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FFootball

The long argument between FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer hit a new debate turning point as PES renamed and revamped to EFootball. EFootball is a free to play game on platforms and mobile offering a way cheaper alternative to their rivals FIFA, but has garnered bad reviews due to lack of authenticity, graphics, and rights.

This video game series has always been considered a ‘bad game’ due to their complete lack of REAL teams, authenticity and graphics.

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For example, Liverpool FC have their full rights in FIFA, but, in EFootball are named ‘Merseyside Red’ which clearly shows why this is considered a ‘bad game’. If we look at the above image it is clear that there are maybe one or two teams maximum from some of the best leagues in comparison to FIFA which have the whole league. Many clubs like Juventus had stints in this game, but returned to FIFA due to the better revenue that comes with the game. This complete lack of rights means fans of these clubs drift away from this game and go to their competitors to play with their favourite team.

The online football video game market has always been FIFA dominated and EFootball does try to compete, but lacks due to the unrealistic capabilities of the game. Graphics matter, and the graphics of EFootball vs FIFA are completely different. Historically, PES or EFootball has had worse graphics in comparison to FIFA. However, graphics have improved over the years, the gameplay of the football games over the years has continued to be a ‘bad game’ and makes people buy FIFA every year over the EFootball or Pro Evolution Soccer games.

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Ultimately EFootball has been dubbed a bad game due to limited licensing and abysmal game play to one which football fans want to play.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

EFootball League, image, viewed 10th August 2022, https://esportsinsider.com/2019/12/efootball-league-clubs/

J, Batchelor, 2019, Konami enjoys fifth consecutive years of profit growth, GamesIndustry.biz, viewed 10th August 2022, https://www.gamesindustry.biz/konami-enjoys-fifth-consecutive-year-of-profit-growth

M, Ernkvist, 2008, Down Many Times, but Still Playing the Game: Creative Destruction and Industry Crashes in the Early Video Game Industry 1971-1986.

T, Panja, 2022, FIFA and EA Sports End Decades-Long Video Game Partnership, New York Times, viewed 10th August 2022, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/sports/soccer/fifa-ea-sports.html?ref=oembed

WEPC, image, viewed 10th August 2022, https://www.wepc.com/gaming/fifa-22-vs-efootball-2022/

I’m Only Lightning McQueen’s Best Friend In the Whole Wide World

Queue the quote from Tow Mater, in this blog post we discuss an ancient game, (well a 15 year old game) in Cars Mater National. We take a deep nose dive into the technique, genre and fans of this game and discuss how this game can also be adapted to modern audiences of the game and movie franchise.

I chose this game as it was a game I used to play religiously due to my love for the Cars franchise.

Another key thing to discuss is the virtual community developed within the game. Cars Mater National can be described as an epistemic game, as according to D. Williamson Shaffer and others the players think like they are a member of the Cars community and get to control that community through the game. For me, a downside is not being able to play with Sally, my favourite character from the movie, however, exploring the town of Radiator Springs is still something that feels amazing within the community and subsidises the lack of original characters within the game. Not only do they get to meet their favourite characters of the movie, but interact, and even control them in the game making them feel as though they are one with the Cars community. This allows for a convergence of a real life community intertwined with a virtual community within the Cars and Cars Mater National community.

Exploring the characters like Mater, Lightning McQueen, and Filmore allow for users to feel excited to unlock their favourite characters, keep playing and ultimately finish the game. Having a history of knowing the movie and the characters makes the game more enjoyable, and brings back the framework from Huhtamo that games have history.

Ultimately, Cars Mater National is a great game which brings together virtual and real communities and is a great video game based off a movie with an endless amount of possibilities in place within the game itself.

Reference List

D, Williamson Shaffer, K R Squire, R Halverson, J P Gee, Video Games and the Future of Learning.

E, Huhtamo, 2005, Slots of Fun: Slots of Trouble: An Archaeology of Arcade Gaming, Handbook of Computer Games Studies.