Mauling to Master League

Wow, we were battered last night. 7-2. Not a nice feeling I can tell you.

But every Milan fan will probably tell you while an embarrassment wasn’t predicted, a loss certainly was. Even before injuries decimated our squad, we all knew Man UTD were the stronger team and any positive result would be quite an achievement. As the match finished those problems came to the fore, and with it my desire to fix them. Where else to start, than PES ML.

In many ways building a team with individuals is something unique to PES, and something the FIFA series hasn’t got to grips with. Manual control? No chance, I prefer to feel the difference between players, and for their attributes to be key – apart from strength and speed. For Milan missed a true goal scorer, someone who can score 20+ in a season. Not a tricky player (Dinho), or a young quick threat (Pato), someone in the Van Nistelrooy mould.

Then there’s a goalkeeper, Dida and Abbiati keep competing to see who can do worse rather than better. And even when the likes of Seedorf, Zambrotta, Nesta and Oddo are fully fit, there’s a concerning aging trend going on that will need a look to the youth. While the result was more than frustrating, the thought of improving the squad isn’t. And in a series where the likes of Iniesta, Xavi, Fabregas, Messi etc have a place, there’s no better place to start than in PES.

And to finish…GET YOUR WALLET OUT BERLUSCONI!

The end.

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Posted by Kitana Media on March 11th, 2010 Tags: editorial, master league

Looking To The Past Has Penalties…Literally!

Picking up on various discussions and my own downright frustration regards PES’ current penalty system I thought it would be good to look back at previous footy games take on spot kicks for some inspiration.

To my utter amazement Konami had this aced long ago.

So where are you going to place your click? May I suggest the read more link below.

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Posted by Alan Curdie on March 3rd, 2010 Tags: editorial, konami, master league, pes 2011, retrospective

Time To Right The Wrongs

March is upon us, and that means one thing – PES 2011 news is just around the corner. Last year new PES was announced in the first week of April, and I’d be taken back if a similar unveil date wasn’t in place this year. Seeing as it’s that time of year again, I wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on the previous year, and discuss what turned into a topsy turvy year for both Konami and WENB.

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Posted by Kitana Media on February 28th, 2010 Tags: editorial, pes

Update Frustrations

A quick one, but seriously, I’ve had enough. The option file creators spend hours upon hours getting the game aesthetically realistic as possible, only for these continuous updates to reset the most important things. Created teams and registered players to create unlicensed and unofficial leagues are forever being reset, meaning everyone is having to start over each time an update hits.

It’s incredibly annoying, and for the life of me can’t understand why is hasn’t occurred to Konami to find a solution. It’s clear it has crossed their mind, as certain criteria (like player appearance) are left untouched, but in the grand scheme of things these updates have become a hinderance.

I just hope a solution is found for this years release. The only constant in the PES series since nextgen is the editing community’s commitment to the game. If these error’s persist then even that may be lost.

It’s a year that Konami must prove they are listening, actions speak louder than words.

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Posted by Kitana Media on February 21st, 2010 Tags: dlc, editorial

ripping up the form book?

With what seems to be the first (very)tentative details of PES2011 surfacing in Japan earlier this week I think it is a question worth asking. The question being are Konami ripping up there own form book when it comes to releasing information on the franchise?

We are used to getting solid information regards the franchise appearing in April or May with little else but rumour circulating before then, and next to nothing at all from the developers themselves until much later in the pre-release cycle. When I read that none other than Seabass himself had been musing about PES2011 I couldn’t help but have my interest piqued for a few reasons.

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Posted by Alan Curdie on February 12th, 2010 Tags: editorial, pes 2011, seabass, winning eleven