Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 Review
After around 100 games i wanted do a review of new PES 2012. This is mostly gameplay review, i wont comment graphic or sound and commentary effects, i dont find them very important as gameplay and control over team, i would rather play game with average graphic but with good gameplay and good simulation!!!!
I know no one from Konamy will care about this or see this, but all you who play PES are my "brothers in game" and are going trough all things like me.
This review is based on 2 teams (in this case Chelsea and Barcelona) and around 30 games with same formations, same tactics, and from of players on neutral (green), to find out how accurate gameplay is and to find bugs playing with one or other team against PC on professional difficulty. I also have new 1.02 patch. Also all conclusions and grades are on logical and neutral judgement, no team favoring (even i like Chelsea).
Gameplay in general:
Basicly the same as PES 2011, just few tweaks, but mostly everything is made on same platform that they use for 2011. So as we remember how 2011 was full of bugs and bad gameplay solutions this is not some progress.
Passing and and player control: 2/5
When 2011 versions was out Konami said its revolution cause of free passing control 360 degree freedom, and it was nos correct, same thing in 2012. If you make 10 passes in the same way 5 of them will be different (you are passing from one player to another, straight ball, just simple pass, you press straight direction, and ball mostly go straight, but then again in some cases gos diagonal, or to closer player even if you wanted other player and had enough power on ball to make pass to crucial player). Power control is strange and effected by AI cheating. Sometimes you just pres pass or shoot button for a second, and pass or shot is like you have hold button for few seconds, and vice versa, sometimes you hold it long and have full power bar and your player shoots like he was an 80 year old woman.
Player control in this version is said to be also revolutionary cause of ability to control other players in field when you have ball. Also full of bugs and not working correctly. Problem is most of players will have hard time to learn to control 2 sticks in different directions in same time. Also problem is you need to control your teammates in defence also if you wish to have good defence, but more of that soon.
Defence: 1/5
Horrible. Defence is static, they make bad calls, and not just bad calls like real player would but stupid calls like running away from ball, not jumping, bad tackles in penalty area, sometimes even if they are stronger then other player they get knocked down like flys even if player is small and not as strong as your defender.
Goalkeepers. Extra horrible. Like living statues on goals, making horrible calls and going to empty area to often, even with new patch they still make stupid calls and reactions, each time ball is deflected by your player by accident, goalkeeper makes bad call (going to empty area, or deflecting ball for just few feats to oponent).
If you turn on auto offside defence leaves to much space, and if you pull them all the way to goal they dont make good reactions in time.
AI cheating 1/5
Like in 2011, there is alot of AI cheating, and in that way that its not possible in reality. I said i used 2 teams for this review, to see how they will react in games i play one after other with same stats. If AI is loosing, they will pressure you more, but your player will make more mistakes then usual, especially in defence. When i was playing with Chelsea, i score goal and Barcelona starts to pressure more and my players are slower, cant pass right and shoot and pass power is so much effected by AI cheating.
Defence is static and opponent players run trough your defence like knife trough butter. Same thing when i changed teams and played with Barcelona against Chelsea, all same settings they have had when i was Chelsea but this time effected by AI cheating, and Chelsea plays like other team then i had in games before, they are faster, better dribblers, and stronger. Also PC goalkeeper is like Superman in comparison to one you are controlling.
Players that you control are more effected by struggling, they need longer time to resist and recover from struggle, and when you are defending, sometimes your opponent is not effected by your tackles at all even if there are 2 defenders on him. First i though that Barcelona is so much stronger but then i saw how things came around.
Also trough balls on wings are almost unstoppable when made by PC!!!!
There are many more things i could say and explain but it would be too long and i dont want to stres you out more. Again i would like to say this is logical review based on real life simulations and real life movement on field.
Grades are so low cause i am disappointed they didnt made and more improvements then 2011, just big talk about new way of player control and smarter AI (in this case better AI cheating), and new mods, but if you look more better there are no bigger changes then before just some things tweaked different.
This is my opinion now, and im very disappointed by Konami and the way they develop this game and treat customers who buy game and dont get wanted changes.
Sorry for suvh long review, i did my best to say most important things i think are bad or buged.
I wish you all good gameing and good luck for all of us in near future to get some nice realistic football/soccer simulation.
After around 100 games i wanted do a review of new PES 2012. This is mostly gameplay review, i wont comment graphic or sound and commentary effects, i dont find them very important as gameplay and control over team, i would rather play game with average graphic but with good gameplay and good simulation!!!!
I know no one from Konamy will care about this or see this, but all you who play PES are my "brothers in game" and are going trough all things like me.
This review is based on 2 teams (in this case Chelsea and Barcelona) and around 30 games with same formations, same tactics, and from of players on neutral (green), to find out how accurate gameplay is and to find bugs playing with one or other team against PC on professional difficulty. I also have new 1.02 patch. Also all conclusions and grades are on logical and neutral judgement, no team favoring (even i like Chelsea).
Gameplay in general:
Basicly the same as PES 2011, just few tweaks, but mostly everything is made on same platform that they use for 2011. So as we remember how 2011 was full of bugs and bad gameplay solutions this is not some progress.
Passing and and player control: 2/5
When 2011 versions was out Konami said its revolution cause of free passing control 360 degree freedom, and it was nos correct, same thing in 2012. If you make 10 passes in the same way 5 of them will be different (you are passing from one player to another, straight ball, just simple pass, you press straight direction, and ball mostly go straight, but then again in some cases gos diagonal, or to closer player even if you wanted other player and had enough power on ball to make pass to crucial player). Power control is strange and effected by AI cheating. Sometimes you just pres pass or shoot button for a second, and pass or shot is like you have hold button for few seconds, and vice versa, sometimes you hold it long and have full power bar and your player shoots like he was an 80 year old woman.
Player control in this version is said to be also revolutionary cause of ability to control other players in field when you have ball. Also full of bugs and not working correctly. Problem is most of players will have hard time to learn to control 2 sticks in different directions in same time. Also problem is you need to control your teammates in defence also if you wish to have good defence, but more of that soon.
Defence: 1/5
Horrible. Defence is static, they make bad calls, and not just bad calls like real player would but stupid calls like running away from ball, not jumping, bad tackles in penalty area, sometimes even if they are stronger then other player they get knocked down like flys even if player is small and not as strong as your defender.
Goalkeepers. Extra horrible. Like living statues on goals, making horrible calls and going to empty area to often, even with new patch they still make stupid calls and reactions, each time ball is deflected by your player by accident, goalkeeper makes bad call (going to empty area, or deflecting ball for just few feats to oponent).
If you turn on auto offside defence leaves to much space, and if you pull them all the way to goal they dont make good reactions in time.
AI cheating 1/5
Like in 2011, there is alot of AI cheating, and in that way that its not possible in reality. I said i used 2 teams for this review, to see how they will react in games i play one after other with same stats. If AI is loosing, they will pressure you more, but your player will make more mistakes then usual, especially in defence. When i was playing with Chelsea, i score goal and Barcelona starts to pressure more and my players are slower, cant pass right and shoot and pass power is so much effected by AI cheating.
Defence is static and opponent players run trough your defence like knife trough butter. Same thing when i changed teams and played with Barcelona against Chelsea, all same settings they have had when i was Chelsea but this time effected by AI cheating, and Chelsea plays like other team then i had in games before, they are faster, better dribblers, and stronger. Also PC goalkeeper is like Superman in comparison to one you are controlling.
Players that you control are more effected by struggling, they need longer time to resist and recover from struggle, and when you are defending, sometimes your opponent is not effected by your tackles at all even if there are 2 defenders on him. First i though that Barcelona is so much stronger but then i saw how things came around.
Also trough balls on wings are almost unstoppable when made by PC!!!!
There are many more things i could say and explain but it would be too long and i dont want to stres you out more. Again i would like to say this is logical review based on real life simulations and real life movement on field.
Grades are so low cause i am disappointed they didnt made and more improvements then 2011, just big talk about new way of player control and smarter AI (in this case better AI cheating), and new mods, but if you look more better there are no bigger changes then before just some things tweaked different.
This is my opinion now, and im very disappointed by Konami and the way they develop this game and treat customers who buy game and dont get wanted changes.
Sorry for suvh long review, i did my best to say most important things i think are bad or buged.
I wish you all good gameing and good luck for all of us in near future to get some nice realistic football/soccer simulation.
