One thing that annoyes me is the off the ball movement. When I'm with ball in possession in midfield, over pressured, there's no player getting close to give option to pass the ball around. As in real life, to make my play style more possible, some midfielder must get close or, if he's already close enough but still on the danger area, he should make two steps back to receive the ball properly on the less pressured area.
YouTube - Barca's 30 passes and ending with final attempt!!!
Here's an example of players always getting close and at 0:17 to 0:20 you can see a player getting back to recieve the ball on a safe space.
That's what i like to play, making short passes around, atacking slowly, with good passes variation in slow pace, but football games nowadays are simply not good enough to make this a really good play style.
Another problem: Maicon (inter milan) is always supporting the attack from the right side irl, so when i'm with the ball in possesion with some midfielder close to him (Maicon), I hold the close control for a secound and expect him to go a bit forwar to give option for a short manual through pass to him, but he simply does nothing, he stays there close to the half line. This is ridiculous. Even when I try to make a 1-2 with Maicon, he runs in diagonal to the gaol post direction, when he should simply runs straight forward.
I like to make short manual passes into space and attack in slow pace, but football games have serious problems to make it really rewardable. Say waht you want, but fooball games are still not good enough for this
I think there will never be a really sim game into the short 15 mins. Fast paced passes forward and through balls to the wings with big teams (btw I hate Real Madrid in football games) will always be the better option, that's the videogame play style.
Replicating my play style, which is clearly more complexive, will never work as it should. That's my major frustration. I don't want my lay style to be unbeatable, but to be more possible and more rewardable. The AI off the ball movement and the passing (and even ball physiscs) are not dynamic and organic enough.
Pes 2011 is a good game after all, mainly if you compare it to the previous one, it shows good potential for the next PES, but it's still far from what i expect for a football game.