Welcome to this week’s Interfering With Play. Following last week’s shorter column, I would like to address some of the issues raised at slightly greater detail, coupled with responses to new events that have occurred in the past 7 days. During my down time, I managed to get a fair few games in on PES, and changed my camera angle to refresh the whole gaming experience. I am now playing on Broadcast, and find it really offers a different feel to the game. Anyone who is getting a little bit fed up with PES graphically should give it a go, as I feel it also offers a different challenge in terms of ball flight and player control. This feeling may just be limited to my own experience, however for a cheeky exhibition game or training session, is there any harm in it? With that said, lets get cracking on with this week’s Interfering With Play.
“It’s Oh So Quiet”
In case you missed the below post, Double D has played an up to date code of PES 2011. That is to say it was up to date at some point, and I am sure that since then, the code has advanced further. It will be interesting to see exactly which code the PES community get in terms of a demo on X Box Live and the PSN at some point. Anyway, the issue that remains is Double D will respect that embargo, currently set at Wednesday 4th August, which means no matter how many questions are asked and how many points are raised, Double D can not comment or make a statement, even if he does know the answer.
Of course, some of you may think screw the embargo, tell us what you know. Other sites may work like this and fair play to them. However, PESGaming.com tries to do thing by the book whether possible. We give you guys an open forum (an issue I will touch on in a minute) and we deliver official news. For us, the embargo is just part of following the rules of reporting, and for all the gossip and hearsay out there, very few of the major PES sites break their embargos. If they do, they simply don’t get invited back to play tests, which in turn affects the accuracy and quality of their reports.
What this does ultimately mean is that unless there is an official press release, which more than likely would include screenshots and a video, the next 7 days or so are going to be quiet when it comes to official news. We are hoping that following the 4th, business will really start to pick up, but expect a lull for the next few days at least. This is one stage, of course, where I would love to be wrong!
“Gerrard To Torres”
In my bed bound state I managed to play a fair few games as Valencia, including a great few matches against Liverpool. The mini gripe comes from not being able to play home and away matches quickly, especially after an exciting first match, and creating a two legged match would be no more difficult that selecting the match ball to use, but due to Konami’s current state, it involves going back to the menu screen, changing the controller options and swapping the teams around. Never mind away goals etc. but it would be just nice to have it as an option.
Anyway, during the games, in which I played as Valencia for the last time featuring David Silva and Villa, I found myself up against a very impressive Liverpool side. Impressive because their in game tactics actually related quite heavily to their real life counterparts. The three examples that sprang to mind are as follows. Number one was Glen Johnson’s role at Right Back. When Liverpool attacked, Johnson always seemed to be involved, especially following a slow piece of build up play. This meant that I found myself getting most joy using Silva or Vicente down my left, which was constantly left unattended. Secondly, the role Lucas and Mascherano played in their defensive midfield positions. It was my tactic to immediately apply pressure to these two as soon as they got the ball, knowing that if they got turned and played forward, we would be on the back foot. The two players picked up the ball more often that not in their own half facing their own goal, and usually ended up playing back that way unless an easy turn or pass was available. Thirdly was the Gerrard and Torres combination. As soon as the ball went into Steve, Torres seemed to make a different movement, which my defenders rarely followed. One two occasions a first time Gerrard pass created space for Fernando, one of which ended in a goal. When Torres got the ball, he also only ever seemed to pass to Gerrard, choosing to shoot if the England midfielder wasn’t in view.
I don’t lose many on PES and it was rare that the two games against Liverpool ended 1-1 and 2-2, with me coming from behind in both. I exploited Glen Johnson in the first game and relied on Zigic in the second. However, I thoroughly enjoyed the matches and looked back thinking that how Liverpool had played had caused me to re-evaluate my own performance and tactics. If PES 2011 makes this a regular occurrence, I am very optimistic. And to all those that find PES too easy, I still offer the open challenge to take a Stoke, or a Hull and go up against one of Europe’s elite on Top Player. If you win comfortable every time, I would love to see the games on You Tube.
“That’s Not My Name”
Having read the comments from last week, the underlying issue regarding posts at the moment is the use of copy and paste. I think anyone who is on these forums regularly can appreciate that people use fake names or steal other names, and whilst we have discussed accounts, I like the freedom of speech allowed on these forums. Therefore, any copied and pasted articles will now be blocked and the IP address of the individual responsible will be added onto the black list. If your IP address turns up on the aforementioned black list more than once, you will be banned from posting. Copying and Pasting old articles is not beneficial in anyway shape or form, as it comes across as lazy and usually irrelevant to the current discussion topic.
If you would like to ‘reserve’ a username, the easiest thing to do is include an e-mail address when leaving a comment. This allows us to trace a username to a user quickly and efficiently, and will allow us to delete comments by posters using that name without the linking address. It really is as simple as that. I would not wish to put too much restriction on the comments, as I believe people are entitled to their opinion, even if it negative about myself, however if it is directly abusive, off topic or quite simply not the sort of content associated with this site, comments will be removed. Your voice has been heard.
“Lend Me That Copy”
Just to clear one thing up. I do not know of one magazine, gaming website or columnist who has received a code of PES through their mailbox. Konami do not give out the game directly, but instead invite the press to events where they can try out the game. If someone is telling you they have a copy, they are more than likely fibbing and this is also the reason why most play tests occur on a limited time scale. Asking someone to do a 12 hour review would be nearly impossible, as the most time we are getting with the games at this stage is a couple of hours.
“Dear Jon”
Following my speech a couple of weeks ago, I have decided to grab the bull by the horns and cut through the garbage and deal with it first hand. In the early part of August, I will be conducting an interview with Jon Murphy on behalf of PES Gaming and Soccer Gaming. This interview will hopefully get the questions out there that really need to be answered, find out exactly where Konami are with PES 2011 and how the community has influenced the game’s development, if at all.
Of course, I want your questions, but I want it done in a way that slightly differs from other sites, to make sure this interview covers all bases. Therefore I intend to work in two formats. Firstly, if you have a question for Jon Murphy that requires a long answer, please e-mail it to me. For this I am limiting to one question per person, and I am hoping the answer will require a few lines of text at least. For these questions, I want to ask about PES’ past, present and future and I want to catch the true feeling of the PESGaming community in the questions being asked. Again, I most remind you that these questions will only be included if submitted by e-mail. The second portion of the interview will be quick fire, however I will discuss this next week.
That’s your lot for this week. interferingwithplay@hotmail.co.uk is the place to direct your e-mails to, and please include the subject line Jon Murphy Question when replying to that topic. This is an opportunity to get a question directly to Jon, so please take up the opportunity. As always, feel free to comment on anything you have read in IWP.
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