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Mixed or average reviews- based on 89 Ratings

  • Summary: Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 brings Konami's football franchise back for another year.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. Sep 26, 2012
    90
    Due to AI improvements and the players' better pathing, PES 2013 feels smoother than last year's incarnation of the series. Coupled with new features like PES Full Control or player ID you get the best PES so far on next generation consoles. Too bad though that the AI still tends to be absent in some situations and that the graphics haven't been improved since 2010.
  2. 86
    Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 manages to revitalize essential aspects of the game’s rhythm and gameplay details. The end result is a deep, interesting, ever-enjoyable football game that will cater to the needs of both hardcore followers of the franchise and casual gamers. [November 2012]
  3. Sep 17, 2012
    85
    The result is a game that is neither simulation nor arcade but a subtle blend of the two, with a control system about as deep as an arcade fighter.
  4. Oct 11, 2012
    68
    PES 2013 continues the course that Konami charted three years ago. It's more confident, makes less mistakes, but still, it lost the final battle for soccer domination in this generation of gaming platforms.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 13
  2. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. I've played Pes nonstop since 2002 (damn. ... what a loser I am hahah ...) every year until a new part comes out. I think this year's Pes2013 is an exceptionally big step forward compared to the editions that came out after the legendary Pes6 (in 2006).. The new Pes game is much more challenging due to the possibility to use 100% manual controls.You can now choose movement in a pass or tackle urself (like every cm to the left or right and 10000 options from soft to hard) ... this is very challenging and sometimes frustrating but if the ball is given a correct kick it gives often harder and more extreme goals that are very beautiful, satisfying and always unique!! ...... To get this you must first change all controll settings to manual though!.. Pes is the best football game for PC gamers if you ask me. Fifa appears on the console very well the paint to come. The reason why Pes is primarily a PC game is easy to explain: On the PC you can use the patch from the website patchedit.com so the game is absolutely perfect in every detail ... f.e. the hairstyles of footballers are the same as they were this week in the Champions League league... .. and last but maybe most important of all: The graphics get an extreme makeover leaving out the blur and the low detail graphic settings that Konami chooses by default assuming everybody still has a Pentium 4 pc..believe me..the visuals are stunning... when will Konami wake up and open the available eyecandy for the main audience?? Expand
  2. Este es un buen juego de deporte, con equipos y jugadores licenciados, con buenos graficos y con nuevas cosas hacen de este juego algo impresionante.
  3. Konkurencja z Fifa nigdy nie jest łatwa. W tym przypadku wręcz niemożliwa. PES co roku ma pewne szanse i je nie wykorzystuje. Kiedy w starych ch częściach(2004) przez wielu graczy był uważany za lepszego od Fify, teraz jest całkowitym gniotem. Konami w ogóle nie myśli o grafice. Animacje, twarze postaci, ogólnie grafika wyglądają fatalnie. Gra jest strasznie zbugowana, niedopracowana. Pomimo paru pomysłów których nie ma w fifie brakuje tu czegoś co by miało nas do niego przyciągnąć. Pomimo tego że gra się w miarę przyjemnie, o wiele fajniej gra się w klasyczną Fife. Mam nadzieję że za rok twórcy pokażą na co ich stać i wreszcie zbiją z tronu fife, w tym roku jednak im się to nie udało. Moja ocena 6/10 Expand
  4. Much better teamwork, better online play, best of the PS3 generation.... Then Konami decide to remove the league option stopping you from playing with friends in 1 location unless you want to go back to the days of writing a league table on some paper. For the simple fact they removed a core mechanic behind playing with friends and organised tournaments PES 2013 gets a 1 as it is simply unplayable and has 50 of us involved in North East England PES tournaments and buy our own copies for practice during the week are now having to look at the enemy in FIFA which would still allow us to play in the manner we have been accustomed to. Whoever made that decision at Konami should be sacked and never work in gaming again as they quite simply have zero grasp of the games target market. Expand

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