brings me on to individuality. FIFA still hasnt mastered this yet. as well as the dribbling thing I still feel no more confident on the ball with Xavi than I do with Bramble.
so because of all this PES is still my wepon of choice. I am playing FIFA09 at the moment and enjoying it. the anmimations, pace of the game and shooting (i use semi) is fantastic, But I can see ProEvo taking me through until next october.
cheers