The only solution against ping pong passing is KONAMI to introduce two passing system categories. Basic and Manual. And Basic should be something like PES 2011.
This is the second time I've seen this argument in the past few days - not all of us want to learn (or have the time to spend getting good at) manual passing, but that doesn't mean we want a game that, by default, features no misplaced passes.
I agree that just having auto/manual is a good idea - but only if the auto side works in a less automatic fashion than PA1 is now. More like "semi" in the other football game. Because currently, the default passing assist... It's just not football. It's nothing like football. Maybe it's fun to some, but it's no representation of the sport.
But knowing that some people will miss the current pass assist (i.e. those "pro" competitors), realistically, I think there'll always need to be three settings (auto for them, semi for guys like me, manual for guys like you).
Does anyone know why exactly Master League Online was replaced by MyClub?
a new idea and of course all gaming developers saw how EA was ranking in serious money with UT and they wanted a piece of the pie ... I don't blame Konami
I didn't like the PES gameplay back when it was Master League Online rather than my Club, whichever version it was. I really regret not having spent more time in that mode before it was too late.
They copied FUT (and now even more so with the packs) for one reason...
If you're coming over from FIFA Ultimate Team, it all feels
wonderfully familiar, and you're more likely to stay (and spend) than if it's too different.
I think a lot of us have this notion that PES is an artistic creation, made out of love for football. It's as much a product as FIFA is.
They know how to make the most money. Hence them going all-out for licenses, legends and myClub. Us ML/offline guys... We're pretty fucked. Let's be honest.