The efootball 2022 is a mess and it breaks my heart

Football was part of all my life. After school, I ran to the neighboring ground, I used sweaters and bags for goal poles and I played until it is too dark to see the ball. Back home, I then loaded Superstar soccer international to keep giving me off this sport. Since 1994, I have dedicated countless hours to the franchise and followed its evolution over the years. Even though the series has experienced ups and downs, I have always kept it over its competitors because of its faithful representation of the beautiful game. 27 years later, Konami renamed Pro Evolution soccer to mark a new era for the franchise. Now labeled Efootball 2022, will this step in unknown territory a success?

In the field

PES has always been greater than FIFA in the field. The passes, the shots and the rhythm were closer to the sport, creating realistic meetings where the tactic was the key. For this reason, the series had a cult that seduced the amateurs of simulators. Although Efootball 2022 was built from scratch on a new engine, the fans still expected these elements to remain largely the same as they had done when moving to the Fox engine. How could we wrong?

Go is horrible. The ball tumbles slowly on the ground as if it pushed into deep snow. Great players such as Pogba will regularly hit capricious passes in simple scenarios hindering Tiki-Taka s offensive game. Enter the surface and hit the balloon has always been the best part of PES. Konami has managed to grasp the impact of a typing, which FIFA still can not control. However, during the reshuffle, they also managed to spoil everything. Filming, although usable, lacks what made the awesome series, adding to the list of disappointments with the game.

The rhythm of the game is slower, letting you time to maneuver, however, it makes it extremely difficult to press players, making the game too open. An improvement is the ability to change your body and go beyond players, which was almost impossible to achieve in the update of the PES 2021 season. Unfortunately, players move like a tanker, which makes the gameplay of moment in rigid and rigid moment.

Football games tend to have their fair share of bugs. We have all seen the hilarious clips of the previous FIFA games, however, PES has always been published in a fairly strong state. Do not get me wrong, there were problems but far from the amount that was met in the FIFA series. Oh my boy, it has changed. Efootball is infested. Members are moving, clinging to other players, legs get tangled and players do not naturally react to the field. Sometimes the game is just broken.

out of the ground

In its current state, EFootball 2022 is laughable. With only nine teams including choosing, it is indeed a glorified demo. Although a road map of content has been published, the question is why publish it now? Release the game when it is ready. Solve problems, refine the controls and have content available to play! Did they just want to steal the star in Fifa released the next day? All Konami did is give those who are on closing a reason to go to EA Sports.

Konami took two years to create this game thinking about the power of the PS5 and the Xbox Series X. I think there was a misunderstanding about specifications because it looks terrible. Replays have a horrible hue reproducing that of a game of the PS2 era. Unfortunately, it seems that some stars were not available for face mappings because players like Messi and Ronaldo look like Sloth and Chunk. It s strange, because some footballers look great but others look like their hideous twin. Overall, this is certainly not the next generation simulator we were expecting.

At its peak, PES was the largest football game available. Even though he knew a few slippages, he continued to fight for the coveted title of the Golden Ball. These times seem to be indeed revolved. With efootball 2022 already scoring a goal against his camp with his launch, it is very likely that the game will be relegated out of existence before the end of the season.