Difficulty:

Just Right

Time Spent:

100 or More Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Almost, but not quite"

Basically this is the same game as 2012 also 2011. Ok, there are a lot of improvement this time. No "cheat" goal from crossing, no superb dribble skill. Pass, through and shot are improved. Play this game on professional level is piece of cake, so I reviewed based on top players level.

The major bug of this game (also appear in previous PES) is lost cursor. Everytime my player collide with opponent, cursor move to another player and not easy to switch back to previous player. I don't feel "Pro active AI" at all, since AI players don't react with the ball. The AI defenders just run backwards, and the worst they run away to give opponent space and time.

Players like walking on ice, hard to stop and often slip. Every time they go down, take forever to wake up. Lag time between press and execution also destroy the timing. It feels like they need many procedures just to shot or clear the ball.

Although there are a lot of improvement, Konami like playing with fire, earning money with the same game with the same bug over and over again. Thankfully FIFA 13 as miserable as PES 2013. I really hope developer who create NBA 2K13, create football game.