Other sublime touches in PES6 include the nearest player to the ball at half-time sometimes juggling the ball with their foot and picking it up, and players collapsing if they're hit with the ball at full whack in the face. All these random occurrences can make for a frustrating spectacle, but also heart-stopping moments of elation if, like I did in a cup qualifier, you get a lucky penalty in the 90th minute. or a keeper could make a dramatic last-gasp save with his elbow. For example, a defender may jump for the ball and miss, a trailing leg from a midfielder might trip a forward on a run.
PES6 knowingly builds in animations and gameplay that simulates human error and the cruel fates of the beautiful game. FIFA 07 has finally included decent ball physics, but the development team needs to understand that to truly lose the feeling that youre playing a videogame, you need unpredictability.
However, for another season at least only a moron/FA executive would say that FIFA 07 is better than PES5 - Konami's sim plays more fluidly, has more crunching interaction between players, more realistic ball physics and - yes I've said this before -it just feels like real football.
