Okay, here goes, I'm gonna get a hammering, but I tried PES2014 for the second time after downloading it for free from PS Plus. I had the 360 version before.
Right, well, coming back to this having not touched my PS3 since November was quite a shock. I've been on nothing but my PS4 since, playing the likes of FIFA14 and Infamous, Killzone etc. Loading this game up was like stepping back in time, load times were soooo long, 'that' menu system appeared, the awful music and commentators started up, and I was plain shocked at how awful the graphics now seem. Low resolution, pixelated, an absolute mess. This must be the PS3 version because my 360 version certainly never looked this bad.
Anyways, that shock out the way, I still didn't like it. It's much better, but, man, after just 30 minutes of my first game the COM had attempted to do that IRRITATING low pass to the near post three times already, and scored off one of them. That's a deal breaker for me. Also, coming from next gen FIFA, I'm not a fan of how light the players and ball feel in PES2014, there's just no weight to anything. I never thought I'd be saying that about the two games, it was always the other way around.
There are plenty of really good things in PES2014 but not enough, the production and presentation is utterly appalling, it's like going back in time ten years. They have so much to do for PS4 PES. I'm hopeful the game is just limited by the old hardware because there's something missing, it still doesn't feel like old PES used to. I know it's a new engine, but that old feeling just isn't there. Here's hoping PES2015 on next gen and PC can take several steps forward, but in all honesty it's gonna have to take some giant leaps, not least in the way they present their game. The lack of any sense of atmosphere alone in comparison to PS4 FIFA is a real issue.