~Winning Eleven 9 First Impressions~

[Everton Pride]

Question:

I have read that there's now a fair play in the game.
So if an opponent is injured and you will play the ball out they will play the ball back?? Is this working well??

What will be fantastic is when you have a unfair game that the oppenent is so mad that they will not been giving the ball.

Enjoy the game, I'm a PC-user so I must wait some months more..

 

[johan]

Alright... got my copy this morning.. and played 5 matches 20min. on 5 star.

What can I say/add.. its the best WE ever..and I mean ever... WE8LWE doesn`t even come close to this masterpiece. WE9 is a totally different game.

The gameplay is amazing (SICK) like jumbo said. Playing this game and watching real life football.. is like the same thing to me. You can do anything you want on the pitch..I mean anything. I aswell didn`t notice any automatic dribbling.. maybe because I like to pass the ball arount the pitch alot..

Slowdown is still there, but less then in WE8LWE. You get it when doing freekicks and when crossing the ball to your oponents goal, thats about that.

One bug mentioned before is the crown is not present when you play with Normal or Wide camera..only on TV/TV2/3 camera you can see them.

So many new animations its awesome.. I still don`t know how to use R2 powerkick.. so if anyone can help me..

Arsenal and Chelsea kits look superb..

This game is a must have for any WE/PES Fan.

 

[Nuno]

Alright... got my copy this morning.. and played 5 matches 20min. on 5 star.

What can I say/add.. its the best WE ever..and I mean ever... WE8LWE doesn`t even come close to this masterpiece. WE9 is a totally different game.

The gameplay is amazing (SICK) like jumbo said. Playing this game and watching real life football.. is like the same thing to me. You can do anything you want on the pitch..I mean anything. I aswell didn`t notice any automatic dribbling.. maybe because I like to pass the ball arount the pitch alot..

Slowdown is still there, but less then in WE8LWE. You get it when doing freekicks and when crossing the ball to your oponents goal, thats about that.

One bug mentioned before is the crown is not present when you play with Normal or Wide camera..only on TV/TV2/3 camera you can see them.

So many new animations its awesome.. I still don`t know how to use R2 powerkick.. so if anyone can help me..

Arsenal and Chelsea kits look superb..

This game is a must have for any WE/PES Fan.

Can you set it to Widescreen and high res?

 

[mauri]

Can somebody tell me please if they had improved the crowd animation or reactions ?

 

[johan]

Nuno.. can`t confirm that yet I`m having hard time navigating myself through the game.. but I will try to find out for ya.

Aviador - the crowd has improved ALOT. Yes there are some new animations..but most of it all the crowd graphics are superb..

 

[PapaDcfc]

You guys are so lucky over there in europe, over here in CANADA we have to wait till at least Feb. Doesn't matter WE8I is doing a fine job holding me so far till then.

 

[mauri]

Nuno.. can`t confirm that yet I`m having hard time navigating myself through the game.. but I will try to find out for ya.

Aviador - the crowd has improved ALOT. Yes there are some new animations..but most of it all the crowd graphics are superb..

Thanks man for the info.

 

[johan]

You guys are so lucky over there in europe, over here in CANADA we have to wait till at least Feb. Doesn't matter WE8I is doing a fine job holding me so far till then.

Not all of us are from Europe.. alot of people import WE from USA/CANADA/SOUTH AMERICA/ and other parts of the world.

 

[AlienSeafood]

can somone post man united's hom n away kits? i know their not licensed, but since im gettin the ps2 ver, i wont be able to patch it....tnx guys.......

 

[lil_kewell]

So is this version out now WE9 in japanese ? and is the commentators speaking japanese, player names japanese or wat ? cause i dont want to buy it if its i cant understand it :P

 

[shawshank]

Everything is Japanese, most people bought it in hopes of patches coming out

 

[Rob]

So is this version out now WE9 in japanese ? and is the commentators speaking japanese, player names japanese or wat ? cause i dont want to buy it if its i cant understand it :P

Already English patches out for the names and menus.

All you need is a mod chip.

 

[jefferson goh]

i had download a option file for We9....HOw do i patch it??????/??????

 

[Rob]

Get a mod chip, put the ISO of the DVD onto Hard drive, download patch, apply it, reburn.

 

[jefferson goh]

thats gotta waste DVDs

 

[Y2K]

It's not a waste.....Better than you BUYING those patched version. It's way better to patch yourself. Also you can edit stuff that you want. But then again there are risk of the DVDs not being patched properly.

 

[Mister Anderson]

Played it on a beamer, it's amazing !

I am not a ps2 type, but we9 is a piece of work !

The Ronaldinho move is like tapping 3 times R2 ....

But not all players have the ability to do this move.

If there are more special moves please tell....

 

[Nuno]

I have new Master League questions. Can edited stats be used in ML? Has player development improved?

 

[Henry]

One bug mentioned before is the crown is not present when you play with Normal or Wide camera..only on TV/TV2/3 camera you can see them.

You can see the crowd in camera position, "Close" "Zoom" "TV" "TV2""TV3".
And its not a bug. They erased the crowd for "normal" "far" etc. because
of the slowdowns. Its not only me thats saying this.
Japanese users are saying this.

I think its not bad to do this because if they kept the crowd in,
they might of had to decrease the quality of the player graphics .

 

[The_Knight]

There's a great review by Dannyboy20 on www.pesinsight.com :

What can I say, Konami have done it again, easily the best game of the series and well worth the import costs, and thats my view after only a few matches. I haven't really looked around the game yet except play a few friendly matches so these impressions will be based on gameplay mainly.

The game is slower paced than PES4 and WE8, WE8LE. The speed of the game is perfect. Dribbling is a lot harder, I can hardly get round players which is a welcome addition as I thought dribbling was too easy in WE8.

There are tons of new animations, just little things but it looks brilliant. The way the players shield the ball and roll the ball backwards and forwards with their feet, it just looks great. The game 'feels' alot different compared to previous versions so you really need to get used to this new game.

Defensive AI is a lot better, in the games i've played i've only broke them down a few times and managed to get a couple of shots in and scored a couple of tap ins. I'm playing on 4 stars and find it soo difficult to get a clean break. The AI will track off the ball runners and get goal side. In PES4 if you do a one-two most of the time your player will be clear, not this time. Not just defensive but attacking wise they'll send wing backs flying forward, play in little triangles, do tricks. I think its a great improvement.

I haven't had any decent shots on goal, except tap ins so can't really comment on shots, but theres tons of animations. I've ballooned a few way over and probably out the stadium too haha

Collisions are great. Players can shield the ball great this time, not just on the floor but for headers too. You can take players out by running into them, not just holding down X. You may get a bit peed off with the amount of free kicks though but it'll teach you to only make a tackle if you know you will get the ball

The ball seems heavier, it bounces alot more. It doesn't seem to be 'on rails' as much anymore (same with players). You can overhit passes alot more now, so you have alot more freedom imo.

A great thing i noticed: When I was Chelsea playing Arsenal, Lampard had posession in midfield. He managed to play the ball through to Duff who was clear and he scored a simple tapin. The goal was replayed and then the view switched to Lampard who was rolling on the floor. It replayed him getting taken out when he passed to Duff previously!

Oh by the way, the replay views are higher now and also you can select your default view (Wide, Long etc) for replays.

An amazing thing happened in my final match last night. I had possession in midfield in the opponents half. All of a sudden the ref blew is whistle and went running into my half. The view switched to my opponents player rolling around in agony. It then replayed a challenged from a while ago. He must have been down injured and play carried on until the ref noticed! Then after the replay, the ref was where i had possession, he dropped the ball and their player kicked the ball back to my keeper. It was pretty amazing to watch!

Here's a small video i made of the drop ball:
http://www.danny18.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/dropball.3gp

Chelsea and Arsenal are licensed by the way, with their new kits. Transfers are not that up to date (no Robinho @ Real, Viera still at Arsenal). But these can easily be fixed.

Thats all I can really comment on at the moment, I only managed to player a few games but will be playing more tonight after work.