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PES 2011 E3 Previews



The E3 games show is currently in full swing over in LA, and PES 2011 is being shown behind closed doors. A mixture of press have managed to gets some hands on time with the game and are starting to post their impressions of the game.

Gamespot are the first English language site to post up their impressions

“On the field, Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 is equally promising. We're told that 90 percent of the player animations are new this year, and it shows. Players are now significantly more responsive, and while it's possible to perform tricks and feints (and even to link feints together), you're unlikely to need them very often because you can beat opponents simply by turning quickly with the ball or by passing intelligently. Passing the ball around feels great in Pro Evo 2011 because while it's still quite easy to string short to-feet passes together, you're now afforded much more control to pass the ball in any direction and at any pace without the AI interfering and making assumptions about where your pass was supposed to go. ”
You can read the rest of the preview on their website here

Dutch site tweakers.net have also posted up a preview, which can be read here

“Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 is the game where fans have been waiting for years. We called year after year that Japanese developers are so stubborn and not listen to their fans, but that situation has ended. PES 2011 plays smoothly. The pace is much lower than its predecessor, but it gives you much more control, like the "free passing' system. The animations also look a lot better than last year, while Konami has a nice scoop of the Copa Libertadores in the game to take.FIFA 11, so we already know a couple of weeks, a very good game, but it seems that EA this fall to make his chest wet: Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 has a strong first impression.”
Multiplayer.it have posted their preliminary thoughts as well

“While some aspects of Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 are not fully convincing, but others do their job very well: we refer in particular to the more fluid movement of players, ball physics appreciation and good modulation that can give the indicator power shots. Also, makes his welcome return to the option to change the speed of play, good for peace of all those who thought the last episode of the series more like a pinball machine than a football simulation. Pure front graphic impressions are mostly positive: most of the work was obviously done on polygonal models of players, very well kept and real-life counterparts, whose souls are furthermore been rewritten from scratch in 90% of cases.”
You can read the full article here

Jon Murphy is at the show helping show the game off, and has been on his twitter
“From what I can tell reaction was very positive. People are really into the free passing and control, plus the improved response times”
He doesn't have a bad job does he? Travelling across the world and playing PES for a living!

If all that wasn't enough, there's even been a couple of new screenshots released




New previews will be added here.

Update

The Guardian have now posted their hands-on report
“So one match in, and PES 11 feels to me like a huge improvement over the previous two or three iterations. It has a nice loose feel, the player models are sharp, detailed and solid, and there's a real sense that you're very much in control. I was certainly deeply reluctant to hand the controller back when my allotted time with the demo was over. It seems that the many Gamesblog readers who've kept faith with the series – and the ever-competitive Chatterbox PES league is testament to that – might be about to reap the rewards of their loyalty.”
You can read it in full here

Godisageek have added their opinions of the game
“The litmus test will always be the gameplay, it is the defining factor that makes or breaks a football game. PES hasn’t really delivered in terms of gameplay over the last few years and therefore it has been (as harsh as this sounds) shunned by the majority of the football gaming community. With PES 2011 this could all be about to change and, boy, is it about time! Passing is the key element that has been given some much needed attention, no longer is it restrictive or predictable. The tagline “engineered for freedom” sums up the new passing systems perfectly. Whilst the core mechanics of the passing still “feel” like PES (music to the ears of some) everything else has been tweaked with fantastic results.”

The full article can been seen here

Spanish Eurogamer article here, gets lost in translation sadly.
“One of the strengths is clearly the remake more than 90% animations and create 1000 brand new. They are still implementing the transition between the two, but we sense that movements are not as squared and all that happens to have a touch more fluid and natural. I said, in fact, have had motion capture sessions one day each week for three months. This is a lot.

The execution of movements will also be strikingly different. For example, when we defend, we can set our player to the attacker. This will follow him closely and make things difficult if you want to haggle. At any time we can push forward and make an attempt to remove the ball ... although we will also be more vulnerable. Something similar happens in the last NBA 2K.

The Dodge also be another world. Not only are more but they also run differently. Some are made only with the stick right and the left trigger and right stick. And does not end there: even we can create "combos" of dribbles and then make them in the field so simple. ”

You can view the original article here.

italiatopgames
“To crown it all, a great job on the menus, most graphically beautiful and more practical to use. Interesting especially the new formula of tactical menu, which allows to change the field position of the players in a very simple and gives the opportunity to set the specific tactical arrangements for the occurrence of certain situations (such as a disadvantage or advantage ).
It is difficult to give an accurate assessment on the game, because we tried it just in time to a game, but Konami certainly seems to be working in the right direction”

Full article here

GamingAccess.com had plenty of praise for the game after their hands on
“After playing this game for one hour, I have to say, this game looks like PES 2010 on steroids. PES 2011 is built from PES 2010, so we can expect basically the same game, with the addition of new dribbles, a better online play, better menus, better music, blur animation, and new passing system, reducing the 'ping-pong' effect. With the addition of the game speed setting, arcade users will be happy too. Overall, I give this game 9/10. I really loved it”

You see all the details on the forum, or on GamingAccess