I don't find that at all. In FIFA I rarely see the same goal twice, from me or the AI. I also see the games being played in different ways depending on where you play. British teams will see the game quite frantic, Spanish teams keep the ball a lot more and it's much slower. There's a real difference.
In PES EVERY team plays the same. No matter who they are. Where anyone gets any notions that PES plays like real life I don't know, can't remember the last time I saw a team with 10 players in their own penalty area when you have the ball just past the halfway line. Every team in PES, from Wolves to Barcelona, from Hungary to Argentina, play on the counter attack. I'd go as far as to say the opposition AI in PES is appalling. It's scripted, and shows the age of the game engine by the very fact that the AI has to play such ridiculous tactics to succeed and give the game more challenge for the user. PES2011 had the huge problem of the AI using ridiculous formations, from six across the back to no midfield and four up front, and while 2012 doesn't quite do this, it achieves the same outcome by ignoring formation when you have the ball and making them all just bunch into the area, speed boosting when there's a loose ball. The game for me, is so turgid, so old, it 'feels' like I'm playing a slightly modded version of PES5 or 6, with a tiny bit extra individuality thrown in, and that's because it's basically the same engine with a tiny bit of dressing round the edges.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with the likes of Jimmy and Calcio when they speak about player individuality, foot planting etc, that's all good and fine, but I think the CPU AI when you play in single player offline modes is shocking, one dimensional, scripted, and ancient. And for me it ruins the game.
