First patch for Konami’s disastrous eFootball is also delayed

eFootballThe multiple problems will not be solved anytime soon.

Konami announced on Friday that the soccer game’s first major patch, version 0.9.1, it should be said, will be delayed from its original release on October 28 until sometime in early November. No reason was given for the delay.

Whatever the cause, it means that Steam worst rated game (for his players) of all time will remain in the same janktastic state from launch. That includes visual glitches, broken AI, stuttering animations, and other performance issues that generated overwhelmingly negative responses from players, both long-standing and recent.

eFootball is the old Pro Evolution Soccer / Winning Eleven franchise dating back to 2001. Konami skipped a year after publishing eFootball PES 2020 in 2019, he then took the franchise for free with Unreal Engine 4 this year.

The plan was always to release a base game followed by bigger popular game modules, like the Ultimate-Team-style Master League, and the Be a Legend single-player race. eFootball released with two game modes: a local single or multiplayer match, using one of nine teams, and playable “challenge events” against the AI ​​or other online players.

But virtually no post-launch roadmap could inspire confidence when such meager offerings were filled with comical visual errors and humiliating glitches. The plans called for cross-platform play, online leagues and “team building mode” (both names yet to be confirmed), and a content battle pass launching this fall. Instead, Konami has returned to the drawing board on basics, by the looks of it, and that effort is delayed as well.

Image: Konami Digital Entertainment / Konami via Steam

“Our hope is that the additional time taken will allow us to ensure that the experience improves for all of our users,” Konami said on Friday, from the same Twitter account that issued. an omnibus apology for eFootball one day after its release.

At the time of publication, eFootball has garnered 19,475 negative reviews from Steam users out of a total of 22,068. (eFootball it’s also available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.) The harshest reviews have an elegiac quality. Here’s one not even a week old, by Steam user Terre:

“The game is not polished” is a lie. “It is not finished” is to stretch it. In the middle of a wild road in total darkness. There you will find eFootball 2022. You have all seen the photos, without words, without excuses. The game, the most important part, feels heavy and tired. Some of the new controls are useless, some simply lower the quality of life. Goals feel empty. 2 difficulties available. No game modes. The game feels worse than in a decade. There is no soul. I guess they thought we’d stay, quiet and loyal? “

They added:

I guess this is my farewell letter. There are no more football games for me. Maybe one day … but I don’t think so or I don’t expect it anymore. Is this how you become an adult?

Wow. eFootball it’s not just bad; it is the death of innocence.