Ill probably get abuse for posting this, but well I feel like its worth saying.
First up, im a mid-30s gamer who has always been on the PES wagon (bar FIFA 10-12) but that was for the Team Play more than anything else.
Im not a great 'joypad jockey' and im not a hardcore player either, as such in a sitting I might play 6-10 games and that is normally 1-2 times a week, sometimes less.
Now as a fan of PES I have enjoyed the last couple, but I understand all the issues... my main pet peeve is the AIs preference to shoot low, which can get annoying but not game breaking.
But my main point is, the grief that this game gets makes me wonder if im playing the same game as other people! I have some great fun playing the game, last night for example as Villa on Master League I played 3 games and each had their own identity and were fun to play.
I play on Professional mode, no edits bar kits and I use +1 speed as the default to me looks like playing in treacle. Now whether that makes a difference or not idk, but I see over hit passes, balls bobbling off players, mis controls, fouls... yes FOULS, I drew 7 in 3 games and gave up just as many. The AI hit the bar (its rare, but it happened), their shots although mainly low, some were probably waist height for the keeper as well (but as I say this is my main gripe still).
The AI build up play can be fantastic as well, just a joy to watch at times, nothing scripted about it, some flowing moves, but also some real ballsup both up top and at the back.
Keepers on both sides were decent, infact good, some great saves and some scrambles that just erupted in the area. There were battles over the pitch and although I occasionally had the freedom of hte middle of the park, its not like some suggest were you can run up and down at will.
Id have loved to have the games recorded for people to watch, as from what people say, they would never believe im playing PES16. Yet this is how the game is for me, sometimes you have the odd dull as dishwater game, but normally 5 out of 6 of my games leave me wanting more.
I play on full manual on all settings, semi assist for the CPU to switch to a near player (I think).
Ill probably record some of my games sometime, even to playback for myself to try and find what im missing in terms of hating on the game. But all in all I must have the Adam Bhatti gold edition version of PES
But, we used to say about PES "no two goals are the same" (reviewers used to say that in every year's article). But I don't think we can say that any more. No CPU long range screamers, or goals out of nowhere, or blasted shots, or blasted-over-the-bar shots even (or at least, far too rarely). If the CPU was a human opponent sitting next to you on the sofa, you'd punch him in the face for constantly exploiting the game's weakness (i.e. that bottom corner).
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will have to do! Until next time, my friend. 
