Just feel like writing my thoughts down.
I have been playing Winning eleven (japanese PES/ISS) since version 3 (1997-98) First impressions were.. ugly graphics, difficult game and fake names. The AI was actually much simpler then, but I can't even win level 2 stars at first few tries.
To be honest, I didn't like soccer then. I didn't watch soccer. I hated man utd because my sister liked it. I laughed when they lost a crucial game. (I'm a fan of them now.....)
I didn't play soccer, but all my classmates did during break time. I only stood aside and looked. One day, i decided to learn playing soccer myself. Bought a small plastic ball and tried different ways of curling.. shooting, stopping, passing...etc. (to the wall). It wasn't long before I started playing soccer with my friends. Soccer became an everyday hobby after school. (BTW, it's 'basketball court soccer'. Yeah we did annoyed a lot of basketball players... those were the days.)
Sometimes, we went to a friend's house to play PlayStation games. Since he's one of the few to own a PS. He took out Winning eleven 3 and introduced the game to us. Woah! How did he do that!!
Dribbling past every defender, even the GK.. goal!
Dribble past defenders, lure the GK out, lob.. goal!
Ran to a specific part of the crossing area, double tab cross, goal!
That was level 5 difficulty. Yeah The AI was that stupid then. What i had in mind was.. my friend could do it so could I. His advice was.. keep playing level 3, then skip to level 5. What's funny is that, he also said:
"To me, Level 3 is harder than level 5, because level 3's defenders don't commit and tackle me, so i can't turn and dribble past them."
It didn't take long before I mastered level 5 and the skill to dribble past everybody. After several winning eleven releases.. we3 worldcup'98, we3 final, we4..etc. it became more difficult to just dribble past players. Thanks to the continous AI improvement of Konami, it is difficult to win the cpu using an average team.
What I'm trying to say is that.. for those who thinks PES 3 is difficult, don't worry. This is because of Konami improves the AI every releases so it will be challenging for WE/PES fans who has mastered the game. The only way to become better is to practise and practise. Even when you loses, don't give up. WE/PES's AI is so good that it feels like another player using the controller and playing with you. Not a robot.
Thanks for listening.
I have been playing Winning eleven (japanese PES/ISS) since version 3 (1997-98) First impressions were.. ugly graphics, difficult game and fake names. The AI was actually much simpler then, but I can't even win level 2 stars at first few tries.
To be honest, I didn't like soccer then. I didn't watch soccer. I hated man utd because my sister liked it. I laughed when they lost a crucial game. (I'm a fan of them now.....)
I didn't play soccer, but all my classmates did during break time. I only stood aside and looked. One day, i decided to learn playing soccer myself. Bought a small plastic ball and tried different ways of curling.. shooting, stopping, passing...etc. (to the wall). It wasn't long before I started playing soccer with my friends. Soccer became an everyday hobby after school. (BTW, it's 'basketball court soccer'. Yeah we did annoyed a lot of basketball players... those were the days.)
Sometimes, we went to a friend's house to play PlayStation games. Since he's one of the few to own a PS. He took out Winning eleven 3 and introduced the game to us. Woah! How did he do that!!
Dribbling past every defender, even the GK.. goal!
Dribble past defenders, lure the GK out, lob.. goal!
Ran to a specific part of the crossing area, double tab cross, goal!
That was level 5 difficulty. Yeah The AI was that stupid then. What i had in mind was.. my friend could do it so could I. His advice was.. keep playing level 3, then skip to level 5. What's funny is that, he also said:
"To me, Level 3 is harder than level 5, because level 3's defenders don't commit and tackle me, so i can't turn and dribble past them."
It didn't take long before I mastered level 5 and the skill to dribble past everybody. After several winning eleven releases.. we3 worldcup'98, we3 final, we4..etc. it became more difficult to just dribble past players. Thanks to the continous AI improvement of Konami, it is difficult to win the cpu using an average team.
What I'm trying to say is that.. for those who thinks PES 3 is difficult, don't worry. This is because of Konami improves the AI every releases so it will be challenging for WE/PES fans who has mastered the game. The only way to become better is to practise and practise. Even when you loses, don't give up. WE/PES's AI is so good that it feels like another player using the controller and playing with you. Not a robot.
Thanks for listening.
You actually care about us newbies.. ah i knew PES was the right game for me 
