PES 2012 Demo 2 Impressions/Discussion

[ty5oke]

Re: 2nd Demo Coming Sept. 14th! (Xbox too)

I really hope they fix the keepers. This is bad.

Ya, keepers still seem to be one of the biggest flaws.

[RoyceDa59]

Re: 2nd Demo Coming Sept. 14th! (Xbox too)

I really hope they fix the keepers. This is bad.

Really keepers seem pretty solid to me.

[Krebstar]

I've seen some great saves and they seemed improved. The goals I've scored and have given up have just been great shots.

[PeruvianPlaya954]

Re: 2nd Demo Coming Sept. 14th! (Xbox too)

Really keepers seem pretty solid to me.

I've only played one game but I'd agree with this. On one play, one of my shots got deflected by a defender and was destined to roll out for a corner. A savvy goalkeeper, Neuer ran well off his line and saved the ball just before it went out of bounds to avoid conceding a corner. Thought that was one of the best moments in my first game, as I know the other title's goalkeepers do not do that and instead just stand and watch the ball go out without so much as making an effort.

Also, I began controlling the game and created three chances but all were easily gobbled up. I thought the difficulty was too easy and that I was going to win this one easily, maybe not by a big margin, but I thought I was destined to win.

Then a one-timed Ribery cross found Mario Gomez, who headed over Friedel. And before halftime, things got worse for me as a cross from the right was cleared incorrectly, resulting in my defender nipping the ball and it trickling over the goal line before Friedel could adjust and clear it. I tried in the second half to make a comeback but lost 2-0.

Overall, this first game was more fun than aggravating, although I'll admit playing both demos on the same day will cause some curse words since you'll press buttons that are incorrect on each game.

[Mo]

Re: 2nd Demo Coming Sept. 14th! (Xbox too)

The demo is up in the NA store as well for the PS3

[Super Glock]

Re: 2nd Demo Available on X360 and PS3 Now

Ok I am going to have to give demo 2 a try on the 360.

[Bahnzo]

Re: 2nd Demo Coming Sept. 14th! (Xbox too)

The demo is up in the NA store as well for the PS3

Where at? I still show only Demo 1, even with a search. It is available in the Japan store however, DL'ing that now.

[Mo]

Re: 2nd Demo Coming Sept. 14th! (Xbox too)

Where at? I still show only Demo 1, even with a search. It is available in the Japan store however, DL'ing that now.

Is it the 1st one? I dont think that 1st demo ever hit the North America Store.


Main Demo page, right next to the FIFA one

[Mo]

Re: 2nd Demo Coming Sept. 14th! (Xbox too)

OK, just checked, its Demo 1, my bad.

[Bahnzo]

Re: 2nd Demo Available on X360 and PS3 Soon?

Installing Demo 2 right now...fingers crossed it's not in Japanese.

Edit: Entirely in Japanese. Played a game and deleted it.

[jvalverde88]

Re: 2nd Demo Available on X360 and PS3 Soon?

Installing Demo 2 right now...fingers crossed it's not in Japanese.

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[theclownprince]

Re: 2nd Demo Available on X360 and PS3 Soon?

Downloaded the demo for 360 and am loving it more than the first. The goalkeepers are definitely better, and I like how they give us different teams to play with. So far I've only been able to win with Inter, however. I tried showing my little brother PES since he likes playing FIFA. I'm a little embarrassed to say this, but he beat me both games we played. All his goals have been FIFA-style with crosses for the header, but to be honest, it was because I did a little FIFA-ball myself by thinking I could steal the ball whenever and score at will since he's a beginner PES player used to playing FIFA. When I did that he crossed it over to Eto'o for the header about three times with open space. Nice to know that beginners can also punish you in this game for underestimating them and being overzealous on defense.

[cookusu]

Re: 2nd Demo Available on X360 and PS3 Soon?

I am liking it. Played a fair amount of the PC demo too. Things I liked that I noticed, defenders take better angles on D and this leads to more realistic looking tackles and guys just using their body to shield players from the ball. I like the new preset tactics which you can change to with the d-pad. Also good teams will attack you more realistically and skill players are harder to defend.

Finally, managed to get a penalty shot and I think it is a huge improvement because I just barely moved the L stick and the ball just went a little of center and stayed low and the shot meter popped up too> I panicked though and didn't put a lot of power on the shot because of how sensitive it was last year so hopefully this is fixed.

Offsides seems to be more accurate, last year on set plays and corners seemed to have a lot of offsides caused by my guys not getting their butts back on side and the CPU for some reason thinking I was passing to them when I was passing to a guy onside.

Havent fully tried manual passing, using the assisted passing right now, I like it seems to be pretty reliable, cool thing is the defense reads your passes better and again makes it look more realistic.

Still don't see a lot of fouls but on the PC I was seeing more the more I played and I personally don't slide tackle much because I have been burned too much in the past so I tend not to commit a lot of fouls.

I really enjoyed last years game and they seemed to have addressed a lot of the things that they said they would, so I am hoping I will enjoy this more.

[Randiesel75]

Re: 2nd Demo Available on X360 and PS3 Soon?

Anyone else notice its a bit more difficult to pickup the ball in PES 2012, especially whether or not the ball is in the air or on the ground? Now, I've only played 1 game on the 2nd demo, so it could totally be the lighting in the match I played. However, when the CPU was passing the ball around the pitch I had some trouble determining if the passes where actually lobbed or not.

[TGraen23]

I'm not so sure I agree with all this talk about "we have to fix the keepers". Watch a real soccer match for instance. Not every keeper is perfect and mistakes are made regularly. Anyone who watched Tottenham's GK last year would clearly understand where I'm coming from. I like the game as is tbh. Adds another element for me.