Jimmy G-Force
Resident PES Fanman
fantastic summary on why PES is and always has been the best.
with your permission i will use this when i come across those who miss the point.
Feel free to use it, no problem. But bear in mind PES isnt the best and never will be the best for everyone. What I've written is simple basics for any footballer, and every footballer will agree with it 100%. But if you dont appreciate footballing technique, then everything I've written is pretty much wasted, and will fall on dear ears. I appreciate everything Konami do well, but I also see areas that need to be improved.
PES 2011 looks to be addressing alot of my small concerns. Freedom of passing combined with statistical AI assistance is a massive step forward. Also the retreating defensive jockeying system will certainly help stop those that abuse the superteams with player whoring. Konami did this with PES 5, but they cheated to achieve it. They stopped the ability of fast players to out-run slower defenders, which isnt realistic, but also incorporated extremely strict referee's to break up the flow of the game. This is the first time I have been able to see a relevant counteraction to players abusing the sprint flaw. Hopefully, for the sake of those who like to play fair Ranked matches, they set the default to Top Player.
On a downside, the feint linkages that they have added to PES 2011 are hideous, and completely against the usual Konami philosophy. A cheap sell-out by Seabass for me. Not good at all.
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A couple of tricks I was beginning to master was the ability to just either flick the ball ahead of yourself, or a rainbow flick to create space. I used Aimar whilst playing with Benfica to do a rainbow flick past a player in midfield just to the right of the box, and then volleyed the ball towards the left corner, with the ball just going over. It would have been a contender for goal of the season had it gone in. But the move certainly stuck in my memory, and that’s a great sign.
My eyes started to bleed after reading that. (Insert the worlds biggest Facepalm here)
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