I won't come back for fear of being shot, but these are the reasons why I literally cannot bear PES this year (all of these happen several times a match):
1. I'm David Beckham, I've got the ball on the right side of the centre-circle, no opposition is near me. Owen is slightly further ahead, in the middle, with three defenders in-front of him, all clumped together. What does Owen do? Does he run either side? Does he stop? No, he runs straight into the defenders and stops with them circling him. Cheers Michael, you fucking idiot.
2. I'm Michael Owen, I break away with nobody near me. Suddenly, a defender develops the ability to run like Speedy Gonzalez (which should have a number all of it's own but I'll let Seabass off), but I've only got my eye on one thing and that's the goal. I've got enough space. I hit the shoot button for a MILLISECOND, as lightly as I possibly can, and the ball BALLOONS over the bar. Within a minute some Chilean player I've never heard of is in the exact same situation. The shot nestles in the top-corner.
3. I'm David Beckham again. Owen is up-front again, running towards the penalty spot; he needs a through-ball. I kick the ball, it goes off towards the corner flag, and so Owen has to stop running forward and change his course completely, by which time, the defenders are back.
4. I'm Ashley Cole (for a change). I do a pass to John Terry. It trickles along at 1mph, along comes the nearest opposition player, does "a marvelous interception" that my gran could have got, and twats it into the bottom corner from 30 yards out.
How can you play a game that decides everything for you, that makes your shots fly over the bar even if you hit it properly and totally skews your passes? It happens way too often for you to be in control of your own destiny; it's not a game, it's a DVD.
In these situations in FIFA 07 on the 360, 1) press the player-run button and he'll move into an INTELLIGENT position, 2) you can control ACCURATELY and INSTINCTIVELY the power of your shots, 3) the through-balls go where you want them to go and 4) you can control the power of your passing. In PES, the CPU decides what it wants you to do. Whether you play the game in multiplayer or not. I do not like it at all, and I think PES6 is by far the worst game of the series. I'll go back to it for PES7 if it's improved, but otherwise EA have a new customer.
*I've gone now, you can call me a dickhead as many times as you want*