![]() The shoulder charge alongside pressing commands have been reintroduced to the game and they’re both intuitive and effective. Much like a number of the new features it has seen Konami go back to the future, using previous releases to inform their changes. What felt like an afterthought in the original release has been improved significantly. Whisper it quietly but defending might actually now be fun. If I wanted to see somebody’s body struggle to do what their brain is telling them, then I’d record my five-a-side games. It’s arguably more realistic but playing video games is for escapism. This has been rebalanced but it’s still too slow and you often find your players reacting too late to your commands. Previously response times were something that immediately leapt out when you moved between FIFA and eFootball. This makes counter attacking in particular really difficult. Nowhere is this is more evident than when you back the ball across the back four with the ball taking ages to trickle across from one side to the other, totally stopping any momentum or chance to go on the attack. Despite passing routes opening in front of your players they’ll often play a leisurely pass rather than drill it with some venom. The rebalancing feels like it’s also reduced the number of unforced errors which had blighted the game, with stray passes occurring far too often and losing you possession.ĭespite the increased pace to passing there’s still more work to be done and you rarely get the quick, zippy passes needed to exploit defensive errors when attacking. It’s no longer quite as slow and cumbersome as it was previously, with attacks feeling closer to what you see on the television and not at your local Power League. Pleasingly there have been serious leaps in terms of passing. For the most part they have done that and there are parts of this update that do recall the glory days of the franchise.Ī lot of time has been spent reworking the gameplay, one of eFootball’s biggest problems. Konami, to their credit, has acknowledged the issues with the initial release, pushing back the launch of this update and taking on the thoughts of the community in order to ensure that they got things right. However, despite those concerns there have been real gameplay improvements that have made this a far more enjoyable experience than 2021’s rushed effort. Sadly, with the 1.0 update of eFootball there are still some wider questions and issues which overshadow the improvements that the game has made on the pitch. There is still a generation who were raised on this game, including myself, who would like nothing more than to see Konami regain its position at the top again. After the terrible launch of eFootball, it’s essential that the 1.0 version of the game offers enough to re-establish the game as a contender and win back some of the legion of fans that it’s lost over the past few years. This feels like a defining point in the history, and indeed future, of the franchise. What was at the time the worst-reviewed game in Steam’s history, it suffered from a serious lack of content, bugs, and an incredibly frustrating playing experience that saw disdain from both critics and a loyal fanbase. ![]() A truly disastrous debut saw the game released too soon, with eFootball looking at best like an unfinished demo, not a serious contender to the FIFA franchise. READ MORE: Doing things “the Two Point Way”Īfter declining sales for the Pro Evolution Soccerseries, Konami decided to go big with a rebrand and last year released eFootball.The 1.0 update for eFootball is set to drop on April 14th and developer Konami will be hoping could put them back into a two-horse title race with EA. With the Champions League reaching its final stages and the World Cup in Qatar just around the corner it feels like the perfect time for somebody to take on EA’s FIFA franchise status as the best football experience in gaming.
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