Game feels different to me since release week. Dribbling (inc. Finesse) seems less effective now, auto-intercepting tweaked up, and possession style is punished due to unforced errors. Just so much “game-chooses” moments where your through pass with 30 yards of space behind is intercepted by an incredible stretch, and then their through pass glides 3 inches past my defenders leg or, even better, straight through them to be picked up by a forward half-a-foot ahead of my defender. Just too much algorithmic interference that reduces my feeling that my joystick input is the most significant factor.
Agree. As I was pretty much fed up with the gameplay of past 6 months. I felt some enthusiasm with the finesse first days after release, perhaps too simple but at least it was something different to explore. Now the finesse feels highly reduced and the matches I play are back to AI Football intercept fiesta.
Game is back to the slug it was pre update. They need to stop tweaking the gameplay every week and only change where there is a gamebreaking bug in the play. Dribbling should offer the option for left stick dribbling or finesse dribbling. Passing was manageable the last 2 weeks however as mentioned earlier they made the gameplay back to pre v4.0.
I do agree with u Rock, however… devs don’t tend to cater the 5% hardcore player base, they want a broader audience with a lower skill gap. The only solution would be to add the option to manual shield turned off or on.
gameplay always better than fifa and forever will be,,, but the game feels way to casual and random... you could tap x and it launches a 30 yard pass, or you could full charge x and it passes it backwards.... totally random....
I hate the defenders always catch up to you. I train 100 Acc, 100 Speed and the defenders will always catch up and pull you into a "tustle" animation. Manual shielding was better
If my attacker has better pace then the defender but it's like 15 pace gap between. If my player is sprint normally you could say he could catch up, but if I double ap sprint meaning I'm knocking the ball far into space so my pace stat matters, the defender catches up faster whyyyy. What's the point of having pace if maguire can catch up to me
I think the gameplay is banging if I’m honest. From playing both fifa and pes I’ll always prefer pes purely over gameplay, but it keeps coming down to in game content, just feels like after doing the event there is nothing else to do. Needs more type of grinding modes/objectives.
@@margaman8176I got to div 3 too but honestly passing is the worst in this game which is why you see pros use the same formation where they play centrally coz the through passing is so unreliable. There’s genuinely no creativity in this game coz of the passing but I’ll give credit where it is due the game feels more like football than fc 24/25
Appreciate you sharing your thoughts. Forgive my ADHD brain, I wish I had taken notes of what I wanted to comment on, but two things stick out for me. The old shield system wasn't perfect either, with the disconnect from the ball left a lot to be desired when the ball would just roll away sometimes I felt the radius of it engaging that disconnect annimation was unrealistically too far. The new system works more the less you resist it, learn to ride it like a wave and not try to fight it. You fight it, and you get interlocked at that point its exactly like the freeze issue ,both instances need to be worked on by devs , with no sprinting and keep your balance as you slowly weavy your way out, hard to explain, but I can show you later. The dribbling is the hardest part to swallow, I tried the edge, but it didn't work for me. The slight difference didn't justify the price to me. Thanks to Dedalus, I got the percision rings, and these made a whole world of difference but were too late for the last couple of months in ef24 😢. If you ask me, though, if I would take this 'nerfed' dribbling in a package with the much more manual defending and re introduction of inertia over the old dribbling with that stupidly buffed and automated defending, then my answer would be yes. I'd rather learn than complain. Life goes on, and change is invetibble. We can only adapt or move on. Sad to see the philosopher leave us, I still go back to his videos to re watch.
The game is so frustrating at the moment. Division matches is not making sense at the moment. I keep winning matches against people who are higher ranking/team strength than me but then lose to some random division 3 players. It feels like skills doesn't really matter in this game, I mean the score when you beat div 2,div 3 and div 4 is almost the same😅
I've only played a year and spent last year learning alot and trying to improve. I was just starting to try and use dribbling and now that they changed I don't even like it I prefer the more manual control we had before. I also agree packs should be cheaper or smaller boxes due to them releasing a new version every year. Passing is way better(I'm still bad at it😂). Rewards for ranked definitely needs improvement like even with all the backlog of cards that they have they could do a spin system for extra rewards in ranked with those as a rewards or if someone wasn't interested maybe they give a coin option. We need some other thing like a weekend league. I think if they don't listen to some of you content creators and make changes with other companies making new football games and UFL on the brink of release they will lose the fanbase they have. Anyways I'm jabbering on for way too long I appreciate your content and opinions keep doing what your doing man!
And EA FC is terrible - Ice skating FC, the game in motion is shockingly bad. Until they change that i have no interest. It has content.. that's it. I wish we could atleast grind coins in efootball.
There is some problem also about new features introduced (and I talk about contents now). They put 2 boosters card but additional casual booster is almost impossible to obtain. In events is gone for example, it was just in penalties. You want to choose the booster? You are welcome , you just have to release the equvalent of 13 icons to have 100 token for 1 booster (just a plus 1!) of your choice. This year they manage to take away also the excitement for the packs. I am not a top but have a 905 and 922 position badge (so not a bad player either) and I still see aggressive CPU in some matches. You hit the post 3-4 times and cannot score and need to pray for that moment in which your team unblocks. If you don't have a huge skill gap with the opponent you are screwed. And additionally divisions are the same and rewards are the freaking same. There is nothing to fight for if not a badge and some skills token. Put some booster chance, put some special rewards for the ones reaching 1st division, do something, Konami! But they just stick to the mobile mode where is just important to do pvp matches and all the rest is not taken care of. Additionally is very difficult to get excited about 99% of the potw. Tomorrow morning Konami is streaming to present new stuff, let's hope is something good
Hi Rock…brilliant honest thoughts…you should be a beta tester…as when a new version comes out..lots of the issues we face now when playing eg auto-shield and finesse would either be thrown out or reduced to acceptable levels of assistance…
I think the game is trying to kill the skill gap by any means , and therefore its testing smart assist now .. their goal is to have more people to play the game even if it means losing the loyal gamers… what changed in my opinion is the gameplay in general, players movement, the game is not as fluid, and players respond late often, dribbling is gone and you are forced to play very basic , defending is weird at times, and not to mention how the game is so scripted and its just algorithms.. the direction konami is heding to now is wrong.. they are copying FiFa and forgot the people that play efootball/PES play PES because FiFA never been their thing..
Idk if people have been talking abt this but it feels like the ball never wants to decelerate after a deflection almost like the grass becomes ice. I’m pretty sure like 60% of all the deflections would have stayed on the pitch but the ball physics makes the ball run away forcefully
2:57 no problem with defending, it's the match up they nerfed. Pressing is working perfectly for me like in pes. Also with the new shielding animation the beast defenders can easily win ball from the oppoenent.
Totally agree with you mate, the one thing I really enjoyed above all was how the dribbling felt. I even bought a Dual sense edge to give me a better experience. That’s all gone now.
For the average player such as myself I’ve got to div 1, 2 or 3 times and div 2 several times, but last few months stuck in div 3 and has become very boring one day I turn the game on Win most games, the next day can’t win a single game although I’m doing nothing different can just tell games against you and opposition are super human the game goes so fast it’s like it’s on acid, I’ve learnt from my past mistakes and no amount of losses will encourage me to spend one more penny on this game, there’s just nothing to do except divisions and as you said they can’t even give you gp for a win or a draw, so nothing worth playing for. This last Thursdays content was shocking penalty shoot out and that was it. And they could offer 1000 coins to play smart assist and I wouldn’t touch it. So since Thursday lunch time havnt played the game and prob won’t switch on again till next Thursday and this is from someone who has played religiously every day, one more thing the 150player packs to get 3 players is a joke and will never spin again it needs investigating legally to be honest
Great video Rock. Are these new features improvements to the game and we have to adjust our play and muscle memory to enjoy the improvements. That's the question, my opinion is I don't like the auto shield as it's made the balance stat redundant now my 2015 Messi gets run over by the defenders and loses the ball. The nimble dribble side of the game was my favourite part and gave an unpredictability to my play other than ping pong. It's like they want us to play ping pong football. I did you use the finesse dribble how it used to be now and then when in tight spaces and got it to work well with the Xbox pad and didn't see a problem with it. Trying to use it off the button but not quite there yet. I also did use the shield button before now and then with a light press for closer shielding. The way it just kicks in now and you are locked in that physical battle is weird it can't stay like that. Maybe I just have to change my style of play. Have they done this to improve players like Haaland who just got tackled in seconds before I don't know. I doubt it will stay exactly like this slight changes will be made, the defending already seems to be heading back towards how it was with match up let's see what happens I will keep playing as I still enjoy the game.👍🏻
Regarding the pack situation I agree. Konami need to do more 50 player packs or it’s just going to totally deincentivize people to spin. I got Vasco De Gama Romário in one of those 50 packs because I didn’t want to chance it on a 150 pack. Also another point is - What about people that maybe spent a lot of money spinning for Roberto Carlos, Cafu, Stoichkov, Baresi, Van Nistlerooij only for Konami to be giving these players away free a couple of months later? I would be pissed. It would make me not spend another dime on this game. As much as it’s nice receiving legends for free, Konami alienate people who spent money getting those cards. There needs to be a balance. Maybe have chance deal rewards based on what division you can reach. Something like that
Tbh the gameplay is worse. I only play this since forever for the gameplay. Idgaf about master league or offline modes, i only play online and if the online gameplay is good, it's all i need. But i'm not feeling this gameplay at all.
I still can't make through passes, the AI always intercept, no matter the ability of the passer, even with R2+triangle which in theory is more accurate, it doesn't work. Any suggestions? Thx
the chances are low without the through pass skill on the player. Power on the pass is best with > 50% unless very close range.. in my experience it's also very hard if your forward is < 90 speed < 90 offensive awareness.. in other words - use mbappe bro lol. I hate to say it but it's just what it is, even since ef 2023
I also agree with the manual pass button when i need the ball played into space. Or alteast make the passer who has 90+low pass and through ball skill to auto avoid the defender. Because think about it why should a player with 97 passing and all the skills for passing and decent curl would pass the ball directly into the defender. Okay fine i understand thats a skill issue but what of adding the curve button with the pass button for a curved pass.
One more thing about the physicality. Haaland in real life can literally body the live out of defenders. If you shoulder charger someone with higher physicality, you could stumble a lil bit but the defender should bounce off or fall animations
The game still feels like it’s on rails for the most part, everything seems like it’s already predetermined. Good luck trying to use Match up against any fast player.
Thanks Rock. Think for pros like you you feel the removal of finesse dribbling difference. For me who is kinda a play it after work for a laugh it seems wat harder to defend. I kinda like that now as there is a skill gap. Sometimes I get absolutely spanked but I really enjoy it tbh. Lack of content for me is an issue. I used to love Mexican,Brazilian and Japanese events as got to play with other players. Big loss for me that it is region locked now. P.s also waiting for that dutch pack I won't spend until it hopefully comes. Love Gullit and Rijkaard and got Davids so can have a mostly dutch/Suriname descent midfield.
Ive said too much but if theres something you can agree on its 1.) Expand the custom tactic menu 2.) Add edit mode if your not gonna get licence 3.) Fix the passing (add other combinations like the manual button for manual passing, the special controls button for finnesed passes, etc 4.) You shouldn't be able to drop the controller or switched to your keeper aand let the ai auto defend. 5.) Give more uses to gp (atleast make it so we can buy team of the week cards, buy (skill points, position trainers). Or even better to buy the battle pass or what its called with gp. Because once you get the players you want gp is basically useless. Because theres a team of the week every week with great players so after 3months on playing gp is useless.
I'm agree wiuth 90% of all what you tald, Finnes dribbling is really bad, you kinda handicap your player with it, and yes old system was better i was using it a lot, autoshilding is so broken, i told that on day first after i test 4.0.0. BUT its clean that Konami want to remove the skill gap, that why they pushing so much "smart" assisted.
Good video and explained everything which is terrible in the game right now, especially player who plays posession game like me. Auto shielding is killing me. Really difficult to build up plays, because defenders, especially with high agression are like Hulk and push away or stuck into their bodies. Totally agree finesse and shields were the depth of the game to keep the ball, now its totally changed and the game is frustrating. It not a manual gameplay. I still try to practice practice, but now playing posession game (without any counter taerget, just Pep mastermind football) is extremely difficult. Smart assist and a totally bad way, absolutely nonsense that AI decide what is the best way. If i would like to pass-pass-pass and i rarely lob pass, do not kick high passes, absolutely ridicolous. We beleive in better future :) What else can we do?
Alot of issue is refs not calling for fouls when a tackle is made when ball is stolen.alot of people wil use the games mechanics and steal the ball comiting a foul but ref doesnt call it.second problem is dribbling when running is to stiff cant make subtle turns.i dont mind the physically systrm slowing down players. Tht is realistic.
When im in my opponents box ive noticed my player being dragged to the ground by a defender. I don't know what is going on,, it isn't the shoulder charge animation, im not sure how people r doing this.
Ye I think I was able to get home from school and play in it but if they did it now I wouldnt be home from work in time. Although the playerbase seems larger so they could have two or more time slots available.
Great video buddy ... but I will say this you make alot of sense to a select percentage .. 60-80% won't agree with 40% of what you have pointed out .. Not because they don't agree but they don't understand how YOU convey your point
After the releasing efootball (2025), game was phenomenal so fun to plan, nice passing, easy to dribble, manual defending. After leatesst updates, the game is awful, so agressive defenders, the people with AI epics only defending with matchup button, they are not releasing it until they get crump in their fingers. It’s frustrating that you need to give birth to a child to score goal against them, you have less then second to react. I guess noobs have complaints about the game and they gave a lot of money to Konami, so they need to again give focus on noobs.
You're wrong about the physical system, and thinking about it the wrong way. You aren't locked, you're in a mini game, like an aerial duel, control the exit, win the duel. Timing and animation control mate. Passing is better. Shooting is better. Finesse dribbling is huge loss. By far the biggest downer Overall it's miles better than efootball 2024.
The hipe is gone in 2 weeks. That's a VERY VERY bad sign. Konami need to do something because they won't make money this year most of the legends we already own so why would anyone spend coins on new double boosters. If they don't add or do something then the games done. At least reset the game then we can actually Grind.
I was log out of my Efootball account today. I tried playing the game again,but it showed as if I'm just new to the game. I was asked to choose region and so on. I tried transferring my link ID but it said "No data to transfer"
Only a few minutes in but what the heck is wrong with headers, 1 in 20 headers actually hit the target the rest of the time its wide or over. Anyone else get this issue
Yes like to cross to a big man and head the ball in very rare occurrence on efootball, unless it’s offline, and as much as I hate eafc gameplay, it’s such a joy to whip in a nice curled cross and thump the ball in with a header
My main issue is the cards. 102-rated Chelsea Torres? What next? 102-rated Emile Heskey? I miss the days of the black/gold/silver/bronze/white ball system. One card for each player, no epics or boosts or such nonsense. One positive change this year is that we get to keep/use our players forever, now. They don't expire.
You've mentioned multiple times FIFA, yea, mainly related to some mechanics/systems... but common, we don't really want to go that road right? EAFC is shit game, way worse than efootball even... I agree about the dribbling, but tbh at least there is still an option to utilize it somehow, passing is still bad AF, lack of tactics, AI interceptions are still too OP (to lesser degree I'd say tho, but need additional tweaking) matches feel the same. It seems like possession is a bit better than EF24, but it is still shit. You've mentioned some improvements when it comes to passing, but srsly I cannot really see them. I agree about auto guard, it sucks, in addition to the fact that it sucks, it created shit tons of bugs, players are phasing, tripping over eachother, sooo many tackles end up in players falling down for no reason. You win tackle then still lose the ball etc. Although yeah, you do mention how auto guarding, physicality is the main issue, but then you say that gameplay is still good... No, the gameplay is worse than EF24 and in EF24 it was bad. EDIT: Don't get me wrong, I agree with most of the things you've said, but the game is way worse than you've described. Currently, the only thing keeping me in the game are some fun players, such as Torres, van der Vaart and Maradona
When the players are low in stamina it does affect other things like the ability to mark opponent and positioning on the field. You will find that at the later stage of a match, the game will become more open, players feel heavy and they make more mistake. Konami do provide this info on the loading screen
Imo I think passing is the worst in this game. If there is plenty of space to pass to the game just passes in such a way which the defender can intercept it which is annoying and forces you to play tiki taka through the middle since the through passing is so unreliable.
Could be so much better. This video could be 4 hours long. Konami are just way too lazy and don’t care. They’re not idealist. They just care about getting the most $ for the least amount of Effort
Hey Rock i agree 100% that autoshield is bad and annoying. When i played Maradona he was my main guy for pure finesse driblling without mutch tricks but if you would look at my Maradona Goals Vid on my channel you can see that even the first 2 goals in the clip wouldnt be possible now because of autoshield. In the first clip where hes surrounded by defenders in the box he would have autoshield all of them and would lose the ball. At the second goal in the clip you could see what you described. There where players behind me but i just dont let him get to the ball with stop running and then just adjust my movement to left and right so he cant get past. It also would not be possible now because he would autoshield the guy. I also have clips where i shield the ball because i want to in this situation and it works because i have controll. I dont understand why i cant shield manualy and why the make it auto its so horrible and it killed dribbling.
Shielding is much better. Give strong players value, small players can't just run and do whatever they want. People's midfield selection is now different. Gives us a mixture. When in the animation, you shouldn't be able to just run off. Its way more realistic and how players can't just run off then battling. You do what real players do and pass the ball,turn and keep the play moving. I don't understand how people have a problem with it. I want my strong players to fight and get stuck in. CDM can slow attacks for the team to get back. Its how football is. Watch football this weekend and you'll see this in every game.
@@rockchok9 They have a moments battle but the animation changes to your player using his arm then I can normally move just enough to pass the ball, then they let go. I personally think feels realistic, physical and stops everyone using little fast players. CDM man marking is effective to stop players using Baggio etc... I personally like it. Makes me use different players too.
I'm not really against the idea I just don't like the implementation, but also don't have confidence they will actually improve it. I agree for the last few years there was not enough of a physical element in the game.
The contextual physical contact tussle is horrible. The player has space to run, pass, can do a double touch and lay off the ball but is busy holding somebody behind their back, for what do we need that? Oh because Konami can manipulate us to buy cards that will have higher physical contact in the future
This football is not football anymore because , users always kick the ball , users is not playing football they are always keep kicking the ball and they stay more in defense, Efootball users now being : DLS players because , DLS users always keep kicking the ball to the front without thinking and without using tactics and Konami has more Scripts in mobile and konami more thinking about money and not anymore to people and I think , I can not play this game like last years and they are ruined this game and also trash users much more ruining this game
Been playing football games since the 90s and I never seen a good game. Best I found was PES2015 followed by 2013. Efootball has been polished a bit over time (was worse on 1.0), but all the problems still remain. This new physical gameplay idk if it's better or worse. Personally I don't care, learned years ago there will never be a good football game. As long as I can sign a new card for my team for free I'm happy lol. Oh and Smart Assist.. wtf Konami smoking with that 😂
They also nerfed dribbling i feel. Because why would i make uour defender face the literal opposite direction and the defender would still 1. Catch up to me insanely fast 2. Intercept the ball 3. Why does the ai know what im gonna do before i do it. 4. There used to be and obvious animations when you broke the defender or turned him inside out and tbe defender still gets the ball. Personal bias here*** why do the taller keepers concede more goals then shorter ones from far distance. Wth (yes they have same gk positioning
The game is free, so i m not complaining.. Yet 1. The shooting is scripted. 2. through pass is scripted, the ai does whatever it wants. 3. Headers to score are 80% useless 4. Defenders of 70 rating can catch up attackers with 98 speed rating.. 5. The game stll seems on rails after so many years. 6. Players with rating 105?106? This is ridiculous 7. Certain players are supermans and score from every impossible angle (mbappe, drogba, romario, stoichkov, kroyf, torres, vinicio jr, etc..) 8.goalkeepers often make silly decisions.. I play only online.
7:55 manual GK is one of the problems. You shouldn't be able to move your GK because of the limited shooting in this game. Certain angle people normally always shoot at same place (shooting makes no sense, aim at corner flag and ball goes in lololol) what I'm saying is shooting is so scripted limited that you always shoot same place. Yh sure you might think ok the mf will move the GK so I will trick him, but this is stupid to begin with. GK in real life maintain their position because in real life shooting is not this garbage we have, ball goes anywhere. The fact that any football game has a FINISHING stat tells you shooting sucks. Shooting should be all you with a physics based system connected to the GK. There can be reflex, size, shot power, stats like that but not finishing. That's how you make a good football game, Konami will never do this.
@@karlhilp1072 You obviously don't recognize cheating. Usually you think the servers are the problem. Slowing down the game or interrupting when you have the chance. When you pass the ball, it moves too slowly even though you passed normally. The ball bounces off your player and it's hard to move, you can't dribble. Late passes and shots. The ball passes through or past the players, the player does not react.
@@karlhilp1072 If you play 5,6,7 league then you don't know what I'm talking about. But if you get to the 3,2,1 league then it becomes hell. Almost everyone uses lag to win
"ea fc passing is a little better" no man. none of it is actually real. they break all of the laws of physics to even create a pass. body positioning doesnt matter. balls all travel at the same speed. balls are all hyper accurate and they are all laughably controlled dead with the greatest touch ever. interceptions in EF24 being strong dont take away how good passing was, especially with PA3, in 22, 23, and now.
The passing ain’t great tbh through ball literally unusable.. crossing and defending crosses is aweful. Shooting inconsistent. They couldn’t charge for that game still light years behind fc and that ain’t great either
The gameplay is way too assisted. L1 + through ball is better than ever. Impossible to play slower paced with possession. Meta players will love this game, but anyone with half a brain can feel how dumbed down it is.
Autoshield ruins the game for me. Since the update i have no fun in this game absolute zero. I can get past the other flaws but autoshield holy moly its so annoying and frustrating. Dont matter how bad the game was i was still having fun with finesse driblling but now its gone too because of stupid autoshielding. I always stuck in this stupid animation and lose full controll over my player while dribbling. Also when i like to pass and pressed the button 3 times and he cant pass because i stuck in the animation I mean who asked for it how is this fun?
Bas server Messi plays like Rüdiger discusting cyborg teams meta tactics it’s everytime same shit horrible movement lot of times nerf everthing every week different nerfs and bad bad bad server
Game feels different to me since release week. Dribbling (inc. Finesse) seems less effective now, auto-intercepting tweaked up, and possession style is punished due to unforced errors. Just so much “game-chooses” moments where your through pass with 30 yards of space behind is intercepted by an incredible stretch, and then their through pass glides 3 inches past my defenders leg or, even better, straight through them to be picked up by a forward half-a-foot ahead of my defender. Just too much algorithmic interference that reduces my feeling that my joystick input is the most significant factor.
Fully agree....worst update ever!
exactly
Yeah that sums it up!
Agree. As I was pretty much fed up with the gameplay of past 6 months. I felt some enthusiasm with the finesse first days after release, perhaps too simple but at least it was something different to explore. Now the finesse feels highly reduced and the matches I play are back to AI Football intercept fiesta.
@@ATME2Tgetting avg of 60! Interception per game! Just no fun in playing.
It is so frustrating, this game can't manage to make the next step. They fix one thing and ruin 2 other things.
Facts 💯
It's the 11 years old Fox engine bro.
@@thehottee What are you talking about? eFootball 25 is using the Unreal Engine. The last time the Fox Engine was used was in PES 2021.
@@nukeboynez3648 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sorry to tell you that efootball is still running on fox engine, only a few animations are running on unreal engine
@@nukeboynez3648the is still fox engine utilized.
Game is back to the slug it was pre update. They need to stop tweaking the gameplay every week and only change where there is a gamebreaking bug in the play. Dribbling should offer the option for left stick dribbling or finesse dribbling. Passing was manageable the last 2 weeks however as mentioned earlier they made the gameplay back to pre v4.0.
Even tho this game has better gameplay than fc25 there’s no progressive content
Once you have your team theres no point
I do agree with u Rock, however… devs don’t tend to cater the 5% hardcore player base, they want a broader audience with a lower skill gap. The only solution would be to add the option to manual shield turned off or on.
gameplay always better than fifa and forever will be,,, but the game feels way to casual and random... you could tap x and it launches a 30 yard pass, or you could full charge x and it passes it backwards.... totally random....
this gameplay is still way better than pingpong fc
Fc actually improved this year, less ping pong this year, just adjust the sliders and be happy
@vannapy your joking right?
@@vannapyit's unplayable as always.
@@vannapydelay and clunkyness on fc25 is insane as well
What is pingpong fc?
It it supposed to be EA FC?
I hate the defenders always catch up to you. I train 100 Acc, 100 Speed and the defenders will always catch up and pull you into a "tustle" animation. Manual shielding was better
If my attacker has better pace then the defender but it's like 15 pace gap between. If my player is sprint normally you could say he could catch up, but if I double ap sprint meaning I'm knocking the ball far into space so my pace stat matters, the defender catches up faster whyyyy. What's the point of having pace if maguire can catch up to me
I think the gameplay is banging if I’m honest. From playing both fifa and pes I’ll always prefer pes purely over gameplay, but it keeps coming down to in game content, just feels like after doing the event there is nothing else to do. Needs more type of grinding modes/objectives.
Yea I’m loving it too, only just got to Div 3 but really enjoying it
@@margaman8176I got to div 3 too but honestly passing is the worst in this game which is why you see pros use the same formation where they play centrally coz the through passing is so unreliable. There’s genuinely no creativity in this game coz of the passing but I’ll give credit where it is due the game feels more like football than fc 24/25
After this update dribbling is gone😢. Defence has become so strong
EFOOTBALL IS STUCK IN 22 AND FROM THERE IT NEVER MOVED KONAMI THINKS EFOOTBALL IS SOME KIND OF FPS GAME PEOPLE ONLY NEED TO GRIND LOL
Appreciate you sharing your thoughts. Forgive my ADHD brain, I wish I had taken notes of what I wanted to comment on, but two things stick out for me. The old shield system wasn't perfect either, with the disconnect from the ball left a lot to be desired when the ball would just roll away sometimes I felt the radius of it engaging that disconnect annimation was unrealistically too far. The new system works more the less you resist it, learn to ride it like a wave and not try to fight it. You fight it, and you get interlocked at that point its exactly like the freeze issue ,both instances need to be worked on by devs , with no sprinting and keep your balance as you slowly weavy your way out, hard to explain, but I can show you later.
The dribbling is the hardest part to swallow, I tried the edge, but it didn't work for me. The slight difference didn't justify the price to me. Thanks to Dedalus, I got the percision rings, and these made a whole world of difference but were too late for the last couple of months in ef24 😢. If you ask me, though, if I would take this 'nerfed' dribbling in a package with the much more manual defending and re introduction of inertia over the old dribbling with that stupidly buffed and automated defending, then my answer would be yes.
I'd rather learn than complain. Life goes on, and change is invetibble. We can only adapt or move on. Sad to see the philosopher leave us, I still go back to his videos to re watch.
Who’s the philosopher
The game is so frustrating at the moment. Division matches is not making sense at the moment. I keep winning matches against people who are higher ranking/team strength than me but then lose to some random division 3 players. It feels like skills doesn't really matter in this game, I mean the score when you beat div 2,div 3 and div 4 is almost the same😅
I've only played a year and spent last year learning alot and trying to improve. I was just starting to try and use dribbling and now that they changed I don't even like it I prefer the more manual control we had before. I also agree packs should be cheaper or smaller boxes due to them releasing a new version every year. Passing is way better(I'm still bad at it😂). Rewards for ranked definitely needs improvement like even with all the backlog of cards that they have they could do a spin system for extra rewards in ranked with those as a rewards or if someone wasn't interested maybe they give a coin option. We need some other thing like a weekend league. I think if they don't listen to some of you content creators and make changes with other companies making new football games and UFL on the brink of release they will lose the fanbase they have. Anyways I'm jabbering on for way too long I appreciate your content and opinions keep doing what your doing man!
And EA FC is terrible - Ice skating FC, the game in motion is shockingly bad. Until they change that i have no interest. It has content.. that's it. I wish we could atleast grind coins in efootball.
There is some problem also about new features introduced (and I talk about contents now). They put 2 boosters card but additional casual booster is almost impossible to obtain. In events is gone for example, it was just in penalties. You want to choose the booster? You are welcome , you just have to release the equvalent of 13 icons to have 100 token for 1 booster (just a plus 1!) of your choice. This year they manage to take away also the excitement for the packs. I am not a top but have a 905 and 922 position badge (so not a bad player either) and I still see aggressive CPU in some matches. You hit the post 3-4 times and cannot score and need to pray for that moment in which your team unblocks. If you don't have a huge skill gap with the opponent you are screwed. And additionally divisions are the same and rewards are the freaking same. There is nothing to fight for if not a badge and some skills token. Put some booster chance, put some special rewards for the ones reaching 1st division, do something, Konami! But they just stick to the mobile mode where is just important to do pvp matches and all the rest is not taken care of. Additionally is very difficult to get excited about 99% of the potw. Tomorrow morning Konami is streaming to present new stuff, let's hope is something good
Hi Rock…brilliant honest thoughts…you should be a beta tester…as when a new version comes out..lots of the issues we face now when playing eg auto-shield and finesse would either be thrown out or reduced to acceptable levels of assistance…
I think the game is trying to kill the skill gap by any means , and therefore its testing smart assist now .. their goal is to have more people to play the game even if it means losing the loyal gamers… what changed in my opinion is the gameplay in general, players movement, the game is not as fluid, and players respond late often, dribbling is gone and you are forced to play very basic , defending is weird at times, and not to mention how the game is so scripted and its just algorithms.. the direction konami is heding to now is wrong.. they are copying FiFa and forgot the people that play efootball/PES play PES because FiFA never been their thing..
Gosh who cares. The old pes is never going back, get over it people. Look for the future, don't get stuck in the past
@@bsnf-5 thanks for the advice … keep it to urself
Everything about money
How did you know they are copying fifa when it’s never been your thing
@@Elcarim_7 very smart question 🤔 ill think about it meanwhile
Unfinished product, automated gameplay, buggy experience, p2w if skill matched
Efootball 2030 rockchok still waiting for the gullit pack 😂😭
There is no content in game
Idk if people have been talking abt this but it feels like the ball never wants to decelerate after a deflection almost like the grass becomes ice. I’m pretty sure like 60% of all the deflections would have stayed on the pitch but the ball physics makes the ball run away forcefully
2:57 no problem with defending, it's the match up they nerfed. Pressing is working perfectly for me like in pes. Also with the new shielding animation the beast defenders can easily win ball from the oppoenent.
Totally agree with you mate, the one thing I really enjoyed above all was how the dribbling felt. I even bought a Dual sense edge to give me a better experience. That’s all gone now.
For the average player such as myself I’ve got to div 1, 2 or 3 times and div 2 several times, but last few months stuck in div 3 and has become very boring one day I turn the game on Win most games, the next day can’t win a single game although I’m doing nothing different can just tell games against you and opposition are super human the game goes so fast it’s like it’s on acid, I’ve learnt from my past mistakes and no amount of losses will encourage me to spend one more penny on this game, there’s just nothing to do except divisions and as you said they can’t even give you gp for a win or a draw, so nothing worth playing for. This last Thursdays content was shocking penalty shoot out and that was it. And they could offer 1000 coins to play smart assist and I wouldn’t touch it. So since Thursday lunch time havnt played the game and prob won’t switch on again till next Thursday and this is from someone who has played religiously every day, one more thing the 150player packs to get 3 players is a joke and will never spin again it needs investigating legally to be honest
Great video Rock. Are these new features improvements to the game and we have to adjust our play and muscle memory to enjoy the improvements. That's the question, my opinion is I don't like the auto shield as it's made the balance stat redundant now my 2015 Messi gets run over by the defenders and loses the ball. The nimble dribble side of the game was my favourite part and gave an unpredictability to my play other than ping pong. It's like they want us to play ping pong football. I did you use the finesse dribble how it used to be now and then when in tight spaces and got it to work well with the Xbox pad and didn't see a problem with it. Trying to use it off the button but not quite there yet. I also did use the shield button before now and then with a light press for closer shielding. The way it just kicks in now and you are locked in that physical battle is weird it can't stay like that. Maybe I just have to change my style of play. Have they done this to improve players like Haaland who just got tackled in seconds before I don't know. I doubt it will stay exactly like this slight changes will be made, the defending already seems to be heading back towards how it was with match up let's see what happens I will keep playing as I still enjoy the game.👍🏻
Regarding the pack situation I agree. Konami need to do more 50 player packs or it’s just going to totally deincentivize people to spin. I got Vasco De Gama Romário in one of those 50 packs because I didn’t want to chance it on a 150 pack. Also another point is - What about people that maybe spent a lot of money spinning for Roberto Carlos, Cafu, Stoichkov, Baresi, Van Nistlerooij only for Konami to be giving these players away free a couple of months later? I would be pissed. It would make me not spend another dime on this game. As much as it’s nice receiving legends for free, Konami alienate people who spent money getting those cards. There needs to be a balance. Maybe have chance deal rewards based on what division you can reach. Something like that
Tbh the gameplay is worse. I only play this since forever for the gameplay. Idgaf about master league or offline modes, i only play online and if the online gameplay is good, it's all i need.
But i'm not feeling this gameplay at all.
I still can't make through passes, the AI always intercept, no matter the ability of the passer, even with R2+triangle which in theory is more accurate, it doesn't work. Any suggestions? Thx
the chances are low without the through pass skill on the player. Power on the pass is best with > 50% unless very close range.. in my experience it's also very hard if your forward is < 90 speed < 90 offensive awareness.. in other words - use mbappe bro lol. I hate to say it but it's just what it is, even since ef 2023
I also agree with the manual pass button when i need the ball played into space. Or alteast make the passer who has 90+low pass and through ball skill to auto avoid the defender. Because think about it why should a player with 97 passing and all the skills for passing and decent curl would pass the ball directly into the defender. Okay fine i understand thats a skill issue but what of adding the curve button with the pass button for a curved pass.
One more thing about the physicality. Haaland in real life can literally body the live out of defenders. If you shoulder charger someone with higher physicality, you could stumble a lil bit but the defender should bounce off or fall animations
Great video thank you 100% agree also i learnt so much from dedalus sad to see him give up but i understand why he has
Play pes on ps2 it’s much better
The game still feels like it’s on rails for the most part, everything seems like it’s already predetermined. Good luck trying to use Match up against any fast player.
Thanks Rock. Think for pros like you you feel the removal of finesse dribbling difference. For me who is kinda a play it after work for a laugh it seems wat harder to defend. I kinda like that now as there is a skill gap. Sometimes I get absolutely spanked but I really enjoy it tbh. Lack of content for me is an issue. I used to love Mexican,Brazilian and Japanese events as got to play with other players. Big loss for me that it is region locked now. P.s also waiting for that dutch pack I won't spend until it hopefully comes. Love Gullit and Rijkaard and got Davids so can have a mostly dutch/Suriname descent midfield.
Ive said too much but if theres something you can agree on its
1.) Expand the custom tactic menu
2.) Add edit mode if your not gonna get licence
3.) Fix the passing (add other combinations like the manual button for manual passing, the special controls button for finnesed passes, etc
4.) You shouldn't be able to drop the controller or switched to your keeper aand let the ai auto defend.
5.) Give more uses to gp (atleast make it so we can buy team of the week cards, buy (skill points, position trainers). Or even better to buy the battle pass or what its called with gp. Because once you get the players you want gp is basically useless. Because theres a team of the week every week with great players so after 3months on playing gp is useless.
The Goalkeepers got bad! My 104 Kahn can't save shit
I'm agree wiuth 90% of all what you tald, Finnes dribbling is really bad, you kinda handicap your player with it, and yes old system was better i was using it a lot, autoshilding is so broken, i told that on day first after i test 4.0.0. BUT its clean that Konami want to remove the skill gap, that why they pushing so much "smart" assisted.
Good video and explained everything which is terrible in the game right now, especially player who plays posession game like me. Auto shielding is killing me. Really difficult to build up plays, because defenders, especially with high agression are like Hulk and push away or stuck into their bodies. Totally agree finesse and shields were the depth of the game to keep the ball, now its totally changed and the game is frustrating. It not a manual gameplay. I still try to practice practice, but now playing posession game (without any counter taerget, just Pep mastermind football) is extremely difficult. Smart assist and a totally bad way, absolutely nonsense that AI decide what is the best way. If i would like to pass-pass-pass and i rarely lob pass, do not kick high passes, absolutely ridicolous. We beleive in better future :) What else can we do?
Alot of issue is refs not calling for fouls when a tackle is made when ball is stolen.alot of people wil use the games mechanics and steal the ball comiting a foul but ref doesnt call it.second problem is dribbling when running is to stiff cant make subtle turns.i dont mind the physically systrm slowing down players. Tht is realistic.
When im in my opponents box ive noticed my player being dragged to the ground by a defender. I don't know what is going on,, it isn't the shoulder charge animation, im not sure how people r doing this.
Rock solid content bro. Kudos 👏
The problem with the old match day system was it's availability during only certain times of the day and not everyone could participate.
Ye I think I was able to get home from school and play in it but if they did it now I wouldnt be home from work in time. Although the playerbase seems larger so they could have two or more time slots available.
Great video buddy ... but I will say this you make alot of sense to a select percentage .. 60-80% won't agree with 40% of what you have pointed out .. Not because they don't agree but they don't understand how YOU convey your point
After the releasing efootball (2025), game was phenomenal so fun to plan, nice passing, easy to dribble, manual defending.
After leatesst updates, the game is awful, so agressive defenders, the people with AI epics only defending with matchup button, they are not releasing it until they get crump in their fingers. It’s frustrating that you need to give birth to a child to score goal against them, you have less then second to react. I guess noobs have complaints about the game and they gave a lot of money to Konami, so they need to again give focus on noobs.
You're wrong about the physical system, and thinking about it the wrong way. You aren't locked, you're in a mini game, like an aerial duel, control the exit, win the duel. Timing and animation control mate.
Passing is better. Shooting is better.
Finesse dribbling is huge loss. By far the biggest downer
Overall it's miles better than efootball 2024.
I can dribble better in this new system.. I don't know why I cannot get used to pressing softly on the left stick to do finesse dribble
My comment is that I agree with everything you said lol. Pretty much hit every nail in all the coffins.
I don't think so. I pass the ball in a direction and the arrow shows and the player passes in the opposite direction
4:50ff. What passing level are you referring to? I find between two and three it’s already a different game…
The hipe is gone in 2 weeks. That's a VERY VERY bad sign. Konami need to do something because they won't make money this year most of the legends we already own so why would anyone spend coins on new double boosters. If they don't add or do something then the games done. At least reset the game then we can actually Grind.
I was log out of my Efootball account today.
I tried playing the game again,but it showed as if I'm just new to the game.
I was asked to choose region and so on.
I tried transferring my link ID but it said "No data to transfer"
The timing for one touch pass is really much earlier than in 24, causing players needed to hold the ball before passing,
anybody can comment on that?
Only a few minutes in but what the heck is wrong with headers, 1 in 20 headers actually hit the target the rest of the time its wide or over. Anyone else get this issue
Yes like to cross to a big man and head the ball in very rare occurrence on efootball, unless it’s offline, and as much as I hate eafc gameplay, it’s such a joy to whip in a nice curled cross and thump the ball in with a header
Dribbling gone,passing's finished and defence is stable.Damn, Konami fumbled like me in maths
My main issue is the cards. 102-rated Chelsea Torres? What next? 102-rated Emile Heskey?
I miss the days of the black/gold/silver/bronze/white ball system. One card for each player, no epics or boosts or such nonsense.
One positive change this year is that we get to keep/use our players forever, now. They don't expire.
I don't know why people are not talking about how defense is bad, it's not even letting me defend properly
You've mentioned multiple times FIFA, yea, mainly related to some mechanics/systems... but common, we don't really want to go that road right? EAFC is shit game, way worse than efootball even...
I agree about the dribbling, but tbh at least there is still an option to utilize it somehow, passing is still bad AF, lack of tactics, AI interceptions are still too OP (to lesser degree I'd say tho, but need additional tweaking) matches feel the same. It seems like possession is a bit better than EF24, but it is still shit.
You've mentioned some improvements when it comes to passing, but srsly I cannot really see them. I agree about auto guard, it sucks, in addition to the fact that it sucks, it created shit tons of bugs, players are phasing, tripping over eachother, sooo many tackles end up in players falling down for no reason. You win tackle then still lose the ball etc.
Although yeah, you do mention how auto guarding, physicality is the main issue, but then you say that gameplay is still good... No, the gameplay is worse than EF24 and in EF24 it was bad.
EDIT:
Don't get me wrong, I agree with most of the things you've said, but the game is way worse than you've described.
Currently, the only thing keeping me in the game are some fun players, such as Torres, van der Vaart and Maradona
When the players are low in stamina it does affect other things like the ability to mark opponent and positioning on the field. You will find that at the later stage of a match, the game will become more open, players feel heavy and they make more mistake. Konami do provide this info on the loading screen
Only thing I don't like is it still looks robotic especially the celebrations..they are still using the same celebrations and commentary?
Imo I think passing is the worst in this game. If there is plenty of space to pass to the game just passes in such a way which the defender can intercept it which is annoying and forces you to play tiki taka through the middle since the through passing is so unreliable.
Could be so much better. This video could be 4 hours long. Konami are just way too lazy and don’t care. They’re not idealist. They just care about getting the most $ for the least amount of
Effort
Hey Rock i agree 100% that autoshield is bad and annoying. When i played Maradona he was my main guy for pure finesse driblling without mutch tricks but if you would look at my Maradona Goals Vid on my channel you can see that even the first 2 goals in the clip wouldnt be possible now because of autoshield.
In the first clip where hes surrounded by defenders in the box he would have autoshield all of them and would lose the ball.
At the second goal in the clip you could see what you described. There where players behind me but i just dont let him get to the ball with stop running and then just adjust my movement to left and right so he cant get past. It also would not be possible now because he would autoshield the guy. I also have clips where i shield the ball because i want to in this situation and it works because i have controll. I dont understand why i cant shield manualy and why the make it auto its so horrible and it killed dribbling.
Shielding is much better. Give strong players value, small players can't just run and do whatever they want. People's midfield selection is now different. Gives us a mixture.
When in the animation, you shouldn't be able to just run off. Its way more realistic and how players can't just run off then battling. You do what real players do and pass the ball,turn and keep the play moving.
I don't understand how people have a problem with it. I want my strong players to fight and get stuck in. CDM can slow attacks for the team to get back. Its how football is. Watch football this weekend and you'll see this in every game.
I can't pass the ball or turn, if my player decides to shield it doesn't respond to any further inputs.
@@rockchok9 They have a moments battle but the animation changes to your player using his arm then I can normally move just enough to pass the ball, then they let go. I personally think feels realistic, physical and stops everyone using little fast players. CDM man marking is effective to stop players using Baggio etc...
I personally like it. Makes me use different players too.
I'm not really against the idea I just don't like the implementation, but also don't have confidence they will actually improve it. I agree for the last few years there was not enough of a physical element in the game.
The contextual physical contact tussle is horrible. The player has space to run, pass, can do a double touch and lay off the ball but is busy holding somebody behind their back, for what do we need that? Oh because Konami can manipulate us to buy cards that will have higher physical contact in the future
The idea to have the same game for (Mobile) and (Playsation,Xbox and Pc) is STUPID.
This football is not football anymore because , users always kick the ball , users is not playing football they are always keep kicking the ball and they stay more in defense, Efootball users now being : DLS players because , DLS users always keep kicking the ball to the front without thinking and without using tactics and Konami has more Scripts in mobile and konami more thinking about money and not anymore to people and I think , I can not play this game like last years and they are ruined this game and also trash users much more ruining this game
Been playing football games since the 90s and I never seen a good game. Best I found was PES2015 followed by 2013. Efootball has been polished a bit over time (was worse on 1.0), but all the problems still remain. This new physical gameplay idk if it's better or worse. Personally I don't care, learned years ago there will never be a good football game. As long as I can sign a new card for my team for free I'm happy lol. Oh and Smart Assist.. wtf Konami smoking with that 😂
I’d just really like to know the guys that test this game,I just wanna talk to them
Molto interessante, grazie per il video. Sarebbe possibile fare un approfondimento sulla meccanica del difendere la palla e su quali tasti premere?
warra yap session but we will be there
Time to introduce smart assist in online games.
They also nerfed dribbling i feel. Because why would i make uour defender face the literal opposite direction and the defender would still
1. Catch up to me insanely fast
2. Intercept the ball
3. Why does the ai know what im gonna do before i do it.
4. There used to be and obvious animations when you broke the defender or turned him inside out and tbe defender still gets the ball.
Personal bias here*** why do the taller keepers concede more goals then shorter ones from far distance. Wth (yes they have same gk positioning
It should go back to PES I miss the old days
Anyone think the player playstyle should be replaced with roles?
I think playstyle makes a lot of players useless.
The game is free, so i m not complaining.. Yet 1.
The shooting is scripted. 2.
through pass is scripted, the ai does whatever it wants. 3.
Headers to score are 80% useless 4.
Defenders of 70 rating can catch up attackers with 98 speed rating.. 5.
The game stll seems on rails after so many years.
6. Players with rating 105?106? This is ridiculous
7. Certain players are supermans and score from every impossible angle (mbappe, drogba, romario, stoichkov, kroyf, torres, vinicio jr, etc..)
8.goalkeepers often make silly decisions..
I play only online.
12:35 press L1 and move away its work everytime for me
I guess I'll try this then 🤔
7:55 manual GK is one of the problems. You shouldn't be able to move your GK because of the limited shooting in this game. Certain angle people normally always shoot at same place (shooting makes no sense, aim at corner flag and ball goes in lololol) what I'm saying is shooting is so scripted limited that you always shoot same place. Yh sure you might think ok the mf will move the GK so I will trick him, but this is stupid to begin with. GK in real life maintain their position because in real life shooting is not this garbage we have, ball goes anywhere. The fact that any football game has a FINISHING stat tells you shooting sucks. Shooting should be all you with a physics based system connected to the GK. There can be reflex, size, shot power, stats like that but not finishing. That's how you make a good football game, Konami will never do this.
the biggest problem of this game is cheating in online matches. The entire first three leagues are cheating. Konami does nothing.
How do we know 100% for sure if an opponent is cheating?
What u mean cheating?
You just need to practice more lil bud
@@karlhilp1072 You obviously don't recognize cheating. Usually you think the servers are the problem. Slowing down the game or interrupting when you have the chance. When you pass the ball, it moves too slowly even though you passed normally. The ball bounces off your player and it's hard to move, you can't dribble. Late passes and shots. The ball passes through or past the players, the player does not react.
@@karlhilp1072 If you play 5,6,7 league then you don't know what I'm talking about. But if you get to the 3,2,1 league then it becomes hell. Almost everyone uses lag to win
the game is free to play. I can't complain
Smart assist is rubbish
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"ea fc passing is a little better" no man. none of it is actually real. they break all of the laws of physics to even create a pass. body positioning doesnt matter. balls all travel at the same speed. balls are all hyper accurate and they are all laughably controlled dead with the greatest touch ever. interceptions in EF24 being strong dont take away how good passing was, especially with PA3, in 22, 23, and now.
no content no game
New version more realistic...
I feel the same...manual defending at it's best.
The passing ain’t great tbh through ball literally unusable.. crossing and defending crosses is aweful. Shooting inconsistent. They couldn’t charge for that game still light years behind fc and that ain’t great either
KONAMI FIX PLEASE GRAPHIC OF PITCH LAWN.... YOU NEED FOCUSE ON WEMBLEY,EMIRETS IS THE BEST
11vs11? Where? I'll take 3vs3 just give us something Konami
I have lag you give advice, but don't say the advise? 37:43 What is advise
Why is Messi playing for Netherlands?
This shows how far all this pay to win player card garbage has gone, it takes you right out of the experience.
I just want Master League
The gameplay is way too assisted. L1 + through ball is better than ever. Impossible to play slower paced with possession. Meta players will love this game, but anyone with half a brain can feel how dumbed down it is.
all fax, no printer
Everything about efootball is basic and ideal for mobile, super noob friendly and child friendly.
Autoshield ruins the game for me. Since the update i have no fun in this game absolute zero. I can get past the other flaws but autoshield holy moly its so annoying and frustrating. Dont matter how bad the game was i was still having fun with finesse driblling but now its gone too because of stupid autoshielding. I always stuck in this stupid animation and lose full controll over my player while dribbling. Also when i like to pass and pressed the button 3 times and he cant pass because i stuck in the animation I mean who asked for it how is this fun?
1v1. Passes. Finnesse dribbling its all shit!
And most important, auto shield is the worst thing they done to the gameplay
@@bnosagazexactly, it ruins the game
I deleted this game today lol
Inside the area duels are a joke, passing is a gamble.
Defend in efo 25 is so hard, AI defense like rubbish destroy with easy through pass. All shite
Bas server Messi plays like Rüdiger discusting cyborg teams meta tactics it’s everytime same shit horrible movement lot of times nerf everthing every week different nerfs and bad bad bad server
Hey 😅