Still, when it clicks it is the best football video game ever... So dunno what to do now. Will wait for next KONAMI patch I guess...
My thoughts, more or less.
Now after trying the full game (although only for a couple of matches against a friend of mine who owns it, and a couple against the CPU) I must say that I was wrong... I actually like it!
Well, players are not really aware of what is happening aroud them at times (there are moments in which I feel like playing Virtua Striker 2), and keepers often perform saves just to concede stupid goals straight after especially when the ball is going straight to them (still, like VS2).
It happened to me a couple of times that the player got "locked" to his opponent (when they were shoulder-to-shoulder) and got brought off the pitch with the ball without me being able to pass/cross/get free from the lock.
Simply, my player who was on the short side of the box got challenged by an opponent that
escorted him out of the pitch with the ball, resulting in me giving away a couple of goal kicks for nothing.
Well, that is annoying.
Other than that, I just feel passes are good even if they're not 100% free in my opinion (but it can be a good thing as it can also mean we're relying on stats here) but I don't like the way players sometimes still follow "rails" to be able to control a pass made at them (I mean that they run close to the ball even if I don't want them too and point the left stick elsewhere).
Also, LODs are unbalanced and way too conservative at times (especially in the tunnel before the match). I believe that on PC they can be handled way better if only Konami wants.
But, all in all, it's a very good game. I'll be waiting for the next Konami patches then probably I'll be buying it, maybe I'll make myself a Christmas gift (if I can resist until Christmas, of course).