Just played the WE demo, in my opinion much better, pace is slower, ball speed slower, jerky animations improved, celebrations and replays better, pretty much what I had hoped for.
Not sure about response times being improved, maybe slightly, but I am used to this now, and accept this is how they want it to feel, and to me its going in the right direction and is miles better than last years arcade joke.
So for me knowing that this version is a lot better, but will still be improved on before release, PES is definitely back!