PES 2014 Demo Available Now For 360, PS3 - Post Your Impressions

[bukktown]

The locomotion and animation engines in this game are the best I've ever seen in a sports game.

[dubcity]

Quote: Originally Posted by slthree

To draw fouls: R2 for controlled dribble and do a simple step over or change direction or a dead stop, all while being closed down by a defender obviously

I don't know, I think they kind of ruined that close dribbling last year when they added sideways dribbling with that hideous ball-roll motion. I miss the PES 2012 (and earlier) era slow-dribble sideways move that was like a more realistic version of FIFAs precision dribbling (LT+RT on Xbox).

[slthree]

Quote: Originally Posted by dubcity

I don't know, I think they kind of ruined that close dribbling last year when they added sideways dribbling with that hideous ball-roll motion. I miss the PES 2012 (and earlier) era slow-dribble sideways move that was like a more realistic version of FIFAs precision dribbling (LT+RT on Xbox).

Yeah, It may look ugly to some (it doesn't bother me) but its effective in drawing fouls, and in that, its very realistic

[KG]

Quote: Originally Posted by dubcity

I haven't been able to figure those out either. I'm assuming the controls are different than last year, because I have no idea how to do running Matthews feints or any of stationary skills. They've been changing the controls yearly on some of this stuff.

It might have to do with "auto-feint" being turned on by default.

Konami really should have opened up the entire Training Mode. With the changes made to locomotion and dribbling it would have been helpful to get a chance to learn the controls better without having to play a match.

[EvanRG]

I played a game last night and LOVED how it felt. The possession mismatch is still a bit annoying, but I think I'm coming back to PES this year!

[DBMcGee3]

Quote: Originally Posted by KG

It might have to do with "auto-feint" being turned on by default. Konami really should have opened up the entire Training Mode. With the changes made to locomotion and dribbling it would have been helpful to get a chance to learn the controls better without having to play a match.

That's exactly what it is I'll bet. Someone posted a brief controls tutorial by Weedens, in which he mentioned turning off the auto feints. As soon as I did, I started getting better responses with the RS, although they have definitely changed things around a bit.

And yes, they really should have given us either the full tutorial or a free training mode to practice dribbling. I've just played the last few games on Beginner to give myself plenty of ball possession and space to dick around with the controls.

This game finally grabbed me last night, not sure what it was. I just suddenly started appreciating the animations more, and I had a few nice, really organic feeling goals which is what I'm looking for most. Hopefully the full release will not suffer from the slight framerate issues or the lack of fouls, those are really my only 2 complaints.

[Qb]

Played a few matches last night on professional difficulty. Wow, does this game look good. As always with this series, the controls are nuanced, and as someone who hasn't played a lot of PES of late (skipped 13 entirely), I struggled in tight quarters. Perhaps some of it was because I was a little awestruck at how much the animations are improved, not to mention some pretty damn good player models & faces.

I'll probably hold off for a while, possibly as late as Christmas, to see how option files and such shake out. Does anyone know if PS3 OFs will still be region-specific?

[RoyceDa59]

Quote: Originally Posted by Qb

Played a few matches last night on professional difficulty. Wow, does this game look good. As always with this series, the controls are nuanced, and as someone who hasn't played a lot of PES of late (skipped 13 entirely), I struggled in tight quarters. Perhaps some of it was because I was a little awestruck at how much the animations are improved, not to mention some pretty damn good player models & faces. I'll probably hold off for a while, possibly as late as Christmas, to see how option files and such shake out. Does anyone know if PS3 OFs will still be region-specific?

Good to see you tried it out Qb and to answer your question I think OF are still region-specific but DBMcGee3 provided a site pesuniverse.com and they make their OF available for all regions.