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Friday, September 16, 2005
review: winning eleven 9
well i now have winning eleven 9 for both the ps2 AND the psp.. hehe...
the ps2 one, well, hehe... got it off bit torrent... so it was free ;p well i forked out 4700 yen for an original psp version of the game last nite when it was launched.
and have i ever saw a longer line for the cashier at yodobashi...
and it was cool to have both... i finally used the usb port of the ps2 for the first time, since i bought it many years ago... they sync and those players and names and emblems that i have created and edited, appeared edited in my handheld as well... damn cool...
i was pretty frustrated at the ps2 version actually, cos i guess in addition to the game's AI improving, the deproved the player controlled team's AI as well... let me explain.
for example, when the ball is crossed in by the opponent, since usually u will be controlling the man who is tackling the crosser, the team mates in the box who goes to position to mark the opposition will be controlled by the AI (lets call this 'frenly AI'). so when the crosser crosses the ball in, or through pass it in, the inside defender, controlled by frenly AI, should make a run for it to attempt to cut the cross/pass rite, before i assume control of it, rite? wrong. instead the frenly AI will make the player mysteriously run in the opposite direction letting the opponent free to stroke the ball into the goal. i cant do anything, since i do not have control over these frenly AI controlled players...
another example. mysteriously, all the player controlled players passing has gone much weaker. i think for 80% of the time, when you pass the ball, the ball will end up being passed to the opponent. everytime the ball ricochets when someone blocks, passes, the ball will mysteriously end up under the opponent's feet. the opponents through lob is super precision, while my through lob is always a lobbed pass to the goal keeper...
i wonder how all these are improvements to the game. c'mon konami, i am sure you guys are making the game more difficult so that ppl like me wont win 6-stars game in WE8 by 13-0 scorelines... (heheh i do have boasting rights after posting such wins right?).. but seriously i think being realistic is a greater key. when a player like kaka faces an open goal, 4 yards out, rounded the keeper, the shoot key pressed at half-strength, you dun have the goal hit the bar. when the professional players pass the ball, you dun have them passing the ball to the opposition 80% of the time in real-life...
it was super frustrating at first, me working hard to score 1 or 2 goals per game (5-star... no 6-star dunno why), only for the defenders to commit the above bizarre actions to concede a few soft goals, and in the end, tie or lose the game...
but i have to say, i am getting more used to it now... the 3rd season, i am unbeaten going into my 7th game. so maybe the player can do something to avert such situations after all... dunno, but will conquer this game in due time...
for the psp version, i was rather disappointed at a few aspects. first, no commentary. c'mon, even the ps1 versions have commentaries! and psp should be way better than that! secondly, no master league - meaning i cant buy/sell players... so i will have to get stuck with the same players forever? this one i am not too sure yet, since i only fiddled ard with it for awhile last nite.. 3rd, uniforms cant be edited. so now i am stuck with my newcastle team wearing ugly, unauthentic uniforms... sigh... gameplay wise, its quite tight. graphics are excellent too.
main thing is the master league lah. well why cant they reduce the teams available, have 1 master league just like the ps1 days, where u can still buy players and all? instead of the current many teams, but no buy/sell. by not renderring such good graphics, maybe they may have space for commentaries as well.. i dunno thats just me....
but with all these faults, i am still happy to own these 2 games lah... i'm hooked to them eversince i played WE4 during my ps days... so conquer them i will...
...someday.
posted by winz at 10:14 AM
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dun think it is a very good idea to openly declare that u got ur ps2 winning 11 for free... ;)
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