This can be switched on and off both depending on player preference and whether he is playing in the position required for this card to be active. The Player Index subheading allows the player to choose the mentality of a certain player, a defender may need to be defence minded or a midfielder needs to be balanced, while also giving you the option to turn the individual player cards on and off depending on whether you want to use them.Īs an example, Andres Iniesta of Barcelona has the Talisman player card, allowing him to orchestrate the entire attacking style of his team with movement and passing. Not only can you set the formation, whether you choose 4-4-2, 5-3-2, 3-5-2 or 4-3-3, but gives other options for more personalised settings.įor instance, the Edit Position allows you to move a single player to either join in the attack or shore up the defensive posture, while Mark Settings give you the option to man mark certain danger men on the opposition that you want to be stopped.

The decision of who to play could be dictated via the Set Formation screen, which contains various options on changing your players mentality and the marking settings. For instance a bright red arrow will normally give the player roughly a 12% increase to their default attributes, making them either a great impact substitute or the first name on the team sheet, whereas a purple arrow will decrease the abilities of said player. The form arrow is important also, ranging from red to purple, they give an indication of a players stat boosts in each new game. The overall rating is a good indicator of a players skill, however to get a full view of their attributes, clicking the bumpers shows a more detailed interpretation of each player, with their abilities and individual player cards also. This gives you a basic team selection option, showing the players positions, names, height, stronger foot, overall rating, current stamina and their form rating. The easiest and most digestible facet of the tactics screen (or Game Plan as referred to in game) is the Lineup subheading. Now we turn our attentions to the indomitable tactics management that PES2010 almost forces you to master. In the first guide, we looked into the different modes, the selection of teams and how daunting the attributes and edit modes can be. Hopefully this series of short guides to some of the games intricacies can help overcome this entry level frustration or could even be used to further solidify the existing players neat skills.

This overwhelming smorgasbord of data can be daunting for the reverent newcomer.

Pro Evolution Soccer (often called Pro Evo or PES as shorthand) is a widely acclaimed and regarded franchise known for its meticulous statistician approach to the soccer genre and impervious realism.

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