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360/PS3/Wii/DS/PSP; Price: £ 29.99, £ 39.99, cert 3 +

Is it possible for two football games in your life? Not for me. If it was Sensible World of Soccer or - more recently - the annual Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) iterations was a man of a single brand. No more. Fifa 12 is timed to coincide with the license and the display in line with a decent effort in the field and can not be ignored. Nor, despite some rough edges, may PES 2012.

The biggest change in the PES 2012 - at least initially - is the speed and feel of the game. In response to last year a little more rigid, more in the style of FIFA, tried to realism, PES 2012 a return to basics. Speedy wing play, whipped in crosses and dribbles labyrinthine are the order of the day - again. Players used to play quiet recent FIFA titles rocked back on the day of PES 2004 / 5, when the pace and throughballs were the key to victory.

course, this is only half the story. Stopping the ball again (his teammate Control) function - used by the right stick - allowing you to produce more measured build-up. The AI ??seems to have been too often with the support players in their careers or pulling defenders out of position. Unfortunately, this explosion of intelligence is not matched by many archers making further efforts too easy. This is even more troubling when one PES 2012 will focus more on offense than defense.

also a problem with some gusts ping animations at different angles of the position of your player might suggest. The ball sometimes a life of its own, with rebounds and deflections difficult to predict.