For quite some time, eFootball has been in chaos. The once-proud franchise pressed the reset button in 2021. And now, in 2023, there isn’t much to show for it. To be fair to Konami, this has always been their general style. And eFootball has trailed behind FIFA in terms of an overall product. Updates have been slow. Let’s examine what’s new in this substantial V2.4 update now that eFootball PES 2023 has been created for over two years.
What’s New in the V2.4 Upgrade for eFootball PES 2023?
Dribbling
Since the debut of eFootball, numerous gameplay adjustments have been made, with varied degrees of success. Dribbling has seen more changes than any other gameplay element, and this is the most recent one:
- A notable improvement in dribbling reaction, particularly in slow-moving circumstances like after controlling a pass or making a sharp turn.
- Mid-dribble Shield command inputs to make it so that a Shield can only be executed when the player has complete control of the ball. Before, a Shield could be executed even if the ball was not entirely under control. This might ultimately result in possession losses.
Passing
One of the trickiest gaming mechanics in PES 2023 to master is passing. The balance between how much help one has and how much help one needs might be tricky. But for the most part, eFootball gets it right. This game’s responsiveness in eFootball 2023 is when everything goes awry. You can tell Konami is aware of this from the patch notes. And as a result, they have made an effort to rectify it with the following fixes:
- Alterations were made so that mid-dribble kicking inputs would be more accurately mirrored.
- The kick input shortly before the ball is controlled now responds more quickly thanks to the improvements that were put into place.
Alterations were made so that mid-dribble kicking inputs would be more accurately mirrored
Shooting
Like to passing and dribbling, shooting depends on striking the perfect balance and being able to choose the best shooting command for the given circumstances. Here, there is an upgrade for both responsiveness and shot type:
- Adjustments have been made so that players will make touch with the ball more quickly when entering a “Shoot” or “Clear” command while they are close to an opponent. Before, more time-consuming animations would occasionally be chosen, which might ultimately result in possession losses.
- Adjustments have been made so that the right shooting motions would be chosen depending on the distance and other match-specific conditions because, in the past, headers occasionally would be triggered too far away from the goal.
First Touch/Traps
This update’s focus seems to be responsiveness, which makes sense given that the game PES 2023 is far more clunky online than it is offline.
- Many ball control techniques have been altered since, in the past, players occasionally moved slowly after a touch.
- Adjustments to address the problem that players may take an excessively hard touch when defending against a sudden oncoming ball, even if a Dash order is not used.
Many ball control techniques have been altered since, in the past, players occasionally moved slowly after a touch
Defense
The issue of your player not responding to passes near or in your area was one of the ways Konami tried to fix this in PES 2023. They include:
- Player movement speed in defense in reaction to other attacking-related alterations to achieve optimum game balance.
- The problem with Match-up, where players might advance toward the ball even if the directional input in a different direction.
- The problem where possession could not be adequately regained despite the player’s body being in line with the ball and the opposition.
