Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. This week, I am writing from my bed as I not well, and therefore this column will be slightly shorter than usual. In fact, I am solely concentrating on the fall out from the release of the latest PES 2011 video, as for the first time there is concrete evidence that Konami are actually making steps in the right direction. Following this, we are hoping to have first hand experience of PES 2011 as Double D play tests the game very soon. Unlike other sites, we call it exactly like it is, something which I know pleases many of you guys out there, so you’ll be sure that what Double D tells you won’t be false. With that said, lets crack on with this week’s Interfering With Play.
“Fall Out Boy”
Ok, so the PES 2011 trailer and screenshots released last week definitely got tongues wagging. The stadium editor seems to have excited a lot of people, although how it will work it the real mystery. I am personally hoping for different seat colours, bench styles, pitch sizes and even the bonus option of a roof, but without proof, it is still very speculation. Whilst arena customisation is not a particularly new thing in the gaming world, it is uncharted territory for football gaming and I am exceptionally interested to see how it follows through.
Perhaps the most exciting thing from my point of view is the manager options, whereby control of how your team sets up or the way AI plays looks more customisable than ever. There has been no clear image of physical managers on the sidelines or in cut scenes, however this is a second to actually playing against teams employing different tactics. As many people have said, it is going to be nigh on impossible to customise every teams style of play, but if the game starts to offer a much wider variety of tactical challenges, we are moving in the right direction. I am longing for the day when I actually have to change my defensive line because the AI keeps catching me out with the long ball over the top, or put a man marker on a player who is dictating the play. Yes, it was talked about in PES 2008’s ill fated ‘Team Vision’ but barring a couple of experiences personally, I felt I could play the same way against every team and win. The screenshot may look like something out of an eJay game, but it shows the fact that Konami are genuinely trying to implement new ideas, and they may just make it work. The introduction of a mouse pointer further identifies this.
But on to the action itself. The promise of a 1000 new animations is very good, but hopefully the majority of these are in game animations and not celebrations or cut scenes. The Tevez booty shaking celebration brings this concern to me. In the game, is exceptionally hard to tell what animations are new for the simple fact the camera keeps panning around and changing direction. The on screen text showing which tactic a specific team is employing acts as another diversion, but without the game actually being played, player animation is very much still a open book. I do like the jump out the way motion, although again, its implementation is very much make or break!
Finally, the talking point regarding skill moves or tricks. My philosophy on tricks remains the same as it always has, they are there as an option. You don’t have to use them, there is no one forcing you to do so, and when playing against AI players such as Ronaldo or Robinho, it is only right they use the skills as their real life counterparts do. I can’t see PES going overboard on the skills because quite frankly its not their style and as long as the tricks can be stopped with a well timed tackle, I am all for it. Its like the diving feature, if you don’t want to use it, don’t!
That’s your lot for this week. I am back off to sleep with a cup of tea and a good film. interferingwithplay@hotmail.co.uk is the place to send your information too if you want to e-mail me direct, or alternatively you can leave a comment here in the usual fashion. Next week’s IWP will be longer, and hopefully offer some insight into Double D’s experience playing PES 2011
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