Okay, so there always used to be thread for PES/WE that contained lots of bulk stat changes and things to improve the single player experience. The options files used to completely change the game, and turn what had become stale into a fresh, realistic simulation.
Given that EA have created, without a doubt, the best engine with which to model the beautiful game, it disappoints me to no end that they've also not bothered to make a decent single player experience (especially compared to Madden, NHL and so forth). There are too many faults to bring out, but fundamentally:
- CPU players have augmented stats. Particularly reactions.
- The stumbling animation 'crutches' are just ridiculous, Rooney getting barged out of the way, falling over, getting up and running the wrong way after a shoulder collision with Luka Modric? Um. No.
- In real life, running perpendicular to the goal does not make you invincible to being tackled.
- In real life, defending corners isn't as easy as heading it out with the assurance that it can only land near one of your teammates, who is the only one who can control the ball.
- It's very nice having fancy dribbling and skill moves, but who cares when the CPU can just barge through you, even when you have your back to them, and take the ball (and you'll then stumble, fall out of bounds, tangle with the steward and injure yourself)
- In real life 90% of goals are not scored by 1 on 1s. Defending is not so easy as just stuffing the box with 8 players surrounded by auto-tackling forcefields, and teams can pass through such tactics.
Anyway, rant aside, I figure that there's gotta be editing we can do to improve the situation. For now, I'm going to just focus on single player where you play as a single team. Ideas:
1. In the league you play in, go through every team and move their defensive line back.
2. Go through every team, and decrease reactions by 15. Increase your teams reactions by 15.
3. Decrease everyones speed by 10, increase acceleration by 10.
4. Decrease oppositions strength by 15.
I'm not actually sure this'll solve the problem, but will give it a go. Unfortunately there doesn't appear to be any macro-editing options, so it's going to take freaking ages. And will obviously bollocks up everytime you play online.
But it's the final act of someone desperate for a decent single player football experience, and will still take less time than downloading, patching and burning all those old WE patches to CD (I miss you swap magic!)
Given that EA have created, without a doubt, the best engine with which to model the beautiful game, it disappoints me to no end that they've also not bothered to make a decent single player experience (especially compared to Madden, NHL and so forth). There are too many faults to bring out, but fundamentally:
- CPU players have augmented stats. Particularly reactions.
- The stumbling animation 'crutches' are just ridiculous, Rooney getting barged out of the way, falling over, getting up and running the wrong way after a shoulder collision with Luka Modric? Um. No.
- In real life, running perpendicular to the goal does not make you invincible to being tackled.
- In real life, defending corners isn't as easy as heading it out with the assurance that it can only land near one of your teammates, who is the only one who can control the ball.
- It's very nice having fancy dribbling and skill moves, but who cares when the CPU can just barge through you, even when you have your back to them, and take the ball (and you'll then stumble, fall out of bounds, tangle with the steward and injure yourself)
- In real life 90% of goals are not scored by 1 on 1s. Defending is not so easy as just stuffing the box with 8 players surrounded by auto-tackling forcefields, and teams can pass through such tactics.
Anyway, rant aside, I figure that there's gotta be editing we can do to improve the situation. For now, I'm going to just focus on single player where you play as a single team. Ideas:
1. In the league you play in, go through every team and move their defensive line back.
2. Go through every team, and decrease reactions by 15. Increase your teams reactions by 15.
3. Decrease everyones speed by 10, increase acceleration by 10.
4. Decrease oppositions strength by 15.
I'm not actually sure this'll solve the problem, but will give it a go. Unfortunately there doesn't appear to be any macro-editing options, so it's going to take freaking ages. And will obviously bollocks up everytime you play online.
But it's the final act of someone desperate for a decent single player football experience, and will still take less time than downloading, patching and burning all those old WE patches to CD (I miss you swap magic!)