DIECI, a few days ago I would have given this years PES a 9 or something. But the more I play it, the more I'm becoming a little disillusioned. Pressing is nigh on impossible, you are forced to retreat all the time. I love almost everything about PES2012, but the lack of midfield battle and constant directness of the CPU top teams is starting to ruin the whole game for me.
Professional is too easy for me to keep possession, so that is out of the window.
I have to play on Top Player to get anything out of it. But TP simply cheats a lot of the time it's as simple as that.
To compound the fact that you have lightening reaction strikers and cheat AI, you have rubbish defenders and suspect keepers. These mix of elements is bringing the game down from a classic, to something that is wearing me down a little. It may be the fact that I have played this non stop since I've had it, I really believe that by releasing a patch which beefs up the defensive side this will be the best footy game ever.
Without the patch and with the game in its current state you have a CPU that charges at you like the red army with stunning precision and reflexes. Against the top teams you then HAVE to enter into an attack and counter attack game which is endless. No, personally I don't even think that editing tactics etc will do any good; the reason why the CPU attacks so directly and Yoda like is the cards they are given. I'm going to experiment tonight v Man Utd and take everyone's cards off them, I'll report back my findings. Someone like Nani for example is pre-programmed with about a thousand cards to basically attack like a Terminator, I think I even seen a 'You'll self destruct if you pass the ball' card in there.
