after a few games.. holy shit this game is good... ill make it quick cos I wanna get back into it:
+Perfect pace, im playing default and its slower than the demo... just pefect
+Weight of players and ball have improved big time.. just feels so weight.. and solid... when you kick a ball it feels you've kicked it. I think it actually feels good to control the players and ping the ball around.. I was in free training mode for ages cause I loved it so much. I think Konami have complemented this (and enhanced this feeling somewhat) via the louder kicking sounds, and net sounds when you hit the back of the net.. really can hear it in training.
+Ref's fixed
+AI fixed.. so much variation from each team that ive played, and I haven't tinkered with any tactic settings. Out of about 10 games, every game has been/felt so different
+Ive noticed that the shooting mistakes have definitely been improved.. ive skied heaps of long range efforts, as well as headers.. none of this, every shot is almost on target.. the misses are way more varied.. how awesome.. I didn't notice it in the demo, but this retail version has a definite increase in shot variation.
+Individuality is amazing.. I was Hazard.. and holy shit.. its just amazing to control this fella.. so different from the other players... and even his shooting power... players abilities seem to affect shooting...
+As with the above point, shooting is definitely not overpowered anymore as it was in pes14,15,16. Seems much more dependant on player (could be position and contextual as well)...
what else.... some negatives
- Turf colour is crap.. you guys are right.. I even changed the pitch pattern.. has little affect on colour. needs more green.
- .. can't think of anything other than, now its time (next year etc) to work on running animations and improving those. But seriously, as much as this was a concern with me in pes16, it just doesn't seem to bother me in this version. So much good here..
- oh one more.. although ball feels heavier, and physics of ball movement has definitely been improved, watered down even, the ball does stop too abruptly on the turf. A real ball will keep rolling... generally until it hits the side boards etc... but that's really picking on the unimportant...
fkn amazing game guys.... really is.. my settings:
PS4, Full manual, Superstar,Default speed, camera 0, 7, 10 and sometimes 2,4,10... on my 100" projector looks amazing.. and you actually have to use your peripheral vision.. as im sitting only 2meters from the screen.. cannot go back to a small 65" plasma hahahahah