Who Let eFootball Into The 2022 Commonwealth Games?

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I’m not quite sure why everyone thought Konami’s eFootball was going to be a ‘FIFA killer’. Perhaps players were just jaded with year after year of surprise mechanics and annoying updates in the EA title. Perhaps people were hoping for a return to the PES of their childhood, rather than the disappointing titles the series had produced in more recent years. Either way, we all know what happened when eFootball actually released. So why is it in the Commonwealth Games?

A quick reminder if you’ve somehow forgotten about eFootball’s release: it was fucked. The game had more bugs than Cyberpunk, players looked like hideous hall-of-mirrors reflections of the stars they represented. Lionel Messi’s face looked like it had shrunk in the wash but his head stayed the same size. Cristiano Ronaldo suffered a more painful fate, as someone at Konami had put his facial features in a blender.

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It wasn’t just the looks, legs elongated like Stretch Armstrong to get on the end of misplaced crosses, and necks practically snapped when players went in for tackles. Why their necks? I don’t know, but players’ heads sure as hell aren’t meant to twist 270 degrees. Anyway, the game was a mess. So again I ask, why is it in the Commonwealth Games? (What’s that? It’s technically called the Commonwealth Esports Championships? Fine.)

Okay, eFootball is less buggy now. I assume. I can’t say I gave it another shot myself, but I feel like I would have heard if it was still unplayable this long after release. But still, it’s hardly a game that’s going to bring audiences flocking to Birmingham this summer. It also seems incredibly out of place with the other esports titles included in the games. Dota 2 is one