PES 2019 Demo Available Now - Post Your Impressions Here

[Jatt96]

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I have no clue who's telling the truth. One is saying it was neither HDR or 4K, another poster is saying it was both?

Adam Bhatti says one but not the other.

https://twitter.com/adam_bhatti/status/875203765816758274?lang=en

All I know is PES 19 seems to have both 4K and HDR. HDR alone might make me turn my 18 copy in and buy 19. Hope the kit creators can keep up - wish Premier League and La Liga jersey name and number fonts were in the game. As good as the kits can be, when a player turns around and you see that ****ty Arial basic font kind of kills the immersion.

[Turbojugend]

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Yeah, it is possible that 18/4K was available on the PS4 Pro and not the XB1, I'm really not sure. Konami's website is hyping it up like it's the first time but it's vaguely worded and may just pertain to the XB1.

I never saw the HDR boot icon in 18 and I see it on the 19 demo. If 18 is HDR I'm not getting it with my setup.

Totally agree about the generic kit fonts, they're an immersion killer. Liverpool has generic name fonts in the 19 demo so it's possible nothing has changed, I'm guessing they're licensed to the league and not the team?

[sva91]

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I have no clue who's telling the truth. One is saying it was neither HDR or 4K, another poster is saying it was both?

Adam Bhatti says one but not the other.

https://twitter.com/adam_bhatti/status/875203765816758274?lang=en

All I know is PES 19 seems to have both 4K and HDR. HDR alone might make me turn my 18 copy in and buy 19. Hope the kit creators can keep up - wish Premier League and La Liga jersey name and number fonts were in the game. As good as the kits can be, when a player turns around and you see that ****ty Arial basic font kind of kills the immersion.

I still don’t know why pes doesn’t even have number outlines. That and shorter shorts would be great in edit mode. Looking forward to playing in a fully lit field in pes.


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[Anton10]

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I still don’t know why pes doesn’t even have number outlines. That and shorter shorts would be great in edit mode. Looking forward to playing in a fully lit field in pes.


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Outlines on the numbers would be great and I can't believe they don't have it. Last time a PES game had this was PES 2008 I think. Crap game but good editing and more number styles too. I'm sick of the same styles every year, half of them I hate and don't use.

[lareka]

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The biggest thing that makes me on the fence is whether back tracking AI has been fixed. I don't think it has because I played yesterday and there was a situation where all of my defenders immediately retreated towards my box and the opponent I was playing raced through midfield without a player close to him. Needless to say he scored because of it. I'm sure I could have done something better defensively to stop it, but the back tracking was the main reason the goal was given up.

These 5 minute halves against the CPU just make it so damn hard to judge though. In past years we've at least had 10 minute halves. Last year I jumped the gun and got it on day one. I played the game for probably 8 hours total because the back tracking bugged me so much, so this year I will wait. There is so much give take with the game.

Positives

Gameplay: my goodness this blows FIFA out of the water minus the back tracking. Just to show off the smarts of the best players and dynamic AI, here is a situation I faced. I was playing Liverpool. They sent a ball over the top to Mane on the edge of the box. He was in a position to one-touch with momentum heading towards my goal. Instead Mane does an ever so slight header to Firmino who was just next to him. I played it thinking Sane was going to one-touch and try to dribble past my defender for a shot or cross. The slightly headed pass took me off guard and Firmino had an easy 1 v 1 with the keeper. My jaw dropped by the skill and smarts of the AI in that situation. I truly think it's the smarts of Sane that made the play and if it was a lower rated guy, he wouldn't have made that decision or would have screwed up the touch all together. I don't think I'd see something like that in FIFA.

Ball physics: Always has killed FIFA in this department. Just awesome seeing the deflections and ball spins that go out for throw-ins, goal kicks, and corners.

Passes and skills: Awesome seeing the best players in the game pull off amazing link up plays. Also, I like seeing less accurate CPU passing. I am nowhere near talented enough to pull off any sort of moves or skill passes. It's something I've always needed to learn but I don't know if I have the stick skills. I also hate the PS4 controller but it's the system I play it on due to the option files.

Lighting: Holy crap! The lighting and graphics are just amazing. As mentioned I was on regular PS4. Afterwards, I played FIFA 18 on regular Xbox one. FIFA looked so grainy and dull. It was just crazy the difference in coloring and graphics. Maybe adjusting FIFA visual settings may help, but I'm not sure that's the issue.

Negatives, besides the already mentioned back tracking.

Goalies: I just cannot put my finger on it but I have never liked goalie animations in PES. There is just something about it. Maybe I'm too used to FIFA, but I love the reactions from goalies in that game. After playing FIFA 18 after this demo, it confirmed my belief on that.

Slide tackling: While I feel it's better than last year, I still hate how far players slide in certain situations. If you miss a slide tackle sure there should be fouls, but I just don't feel it should be possible that you take down a player who was not even in the play, and was a long distance from the guy you were trying to slide tackle. It's always annoyed me. Idk, maybe it's just me.

Goalkeepers are still not leaving their line to narrow the angle of the attacker. That's still a problem. 1 on 1 situations, 99 % of goalkeepers come off their lines to close the gap between the attacker and make the goal smaller by closing down to the attacker.

Also goalkeepers are needlesly and unrealisticly deflecting the ball out with their feet when a shot comes up from long range and a regular keeper would have 99.5 % percent will use his hands to parry it. Using the legs with goalies should be limited to close range shots as in real life.

Another unrealistic save animation is the goalkeepers' plonging (gathering the ball with two hands without bouncing it off) hard shots. Even if they attempt to gather it with full hands they should have bounced them off a little bit to make it realistic. OR parry them which will be fully realistic.


I agree with your comments, well put. Just wanted to add these

[lareka]

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Did anyone notice the "goal" roar from the crowd when a side scores ?
Nice addition

[NorthLdN]

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I'm very much a Fifa player as with the sliders it has been the closest thing to real football you can get in a game, imo. But I was PES through and through in the 'glory days' of PES 4 , 5 and 6, and I always play the PES demo every year to see if it's worth switching back. Here's my quick thoughts:

- good grief it looks amazing. Especially playing with the broadcast camera rather than whatever the default is, it looks so realistic. Give it a try if you haven't yet, it takes getting used to but you won't regret it!

- the passing feels 'weightier', which from my perspective is a good thing as it moves away from the ping-pong passing of previous titles. I think this might annoy more seasoned PES players who liked that aspect but it's so much more realistic.

- there are actual fouls committed by the AI. That may get removed in a patch but we live in hope!

- GKs are still not realistic - they don't dive realistically and they still never ever come off there line.

- There are still issues with spacing between the lines (e.g. between midfield and defence, midfield and attack) being too big, although I feel maybe this has improved slightly from 18. I must say for all the struggles that go into getting the lines in FIFA to compress and contract correctly each year using sliders, at least it's actually possible to do that in FIFA. Sometimes the positions taken up by players in PES is nearly laughable, the pitch sometimes feels far too big. This for me is the number one reason I've found PES hard to get on with in the past.

But even with that last point, I gotta say it is still a lot of fun!

[Hunkerdown]

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Posted this is wrong thread.

Can someone help with what settings you guys use for switch and passing? I do not want to have to hit switch button on guy I am passing to, ruins flow for me.

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[ODogg]

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Posted this is wrong thread.

Can someone help with what settings you guys use for switch and passing? I do not want to have to hit switch button on guy I am passing to, ruins flow for me.

PSN: GRINGOyGUAVA
YouTube: GRINGOyGUAVA
twitch: HUNKERDOWN

i used control scheme b and I don't switch, i just pass and it auto switches to the guy who gets the ball

[sva91]

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i used control scheme b and I don't switch, i just pass and it auto switches to the guy who gets the ball

Yeah I haven’t had any player switching issues when passing ball around. I use manual passing and keep everything else default.

With Manual passing, the game is so much more organic. I can play 10 min halves without feeling the game is too hectic. It’s much more methodical, which I love. The give and goes are much harder to pull off, especially at close range.


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[EPatetta]

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Yeah I haven’t had any player switching issues when passing ball around. I use manual passing and keep everything else default.

With Manual passing, the game is so much more organic. I can play 10 min halves without feeling the game is too hectic. It’s much more methodical, which I love. The give and goes are much harder to pull off, especially at close range.


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Best part of manual is that you have 100% control of your through balls. Too many times on PA1 I've had through balls not quite go where i wanted them to.

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[stevostl]

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PES 19 beta online is great.. played 10 matches or so online this weekend 1 v 1

offline can't really comment because not enough time really to fully test and only played a few offline

but online PES 19 beta reminds of exactly last year when I thought the PES 18 online beta was so awesome and addicting. They should not touch the pES 19 online beta and change it. last year the actual game changed from the PES 18 beta. I'm hoping that doesn't change this year. I would say at this point it plays online like the best footie sim ever. the pace and flow of the match in 1 v 1 online is absolutely perfect. there is also errant passes at times now on PA1 and the best part about the online play in PES is there is a counter for everything. if your opponent is abusing you in a certain way all game and you know exactly what he is trying to do already.. then there is a way to counter it. at least that is what I am experiencing and what makes this game so great online. I also have a great time when I lose matches online still playing it.. very enjoyable experience so far.

[MJH]

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I just want one persons impressions to contain the words cpu commited a penalty and then I’m all in.*

Won a penalty last week, got it on video... just grabbed my phone really fast I was so surprised, put it down when the tutorial on how to shoot a pen popped up. I have it on my cell phone, not sure if I should post it because I swore a lot lol

[RoyceDa59]

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- GKs are still not realistic - they don't dive realistically and they still never ever come off there line.

- There are still issues with spacing between the lines (e.g. between midfield and defence, midfield and attack) being too big, although I feel maybe this has improved slightly from 18. I must say for all the struggles that go into getting the lines in FIFA to compress and contract correctly each year using sliders, at least it's actually possible to do that in FIFA. Sometimes the positions taken up by players in PES is nearly laughable, the pitch sometimes feels far too big. This for me is the number one reason I've found PES hard to get on with in the past.

But even with that last point, I gotta say it is still a lot of fun!

I fully agree with your last point it is better this year but not by much. I would really like to see Defenders not afraid to cross the half line.

PES 19 beta online is great.. played 10 matches or so online this weekend 1 v 1

offline can't really comment because not enough time really to fully test and only played a few offline

but online PES 19 beta reminds of exactly last year when I thought the PES 18 online beta was so awesome and addicting. They should not touch the pES 19 online beta and change it. last year the actual game changed from the PES 18 beta. I'm hoping that doesn't change this year. I would say at this point it plays online like the best footie sim ever. the pace and flow of the match in 1 v 1 online is absolutely perfect. there is also errant passes at times now on PA1 and the best part about the online play in PES is there is a counter for everything. if your opponent is abusing you in a certain way all game and you know exactly what he is trying to do already.. then there is a way to counter it. at least that is what I am experiencing and what makes this game so great online. I also have a great time when I lose matches online still playing it.. very enjoyable experience so far.

I really wish I could play more online matches but I can never find anyone available.

[stevostl]

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I have my matchmaking on level 4 and it does take a while to find someone when compared to fifa that's for sure but it does find someone usually for me everytime. if i put it on level 5 it doesn't find anyone though.. if I put it on level 3 it finds someone quicker... so i would say you might have to drop your level if you haven't already. I also do say match my pass assist which I'm at level 1... but if you switch that to no restrictions you might find people quicker as well. good luck