Pro Evolution Soccer 2012

by Konami

• Attacking play is improved - Take control of an additional teammate to boost the potency of your attack
• Teammate AI has become more true to life on defense and offense - Your team plays more cohesively
• New Off-the-ball-controls - Take even more control in dead-ball situations to manage your team strategy
• Zonal marking and positional defending are massively enhanced - Players are forced to work harder to split defenders
• Collision detection is overhauled - The physicality of top-level soccer is captured

Product Details

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• ASIN: B0050SXJXW
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 27, 2011
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (135 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,988 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #8 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Games > Sports > Soccer

Product Description

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Amazon.com Product Description

Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 is the 2011-2012 version of Konami's popular, video game soccer franchise. The eleventh release in the series overall, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 takes digital soccer to the next level by providing a wide range of game improvements over earlier game editions to create the best and most realistic soccer game available to date. Features include: improved teammate AI that shows itself both on offense and defense, new off-the-ball controls, challenging defensive assignments, a collision detection overhaul and improved graphics.

The world's game comes to life more realistically than ever before.
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Bring the World's Game to Life

Pro Evolution Soccer makes its return in fall 2011 with Pro Evolution Soccer 2012. In this edition, Konami is determined to give global football fans a truly realistic, immersive and a delightfully playable take on the beautiful game. Creative Producer Shingo "Seabass" Takatsuka has been sourcing the desires of fans across the globe and working nonstop on marrying the digital game to the real life game so fans can get as close to the real thing. All elements have been examined - defense, offense, AI, penalties, officiating and of course, graphics. The result is a game that truly represents the key attributes of the game and it's players. Pro Evolution Soccer… "Can you play?"

Key Game Features

• Improved Teammate AI - Teammate AI has become more true to life on defense and offense helping your team plays more cohesively
• New Off-the-ball-controls - Take even more control in dead-ball situations to manage your team strategy
• Challenging Defensive Assignments - Zonal marking and positional defending are massively enhanced forcing players to work harder to split defenders
• Collision Detection is Overhauled - The physicality of top-level soccer is captured
• Updated Graphics - Movements, facial representations and pitches have built upon last year's massive improvements

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Product Description

Pro Evolution Soccer makes its return this fall, Pro Evolution Soccer 2012! This year, Konami is determined to give global football fans a truly realistic, immersive and a delightfully playable take on the beautiful game. Creative Producer Shingo "Seabass" Takatsuka has been sourcing the desires of fans across the globe and working non-stop on marrying the digital game to the real life game so fans can get as close to the real thing. All elements have been examined - defense, offense, AI, penalties, officiating and of course, graphics! The result is a game truly represents the key attributes of the game and it's players. Pro Evolution Soccer "Can you play?"

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 27 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The best for football, as always October 10, 2011

By FrozenHell

Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

There are some improvements made on Pes 2012. The graphics are better with the players having some facial expressions, also the fans look better than they did in PES 11. The movements of the players are more realistic with each player having his attributes as in real life. There is this new thing that wasn't previously present in PES, you can instruct your teammates to move forward with the R3 button and choose them in corner kicks as well. One other thing I noticed is that it's harder to accurately tackle compared to PES 11 and it's also harder to get the ball from the opponent. PES has always, in my opinion, been steps ahead of fifa (although fifa has lately made some improvements) because of the fact that the game was never foreseeable (since Iss pro and pro ev 2 on ps1, where I remember in fifa 99, 2000, 2001 you almost knew what was going to happen) and it's getting better every year. PES is even better for people with high knowledge of football and that also play or have played in real life.
Of course, highly recommended.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars PES 2012 November 15, 2011

By T. Snyder VINE™ VOICE

Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3

Fun: 4.0 out of 5 stars   

Every year I had faithfully coughed up $60 for the new FIFA. And every year I felt like it was a steep price for what was basically a roster upgrade. The game played like an arcade game, with balls sort of ping-ponging around from player to player. I love FIFA's licensing (obviously), and its glitzy presentation. But this year, I finally decided to try PES instead. And I'm definitely glad I did. I think the gameplay itself puts it head and shoulders above FIFA.

"Head and shoulders" makes me think of headers, which were nearly impossible in FIFA. It's been a huge problem for years with that franchise. The PES functions a lot like real life. I can get the ball out wide and cross it in headers, that guys get on the end of, and sometimes score - or head out of bounds more times than not. This makes me happy because it looks like the real stuff you see on TV.

Teammate AI is better in PES - the defensive help is quite realistic. I think the opponent AI is good too. Even on Amateur (yes, I'm old and I suck), if you do dumb things, the game will score on you.

The goals in FIFA always seemed to come from specific spots on the pitch year-after-year. Once you found those spots, you were golden. In PES though, I've seen all kinds of crazy goals from different spots, which I love. I had a low cross from the end-line (almost impossible to perform in FIFA's past) - going across the front of the goalie - ricochet in off a defender's back, for example.

Obviously it sucks for the licensing and the player names. You have to edit some team names, players, especially in the English Premier League since only Tottenham and Manchester United are fully licensed. I think we can all agree that it is annoying. But, if you don't mind tweaking some of the info a bit (or I'm sure there are downloads available online), it is a worthwhile time investment.

Also, you can customize a lot of stuff in this. So you can build your own team with your own players then sub them into the EPL for example. I wish more games in general, especially sports games, gave you MORE customization. If you wanted to make your own City Men's 40+ year old's League, with their complete jerseys, you could do it...

I like the Champions League presentation (with the epic song) too. I hate the PES main menu music though; FIFA has the catchier menu music. I never thought I'd notice it, but PES is kind of cheap there, and you hear it ALL the time. Master League/ Manager Mode is pretty good, and I would say better than FIFA's version last year, but to be fair, they're similar to each other. It's easy to go over budget on player salaries, though, if you are not careful. Also, selling players on the Transfer market is very difficult, so I just end up releasing them and paying the severance fee. I don't play online, so I can't say how good/bad that part is.

Overall though, if you like football/soccer a lot, then this is the game to get. I wish EA didn't have a monopoly on the rights to most sports games, since competition is always a good thing. I would love to see what PES would do with EA's full licenses!

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a step toward the right direction September 28, 2011

By AsH

Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3|Amazon Verified Purchase

Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   

As a PES (Winning 11) fan since 99 and a very pissed Konami customer in the last couple of years, I am very happy and pleased this year. This PES by far better than any other PES on the current game console generations..

+ The graphics is revamped and stunning, beautiful.. (still some minor animations issues can be seen but you will not notice them)

+ The attack feels solid, passing is improved.

+ Team AI is unbelievably better than last year.

+ The defence system is changed than last year but it feels better (Still you have to redo the learning curve which might upset some customers.)

- Same cheesy menus/ soundtrack --> who care about the menus/ sound track!!!!!

- Some licence are missing .. this might be bad for those team fans.

In my opinion even this is not the most polished game but it is the most solid authentic football (soccer) game..