Pro Evolution Soccer 2012
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 is a Xbox 360 simulation game released in 2011 developed by Konami. It centers on area and route exploration, competitive sport controls, and repeated adjustment and feedback, with controls and information arranged around the Xbox 360 wired or wireless controller's twin sticks, analog triggers, directional pad, and face buttons.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.7 / 10
About this game
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 is a Xbox 360 simulation game centered on area and route exploration, competitive sport controls, and repeated adjustment and feedback. Schedules, changing values, or staged goals encourage repeated adjustment, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Interface clarity and state feedback matter more than spectacle, while HD video, DVD streaming, surround audio, HDD installs, and television-distance interfaces need to keep action, state, and text readable. The genre-specific limitation is that explanations, dense menus, real-time systems, or accessory dependencies can add friction. Platform conditions also include disc and HDD installation, storage devices, controller batteries, video connections, resolution and frame rate, Kinect space and calibration, and retired online services affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Pro Evolution Soccer is Konami’s football-game lineage, also known as Winning Eleven in Japan and later continued as eFootball. Its matches emphasize passing, movement and creating space, while modes such as Master League connect individual games to the longer task of building a team.
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AI review
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Fluid attacking football despite licensing and defensive inconsistencies.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 on Xbox 360 puts passing and off-ball movement at the center of football. More active supporting runs give attacks additional options and reward players who build moves rather than rely only on a solo dribble. The reviewed match flow is lively, though defensive behavior and other inconsistencies can sometimes blunt that progress. League and cup structures offer a reason to keep refining tactics beyond a single exhibition. Stadium atmosphere helps sell the contest, while licensing and overall presentation are not equally comprehensive. The cited review covers the Xbox 360 edition, so the technical judgment follows its console controls rather than borrowing PC-specific settings or another port's performance. Players who value tactical passing and attacking rhythm should find substantial enjoyment here. Those requiring fully licensed teams or uniformly predictable defensive responses should expect some compromise.
Strengths
- Fluid attacking options reward tactical passing, though defensive behavior can frustrate.
- Football atmosphere is engaging, while presentation polish is not uniformly best in class.
Weaknesses
- Licensing and some defensive behavior remain uneven.
Who it is for: Players interested in Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 and the original xbox-360 release.
Play notes: Off-ball control takes practice and defensive behavior can vary.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Multiple competition formats sustain repeat matches. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Fluid attacking options reward tactical passing, though defensive behavior can frustrate. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Football atmosphere is engaging, while presentation polish is not uniformly best in class. | Reviewed | 7.4 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Off-ball control adds options but takes practice. | Reviewed | 7.2 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Konami
- Publisher
- Konami
- Release date
- 2011
- Platforms
- Xbox 360
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Sports · Primary genre
- Tags
- 3D GraphicsSports-based PlaySolo-friendlyMain Story 20–50 HoursResource ManagementReplayableCozyThird PersonLong-term ProgressionSlow BurnExplorationLife Simulation
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- MultiplayerSingle player
- Perspectives
- Top-down
Release editions
- Xbox 360Worldwide2011
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Sources
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