Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 embraces the series' past to create a wonderfully technical and supremely satisfying game of football. Click on Read More to check out The Good, The Bad and the critic scores.
PES 2013 Gamepot Review
Slower pace gives you more control
Much improved ball physics
New defending system is more natural to use
Plays a great, classically scrappy game of football.
New moves are tricky to master
Untouched single- and multiplayer modes beginning to show their age
Dreary and dated presentation
Terrible commentary.
8.0
While its presentation and game modes fall further behind the competition, PES 13 has made improvements where it really counts. There's a fabulously entertaining football game at its heart, one that finally lives up to the high standards of the PES games of old. Sure, it may have given up its pick-up-and-play accessibility to get there, but with such satisfying, thoughtful, and tactical gameplay on offer, it's well worth the effort.
85
It's not ground breaking and it's by no means perfect, but PES 2013 � more than its recent predecessors � feels like a game with a sense of identity and direction.