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.
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.
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