Just something I'm wondering. Why do people on this forum expect lower teams to struggle with something as simple as passing? Passing is such a basic skill in footbal that when you get to the premier league for example it isn't an issue. I cant expect a team like Burnley for example to be misplasing passes. They don't misplace them in real life.
Well first off, take a look at this table of stats showing average passing accuracy for the 2014/2015 season (including Burnley):
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Burnley had a 70% pass success on average. In this demo, I've not seen less than 85% so far, and that's with Corinthians and Palmeiras. Now admittedly, they're better than Burnley, and maybe it's down to me not being good enough defensively at the moment, but I'm not terrible at PES 2015 and it was the same story when playing against Burnley.
But, for me (personally), the never-misplacing-passes comes second on my list of frustrations, with the first one being - Burnley couldn't pass the ball around instantly, with barely any kicking motion producing a lot of power, producing first-time passes 4-5 times in a row over and over again. They might not misplace a great deal of passes on a good day, but they're not Barcelona, they're not superstars and they're not psychic robots, but in this demo Corinthians and Palmeiras pass so quickly and without a second's thought (or so much as looking at who they're passing to).
These are only exhibition games, too. When you're playing in the ML and it kicks the AI up a notch.........
To show how subjective opinions are, I show you two opinions about the speed of the game: <snip>
I think it has a lot to do with your playing style ( end-to-end or slow build up , for example) and the team plays a role as well.
Germany plays faster then Corinthians.
I can understand this, and you're definitely right - I always try to play a certain way, which is slow, measured passing, retaining possession and waiting for the right opportunity. But playing like this in the demo (on Top Player or Superstar, but particularly the latter), I find every team pressing me the same way, and when they win back possession, passing up the field the same way (without even looking at who they're passing to).
I think online, if the game is slowed down and lag-free, it could be brilliant, but that's my biggest hope for the game this year.
The one I miss most is the shot technique stat. It uniquely differentiated certain players who had a high stat from others and could shoot accurately at goal from the most difficult situations and angles. That made a big difference to the striker I picked.
