According to Steam250’s Hall of Shame, Konami’s newly released free-to-play eFootball 2022 is the most negatively reviewed game on Steam. Since its release earlier today, 91% of the almost 5000 reviews are negative. Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 and 2021 have 70% and 74% positive reviews respectively.
The reviews are criticising just about everything in the game;
heaviness of the ball
buggy player collisions
the blue and yellow menu colours
the gameplan menu
low FPS during cutscenes and replays, and bad, missing or confusing display settings
ugly grass and bad graphics
the simplifaction of tactics
lack of content (only 5-minute singleplayer matches and 10-minute online exhibition matches)
They announced the game in July 2020, teasing photorealistic graphics and a move from their in-house Fox Engine (used for Metal Gear Solid) to Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4.
In a very bizarre move, Konami released the “New Football Game Online Performance Test” in …
The Bandai Namco Group has decided to replace our existing Mission and Vision with a statement of Purpose. We will also introduce a new logo that embodies our new Purpose. These changes will be implemented at the start of the next Mid-term Plan in April 2022.
Purpose: Fun for All into the Future Bandai Namco exists to share dreams, fun and inspiration with people around the world. Connecting people and societies in the enjoyment of uniquely entertaining products and services, we’re working to create a brighter future for everyone.
Full press release (PDF): https://www.bandainamco.co.jp/cgi-bin/releases/index.cgi/en/press/10484?entry_id=7282
New logo:
The new logo’s speech bubble motif, “Fukidashi” in Japanese, expresses the potential of the brand to connect with people around the world and inspire them with amazing ideas. The speech bubble also represents Japan’s manga culture that has become so popular everywhere. The logo stands for our determination to …
Are they trying to tell us something ?
5. GENERAL
5.1 Authority. To enter this Agreement and use the Games, you must be a live human (e.g., not a corporation, organization, artificial intelligence (good or evil), extraterrestrial, sentient non-human primate, etc.). However, this restriction will not apply in the event of the occurrence of a widespread extraterrestrial, robot, simian, or similar takeover of planet Earth, in which case we welcome our alien, robot, ape, or other overlords, as applicable, (such parties, “Their Eminences”) to play our Games, and Their Eminences will be subject to the terms of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis, commencing on the date of the takeover and continuing for all periods thereafter, until such date as human governance is restored. Provided, further, that in the event the takeover necessitates the forced migration of the human species to Mars or other celestial body, where the Games are not operable at this time, we will use commercially …
I’ve seen it hundreds of times. Old game gets re-released, and everybody calls it a “Remake” or a “Remaster”. Only one of those are true, but people don’t care, they use both to mean the same thing: it’s a (hopefully) improved version of an old game.
I think this is a misconception, and I would like to address it.
A “Remaster” takes an old game and improves it. It may include support for higher resolutions, better lighting, maybe even a port to a whole different engine. The takeaway here is that the base is still that old game we all know.
Examples of remasters: GTA V. Final Fantasy series (Steam versions). The Last of Us.
A “Remake” on the other hand, uses the original game not as a base for improvement, but as a blueprint to build a completely new game. Assets may be reused, but the “Remade game” has been built from scratch.
Examples of remakes: Resident Evil 1, 2 and 3. Final Fantasy VII. …