As both FIFA and PES now have a Legend/Pro mode, let's have a thread for your stories.

Not sure how you start a Pro game in FIFA, but in PES once you set up your player you play in a bounce game that has scouts at it, if you play well the offers come in.


I selected RMF for my position (although the computer seems to deploy me anywhere on the right side and even in DMF once) and in the bounce game I got down the wings, crossed in a peach and the computer headed home. I ended the game on a 6.5 rating (decent enough for the first game) and had the selection of 3 clubs (all from the French league) making an offer. I chose Toulouse as they seemed the strongest side, however that wasn't true at all. While I was struggling in training to get even onto the bench the first team went on to an 10 game beaten run. Training is bloody hard in PES, you get two teams; the first and second squads. If you do well in a training game you can get picked for the first squad in the next training. Do well with that and you can find yourself on the bench, do well there and you are a starter, although obviously poor performances are dealt with in the reverse way.

Anyway, for Toulouse I finally got into the team after I managed a fluke goal in training and was given a place on the bench. While being on the bench means you are not forced to play in training matches (although training matches help improve your players stats) it does tend to involve lots of watching the team play and waiting for the last quarter of the game to get a call to go on. Luckily there is a speed setting so this isn't as bad as it sounds.

My performances for Toulouse were not bad, averageing 6, but a lot depends on the formation and position I am given, and the players around you. I found that one particular player at RB almost refused to pass me the ball. Even if I am in space, he will back track and pass elsewhere. Very odd, yet I had an attacker who was always willing to give me the ball so you could do a 1-2.

Anyway, after 6 months at Toulouse and about 4 appearances from the bench, Grenoble come in with an offer (double the wages! 150 -> 300! woot!) so I took it as they were both in the UEFA but also in 8th place in the league. Sadly it meant back to the training games to break into the first team. And for the last 8 games I've stuck there. The Grenoble side is better than the Toulouse one and I'm finding it harder to break into the team as my stats are still really low.

And that's my story so far. No Scotland call up yet, either...

FIFA seems a wee bit easier. I created a player, ST, and chose the Rangers (obviously). You start off in the reserves and are given a rating on your performances. First game I set up the opening goal and scored the third in a 3-0 win. I was voted man of the match. After a few more games in the reserves and a few more goals, I was given a start in the first team (which I found strange as I had not even had a game on the bench) against Aberdeen. Didn't play particularly well, as I was deployed on the right side of a front three and in the reserves I had been left side of a two.

After a few more games in the reserves with increasing improvement in all, I was back in the first team and my status had changed to a squad member. A few more games and a hatful of goals later and the national side came calling and I was given a start in a friendly against China. I scored a hattrick (there was tears ). I'm now a first choice pick for both club and country after around 20 games of the season.

I'm bawz at it. Playing ALM for Saint-Étienne but sometimes the game changes your position mid-game from left-wing to right-wing to up top, leaving you losing points all over the shop for not being in position, which is hugely frustrating. Not the biggest fan of the camera angles it gives you either.

Other than that, good fun though.

Is that in PES?

Obviously I want the thread to be open to both FIFA and PES as it's the stories I want to hear not about the actual platform. However the reason I mention it is I had to change the camera type back to "normal" in Legend mode in PES.

Also when the computer changes formation in PES you see a set of stars at the bottom left hand corner (like loading or substituting) and when the formation is changed the position displayed next to your name changes and the radar shows the formation change too (ie: 4-3-1-1).

That's madness, have you seriously gone from being unknown to playing for your national side in less than a season?

What level are you playing it at? I have mine set to the hardest.

And, yes, PES is considerably harder by all accounts then.

I'm assuming that it's set to the same difficulty as I set the main game to, which is the medium difficulty.

I had to set the camera back to the normal "tele" mode as the default one for BAP is really annoying.

Lightweight..


Being the fine specimen of man I am, I only play things on the hardest level.

I'm currently plying my trade for Vitesse in the D League in Pro Evo Become A Legend.

It took me ages to get from the 2nd training team, to the 1st training team, but once I did this I was almost instantly called up to the bench, and started starting games after 3 or 4 substitute appearances. Overall Vitesse are pretty pish, but I am two games into my second season and we () have won both so far, so it is boding well

I selected my position as AMF but as Vitesse play a midfield three I usually play CMF, or occasionally DMF. As my team-mates are pretty poor I find myself pushing further forward than I perhaps should but I usually have a good couple of chances per-match and also quite a few assists to my name so hopefully that doesn't affect my skill points too much. In hindsight perhaps it would've been better to be a striker as the role is much more clearly defined, and you don't need to track back!

The PES 'Become a Legend' does sound better than Be a Pro to be fair. May consider getting it at Christmas or rent it or something, test it out.

Edit: I played a full season as Newcastle firstly. In that season I became a squad and international regular. Second season, shite offers came in, so I decided i'ld stay with Newcastle. Got bored (Sick of playing on right when I set it as CF) and so simmed most of the season. Became a Key player (or whatever the next up is from squad member for England, stayed the same at Newcastle). Third Season, Barca came in for me. I went there and they, unsuprisingly played me on the right, sim away. Onto my fourth and final season then, and a small danish (I think) club were on the list among Chelsea, Liverpool, Man U. I went to them and am the captain, and key player at England. Dont think I can be arsed finishing it when I get my 360 back.

Agreed

Just played my first game in the Be A Pro season for Falkirk Reserves (and only my 2nd ever Be A Pro game), Scored all 3 goals in a 3-0 win against Caley Thistle Reserves. Got played at RCM, even though I chose LAM as my position, quite enjoying it tbh. The only other Be A Pro match I played was on 08, and it was shite, put me off trying it on 09 until now.

Interesting comment as I chose RMF as my starting position (as normally I would play RMF or RB on a football pitch) and the club plays me in a mix of RWF, RMF, CMF and DMF. When I am playing in the second training team I find myself drifting into central midfield and spending most of the time playing short link up passes in order to up my rating.

Sadly the stats my player has, I can't take on defenders so when the training puts me at RWF I find myself lost a little and getting a low rating (normally 5.5) yet playing me in DMF means I can get involved in the play making but I feel I am missing out on the goal scoring. I tend to rate well in DMF though (usual 6.5/7.0) but I don't "like" playing there.

I started off with Hamilton ST scored a shit load spend two seasons there. Got a Scotland cap in a friendly against Portugal won 2-0, Then as time went on I made Accies and Scotland Captain we came second and first in my two season, I moved to Torino for a season we came 2nd currently at Barca and we are first just now.

I hate it, that and online clubs if your playing with more than 2 people.

pour quoi?

The 360.

Got FIFA09 for PS2. You are automatically in First Team, and get to pick the team. I chose LM with St Mirren, good fun as you need to watch your wing. Not something I do, half the time I end up in a 4-3-3 trying to make runs with the strikers

Results so far:
St Mirren 1-3 Aberdeen.
Celtic 0-2 St Mirren
St Mirren 1-2 Falkirk
Hearts 0-4 St Mirren < First Goal + First Assist
St Mirren 1-2 Hibernian
Kilmarnock 1-4 St Mirren
St Mirren 5-0 Motherwell < First Hat Trick
Rangers 0-4 St Mirren
St Mirren 3-2 Dundee United < Last minute winner by me
Hamilton 3-3 St Mirren

Got like 5 Goals and 5 Assists so far, video'd all the goals by phone, I can put links for them later. Dargo and Wyness formed a decent partnership but I'm replacing Dargo with Mehmet after Billy scored two goals in two games as a sub in both.

Next up, home to Inverness

I started of with Celtic(with the views start of in shite league get good stats go to good team)
I made my guy a CF
Made 11 apperances for the reserves scoring 38 and have so far made 7 with the first team scoring 33. This has led mr to have 1 game with Scotland reserves(scored 4) and one game for the first team (scored 5) overall that is 20 matches and 80 goals.
So far my guy has a rating of 88

Might want to move the difficulty up from Amateur



Oooh...my 1000th post

My thoughts exactly!

I dont like the Pro one at all. Its bloody hard.

The Fifa one I am quite good at. I am Fletcher at Man Utd. I find it easier if you switch the camera to Tele. Its easier to see a pass and far easier to score. I am doing quite well. Half way through the season,were top and ive scored a few.

It's on professional


See above

With Fifa you can change the difficulty level as you go on, if you play even at world class in the reserves, its hard not to score at least a couple of goals.

The be a legend is far tougher, ive only started it (on the pc), still in the reserves. Frustrates me that they dont pass unlike in fifa where you call for the ball they give you it.

Got to say I prefer the sound of the PES one, even if it's taking longer to get into the first team. The idea you can start a season and by the end of it score 30 odd goals and earn a Scotland call up is pretty pish imo. Where is the challenge in that?


Frustrating it is, but your reward of being on the bench or even playing in the first team is better for it. As I said in my other post, the passing is based on the players around you (and your position of course). As your stats grow and your teamwork improves they should start to pass more to you.



btw, a question to everyone, have you all gone strikers? I've selected RMF.

Fifa Be A Pro is pretty shite, tbh. Instead of crating a new player, i just went Robinho with Man City, I scored 42 goals in 32 games, became National Captain and won the league all in my first season. I've signed back for Real madrid, scored 8 goals in my first 2 games, this is on Professional, by the way.

Be A Legend sounds much better. It's a real pity that PES is shite overall.

Not that I wish to continue on the argument, but FIFA on PC is just not a game worth playing, FIFA on the 360 is a distinct improvement but it's still not as good as PES on the 360 which in turn isn't as good as the PC PES. I am guessing you haven't played PES on the PC.

No, i've not.

I got PES 2008 with my PS3 when i got it last year and thought it was absolutely shite.

Attacking midfielder.

Did you buy it on the PC ric? Im home this afternoon if you fancy a few games.

It is much better.

I started off with Volendam in League C, and I have to say it's pretty annoying when all of your attributes are 50 or 60 and you can't even do a simple dribble without falling on your arse and losing the ball easily. The attributes take a hell of a long time to increase as well - assuming that you get an average rating of 6 in your first season, it'll take about 15 games for the attributes to increase by one point. I also don't like having to sit through games when I'm not involved, no matter how fast I'm allowed to fast forward it.

Still, it's good fun and after scoring 3 goals in my first season for Volendam as an AMC (including a penalty and a header from a corner) I'm half way through the second season with Spartak Moscow and have pretty much just broken into the starting X1 with my ratings usually around 6 or 6.5.

This

The control on 360 PES is terrible, you can only turn at 90 degree angles, pc you have full movement, making this much easier.

I've decided to stick with Pro Evo after reading reviews online stating that a lot of PES2008's crappy bits have been sorted out. I'll buy it on Friday.

On 'Be a Legend' I'll be putting myself in as a CB. Will it be easier or harder to make my way through the ranks with this position? My player will surely go up for corners etc?.......

I answered in the other thread, the one you started with my name..



There is a trick you can use, btw. In one of the menus you can select which attributes get improved. You have a total of something like 12 "units" to spread out over 6 categories (Stamina, Speed, Balance, etc). They are all set to 2 units each which means your players stats will increase across the board evenly but slowly. I found myself not even near the ball when I started so I overloaded the speed. Obviously other stats are affected by that, but on a 6.5 rating you are getting a 10-16 point increase per game on the values related to speed (Accelleration, Speed, Dribble Speed, Response, etc). While I am now in the process of building up my Balance, because I'm forever getting knocked off the ball, I am at least reaching it now!




That sounds a silly thing to do. I was playing PES2008 not 2009 on the 360 so never noticed it.

Sadly you are limited to attack or midfield. I would have chosen a CB too, if that weren't the case.

Mind you, you can be picked as a DMF for example then spend the game in defence.

Ive just had 4 games, first game i scored my first goal, a diving header from a corner. Only got a 6.5 though. Next game i got a 6, third game i was everywhere and only got a 6.5 again, despite obviously being man of the match.

In be a legend, you feel like you are part of a club, in be a pro, you feel like you are the only player at the club.

Cheers Ric.

DMF it is then. I cant wait to play this game!

That's pretty much spot on, tbh. I'm upgrading my PC soon so may pick up PES for it (the 360 version is fucking awful) just for this Be A Legend mode, as it sounds pretty good. Be A Pro is good, but is far too easy for my liking.

I've gone Left Mid. I like it better, you get the ball more, you can attempt to take it by other players more often, you pass it to more players in the team. Added on with scoring and assisting. Also the challenge of watching your wing for the other sides RM, being wary of him and timing your moves.

Only thing with PS2 is it has no International Call ups or reserves, and there isn't even a league table, you just get 33 games each season

Started Become a legend tonight and im really liking it. After scoring 4 in the trial game i chose Middlesbrough ahead of Pompy and Fulham and after scoring in my first training game reckon shouldnt be too long before im making an ipact from the bench.

Need a patch for pc, crashes to desktop after 10 games for me, other people getting crash to desktop during the season.

Frustrating, as my last match i came on as a sub vs Real Madrid, and got 8/10 after only half a match, when we beat Real 1-0, despite being bottom of the league (rated last out of all teams).

Im pushing hard for a first team place.

Just starting a Be a Legend game. Sounds good, just creating my character just now!
Think I'll go an AMF.

Not out yet but PC PES 2009 patch due today

Playing the above game and changing resolution let me carry on with my central midfielder running around like a headless chicken!

Picked French side Grenoble 38 as they looked the worst on offer so reckoned my chances of progress were higher if I did ok. Managed one assist (big punt from deep over the top of their defence) and then finally a goal for the B team after about 6 games or so. Into the A team for a game and got booked but still made the bench for the big team and on the park for the 2nd half of both games so far.

Some formations don't suite the team and we struggle then there are games where there's time to think and use the space. Hard work but sense of achievement is good.

Thanks for the attributes tip Ric, that's more like it!

I think I'm doing pretty well - at the end of my second season (Spartak Moscow) and still only aged 18 I scored 7 goals, made 2 assists and was capped 4 times by Scotland at the end of the season, scoring on my debut against Argentina

Just signed for North London White and scored in my first Training Match - still not enough to get promoted to the first training squad though

Signed for Wigan, the team I support!

Got no problems with this version. It's a rip, although if you have bought the game you will have your "game ID" needed to make an account for online play. So if you find the original crashing you might want to d/l the rip. PM me if you are stuck.


It seems the patch is to do with resolution, which might be why I've not suffered it, I am sitting at 1024x768.


Yay! Welcome aboard team mate. If you read my first post in the thread, I chose Toulouse on the same thinking (shit team, good chance of playing) but they were bottom of the league and I moved to Grenoble after 6 months when they were 8th in the league and still in the UEFA. Finally becoming a regular after a season and a half. However it's now Toulouse in the top 4 of the league and Grenoble are bottom!


The persistant use of 4-5-1 annoys the sh't out of me. We have nothing going forward and even though I tend to get deployed as a forward midfielder I can't quite make the difference (not yet anyway).

The annoying thing is in training the formations could be anything from 4-3-3 to 4-4-2 to 4-3-1-2 however in game the manager never switches it.



There is definitely a sense of achievement, no doubting that. I've yet to score a goal for the first team yet (hit the post 3 times in one game, once.. ) but still can't break my duck.

I think I'll get a bottle of champagne for when I do!



In terms of the future I think I'm going to stay with Grenoble until my stats are enough so I don't need to spend 6 months in training before getting a game!

Patch is out already, i downloaded it about 10am.

My manager switched formation twice in one game once, i was attacking midfielder, but when ive came on as sub, ive been on the left, the right, and even a striker, never in AMF.

I've been switched. I started out as an RMF but my best ratings have been as LMF and DMF for some reason and there is a guy (Yannev) playing LMF for Grenoble who tires easily so I tend to replace him.

I've had one game where 2 men were sent off. I came on as a sub to RMF (for a change) then shifted to DMF then shifted to CF. The Grenoble coach likes a rigid 4-5-1 though.

I'm salivating just reading that!

Getting PES2009 tomorrow and cant wait to play 'Become a Legend'.

Tell you one thing, if you play it on Top Player level, expect a slow and bloody frustrating start to your career. I'm a fairly decent PES player but over 3 seasons I have started only 2 games and been a sub about 15 times!

When you do start, take my tip about setting your "Strengthening" points and shift them all into speed and balance.