How are you going with the CB diagonal runs??? Id say its 50% of the time,(on ps4, superstar, full manual) I can pass it to a CB and run in and out, away from ai, and get to other side and make a shot on goal. Again, sometimes the DM's will aggressively go for me, sometimes not...
All in all though, Im with you.. the Defensive AI and particularly aggression is much better. Night n day in terms of pes17 vs pes16.. im getting heaps of foul for and against me... great news!!!!
A couple of other mentions (some purely cosmetic).
+ Crowd looks the best its ever looked..actually looks plausible for this gen.. love it..
+nets for me have improved in terms of realism...
+Love the Attacking/Defensive mindset bar that they've brought back.. ie. dpad up and down.. makes a huge difference..and its on full manual.. meaning (unlike ps2 days, or pes6 on pc) it wont automatically change back to other settings, ie. stays where you last left it. Ive tried the full defense, ie. fully blue, and once I win the ball.. moved it up to full attack.. and you should see the players, including RB and LB, bomb up the pitch.. awesome stuff.. makes a big difference.
+Keepers are amazing.. really adds to this game. Seen a few mistakes, but realistic ones, eg. deflections into the goal, which don't look cheap or staged. Im amazed at how much improved they are...
+Vibration control.... wow.. just how I imagined it.. really adds to the weight of this game. I think once you can control the sound settings (cant do it atm), ill pump up the ball sounds, to make it more immersive...
Overall, Awesome game.. what id love to see improve (hopefully for pes18) is better running animations.. if the animations were based around the realism of pes14 including player models id be ecstatic. Sprinting in pes2017 doesn't feel like sprinting... and I think this has to do with pes16ish animations, plus the poor foot planting. Feet need to move quicker. Hard to explain, but it still aint looking right. Despite this, I think the positives WAY OUTDO THE NEGATIVES. Brilliant game so far