Mark Walton discovers PES 2013 plays a mean game of football in this video review.

Slower pace gives you more control; Much improved ball physics; New defending system is more natural to use; Plays a great; classically scrappy game of football

New moves are tricky to master; Untouched single- and multiplayer modes beginning to show their age; Dreary and dated presentation; Terrible commentary

Get the horses in the barn, the cows in the back field, and put the kids to bed. Why? Because there is a new king of soccer games. PES 2013 is the best soccer game this year. Hands down PES 2013 is safer for families than anything else on the market. I know that is a bold statement.

There has been a clear leader at the top of the table in recent years, and that has been FIFA. Konami has promised improved AI, better controls and more tournaments for this latest incarnation in the Pro Evolution Soccer series. Can it hit the back of the net for the fans?

My history of football games: Sensible Soccer, World Cup '94, Sensible World of Soccer and then Winning Eleven , the series that eventually evolved in the Pro Evolution Soccer . As such, before you start reading this, it may be worth taking a trip over to my " Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 " preview ,...

So it comes as no surprise that when you fire up the game for the first time, not much looks different on the surface. Visually, the game is similar to

Pro Evolution Soccer has steadily defined itself as an arcade experience over the years. Its instant playability remains a staple of the series that continues to suffer under FIFA's success.

We head back to the changing rooms for the latest Pro Evolution. Is this the game to give EA a serious run..

Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 seems like a much needed improvement for the franchise, but the lack of licenses and visual improvement still gives FIFA the edge, but only just. The controls for PES have evolved greatly this year and it has a great career mode.

Ok, so the rivalry between this and FIFA is huge, but I will tell you one thing. The gameplay in this game is way more realistic than FIFA, The one thing that FIFA has on PES, is Licensing, Online Game modes, and probably graphics and animations.

I was a bit disappointed with P.E.S. 2012 as everyone was excited to see a significant change in A.I.

The A.I; has been improved a whole lot

B.A.L; is a bit slow as always starting out, think it could used a revamp