“This gameplay is in the middle of both games. “The slow and consistent character models from old games is what kept the gameplay fluid and better than FIFA,” said one reviewer on launch day. Many of the “overwhelmingly negative” reviews on Steam (11,554 bad ones at last count) fairly give credit to eFootball for some new things (“concept of the new defending mechanics” and “instant play from ball boys without cutting away,” for example), while finding plenty to fault with core gameplay. Plainly, that failed to deliver more impactful visuals and animations, at least in eFootball’s cutscenes.īut players are also disappointed that Konami failed on its promises of crisper gameplay, with more realistic one-on-one confrontations, more aggressive defenses, and quicker counterattacking. Important info for #eFootball fans /Tp9RFhmXp9- eFootball October 1, 2021ĮFootball isn’t just changing name and format, it’s also changed engines, from Konami’s old proprietary Fox Engine (yes, the one developed eight years ago for Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes) to Unreal Engine 4. The situation is bad enough that Konami dropped a general-purpose apology on Friday morning. Not that it makes it any more acceptable, but gameplay action seems to be bothered by lesser problems - although players are complaining of a general blurriness and sloppy animations, some of which could be seen in pre-release gameplay trailers. To be fair, it seems like most of these grotesque contortions, of both body and face, are showing up in eFootball’s cutscenes and interstitial cinematics. Image: Konami Digital Entertainment/Konami via SteamĪnd probably the most notorious example, seen via numerous sources, but originally capped and posted by Redditor eduardische: WHARRGARBL Image: Konami Digital Entertainment/Konami via eduardische on Reddit Image: Konami Digital Entertainment/Konami via SteamĪnd this: Juventus goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny in his best John Carpenter’s The Thing cosplay. What exactly is going on? Well, this: No, this is not WWE 2K21, that’s a whole other kettle of glitches.
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But that doesn’t even begin to account for the cavalcade of jank players have encountered - particularly PC players, who have made it the worst-rated Steam game of all time, according to one site’s metric.
Konami’s futbol game launched on Wednesday with player expectations already set into the future, thanks to a development roadmap promising a lot of core features coming via title updates.
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Well, Pro Evolution Soccer’s transition to fully free-to-play eFootball is quite the hot mess.