Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 Demo Available, Post Your Impressions Here

[demencia_total]

After spending a TON of time with the demo with the time expander and mods on PC, I have extremely mixed feelings. On one hand, the tactical options and the pace of the game are absolutely brilliant, and they indeed resemble football. You can easily play a 40 min game without turning it into a goal fest. But there is one major flaw: the AI is INCREDIBLY inconsistent on all difficulties.

It goes from making a genius play on offense, only to revert into its brain dead stage next time they get possession. Bad passes, forced plays, and a general inability to keep the ball. It seems hell bent on quickly counter attacking even if it means passing the ball into a sea of defenders. And don't get me started on the premature finishing, god. They build up incredibly smart counter attacks only to shoot from outside the box for no apparent reason.

On defense, it can be terribly scripted up to the point that if you are not in a defenders "zone", they will ignore you completely even if you are close enough for them to make a play. The defence near the box seems to be excellent for the most part, but if you are out in the midfield or backfield, everything seems to be scripted by the tactics the AI is using to the point that if a situation where an improvised action is needed - for example, an unforced loose ball - they become confused.

Hopefully it will be a different story with the retail version, but I'm not holding my breathe. I play mostly against the AI, so these are huge problems in my view. At one point I was considering picking this up over FIFA since I don't really need two games, but I can't see myself playing against this CPU. Maybe next year, because I love the direction they are taking.

[Orange Juice]

So I tried downloading the PC demo again because I wanted to try using the 30 teams patch, but Im having trouble just d/ling the actual demo, let alone the patches. Anybody know what I'm doing wrong here? When I get through d/ling the demo and go to run it, a pop up says its unable to run because the "d3dx9_30.dll" is missing. Am I missing a file or is my computer just not able to run this? When I go to settings it does say my computer doesn't meet the minimun system requirements so I may experience some difficulties, but I thought maybe it would still work?

[ezio]

Quote: Originally Posted by Orange Juice

So I tried downloading the PC demo again because I wanted to try using the 30 teams patch, but Im having trouble just d/ling the actual demo, let alone the patches. Anybody know what I'm doing wrong here? When I get through d/ling the demo and go to run it, a pop up says its unable to run because the "d3dx9_30.dll" is missing. Am I missing a file or is my computer just not able to run this? When I go to settings it does say my computer doesn't meet the minimun system requirements so I may experience some difficulties, but I thought maybe it would still work?

I had the same problem. You need to update the direct X files to the latest version.

[Orange Juice]

Quote: Originally Posted by ezio

I had the same problem. You need to update the direct X files to the latest version.

Do you know how I can do this? To be honest Im not completely sure what direct x files are but I've heard that name before.

EDIT- Nvm, I googled it. I updated the files but it turns out my computer is the real problem... too slow.

I may try d/ling it on my brothers laptop later, Im sure it meets the requirements. Well I hope so atleast.

[phillyfan23]

the game is good...but it's just a shame really that the cpu is inept at keeping the posession and attacking. I've been playing on top player and the cpu is getting outposessed on average 60 to 40. If I'm using Barcelona against Bayern Muenchen, FINE!..but I'm controlling the tempo from start to finish using bayern agaisnt Barca ( the TOP team in the world for ball posession).

If the retail game is like this, I just won't be able to play it and it's a shame because other than that, the gameplay is tight. The game feels like PES 5 next gen and thats a great thing....but the difficulty needs to be amped a bit. In the old PES games, it was stressful when you played the great teams. They controlled the ball, and their defense was sometimes impenetrable.....adds more spice when you do pull off an attacking build up move because you knew how hard it was to penetrate the D, and you won't be getting those chances again and again.

In this demo, no feeling of that suspense is present...you attack you mess up you say " oh well, I'll get the ball again soon when the CPU makes a boneheaded move and then i'll keep the posession for a long stretch "....RINSE and REPEAT.....

I remember in the old PES games, you felt absolutely STIFLED and couldn't breathe when you face against the great italian Defence....and you felt overwhelmed agaisnt a great attacking force like Manchester United....i just don't think I can feel that again unless something drastically changes in the retail or if there is a 6th difficulty. This problem has been there for the last 2-3 years now....

hopefully the retail will be different...but to be honest....I doubt it.

[Quint75]

When will the demo be released for North America, or conversely, how do I go about setting up a European account for either the 360 or PS3?

Thanks for any help.

[Mashiasu]

Quote: Originally Posted by Quint75

When will the demo be released for North America, or conversely, how do I go about setting up a European account for either the 360 or PS3? Thanks for any help.

Here you go Quint, enjoy

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Follow the directions below: 1. First create a new user for your PS3. 2. Sign Up for the Playstation Network. 3. Select Hong Kong as your Country/Region. (You can select ANY region as long as you can provide a real address.) 4. Make sure your language is set to English. 5. Select Master Account. 6. Create an e-mail account for your new PSN ID. If you have another e-mail address you can use just use it.. a friends, a parents, or a girlfriends etc. Otherwise visit any of the free e-mail websites below: Gmail - http://www.google.com/mail/help/promo1.html lycos - http://mail.lycos.com/lycos/Index.lycos mail.com - http://www.mail.com hotmail - http://www.hotmail.msn.com AOL - http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/email.adp Once you've created an account simply use the e-mail address in your registration. 7. Create an online ID. 8. Enter a name, it's up to you how to play this one. 9. Next you'll need to provide a valid address for the region. Lets say you pick Hong Kong as my new homeland. Visit Frommers HERE and click on any of the restaurants names. Once you do this you'll have a valid address for your new account so enter it!

borrowed from here http://www.consolemonster.com/forum/...ad.php?t=10663

[Quint75]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mashiasu

Here you go Quint, enjoy borrowed from here http://www.consolemonster.com/forum/...ad.php?t=10663

Thanks much!