I'm sure these have been posted already in some form, but here goes. Some gameplay related, some superficial, 'football fan' aesthetic points that would, well, make the game feel more authentic and a bit nicer to play
- Ball physics need a drastic overhaul. It's like kicking a deflated ball at times. There's no sensation that the ball rolls properly, it looks more like it just 'shunts' along with flat bounces.
- Audio; crowds, commentary, all awful. A total revamp needed, not gonna happen. PLEASE reduce the volume of ball 'thuds' when it's kicked by about 80%!!
- A very , very tiny and largely unimportant point here, but when you play in training mode, it's the most annoying thing when you practice shooting, the keeper saves, then instead of the game just making him roll the ball back out to your attackers for another go, he waits then punts it all the way down the field. All football games have always done this, and it bugs me! It's like trying to practice with some annoying guy who just kicks the ball away from you all the time!
- Goalkeeper control; After 10 years or so, it's time that, when your keeper has the ball in his hands, you should have full control of the direction and power he can throw and kick the ball. This is a rare thing FIFA gets spot on. Currently, you can't even make him wait for your team to get up the pitch before he auto kicks the ball out, and throws are severely limited. It's a really basic issue that would help the flow of the game immensely.
- ML; more financial control - ticket prices, stadium expansion etc.
- Celebrations; new celebrations please! Perhaps the ability to perform your own if you want, again as in FIFA. It's good fun and makes goals feel more dynamic and that you're 'involved'.
- Through pass; needs massively reducing down, so it's more of a delicate, precision pass that's effective in very advanced positions, but still MUCH harder to pull off.
- Editing; more slots, choice of those tight shirts for edited kits (doesn't need to break Adidas copyrights, just make the shirts fit on the player models in a similar way - they look more realistic imo).
- Improved player switching.
- A return to the old style of player switching options, where manual actually IS manual, rather than the current 'manual' of having the game play for you unless you can get control of a player before the CPU can.
- As in PES6, dynamic kits where shirts untuck, socks roll down, and kits get muddy during the game. Utterly bizarre why this feature went awol with next-gen.
Personally, I'd like to see Konami do away with Be A Legend entirely and make more space/time available to develop the main game. I'm sure others will strongly disagree but I think Konami needs to walk before it can run with PES now.
