Saturday, December 12, 2015
BECOME A LEGEND, A BROADER SPECTRUM.
PES has a philosophy. 'Football Life'
Under this concept the whole of a players life should be addressed in the BAL mode.
It should be an in depth 1 on 1 between you and your player to the point you pick his sessions/clothing/sponsors/skills.
I have devised 5 categories to help break down each part of this huge idea, these are:
- Structure - Anti world beater at 21
- XP
- Personal
- Training
- On the Pitch
Structure
Who has ever been a rubbish player 70's and won the WC at 19 in real life? EXACTLY
I think a story driven NOT CLUB SPECIFIC model would be great. Just little things.
say you set the premier league on fire and gt 16 goals and the Euros are that season, I think it should show your Ipad getting a message from Hodgson calling you up and you to be smiling on the sofa. then in training with England a mini TV news crew kinds view looking over a fence and then Parker to crunch you b accident and you to be rolling around, Euros are over.
It would make you happy then sad and provide that emotional pull PES has and still keep you grounded. Do the WC qualifiers then the season after. Car crash in a tunnel? Metatarsel? Caught drinking and CCTV show you falling about town? little things to hold you back when your about to be great. Stupid to say but it reminds me of WWE RTWM in terms of it slowly builds you up to the big deal.
Then once your actually at the right level and older you get in the squad, Senior player and smash the best tournaments. things like that could be slipped in anywhere. CL finals pre season.
XP
Ok, here we go. Match rating is the XP, you get a 6 you get 6 you get 9 you get 9 its so simple even my cat understands. Once you hit 100 you get a stat of choice +1. how easy and free is that. there will be other ways to boost this in you Personal life and ways to Use this XP for other skills in training.
Performance is key. If one easy to Med setting you will get no bonus but on Pro +1 per game over 8 rating and top player +1 if you get a 9 rating. and yes i'd like to see a hat-trick and 2 assists get a 10 as standard lol.
Say in the Personal section you ASK to learn a new position the position will be added to your player ID BUT your match scores will count towards XP now XP will be used to add to stats BUT if you ask to be RW and your played there your stats WILL AUTO FILL THE 100 needed to max the RW position. XP will be free to in any other position.
now you have an idea how you will develop in general lets look into your personal life and what bonus's might occur.
Personal
A players personal life has key set points, moments that affect their mentality or even send them on a rich run of form.
Your money should be spent on - Houses, clothing for after game cut-scenes, boots, personal equipment like a home gym.
Lets say you do later on buy a big house and it has a pool. +1 stamina? Has a close proximity to night life or big cities -1 stamina? little tiny things could be massive but not overpower the game.
Boots! these should lose 1 stat per game used. so keeping on top of your supply should be key.
If you land a big Adidas deal for the Speed boots then you'll unlock those and receive the 1st pair free ;)
remember little things that add depth but make a collective huge difference.
Doing media and Tv stuff will give XP towards that and unlock boots houses kit weights etc but in a ladder.
Lv 1 - nothihg
2 - Pes boots
3 - Neo boots
4 - Flat near city
5 - Tracksuit
6 - Puma boots
and so forth so its worth investing in but you need to balance it with training.
Training
This is a bonus to the XP system, seperate, XP is standard and training is how you spend your time between games. there will always be + and - per session.
OK REF.1 UFC3 between fights they do a great job of giving you limited freedom.
Freedom to train on what you like but with + and - per session or special things to learn like FK and tricks. think to PES old training mode. Imagine Every other Thursday on BAL playing the session working on your FK with the mini game markers and points towards increasing it. or the Step-over one to learn a new skill or 5 a side with team mates.
BUT - Always a but, you can pick ANY stat to increase via XP but you have to Train or do Media/sponsor work to boost your Popularity and in turn unlock new boots and gear.
EG. 5 a side +2 short pass Acc/Speed Next game but -1 Heading
Crossing. +2 heading/Strength -1 dribble acc
(Maybe have an auto session option where half the + is awarded. but still the -)
Say you do this below. >
Tue Game XP 8 rating - Wed rest removes fatigue 20% - Thurs FK 7 rating - Fri speed +2 strength -1 - Sat rest removes 20% fatigue - Sun Game - Mon Talk sport interview +5 XP towards popularity
Then have fatigue off games, training and media work so you can't spam it.
It's the life or a real Pro, Real Simulation. Remember the aim here. FOOTBALL LIFE
On the pitch
Who remembers the speech of the captain about being valued and the promise of the ball more often. O_o yh that seemed in effective. I would keep the Rating among the team and have it where button combinations/request are unlocked based on team cohesion.
New - X to call for the ball
Gelling - Triangle for a through ball and O for crosses unlocked.
Senior - L1 modifier, call for lofted through balls or 1-2's
Captain - Square unlocked to tell players to help press.
Instantly reading that you should think two things. one. that bastard is copying Fifa and Two. actually it's a logical way a player would settle in and develop on the pitch with the team. Back t point one it is something they do get right. If i'm a major player i should be able to make a run and call for a lofted through ball or 1-2.
Maybe after 22 OR playing for 3 clubs you can always start as a Senior player?
Summary - IF all of this was added to a PES game in one pop in say 3 years would you see it as a stand alone mode to rival ML and would you play it? and would you like to see some things carry over into ML mode?
By Lee Fulcher.
