PES 2019 Full Game Impressions

[BL8001]

Was going to make a post how I went from loving this game to hating it in 12 matches time.

I am still on the fence...

Man U me vs Burnley. And here is where the hate comes in, so far every goal the AI has scored on me is ground pass into box 1 timer. But to make it more infuriating most of the goals do not come from standard run of play, they come from the weak AI attack breaking down, me winning the ball but the UBER forward press coupled with my asinine defenders no matter what team I use, make it impossible to get the ball out because they cannot seem to dribble or pass if an AI player is near them, it's like instant rattled spell is put on me with the AI barely having to do anything.

So then I lose the ball deep in my end because a player can't make a simple pass or just get the ball out from under his feet because he forgets how to dribble, the AI takes the ball and slots a pass across my box where my defenders have done all sorts of puzzling things because we had just won possession, some run forward some run backwards, most of them run away from the ball, anyway, the AI ground crosses it, my keeper stares at the incredibly dangerous threat and the unmarked AI forward bangs home the 1 timer.

The rest of the match the AI is only trying to exploit the wings no matter if I play 5 wide at the back and have both RM and LM shadowing the AI wingers. They are hell bent on getting it to the wings, dribbling around until their forward gets open and then ground passing it to him while my D runs around like idiots.

Now for (I guess?) the love part, despite giving up all goals so far that way and then having it happen twice early on in this match I was furious. I then said F you AI and sprinted and tackled everyone in sight played every forward attack by making every single pass with L1 or L2 and pass so I could get multiple players running forward and swarming the AI D. Scored 3 goals in the second half to get the comeback trophy and won 3-2.

Was it fun? sort of.

But one of the coolest things historically about PES was how well your attackers played, I do not like this dumbed down AI version of the game.

It's like they took a page out of EA's notebook and decided to make the game harder by making your attackers run the wrong way and not exploit space. I hate that method of artificial game difficulty.

Is the game still like might as well shoot and try anything because it might work? Yes at it's heart, yes. But there are still things like too often not seeing any bobble or misplay of the ball but it takes your player 7 minutes to collect himself and shoot or pass because if you could do it when you wanted to you probably would have scored. Players standing on both sides, AI and your AI, 1 note AI attack, no shielding or fight for the ball command, this game desperately needs that because there are so many situations where it would be amazing vs just watching RNG play out when there is player contact.

It can be fun yes but I really need to figure out how to make the AI attack in more ways than 1.

[Turbojugend]

Quote: Originally Posted by ezio

Did you happen to do the Featured Players scout? It is way too easy to get good players. I got Neymar, Mbappe and Ziyech. I have Beckham from pre-ordering the Beckham addition as well. I wonder if they are offering better odds to get more people playing My Club. Last year it was rare to get a black ball now it is much easier. Not sure if that is good or bad yet because you may end up facing superstar teams online early. I mean I always bad pack luck so it is nice to get these players but if everyone has them it might not be fun online.

Yes, it's mainly the Featured Player scout. 200G got me Neymar (96 OVR LWF) and Bemba (88 OVR RWF). That's extremely heavy-handed if you ask me, last year it would have taken me months to get two players of that caliber. Bottom line: If you play MyClub online, get ready to face a whole lotta mega-star squads this year.

I'm thinking Konami realizes they have a decent lead-in window on EA this year, so they might as well front-load the system and get people spending those Disneyland dollars before FIFA drops.

(And yes, I have the Becks edition as well. He's my all-time favorite player and he basically upsold me all by himself.)

[Drag66]

Is anyone else having the problem of the commentary being way too low even when you have it set at max (15)? I can barley hear it. I know the commentary is not great, but I would still like to hear it. Just wondering if it is an issue on my end or if others have the same issue.

[Zac]

Quote: Originally Posted by Drag66

Is anyone else having the problem of the commentary being way too low even when you have it set at max (15)? I can barley hear it. I know the commentary is not great, but I would still like to hear it. Just wondering if it is an issue on my end or if others have the same issue.

Yeah the sound is pretty goofy for everything. The commentary is drowned out. You can hear someone breath into a microphone every time you leave a match. Crowd noise is way too loud. You can't hear on pitch sound effects. Music volume seems to fluctuate based on song. The whole thing is just messed up.

[ezio]

Quote: Originally Posted by Turbojugend

Yes, it's mainly the Featured Player scout. 200G got me Neymar (96 OVR LWF) and Bemba (88 OVR RWF). That's extremely heavy-handed if you ask me, last year it would have taken me months to get two players of that caliber. Bottom line: If you play MyClub online, get ready to face a whole lotta mega-star squads this year. I'm thinking Konami realizes they have a decent lead-in window on EA this year, so they might as well front-load the system and get people spending those Disneyland dollars before FIFA drops.

I agree and you might be right that Konami realzies the lead-in window and front-loaded the system. It would make sense if they did it. I mean the percentage for black ball on the Featured Players scout was 60 something percent last year it was like 3 percent for most of them.

[KG]

Quote: Originally Posted by Drag66

Is anyone else having the problem of the commentary being way too low even when you have it set at max (15)? I can barley hear it. I know the commentary is not great, but I would still like to hear it. Just wondering if it is an issue on my end or if others have the same issue.

Yeah the crowd sounds seem to be tuned higher. Sometimes you can barely hear Drury screaming at you.

[stevostl]

from last night play time I forgot to mention fouls...

I know a lot of people in past didn't like this aspect of the game but for me this is another noticeably improved area of the gameplay so this is good for those who really were turned off by fouls in this game.

not only is there is more fouls.. but I got my first penalty against the AI in the first night with the game. I honestly don't think i ever got a penalty in 2018 against the AI . so I thought this was cool. another thing I'm noticing that pertains to fouls and penalties is diving or close calls in the box too which is new and seemed cool to me as an added addition

[BL8001]

Watching True Brits spurs chelsea video. The first 7 or 8 AI chelsea attacks are all attempts at ground passes into the box from wing play.


Konami has to fix this.


He gets scored on via a defensive mistake at a cross field swap and then in and out 1-2 passing by AI. First goal I have seen by the AI that was not ground pass/cross 1 timer.