PES 2017 Demo Available on Xbox One, PS4, PS3 - Post Your Impressions

[Bixer]

Just downloaded the demo and played a bit now - I'm really, really enjoying it. Feels smooth, animations look great and for the most part player positioning seems good.

Early days of course, but it really feels like this could be the year I finally return to PES - I've been waiting 10 years for it to happen!

I'm so sick of buying FIFA by default, purely because PES is that much worse. It really does feel as though we have a genuine contender this year and to be honest at this stage it really wouldn't take a lot for me to say goodbye to EA now. Looking back, I didn't really 'enjoy' FIFA 15 or 16, it was always too much of an uphill struggle to get them to play properly.

But anyway, I digress. Really loving the demo so far, I'm excited to see what Konami can do this year.

[RoyceDa59]

Quote: Originally Posted by therizing02

It's bee a few years since I've had the "I can't wait until this game come out feeling"....it's back. In Matt's first (of what will be many ) videos he used the word "nostalgic". When you start a game in this demo and in many of the past games of the series you get a certain feeling when the players walk out on the pitch. Not sure how to put it into words, but you can almost feel the moment and the match build up as the players and refs take the pitch. Do I have the right tactics? How is the form of the team going to play out? Have I started the right players and are they in the proper formation given the opponent? As the game plays out you can feel the tension of the match. Are they adjusting to my tactics? Should I sub? Is it too early to sub? These are the thoughts that I had playing past PES/WE games and that is what I thought of yesterday playing through about 5 games of this demo. That's the first time that has happened since WE9. The feeling of playing soccer vs. a video game appears to be back....finally.

Was wondering when you were going to post some impressions. Pes impression thread isn't complete until you, Ezio, and LingeringRegime post haha.

[L4velle]

I'm just hoping we get the licences back that we had last year for AFC Champions League and Libertadores. Being a XB1 user and not being able to file share the licences are looking extremely sparse for the Europe this year. Absolutely love the demo. Big thumbs up. I for one don't really like the PES vs Fifa argument I love both games for different reasons and always buy both as they both give a different but enjoyable experience. Back to PES and big plus on the major negatives from a strong showing in PES 2016 last year. The GK are much better and the shooting mechanics are much better and varied. Ball physics seem to been improved significantly as well.

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[BL8001]

I wish the demo was better at illustrating the new features.

How does real touch come off?

I think you just LS. But do you? just LS or hold LT ( I moved special to LT) and RS? I did not see it in the command list.

Same with precise pass. It just happens or am I supposed to be button pressing to make it happen?

Most I can glean from searching online is it just happens. If your player you are controlling is awesome you will see it more. Rolling with some serie B squad you may never see it

[Matt10]

Quote: Originally Posted by dubcity

I'm sure it's programmed that way on purpose by Konami to create more end-to-end-action and "exciting" gameplay for casuals. Realistic midfield play/defending slows things down too much. I'm sure most players don't even think it's a problem seeing defenders sprint back to the edge of their own 18 yard box the instant their team loses possession, as long as the graphics look good on celebrations.

That's the balance the devs face, but at some point, when it starts feeling like charity because the CPU won't score - only then will it start to open some eyes. I'm trying to stay positive and blitzing my videos anywhere so to educate those who aren't aware of these issues yet. I'm hoping it reaches whoever it needs to, that will make an impact. The game is so flippin close, I'm considering, if it's not fixed, to go crazy and edit each individual gameplan for teams - just for the sake of having a proper match.

Last hope is really that ML/FL doesn't adhere to the rapid attack/defense levels, and is more in-tune with game situation. One can hope though .

[BL8001]

If the squads are from May, what time do we think this game build is from?

You would think they would need it compiled at least a month before gamescom?

If that is the case this build would be around mid-june?

if a game goes gold about a month in advance then that is now basically.

So dev time between the demo build and full game would be a month? maybe a month and half possibly? Just trying to suss out if something like what Matt is noting could be fixed already.

Bhatti said on twitter no day 1 patch

[RoyceDa59]

Quote: Originally Posted by BL8001

If the squads are from May, what time do we think this game build is from? You would think they would need it compiled at least a month before gamescom? If that is the case this build would be around mid-june? if a game goes gold about a month in advance then that is now basically. So dev time between the demo build and full game would be a month? maybe a month and half possibly? Just trying to suss out if something like what Matt is noting could be fixed already. Bhatti said on twitter no day 1 patch

Possibly but I wouldn't count on it because is a balancing act developers take. Rectifying one issue could really break another one or even worse add in various other problems. It really comes down to is it game-breaking or destroying the fun factor for you. I honestly think the issue seems more tied to the Superstar difficulty level as with Top Player it doesn't really stand out as much.

I still think it is there is much to test, it is hard to say how the final game will address certain issues with the demo. There is still tactics and other features locked out the demo best we can do is enjoy what we have here and wait to give our final verdict for the retail version (if you plan to purchase it).

[Honome]

Quote: Originally Posted by BL8001

Bhatti said on twitter no day 1 patch

I think he said no day 1 gameplay patch, doesn't mean no patch for players or graphics.