A step backwards from a game that has been released as an unfinished version. A patch/update in November is supposed to rectify many of the problems... Edit: I can't remember if it did...

This is better to play than PES 2012 and the patches have improved the game. The progression still isn't here though. The goalkeepers fumble what they shouldn't and catch thunderbolts. The player movement still annoys as well with teammates not running into space when they should at times. Otherwise, it's a good recreation of football.

This has to be the hardest, most frustrating PES so far. The defending is very difficult, with half of the opposition dribbling like Messi, which makes it very difficult to keep clean sheets. This isn't helped either by the goalkeepers being terrible!!! How hard is it to program reasonable keepers into a game? They did it years ago, but they can't seem to get it right these days. Scoring is no walk in the park either with more intelligent AI being introduced to this year's version, however I don't mind that improvement. I persisted with this game for a while, but with each patch I'm not sure the game improved. A poor effort from Konami.

A step forward, but there are still problems and areas where the game should be better. And again, something that really frustrates me is when Konami remove things that worked from the previous titles. The most enjoyable PES in a while though. Gameplay 4/5 Graphics 4.5/5 Sound 2.5/5 Difficulty 4.5/5 Originality 3/5

With each PES that is about to be released we get a lot of news about how good it's going to be and each year I get excited and believe what I read and hope for perfection. Unfortunate though, while it's an improvement maybe on the last couple of versions, there are still small disappointing gameplay issues with PES 2010. The keepers are fairly poor, getting beaten at the near post and when the striker is shooting from a large angle. They are also slow to recover from a save and sometimes make huge errors. The referees also are frustrating and are way-way-way too lenient. Other small issues like the AI passing it around the back for way too long exist also along with the online lag not being fixed among other things. On the positive side of things though, the presentation and features/options of game modes has all improved. It's a good football simulation but there are still some poor gameplay issues that were not in PES games 4-5 years ago. Two steps forward one step back. Gameplay 3.5/5 Graphics 4.5/5 Sound 3.5/5 Difficulty 4.5/5 Originality 2.5/5