Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

[Woody19]

Can't wait to get home tonight and start downloading.
Anyway, maybe someone can help me with two questions I have:

1) Can I use EA's game face option to personalize my pro?
2) Are Country Clubs still included? Or any other way to form teams with friends and play online?

Thanks!

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Quote: Originally Posted by Woody19

1) Can I use EA's game face option to personalize my pro?

No

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2) Are Country Clubs still included? Or any other way to form teams with friends and play online?

No Country Clubs and I haven't seen a way to play a team game, unless it's in the unranked online play option, which I haven't explored yet. I played one ranked round online last night and got caught up in an arcade mode game because I didn't pay attention to what I was getting into. It was only 9 holes and I stuck it out, but it was pretty hard to figure out what was going on with the other three members of the group.

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I got into career mode after creating a golfer (the create a golfer options are very limited, BTW and I couldn't come up with anything remotely close to resembling myself). I played a few abbreviated web.com events in Tour Pro difficulty. There's a lack of feel in the swing interface that I can't quite put my finger on. There just doesn't seem to be any inertial forces at work with it. It might be due to the fact that there's a HUD device that tells you when to stop your backswing to attain your targeted carry with the shot. I never felt like I was swinging a club, it was more like modulating a spigot to fill up a glass of water (the backswing meter fills from the center to its outer dimensions as you pull the stick back further).

On the plus side, there does seem to be some reasonable effects from tempo. The swing feedback will tell you how many percent over or under the "Perfect" tempo (which it will report as perfect if you nailed it) and it's easy to make some sensibly scaled errors with this, which I like. Most of my misses in two hours of play have been because I was over or under the desired tempo.

I've seen a number of complaints about the lack of feel in the putting and I can see where it's coming from. I'm dissatisfied with the way the putting is implemented in this game so far. It's a matter of "dial in your desired distance you want to hit the putt, pull the stick back until the swing feedback meter fills to it's outer dimension, and follow through with a reasonable tempo. If the fill color changes from green to red/burnt orange, you've overswung and you need to stop the swing and re-load. I need to look for a way to turn this swing feedback meter off because I'm sure the putting would be a lot harder without it. The putts seem to underbreak in this game, and because my senses are attuned to the degree of break we have in TGC, most of my misses in RMPGAT are because I'm overplaying the break.

I don't know if 10 hours is enough to allow this game to unfold into what it could eventually become as my attributes build, but at this point I'm not all that optimistic about the game. At least I have the sense that it's a work in progress and could eventually evolve into something greater. I'm curious now to see how the PS4 version compares to the XB1 version, especially in terms of resolution... I just can't get the graininess of the XB1 version's graphics out of my mind, even though the game has an overall "organic" look... it's really strange!?

[terrycurran62]

I agree that tw14 was a sublime experience on the 360(PS3 version was inferior) and only stopped playing when I traded my 360 in for a ps4.
Has anyone played St Andrews yet? I wondered how this sublime course looks and plays. What kind of distance are you all getting off the tee?
I remember when all golf games were 3 click and the consternation around the the first mouse swing game which I honk was Gary Player Golf.
I have been playing games for many years on PC and console. My retro fave has always been Brittish Championship Golf for the PC. It only had two courses, both licensed. These were ST Andrews and Royal Troon. This is was a brilliant game with a full field of proper players and it was so hard. My dad and I played it for years and only managed to win the tournament once at St Andrews.
I do hope this new game is good. That online players don't cheat and shoot silly scores. I hope for extra courses. I don't rate the golf club. I really like sports games, esp FIFA, golf and tennis.
It's early days yet for this game. ea are good at polishing things up. Let's hope it's a crackers

[MHammer113]

I have yet to play the game but I have read through this entire thread and obviously I am disappointed and now second guessing the idea of purchasing this game. What I would love to see from EA is the commitment to making several updates that will improve gameplay, options, and settings. No one is going to care about the lack of golf courses if the game is not very good. I hate to bring this up, but The Golf Club has made several great leaps with their updates so there is hope, but I am really hoping EA has some announcements coming up.

[Millennium]

Wow, came into this thread expecting so see what I saw, and only reading negative. Just not getting it.

I'm in love. The game looks gorgeous (there are areas where the graphics re-draw in, but I'm not noticing framerate drops at all).

I set up to Tour swing with all the aids turned off (still used Shot Shaping because that actually makes the game harder by changing the plane of your swing in order to use draw/fade). Felt like there was strategy on the holes.

My theory on why people are not missing left/right (and I'm only on Normal swing difficulty right now): No one cares about the distance of their clubs. I was having a hell of a time getting a Perfect on the foreswing, but as soon as I started trying harder the ball ended up sailing left and right on me.

On the Tour swing type, I had no issues with the putt interface. The different cameras are going to make turning the grid off a reality, so very excited to get to that point.

Love the courses. Played Paracel Storm on a whim and while it is definitely a fantasy course (and a Par 3), it was a fun round of golf. Played both of the 'realistic' fantasy course and was very impressed. Again - some foliage redraw at times, but not enough to hinder my impression.

Atmosphere was also awesome. Crowds sound good (which takes away the dead feeling of some golf games) and commentary, while I'm sure will get repetitive like most sports games, was helpful and even funny at times.

Played an online match with ChaseB - Wasn't a fan of the lack of commentary or the crowd noise being gone. You can see the other golfer if they are far enough away from you, or you just see their ball. You have a timer (somewhere around 2:30) to play each hole. Would definitely had been better with party chat going.

I was streaming for ~50 people last night and most were impressed by what they saw for the most part. My few hours with it confirmed my want to preorder without a doubt.

[CujoMatty]

Ugh I dunno. After a few rounds I'm definitely disappointed. The create a golfer options are so bad it's almost disturbing. Huge lack of customizable items. I could only see generic or Nike shoes for example. Putting is really lame. Shots like others say are way too easy to hit straight. Pro camera is pointless because it's impossible to see your ball. Graphics are good but there is plenty of draw in issues on cut scenes where bushes just appear out of no where. Golfer reactions to shots are too exaggerated. Commentary is good though and I do like how you can set the outfits you were for each day in tour mode. I dunno I think I might pass which is sad because I was sure I was picking this up.

[CujoMatty]

For the love............. my player just hit a 3 foot par putt and did the robot to celebrate. What...uhhh...I mean......ugh I don't get it. Never ever ever have I seen that watching golf on TV.