When it comes to soccer titles, really only two questions matter: how
good is the game at recreating the feel of a soccer match, and has the
game licensed the teams and players you want to play? Of the two primary
soccer series, Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer on the one hand, and EA's
FIFA on the other, PES has generally won the battle of the first
question and lost the battle of the second. For better or for worse, PES 2012
trades a little of its dominance at smooth controls and soccer "feel,"
for a little bit more in the way of player and team licensing.
To be sure, PES 2012 is virtually the same game as PES 2011, so if you
loved that game, you'll be glad to know that very little in the way of
major changes have been made here. Controls are largely similar,
although a new Teammate Control system allows you to rapidly swap to a
player other than the one you're controlling during a set piece or other
opportune moment so that you can direct where you want the key elements
of your attack to be during critical stages. How often you will
actually make use of this, though, is really a question of how in-depth
you get with your sports games. Most of the more casual players will be
content to let the AI keep handling many of the elements that it did in
PES 2011, and it does an even better job of doing that this time around.
Sure, there's the occasional controller lofting moment when John Terry
suddenly decides he's had enough of playing defense that day and lets
Ronaldo rip a shot right at your keeper, but for us Spurs fans, that's
basically a win-win situation.
On the other hand, PES 2012 still has stronger gameplay than FIFA 2012,
with more precise player controls and quicker responsiveness on inputs
than its rival, although PES' advantage is now less pronounced than in
previous iterations – not through any fault of PES, but because FIFA has
gotten its act together recently. That said, PES has a very different
feel and system from FIFA, and players used to that – or those sick of
FIFA's approach – will like what they see in PES 2012. Free kicks are
still a little wonky, but major bugs (like the defenders "catch-up" bug,
in which attackers would be miraculously run down from behind by
defenders on nearly every breakaway) have been squashed. That said, PES 2012's tweaks and upgrades don't include its graphics,
which are decidedly unimpressive. Player models are often blocky,
especially on close-ups, and colors feel washed out – disturbing
considering everything is always on the same green background. I'm not
sure if this is due to PES's graphical engine (which, as far as I can
tell is the same one as PES 2011), or to its designers and artists not
going the whole nine yards, but, compared to FIFA 2012, PES fails to
impress.
On just about every other front, though, PES is an extremely solid soccer title. It may not have every team, every stadium, every tournament, and every player out there, but there's plenty enough in its gameplay to satisfy any video game soccer fan.
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