Raven
3rd October, 2008, 12:10 AM
Well I am indifferent to say the least, there's some elements which have been improved which I like such as player control and graphical sharpness/detail....however there's alot of crucial things on this demo which I do not like such as the fact that the manual goalkeepers cursor (therefore your ability to manually control the goalies movements) has inexplicably been taken out...I also don't like the new shooting mechanics at all - the ball basically feels like a ball of iron in that you cannot get any real power behind your shots even if you fill up the power meter. Make no mistake about it the game is insanely difficult even on medium difficulty, however most of this is down to what is in my opinion poor design - keep in mind I have owned every PES game since the pro evo franchise started and I am including ISS Pro Evolution games on the old PSX aswell and have played the games religiously so I know what I am talking about with PES games and what is required when a new game comes out....this year however I feel they have ruined a good game with the shooting mechanics and the manual goal keeper cursor removal....I didn't realise how much I relied/used that feature until now that it has been taken away and it does ruin the game for me when combined with in my opinion a shooting system that has gone downhill.
I hope the full game is alot better than the demo but I am not holding my breath. I've heard big things about the new FIFA game on next gen consoles but I haven't played it yet. If it's anything like last year but more fluid and responsive I think FIFA will be the better game this year.
I get the impression that alot of PES fans are so wrapped up in the "improvement" in core gameplay this year over last years game, that they don't seem to realise that the game just hasn't done anything on next gen platforms and is living off it's PS2 heyday.
I think what PES needs more than anything is a game engine overhaul.
Another thing I don't like about PES2009 is that the game looks (the nets! yuk!) just like PES2008 aswell....everything about it looks same old, same old.
I hope the game will grow on me as time goes on but based on the demo and if I had a gun put to my head I'd have to say that I am not impressed. The shameful thing is that what ruins it this year could have easily been avoided or fixed they didn't need to change or take out so drastically what they did this year! Then again it's Konami, when does anything ever make sense with them ?
I hope the full game is alot better than the demo but I am not holding my breath. I've heard big things about the new FIFA game on next gen consoles but I haven't played it yet. If it's anything like last year but more fluid and responsive I think FIFA will be the better game this year.
I get the impression that alot of PES fans are so wrapped up in the "improvement" in core gameplay this year over last years game, that they don't seem to realise that the game just hasn't done anything on next gen platforms and is living off it's PS2 heyday.
I think what PES needs more than anything is a game engine overhaul.
Another thing I don't like about PES2009 is that the game looks (the nets! yuk!) just like PES2008 aswell....everything about it looks same old, same old.
I hope the game will grow on me as time goes on but based on the demo and if I had a gun put to my head I'd have to say that I am not impressed. The shameful thing is that what ruins it this year could have easily been avoided or fixed they didn't need to change or take out so drastically what they did this year! Then again it's Konami, when does anything ever make sense with them ?