Konami announced PES 2012 with the first Trailer and Gameplay Footage. Get a first look of the latest iteration of KONAMI's real soccer simulation. Shingo "Seabass" Takatsuka , Creative Producer of the Pro Evolution Soccer series, talks about new gameplay features and reveals first footage of PES 2012.
Nintendo Gamer - You may remember when a month or so ago we received a copy of FIFA 13 on the Wii and quickly realised it was absolute identical to FIFA 12, save for a roster update.
At the time we slammed EA for this, calling it “a £30 roster update” and telling them they should have been ashamed of themselves. After all, they were pulling the wool over Wii owners’ eyes and masquerading FIFA 13 as a new game when in reality it wasn’t.
CVG - I'm having real problem's with online multiplayer recently. There are way too many cheaters online now and it's completely ruining any competitive matches.
Having not touched PES since the PS2 days I bought PES 2012. I played a few matches online and it was going well, so thought I'd enter a tournament. The first couple of games ended in draws. Then on my third or fourth game I was winning 3-0 and I was chuffed. Then my opponent kicked off and hoofed it straight to his keeper, turned around, scored an O.G. I thought it was weird, but then he did it again and again. Game over, match abandoned.
Meh, thats Konami for you. Metal Gear Online had an amazing community then the infamous lag switch appeared on the scene.
Completely ruined the official tournaments and survival modes, got to a point where there was one in every other game. What did Konami do to address it? Nothing. :)
I've never understood it. I mean, I don't even see what they get out of it. It's like unpacking a board game, placing your piece on the square that says 'win' and just sitting there looking at it. It doesn't even upset me that they ruin competitive games for everyone so much as it just depresses me that there are people that utterly stupid in the World.
Liam Pritchard of Brash Games writes "So, I’m the only one left. Perhaps not in the world, but certainly out of my friends. Back in the days of the PS2, everybody, and I mean everybody I knew played Pro Evo. There were no stragglers and nobody succumb to the temptation of EA’s extensive licensing. Nope, back then, we all prayed exclusively at the house of Shingo “Seabass” Takatsuka".
Nice article.
The "Great Migration" is so relatable to me and i expect a lot of the old PES guys too.
Infact, i actually single-handily introduced PES to my town, i used to play PES non-stop. But the difference was i had all the option-files, so i had no problem with dodgy team names or kits. My friends tried pes but because of the lack of licences and no knowledge of an option-file, they just thought pes was a stupid, cheap looking game.
Slowly but surely, after friends played a few games at my house, they started buying the game themselves and playing with friends at their house. Next thing i know the whole town is addicted to pes, "up for a game of pez" was a common question around the town.
(I tried the same thing with battlefield 3, but people wouldn't budge from cod, except for one friend)
Like this article says though, come into this generation and slowly but surely all my friends converted to the dark side while i stuck by, slightly frustrated, with my beloved pes. But unlike the author, i went to the dark side last year when i bought FIFA and for the first time ever, didnt buy pes.
I appreciate the authors dedication to the charms pes still offers, but for me the flaws are too much. Its like a few diamonds in a barrel of oil. Whereas FIFA is like a barrel of oil packed with glitter. Its doesn't compare to the old PES's and still lacks that "charm" and addictiveness pes used to have, but it has so many good things going for it that its hard to resist.
Hopefully pes will make a return next generation.
And here we go again ...
In my way of viewing it is like these.
at the moment I live in Toronto but I'm originally for Portugal what tear can tell u is up til about 10 years ago I only play pes and no one can argue that pes up till 2007 was not the best soccer aim out there but in the past few years they lost what made pes so good and fun ..
Thru that in looks EAs FIFA takes it but is nit just that is the online a game now adays like it or not needs good online and pes does not offer that .. And the most important is the way the match fells when u play it unlike FIFA it does not have that big match and close finishes felling ..
Well il keep my eyes open for PES but I think these will be just another year were i will be facing lol damn kids online in FIFA that run at the 89 min when losing ... ( they need to do something about that Hahah )
i think pes is better then fifa in every way .. the only thing fifa got is linces club ... pes 2011 Master League online is the best
the only football game i like. PES2011 was awesome. placing those passes were the best thing. 2012 is gonna be even better. can't wait.
As huge PES fan that has stuck by it thru these last few years, where they have produced lackluster games, games that had the right idea but just didn't execute it right, well.. this video doesnt give me hope. It looks identical to 2011.
He is talking about where he is making improvements yet never mentioned improving the terrible shooting, refereeing, players like Tony Hibbert catching the likes of Theo Walcott, the ridiculous "stumble" etc... all these easily fixable things that prevented 2011 from being a great game.
On another note, its only May...
Good additions to the game. I started playing Fifa since Fifa 96 until 2006 where I switched to PES 2 then I switched back to Fifa in 2010 with Fifa 10. For the last couple of years I prefer Fifa to Pes.
About the video :
Off-ball movement is a good addition, it opens up the play and let players win with team-work other than individual skills more often and easier.