Even from earlier videos released before gamescom, I have noticed that the AI has not improved like those Jon Murphy videos. Konami can show what they want in a controlled condition in those videos, but the recent batch of videos from gamescom confirms that the PES team will once again fail to deliver.
In the Milan vs ManU video, why does every player run forward after each pass? Let's assume that the player who is playing is initiating the 1-2 run, yet this again shows the flaw in PES AI where the ONLY run you can initiate are the ones perfectly straight up the field.
Where are the diagonal runs they promised? Even overlapping runs, let's assume they happen in the game, are not always straight up the sidelines as what is happening in all the footage shown thus far.
In a typical Manchester United match, with wingers like Nani running in from the outside, full backs like Rafael will oftentimes take the ball inside, and then pass to Nani who is further to the side of the pitch, and instead of running straight up the field, will actually circle back and run around behind Nani so to give him the option to dribble inside or pass outside to Rafael. This type of off the ball movement is completely absent in all of the footage.
So what does Konami do? Add a useless feature to the R3 stick letting you control two players. What a sad bolt on "fix" to the severely lacking AI they promised would improve. All they have done is make the AI so they all run in a straight line forward when you are on the attack, no player is smart enough to drop back to create space, to create separation.
This is the best
example. Evra passes up the field and initiates a run straight into the guy. Very intelligent AI going on here.
Oh well, PES2011 with some tweaks isn't that bad I guess, but it is frustrating when you see the same shortcomings over and over year after year.