eFootball 2022

"Given Konami&s;s commitment to gambling games over the last few years, you&s;d think they&s;d be averse to making poor gambling decisions."

"A disastrous start to the post-PES era. The only consolation? It surely can&s;t get any worse from here."

"While changing game engines is likely to prove useful down the line, the initial launch of eFootball as a F2P platform comes off as a mediocre, watered-down football experience far below the expectation of Konami."

"eFootball 22 is one of the saddest downgrades of a franchise I ever experienced. Avoid this football game, yes.. I know it is free-to-play."

"A shameful launch of a barely playable, graphically embarrassing game that shames the memory of PES and may have killed the new franchise before it&s;s even begun."

"Ultimately, this installment looks rushed. This game possesses a shockingly high number of errors to be considered unplayable."

"eFootball is not a step backwards - it is a step back in development. Konami forgot about the experience gained over the years and offered a defiant product that does not encourage you to stay with it for longer. Sometimes …"

"eFootball 2022 might be one of the most disastrous launches I have ever seen. I’ve seen magazine demo discs with more content than this “game”. There’s no reason to play it at the moment: its online matchmaking simply doesn’t work, …"

"Unfortunately, eFootball 2022 fell short of all expectations, good or bad. The soccer game drastically changed its proposal by joining a free format, but it seems to have not planned well how to take advantage of it. With a build …"

"It certainly isn’t a matter of a lack of talent at PES Productions. I don’t believe for a second the developers don’t know how to make a better game than this - we need only look at the last few …"

"Ultimately, eFootball 2022 is a disaster at launch. It&s;s a buggy, unenjoyable mess with limited gameplay options that strip back the core strengths of the PES series, and the fact that it was released in this state at all is …"

"Yes, at least eFootball 2022 does now have a fully-fledged mode to take it past the point of being a demo, but it&s;s still lacking so much more than you&s;d expect from a 1.0 version of a game."

"Launching a game, even free-to-play, in such a sorry state is a total lack of respect for the user, and in this case, for the history of the once best soccer franchise."

"It&s;s a shame that a historic football franchise is now officially long gone and its place has been taken by a game that is not even playable to begin with. And no it cannot be excused because its free-to-play."