Finally a place where i read some of my concerns about the game. My 2 cents as a lifetime pes player (i am from italy):
Presentation and Visuals:
Embarassing, pes 2011 was good...what did they do? gardeners? blurred visuals? What about lighting? check konami stadium in 2011 and 2012...2012 has some grey grass! night games horrible!
Audio:
not only blurred visuals...blurred audio as well. Commentary and chants as bas as usual.
Gamemodes:
Masterleague is a snore fest with stupid cutscene. On line unplayble. Which leaves only cl and libertadores as my main options (not bad, but without a proper ml and on line the games gets boring)
Gameplay:
Oh my god...for the first time ever in 15 years i see the same goals scored over and over. Ai has 3-4 patterns of goals.
Most annoying things in gameplay:
Offiside: AI has a perfect timing for running 0,00001 cm before the offiside. which result in their forward being in front of the goalie in the same way a million time. Offside trap does not work, when i press it 1 player always stay behind for some reasons.
Every team play the same regardless of formation and result. every AI player can dribble like messi. bad bad bad.
Headers: same animations over and over, 3-4 times a game there is a player jumping and missing an easy goal.
Keepers:
horrible 2 hands animations like children in the park.
Others:
long and boring replays (give us an option to disallow them or bring back the ps2 replays), poor refs, horrible penalty systems with no skills involved.
Mention of disgrace: Cameras.
Wide cameras make the game look like benny hill show, close cameras are unplayble due to the lack of options to zoom in/out, change angles, depth. I used to play broadcast...wtf is with the change in perspective? pathetic.
This is the first time i will be trading the game before christmas.
Konami should just come here, focus on the feedback of 10 people and make a great game. They are just not selling this years, they have lost 4 million customers in the last 3 years and this year they will lose another million.
this game is pathetic quite frankly. Dear jonhn Murphy, stop bullshiting and listening to the likes of wenb and jimmy. Listen to the real fans who can provide some critical and objective feedback on how to go back to the greatness of the ps2 era.
ciao.