Do you manual guys think crossing is broken on manual?
I've modified mine to activate L2 each time I press "circle" to make it manual.
I don´t feel like it´s broken. It took me a lot of time to get the cross to the right direction.
Now I can do it, but still, sometimes the ball goes too much to the middle-line´s direction.
Never tried it with L2 though.
About backheels:
Actually they don´t bother me that much. Played a lot of PES 2018 and really had a lot of them, but I always knew when they will be performed and when not.
When I run on the sideline towards the opponent goal and wanna pass it back to my wing defender who´s behind me, I have two options:
- Put the stick back and hit the pass button = backheel.
- Slow down, make a turn, pass back = no backheel.
Depends on whether I wanna do a quick pass or not. Specially in front of the goal, quick passing can gain space among the opponent defenders.
Plus, we´ve seen a few backheels in the latest world cup when Brazil was playing. Sure, not every team plays like Brazil.
And I would agree that backheel passing should be only be performed by specific players.
On the other hand: I´d rather wanna have a backheel pass instead of a quick 180° turn and pass, because that looks so off!