If there is one thing
I will give detractors it is that the goalkeepers are not perfect, and this has a knock on effect on everything else in the game. They will do erratic and sometimes stupid things. In PES5 and WE9 they were a lot more dependable to the extent that
they weren't even a part of the game!.
Let me explain; in the original games the goalkeeper was utterly predictable, not just in his reactions and so forth but also in regards to what he could save, what he couldn't save and how the ball would spill or not spill (etc, etc). It was prefunctory stuff. I'm not even sure goalkeeper attributes had any tangible effect on their effectiveness (you couldn't discern
anything anyway).
In WE10 the goalkeepers are erratic. They do stupid, laughable things but they also do intelligent,
brilliant things. I've
never played a game of PES/WE and
ever took notice of the goalkeepers.
They have never existed up until this point! and although I can see why people don't like them I don't understand why people can't see the postives from it either.
If I had any reservations it would be that there needs to be more styles of goalkeeper. At the moment we have a bumbling Casillas/Kameni type goalkeeper. Taking into account this is just a game and using relative comparison it's not too hard to imagine them being represented fairly well here. However in the case of someone like Buffon for example it's obviously very wrong. So more differentiation between different keeper styles (or more accurately; abilities) is needed. And yes they could be 'better' but I could say that about everything in the game - what's important is that the goalkeepers are the best they have ever been (they've taken one step back in goalkeeping but made several strides forward in realism) and for the time being that's good enough for me.
Now
the difficulty of the game in general is something where I completely disagree with detractors. As I've mentioned earlier I 'owned' PES5 to the extent that
I could play 2 and a half seasons of unbeaten football with Villarreal in a league full of Barcelonas and Real Madrids on the hardest difficulty level (six stars).
How is it then that when I come to play WE10 on the same difficulty level, and also for my first few matches on 5 star difficulty level that
I find suddenly that the AI of this game is FAR, FAR, FAR SUPERIOR in attacking nuance and that
I'm finally, after all this time losing games again! BUT and this is the part that brings a tear to my eye; not through the CPU 'cheating' or manipulating results, not through pure unadulterated incompetance but because the AI is actually capable of threading passes and attacking moves together in order to score goals.
The AI is actually a threat now and anyone who goes back to PES5 please tell me; how can you play something so bland and predictable after playing WE10?
Now in a league Cadiz is no longer as difficult as Barcelona. Playing Barcelona I'm up against the ropes. Playing against Cadiz I can control the flow but I'm not always neccessarily in control and they aren't neutered aimless zombies either.
The difference is so huge and so telling that I simply don't buy the notion that people are finding this easier than PES5. If you seriously are then make a video for me please because obviously I'm playing this game wrong or you're telling porkies and I'm inclined to believe the latter so strongly.
All you need to do is set yourself up tactically to have as many players in attacking positions as possible, play very quick passing and get someone with decent shooting ability within 16 yards of the goal. Unless your opponent has his team set up to be ultra-defensive (I'm talking everyone's 'with-ball' arrows set backwards here), the game balance that so obviously favours the attacker will do the rest.
Wrong. I play as Real Madrid so I do have the quality players capable of what you are saying and I do play with three up front (one striker two second-tops) and it's not easy at all on six stars in the master league (and it's always tougher in there). Are you sure you're not playing PES5 because your next statement seems to suggest you are...
And the referees are very whistle-happy in the ML, btw.
What? No they aren't. If you commit a foul then yes, expect them to blow the whistle. Otherwise get on your bike because the referees have been well and truly fixed. It's beautiful after the mess in PES5 and even better because now the AI actually gets it's fair share of bookings and so on.