eFootball 2025 GAMEPLAY SURVEY & THE FUTURE

Brand new survey about the efootball gameplay, will it change soon?

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00:00 Intro
00:30 Survey
14:00 Feedback
15:37 New Direction Events

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[Neo_Rain]

Waste of time doing surveys. Konami are taking people for idiots. Last weeks live update they dialed gameplay back to V3.6 levels. Input delay, shoulder barges, player freezing, interception fest. Can’t take this company seriously when they can’t even be honest about what they are doing in the background.

[JackDivision]

The worst thing now is when you give a longer through pass, the player receiving the ball seems to be stuck in the running line animation and cant adjust from the original line he had.

[topgunbass]

This game is like being hooked on crack. You know it's bad but you keep coming back for more. If you have money to buy crack (cards ) it's fun knowing you have better players. The poor chump that can't afford crack (cards ) wants it just as bad as you do but can't afford it and is left curled up in a corner wishing you never touch this game in first place.

[mustafahussain]

They should have kept the first week update of efootball 25 gameplay that was fun now its gone back to rubbish again mostly the horny AI defending

[luisfernando-ftvg]

I have been a user of eFootball for a long time, and I must emphasize that the gameplay is truly unique.
However, over time, the game has become dull and repetitive, which is why I will be discontinuing my play.

The main issue is that eFootball lacks sufficient game modes. A significant update is necessary to add at least one or two (PvP) modes to the title.

Some game modes that have previously been present in the franchise need to return:

· Online Tournaments (PES 2013)
• Coop Divisions (PES 2021)
· U-23 Event (PES 2021)
· 4-Star Players Event (PES 2021)
· 3-Star Players Event (PES 2021)

Thank you very much for your attention. I wish you a wonderful day.

[Spackers]

The problem with these surveys is they aren’t specific enough and can be misinterpreted. For example like Barry I’d put dissatisfied on “how satisfied are you with player manoeuvrability when defending” as I also think defending is too automated. But they could misinterpret my dissatisfaction with the manoeuvrability when defending as meaning I want more help manoeuvring players i.e. more automation.

[phoenixnakayama]

I wanna see:
1. Improvement of passing and off-the-ball, so as to improve passing completion rate;
2. Allowing us to overwrite old added skills by legacy transfer.

[ATMET]

61 points of feedback ⚽📝⬇️

Gameplay
1. What's the point of playing eFootball online when the AI is playing for or against me? I want to play against the other person online. The automated assisted on-rails gameplay is neither rewarding or fun.

2. Remove Smart Assist and never mention it again.

3. Remove or reduce DDA / script and make eFootball good again. No more score 1 goal and team turns into complete idiots. I did a survey and 56% want DDA / scripting removed, and another 20% of players want it reduced or only for lower leagues and coin events. Total of 76% were against eFootball DDA / scripting.

4. Create a game mode 100% free from Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment (DDA), script & AI assistance.

5. Reduce the no of interceptions. 40% of passes intercepted is neither realistic or fun.

6. Fix the passing. Why does 50% go straight to other team?

7. Fix the player freezing.

8. Fix ball going straight through player.

9. Reduce the power of team-mate press, add more stamina loss.

10. Reduce AI assisted autodefending, more manual defend.

11. Remove PA1-2 from higher upp divisions.

12. Finesse dribbling needs more work. Seems changed or nerfed now. Game is back to autodefend, intercept ping pong.

13. Remove auto shielding, back to manual.

14. Reward different playstyles like build up play and make each playstyle worth using.

15. Player speed is broken. Every defender catches up.

16. Player switching is not working good enough.

17. When free kick is against you. Your default player is always behind the free kick taker.

18. 1st celebration should also be skippable.

19. AI games are boring and inconsistent. Develop vs AI gameplay which is both fun, rewarding and teaching how to play better.

Online co-op

20. Make the co-op PvP event always available.

21. Add 2nd local player to co-op online events.

22. Add 2nd and 3rd local player to Friend match co-op.

23. Add couch co-op Vs Online mode.

24. Myleague online co-op.

25. Add co-op league/divisions.

Offline co-op / Couch co-op/ Local co-op (one screen, one Playstation, 2-4 controllers)

26. Add Dream team into Exhibition mode. Enables couch PvP or co-op with Dream Team.

27. Add local co-op to offline Events.

28. Myleague local co-op.

Game modes, events, missions

29. Add difficulty adjustment to Skill-up mission. Add more tasks like dribbling, feints, bicycleta goal and create a leaderboard.

30. Make My League worth playing, 100.000GP for 38 matches is a joke.

31. Make it worthwhile playing League / divisions.

32. The daily penalty needs an upgrade.

33. More variety in Events. Same BBVA, Turkish, Brazilian Italian, English, Japan league. Create something different so we can rotate our squads more. Suggestion: An event where only max 4 star players are allowed? Or higher GP rewards the weaker squad you use?

34. More Beat the Clock type of events. Create something similar for skill moves. Example: Perform 5 Double touch + 5 Marseille turn across pitch with fixed dummies or defending players. Or a sequence where you have to dribble and perform skill move x and y before scoring.

36. Add fun and challenging objectives for longer periods. Scoring 4 goals with Bayern or Barcelona is neither. Objectives like score a hat-trick, win on penalties or score 5 times using skill move.

Functions & features

37. Add all Goal Scorers, Assists and passing statistics for each player to Half Time and Full Time game stats.

38. Add statistics of headers, penalties and free kicks scored on each player card.

39. Reduce the cost for skill legacy transfer.

40. Change so we can add 1-2 skills on POTW cards.

41. Change so we can delete added skills, and legacy transfer a new one.

42. Skill legacy transfer to Goalkeeper should work from any player, not only from another Goalkeeper.

43. Reduce the 500.000GP cost of adding 50 player slots.

44. An option to make my Sub tactic clearly visible in Game plan if activated.

45. Sort player list by team name or player country.

46. Add more game plan slots.

47. 2 sub tactics.

48. Add an option to switch off cutscenes and replays before the game, saves time and more fluent game experience (Credit: NetterBeatle)

Match pass

49. Add Position, Booster and Skill trainers to each match pass.

50. Add +10 player slot upgrade into Match pass.

51. Add an extra POTW spin to match pass.

52. Add 2 good looking unique kits to value and premium match pass.

Point shop

53. Add Position, Booster and Skill trainers to point shop.

54. Add +50 player slot upgrade to point shop.

55. Add more good looking kits into Point shop.

56. Re-release old (non-booster) legend and epic cards in the Point shop. Credit: tt_emrah)

Other

57. Master League

58. Edit mode

59. Add grind and a reason to play games every day. Not just login, score penalty, sim AI-games.

60. Change player development, so you need to play many matches with the player until he is fully developed with stats and skills. (Credit: Barry)

61. Dont launch crossplay console / mobile. It will ruin the game due to all the simplification needed (Smart Assist) and the mobile cheating. I play both PS5 and mobile and really don't want this.

[bae.thoven_daniel]

Furthermore eFootball 2025 is an absolute disaster when it comes to content and gameplay mechanics, leaving players with almost nothing meaningful to grind for. Instead of creating engaging events or challenges where players can actually earn rewards, Konami has taken the laziest route possible by just handing out free cards for logging in. Seriously? What’s the point of playing or improving if all it takes is showing up? The lack of grindable content is appalling. We want events, tournaments, or some kind of skill-based progression that makes us feel like we’ve actually achieved something—not just free handouts for minimal effort.

To make things worse, the game’s supposed "smart assistance" is anything but helpful. The smart assistance mechanism doesn’t elevate the gameplay in the slightest; in fact, it makes things even more frustrating. Whether it’s passing, dribbling, or defending, the smart assistance seems to overcorrect or interfere with your inputs, making the entire experience feel disjointed and out of your control. Instead of improving your play, this system constantly feels like it's fighting against you.

With no proper events or grindable content to sink time into, and gameplay that is "assisted" into the ground, eFootball 2025 offers little to no incentive to keep playing. It’s nothing more than a shallow game where the only real activity is collecting cards you didn’t even earn. A massive disappointment.

[DanielZhou]

People need to realize Konami is doing the agile development. They are making the gameplay good first before they introduce new modes. There's no question they will introduce new modes so there's no need to ask survey questions.

[timothylyons]

Game is. Joke at the moment.
Opponents who cheat, automated gameplay, lack of consistency. Scripted gameplay and the lack of Konamis actually interest to actually listen to it's players and they keep fobbing us of with extra cards and coins which to some might help. The severs, gameplay and the cheats are priority

[That_Dingle_Guy]

Nice survey but do uou think they really read or look at the responses? Since efootball 24 they do survey upon survey and still nothing changed, what we will be getting is more booster cards nothing else

[Iordo]

your defenders are having brief pauses now(despite you consistenyly telling him to do so), just enough to make sure attack goes through...

[bae.thoven_daniel]

Lastly, eFootball 2025 seriously needs a complete overhaul when it comes to its player skill system. Konami has somehow decided that the best way to add skills to your players is through a random, lottery-based system that hands out skills with zero logic or alignment with the actual player. Instead of letting you choose which skills to develop based on the player's strengths or your tactical needs, the game forces you to accept random skill traits that are often completely useless.

Why can’t we just spend skill points on the skills we want to add to our players? That would make sense, right? But no, Konami thought it would be a great idea to make it a luck-based mechanic, leaving you frustrated when your striker gets random defensive traits or your defender gets dribbling skills they’ll never use. It feels like you have no control over the progression of your players, and this system just turns what could be an exciting development process into a total mess. It’s honestly laughable how irrelevant and poorly matched the skills are half the time.

The worst part is that this isn’t even fun. It's not rewarding or exciting to randomly get skills that don’t fit your player's position or style. It completely kills any sense of strategy and customization. This shouldn't be a lottery—it should be based on player choice and skill points so you can tailor your squad to your preferred tactics.

Until Konami changes this absurd system, the player development in eFootball 2025 will remain a frustrating experience, and any attempt at building a unique, well-rounded team will feel pointless.

[bae.thoven_daniel]

eFootball 2025 is nothing short of a disaster when it comes to gameplay, particularly in its broken mechanics surrounding auto-defending and AI assistance. Let me start by addressing the absolute mess that is the passing system. It’s almost impossible to direct passes to your intended player—regardless of how precise you try to be, the ball always seems to go in the wrong direction, either to a teammate nowhere near the play or, even worse, straight to the opposition. It feels like the AI has a mind of its own, and not a particularly smart one at that. This flaw alone is enough to make the game frustrating beyond belief, but it gets worse.

The auto-defending system is just plain garbage. Rather than allowing the player to manually control defensive actions, the game insists on taking control with laughably poor results. Defenders lunge and tackle in completely unnecessary situations, leaving wide gaps for the opposition to exploit. There’s no fluidity or control—it’s like watching a clunky robot try and fail to defend. You’d expect some level of smart defensive positioning, but instead, you're left fighting against your own team’s AI decisions.

And if you thought that was bad, the dribbling mechanics make things even worse. The gameplay is far from smooth or silky—there’s an annoying input lag that ruins any chance of creating effective dribbling runs. Every dribble feels delayed, unresponsive, and just plain horrendous. You can’t enjoy any quick turns or bursts of pace because the game simply won’t register your commands on time. Instead of flowing movements, you get stuttery and clunky actions that ruin the experience.

All in all, the gameplay of eFootball 2025 is riddled with issues. The passing mechanics are infuriating, the auto-defending is a disaster, and the dribbling input lag makes everything feel slow and frustrating. It’s a huge step backward in every possible way, and unless you enjoy fighting the game’s own AI, this is a title to avoid. Absolutely trash.

[Rron]

Spent 10 minutes in the last section. I realised after reading it back how much is required for the survival of this game

[boucherb]

This is almost exclusively a mobile franchise now. That will make them money not a console yearly release. Gameplay doesn't matter unless it messes up mobile experience. A developer needs to grab the football space by the balls because there isn't a decent game out anywhere atm.

[doomer]

Doesn't matter. Lost to a guy using a rating 2685. Like i couldn't make a simple pass. Doesn't make since since my squad rating is 3078. Like i couldn't win headers, couldn't make 2 passes, couldn't make a threw pass without interception😂 .

[noahbernstein]

They had one year of time since 24 and the only thing they changed are you can now do finesse dribbling with a button like 2 clicks of work and they added autoshielding the worst addition to the game ever wow. Thats a lot of work for a year.
But they still dont fix the bugs in gameplay since 2 years like when the ball bounces between 2 players 10 times like you know what i mean and then bounces perfectly to another player. The ball never rolls in open space.

They worst thing is there is no ballphysics anymore since efootball and every goal is 99% the same. I mean i can tell you if you shoot from specific positions at the box that you wont score from there because i already now how the ball would move so i can tell before you shoot you wont score because of non existent ballphysic. and i ask myself is this football? Cant you score in real football on every spot on the field?
And many many more flaws.

[ilyfromdnwside]

Whats the build that got you 62nd with out wide playstyle???!