Ok, brace yourselves everyone. I know a lot of people on here don't take criticism of their favorite game too fondly, but I have to be honest about what I'm seeing. Im someone who absolutely loved the beta, couldn't stop playing it. Would tell myself "last game" knowing fair well I was lying to myself. So I will say, my expectations were raised significantly going into this demo. Most of my pros here are what was also great in the beta...
Pros:
-The pace of the AI seems a little slower than last year. I have yet to play against a team with the possession style on. So I am hoping a team will actually be able to outpossess me and take the sting out of the game when necessary. Would like to see even more back passes on the counter attack tactic.
-Overall pace still good.
-Dribbling still great, although, they desperately need a "analog sensitivtely" feature so you can run at 70, 80, 90%-and not just walk, jog, sprint.
-First touches are great. Would like to see a bit more error though.
-Defending feels good and I could imagine it feeling great if you could just bring your damn wingers back and get in a good shape. If we could just get the fullbacks to take away the flanks rather than having no clue what the sport of Football is.
-Gegen press is a bit out of control but is pretty solid overall.
-Tiki taka option works pretty well. Players show but will still make forward runs. Although, your Striker becomes a bit too stagnant instead of looking to get in behind every now and then.
-Wingers cut inside offball, they weren't doing this on the Fifa 18 beta
Cons:
-Opposite side Wingers still man mark the fullbacks instead of pinching in if you have your tactics set up to have 5 in the midfield. This eliminates the possibility of switching the play and makes the opposite side Cm wide open on most occasions. Probably adds to the speed of the build up play.
-I know it's just a demo but the inability to move players around and change formations tactically is a real killer for me. It makes the game virtually unplayable when MSN are all at midfield and you can't have Neymar track back. Defending becomes pretty impossible at that point. (It's pretty hard enough as it is.)
-I don't know how people on here excuse these 180 degree, no-look, on a dime, backheels and chipped through balls that look like they were produced as if Xavi was playing beer pong while tipsy. I've rolled my eyes at almost every goal I've conceded. Felt less that way in the beta playing against actual humans. Usually the other way around. The vision on Pes players is just that, Xavi like. I play on top player so I have no idea how the hell you all play on SS.
-Every shot is a near miss, on target, or a screamer by the Cpu regardless of foot used or stat but I don't have to beat a dead horse anymore.
-Attacking fullback option=still broken. CDM still dropping when your attack is near your box. Sucks because this is exactly how Barca play but you can't use it when Busquets is standing on the center circle rather than being an outlet near their box.
-Players make needless forward runs from the midfield with their arm raised like they're through on goal. I'm just sitting here like "Iniesta, bud, we're at our halfway line and the opposition has 10 men camped near their own box because theyre on
all-out defense, calma."
-Flanks, cut inside, shoot or pass to closer option while your defensive line stands off by 4 yards, repeat. If not this than picture perfect lasered cross right onto the head of an attacker. I feel like this has been the case for 3 years now. Has the Ai offense changed at all the past three years? Serious question. Maybe a few new skill moves or so?
-Backheels when a simple instep pass would suffice.
-Shooting
-Players still have this lack of ball awareness. It's not the worst thing in the world, but sometimes you're defending and you're like "um, guys, help." You don't feel like you have to control all 11 players at once like the other game, but it's really not that much better.
I'll leave it at that. I was pessimistically optimistic after the Beta dropped because I was afraid of how the AI would play. And my fears seem like they're reality right now. Things will hopefully be just good enough when we mess with the tactics and Konami (maybe) fix at least one of the major issues by launch time. But I'll just end it here with this: I was pretty disappointed with the Fifa 18 beta after it dropped and was enthusiastically looking forward to playing Pes again. After this demo though, I think I actually think I enjoyed this Fifa beta more. Maybe it'll be Pes for Online and Fifa for offline this year (Never thought I'd say that)
And not only this. I Found a lot of problems since PES 2014 that they still here in PES 2018. Anyway !
