Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 Demo #1 Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[aloncho11]

Quote: Originally Posted by Yeats

Just fooling around with some of the player ratings using the PC editors that are available. Some very cool stuff. Body balance means everything. Lower a player's balance and he stumbles and gets knocked off the ball very easily, making that a very useful rating to consider when fielding a squad. That was an issue for me in FIFA as those ratings mean nothing at all in that game. Another rating of interest to me is the responsiveness rating. I actually find the players too responsive and hard to control in the demo. Lowering their responsiveness makes them much easier to control with the stick, albiet more sluggish of course. In general I'd say players are rated too high in that catagory anyway. I mean Andy Carroll 82? Realistically and as far as gameplay response goes, he should probably be rated in the 40s from what I tested.

Right on Yeats. Body Balance is actually the "strength" rating, and it comes into play alongside with the player's weight. BB is perhaps one of the most important stats in the game and key one for FW's, CB's and GK's.

Response is a little more tricky depending on the player's position, as many things are involved like reaction time to loose balls and effectiveness in receiving and controlling passes.

[RoyceDa59]

Quote: Originally Posted by Qb

I think user defensive tactics play a part as well. I messed with tactics to defend deeper and saw less of it. I also saw some long range efforts. This is on pro and top player, FWIW.

So the tactics work pretty well and are noticeable? That was one my main issues last year was the tactics because no matter how much you changed them the cpu would still drop deep into their own box. I will be looking to replicate Spain/Barcelona's play style as much as I can once the game drops.

[Cavani161]

Quote: Originally Posted by MizzouBravesFan

Downloaded on PS3...color me impressed. The controls feel tight, game is fluid and everything just feels and moves "right" to me...hard to describe. Love the off the player movement, can't tell you how many goals I've scored simply off of the CPU recognizing space and making the PROPER runs to take advantage of it. It was a thing of beauty to play Italy and see almost everything go through Pirlo as in real life...he really bossed the match. Ronaldo is a beast and a handful to deal with, etc. You can definitely tell the difference between players and who you need to pay attention to, just as in real life. Will def. be picking this up once it drops.

This is exactly how I feel, you can tell the difference between players. Pirlo slow as anything? Yup. Pinpoint passes? Yup. That's what has bothered me with the other soccer game, it's all about pace, pace, pace. With PES you really have to think about what pieces you want on your team. Want a guy like De Rossi to run all over the pitch, or Pirlo to set up passes for your attackers? With the amount of categories there are are for attributes is nicely put together.

And it does feel more fluid. I noticed it right off the bat with the players moving around, and the passing.

The AI in just the demo is an improvement over the AI in PES 12. Defenders react much better, and top notch defenders can read plays as they're unfolding. You just can't dribble around willy nilly with a player through a defense and score at will, if you try to do that, you will simply get the ball stolen.

I'm a die hard soccer fan, and have played the sport for 11 years in competitive leagues, and just based on the PES 13 demo, it's going to deliver the best sim soccer experience yet.

[Muzyk23]

The rumor has it this game is scheduled for August 14-20th release

[Yeats]

Quote: Originally Posted by Muzyk23

The rumor has it this game is scheduled for August 14-20th release

Post a link please as there's been nothing to suggest that.

[Yeats]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cavani161

just based on the PES 13 demo, it's going to deliver the best sim soccer experience yet.

The demo IS already doing that. The game itself might even be better, fingers crossed they don't decide to "tinker".

[ezio]

Quote: Originally Posted by Qb

I think user defensive tactics play a part as well. I messed with tactics to defend deeper and saw less of it. I also saw some long range efforts. This is on pro and top player, FWIW.

I agree. I did the same thing and it helped.

[ezio]

Quote: Originally Posted by Yeats

The demo IS already doing that. The game itself might even be better, fingers crossed they don't decide to "tinker".

There are a few thing they could change but I hope it is nothing drastic because the game is great as it is.

The need to fix the throws from the keepers and maybe town down CPU through balls and balls over the top of the defense.