Re: PES 2015 Discussion Thread
Not really...
There are so many things to do, even regarding gameplay, that's almost impossible to nail in 1 year. Unless UK studio worked on FOX Engine since 2012.
Let's start with things maremas posted on 1st page. Are those fixed? Stats mean jack sh*t in PES 2014. Period. CR7 is the same as Mascherano in terms of controls and speed/acceleration. There is NO variety or that thing, that makes one player special to other. Nada.
2nd thing. Will there be variable speed depending on how far analogue stick is pushed? Walk, dribble, jog? Sprinting on Right Trigger making it also analogue? The further you push the trigger the faster you sprint? No? Well, feck you then KONAMI. We don't live in prehistorical age anymore! I want to dictate tempo with players like Pirlo/Gerrard. Can't do that now. It's either run. sprint, speed burst or stop. No in betweens.
3rd. LOD. This is a disgrace for PC users with high end computers. You lowered the Level of Detail so much with 1.12. and 1.13. patches my eyes are BLEEDING out. The game looks now like poop. If PES 2015 looks the same, I start to worry.
4th. Animations and variety. Not ENOUGH. You need to mo-cap PROFESSIONAL players from VARIOUS leagues to get VARIETY in place. Right now, there is almost no such thing. Look at NBA 2k and their mo-cap work...
5th. Goalkeepers. Hopefully they are heaps better at positioning and reading the game. Not just standing on the line in 1on1 situation watching the ball.
6th. Stamina. Will there be realistic system implemented? I mean my players are always tired ~60-70 min mark. It doesn't matter if I sprinted with them all the time or not. It's random and it doesn't make an ounce of sense! Btw AI is NOT impacted the same way as humans. They can pressure and harass you all game long without being hit by it. Even in late game when I put on fresh sub, he is caught up by defender... But hm this is...
7th. CATCH UP SCRIPT. I want to punch my monitor everytime I thing about that stuff!
Not gameplay related:
8th. Allow for more camera customization.
9th. Overhaul of UI is massively needed. It looks like a game from 2005 not 2014.
10th. What does their license for UEFA CL/EL really mean? If I were KONAMI I would have got rid of it. It's pointless in a state it is now. CL license is here, but teams who play it irl are not? Crazy. If that's how it works, modders can do it also

.
11th. BRING back STADIUMS and stadium creator! I mean come on... 20 stadiums? (and 2 are annoyingly being repeated each year: San Siro = Guiseppe Meazza ffs KONAMI, LEARN this already!). Almost all are BIG stadiums, so there is no point in playing in D2 league. We want more industrial stadiums, allow us to create those if you cannot.
12th. Overhaul of Master League and Be A Legend. They need to make this way more immersive and interactive. Please make transfers and player valuations also more realistic. Och and randomize the Regens creation. I hate to see regens of Giggs popping aged 16 and having 90 rating :lol:.
13th. Commentary team for English needs to go away and never come back. Another year of listening to Jim and Champion will make me puke. Have enough of their boredom.
14th. We want SNOW and RAIN back and... Dynamic lightning system. I want to have possibility to start matches at any time of the day with 30 mins periods (so 12:00, 12:30, 13:00, 13:30 etc.) and I want to see sun change it's position depending on this (FIFA does this well, but it's not really dynamic, but static). Imagine starting game in late afternoon and falling into evening. Awesome

. Maybe add back dynamic weather? (start in sunny weather, then rain happens, then it's sunny again).
15th. Tactical system should allow for more than 3 tactics to get stored for a team.
It's only a tip of the iceberg, but good start to what improve. I didn't even touch on AI here or online modes, but that is whole different story to handle...
Can this all be done in 1 year time? I doubt it. It would take 2-4 years of development. Ach and let me remind you they have already cut out so many things from PES 3-6 that were there before and worked fine, only to not appear in the series ever again (match ratings and text underneath for what the player got MOTM award, injuried player getting off field on stretcher, referee had memory to hold whole half in their minds and go back to the foul committed 10 mins earlier and give card, scoreboard showed scorer AND time the goal was scored at, etc.)

.
This is what I posted on WENB. Am I totally wrong?
So far PES 2015 shapes up to be disappointing and maybe, that's strategy KONAMI took for this year. Just to come back with big bang on 25th. Who knows?