The Schwarz is strong in, ah, Schwarz
Amid all my dejection over PES2008’s relative badness I’ve found a goal replay from a few games ago that I think is a bit special. It’s a free kick scored from a long way out and from a relatively acute angle.
The scorer is Schwarz. I went with him as the kicker in this situation because I wanted his shot power more than I wanted the technique of somebody like Shaw.
It’s one of my favourite goals in PES2008 so far. Yes, the keeper gets a hand to it and palms it into the roof of the net, but I don’t think even PES2008’s infamous keepers can be blamed for this one.
Recently I spent about an hour practicing free kicks on the training ground. I discovered that free kicks are not always fated to fly high over the bar or slam embarrassingly into the wall.
There are many little tricks that improve free kicks. I have found that simply reading the manual is the best trick of all.
My favourite free kick technique in PES2008: push up on the left stick. Press the shoot button for the desired amount of power. Then, just as the kicker is taking his run up, twist the stick in the desired direction, left or right, to apply some spin. If extra shot-power is required, tap Triangle (or Y on the 360) just as he connects with the ball. (That latter technique – adding power with a tap of a button – can be devastatingly effective when trying to score through a gap next to the wall.)
I used all three techniques for the Schwarz free kick goal, with the result seen. It might not satisfy PES purists, but I’m happy enough with it to declare it an early contender for my personal goal of the season.
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I’ve yet to score a free kick on PES2008, but I’ve hit the post many times, and I can score consistently within training.
That is a great goal.
DId you ever have any luck scoring from free kicks in PES6?
I found on the training pitch that certain players *can* bend the ball using the analogue stick/direction buttons. Or maybe it’s all in my imagination.
I’ve scored three free kicks in PES2008. One was the Shaw free kick blasted straight past the keeper through the gap – I disliked it because it was so lame. The next was a free kick I got during my few online games a week or two ago – van Persie, up and and over the wall and in off the post. Lovely.
This Schwarz one is the third.
After all the training I can consistently get close in matches too. I like it that free kicks are difficult in PES2008. Can you imagine if they were like in PES5?! 14-8 scorelines all round…
ck – I never got ONE free kick on PES6. Not even close, from what I remember.