Marlon Anthony
Purist
Yeah definitely. It does seem like even though 2012 & 2013 are genetically the same game, they are different philosophically. 2012 is much more of a well paced simulation while 2013 is more of a frenetic and casual structured game.Does anybody else feel that in PES 2013, there's way too much emphasis on counterattacking in the gameplay?
It just feels like, regardless of the difficulty level, the whole attacking strategy of the CPU is.. counterattack at all times. Little to no buildup play. And even in one's own team, it's like possession football is just not going to work. The game almost forces you to counterattack all the time.
TBH the only reason why I'm playing PES 2013 is because it's the only one of the trilogy (PES 2011,2012,2013) that has a good South American patch with working links......... There are many aspects to this installment which I think aren't as good as PES 2011 or PES 2012.... Maybe there's something else I need to tweak. But the gameplay seems a bit broken to me.
Both fantastic in their own rights but I prefer the consequential nature of 2012, 2013 is one of those football games where you can feel like you've conceded because the game decides to send you defenders beserk and they can't keep their shape giving you a chance to take agency over stopping said counter attacks.