noodlehair
"It's like..."
I liked last year's PES except for the dumb AI. The one the year before was probably my favourite football game on the current gen.Not only that but Noodlehead has been posting scathing reviews full of nitpicks of both FIFA and Pro a few days after release for years now
Not that I don't agree with some of his gripes but they aren't as game breaking to me as they seem to him. I also noticed how crap the whistle sound is and cpu players not reacting to loose balls every now and again is a bit annoying.
With this one it's like they've felt the need to dumb down the AI even more. I can't pass where I want because either the receiving player will refuse to make a run into the space, or they will make the run but then the pass will go to a different player because the AI doesn't recognise where I'm trying to pass the ball.
The shooting and goalkeepers is also just weird. Every shot and every save looks wrong. Its pretty much impossible to score a goal on this game that even vaguely resembles something that might happen in a real game of football.
I scored one robot passing move with Barcelona that was almost satisfying. Other than that it's just booting the ball into the goal like you're firing it out of a rocket launcher over and over.
The thing you see people say appeals to them about PES is that the games and pattern of them feels more like a real game of football. This game is the complete opposite though. There is no pattern to any game other than just being a series of random dumb things happening.
The last game I played I lost because my defender ran head first into the player with the ball and then fell over, then the attacker just booted the ball through his stomach and into the top corner at about 700mph. Every goal I have conceded has been booted into the top corner from the edge of the area at 700mph, with the exception of one which was a 700mph header despite the ball being about 2cm off the floor. It's really disheartening to play as I just want something semi realistic and every 2-3 seconds something is happening that is ruining any chance of the illusion.