Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Available Today - Post Your Impressions Here

[golfguide]

The absence of highlights makes this amusement unremarkable, best case scenario imo. Except if EA pushes some tolerable updates adding to profundity, I speculate it will be in the EA Access vault before the year is finished.

[ncp10]

Anyone know how to turn off the shot clock in H2H mode? I ask because the other day during a match when I hit the pause button (small round button on the controller near the right JS which has the 3 horizontal lines on it) and resumed 20s later the clock indeed had stopped! I duplicated this 3x because I couldn't believe what I was seeing and each time it worked to stop my shot clock! Next time in another game it did not do this and the clock kept ticking. During the first time that this worked I notice the shot clock disappeared, whereas subsequent tries the clock would display while the game was paused. Dunno what I did to get that to work but it sure comes in handy when you have to take a leak during a game!

[pietasterp]

I didn't want to keep hijacking the other threads when talking about this game, so I did a little misdemeanor grave-digging....

What's the deal with the "attribute" system in this game? I totally forgot about it having not played it in forever, but why have "pre-set" profiles and no ability to pour XP into the attributes you want to improve? The whole system is never really explained anywhere (like much of the game in general) and sort of makes no sense.

I guess the larger question is why even have "XP" in a golf game at all? There must be some way to incorporate a progression system without resorting to assigning numbers to specific attributes...Maybe you have to go hit the range and work on specific aspects of your game? Or do speed training (a-la DeChambeau) to up your distances or something? Maybe that would turn-off too many people. I dunno. I just know "XP" seems really out of place in a sports game. If every time you completed a pass in "Madden", your "accuracy" XP went up, I would think that might be frowned upon. Although I guess I haven't played Madden in a few years, so maybe that's in the game now for all I know LOL.

[lowpaiddonkey10]

I played enough with my character over the course of time to get him to 78 Overall. He hits it plenty far and I feel like bad shots are mine.
Not in love with the point system for improvement I think something like what HB implemented this year with difficulty levels works fine.

At this point I really have no clue what the point of the XP is for my created golfers.

[bigkev]

Whatever EA and 2K do, customers will always whine and complain. Golf gamers are fussy and finicky like that.

TW08 had something very similar to the above. You were going to the driving range and putting greens to upgrade your skills against the pros. TW09, 10 and maybe 11 too, you were upgrading your skills with Coach Haney. Some customers wanted the pressure of what was going on at other place on the course and got that, others were very vocal that they hated it, it was distracting them. Dynamic weather changing during a round, same thing. EA tried that you had to play against Tiger during your rounds to pass him at #1, they were complaining it was taking too long. And most customers really hated the idea of a caddie in TW12. All great concepts asked by some customers, all rejected by a very vocal customers base.

The good news, you will be able to chose between 2K and EA soon for what you prefer.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigkev

Whatever EA and 2K do, customers will always whine and complain. Golf gamers are fussy and finicky like that. TW08 had something very similar to the above. You were going to the driving range and putting greens to upgrade your skills against the pros. TW09, 10 and maybe 11 too, you were upgrading your skills with Coach Haney. Some customers wanted the pressure of what was going on at other place on the course and got that, others were very vocal that they hated it, it was distracting them. Dynamic weather changing during a round, same thing. EA tried that you had to play against Tiger during your rounds to pass him at #1, they were complaining it was taking too long. And most customers really hated the idea of a caddie in TW12. All great concepts asked by some customers, all rejected by a very vocal customers base. The good news, you will be able to chose between 2K and EA soon for what you prefer.

It's quite funny because, on various other forums and things, I see a lot of these features being requested to be added into future games (both EA and 2K) - i.e. seeing your opponent actually hit their shots in career mode, adding a caddie back in, bringing back dynamic, real-life weather.

Will be interesting to see what gets brought back, and what remains left on the cutting room floor.

[bigkev]

Because almost all of them are career mode guys, and they want some of the stuff EA used to have. Most of them want to go from hacker to pro to build their golfer like in EA. I'm one of those guys wanting to build from scratch and thru the Tours. As long as there's lot of contents i.e. Majors, PGA courses stops, etc. the rest is just nice to have.

I actually didn't mind the caddie in TW12. You had the choice of executing the shot or going your own way. It was just different.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigkev

Because almost all of them are career mode guys, and they want some of the stuff EA used to have. Most of them want to go from hacker to pro to build their golfer like in EA. I'm one of those guys wanting to build from scratch and thru the Tours. As long as there's lot of contents i.e. Majors, PGA courses stops, etc. the rest is just nice to have. I actually didn't mind the caddie in TW12. You had the choice of executing the shot or going your own way. It was just different.

I am right there with you on all of this.

I'd like to see career mode go even further - make it a "Life of a Tour Pro" sim. You start as a high schooler, playing events on "muni-like" local courses. You do well, you get a scholarship and play at a university. You do really well, maybe you turn pro ASAP. Otherwise, you rise through the college ranks, play in the US Amateur, and eventually get onto the Korn Ferry Tour, then the PGA Tour.

Once you turn pro, you start to need to really take into account your winnings and sponsorships. You need to budget for things like your caddie, your transportation, your agent, etc. At first, with little money, you can perhaps only play in certain events that you can even afford to travel to. Your sponsors are smaller, less popular club manufacturers and apparel brands - let's say Ben Hogan and PGA Tour brand clothing. I know both Tiger 14 and PGA 2K21 have earnings and a money list, so being able to actually use this money would be great.

As you win more, bigger sponsors come calling - adidas, TaylorMade, Callaway, etc. You earn more money, can play a full schedule on Tour, and earn spots in bigger events. Eventually, you can hire better caddies that assist you in some way, and you could even be able to buy a fancy car, or a big house with a custom personal training facility where you play mini-games to enhance your skills.

I also think injuries could come into play, just like in other sports games. You get hurt, can maybe play thru it, but at a penalty to some of your skills and also with the risk of injuring yourself further.

I know I have derailed this, but tying back to Rory McIlroy PGA Tour - Rory's career mode was super barebones, so I hope EA can really flesh our their single player mode in their new game and give an experience that will be more than just "play and event, and then play another one".