Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[Village Idiot]

Well I liked it.

[Ryman]

I liked it. When playing a demo I take it for what it is, a demo.

The graphics look better, the grass and overall environment looks improved. The weather is cool, I like how there is a difference when playing in the rain vs a sunny day, which should be.

The presentation is an upgrade, feels like I turned on my tv set to watch the US Open, kind of got me excited to play.

I found myself putting without using the meter much, mainly go on feel, and noticed that putting is much more natural like 08 than the hole magnet feel of 09. I even had a few putts actual rim out that last year would of gone in.

I hate that vapor trail following the ball, I remember that Divot said its only in practice mode, but those sample tourny holes and the challenge it was still on??

Can't wait for the release.

[DivotMaker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ryman

I hate that vapor trail following the ball, I remember that Divot said its only in practice mode, but those sample tourny holes and the challenge it was still on?? Can't wait for the release.

That was my understanding. Some recent videos show no ball trail, so it may be related to the Beginner difficulty. Hope there is a way to turn this off within the game and hoping that it is off by default in TOUR Pro....

[allstar3970]

wow typical overreaction around here. Demo is on beginner so that must mean OMG THERE'S NO CHANCE OF IT HAVING GOOD SIM GAMEPLAY IM CANCELLING MY PREORDER AND NEVER BUYING IT AGAAAAIIIN!!!!!

It might not be a good sim experience in the end, but jeez lets wait for the game to come out before we jump to conclusions.

[thelwig14]

Quote: Originally Posted by allstar3970

wow typical overreaction around here. Demo is on beginner so that must mean OMG THERE'S NO CHANCE OF IT HAVING GOOD SIM GAMEPLAY IM CANCELLING MY PREORDER AND NEVER BUYING IT AGAAAAIIIN!!!!! It might not be a good sim experience in the end, but jeez lets wait for the game to come out before we jump to conclusions.

You aren't reading, or understanding the posts....but you did include caps and exclamation marks.

[ddurham131]

This game really hasn't changed a great deal. The models are actually looking worse (Tiger new model is horrible; can't believe he didn't make them change it). My biggest concern is that you can't play in a twosome or threesome against the cpu during a regular season tournament. The online features they're promising seem to be exciting though. Guess this will be the 2nd consecutive year I won't buy the game. I'll just get my fix with TW 08'.

[PhantomPain]

I have not played a TW game in years. Mostly because once I found Links 2004, TW never compared even with the graphics being much better.

With that said, isn't the demo talk the same every year? Or at least the past couple of years? It seems that I remember the past couple of years, people trying the demo and it sucking because they were on Beginner level. Somebody buys the game and plays Tour level and adjusts it to be harder then posts impressions of the game playing MUCH different on Tour? I could have SWORN this is how it played out last year, maybe the year before.

Anyway, not trying to give anyone a hard time but it seems that while EA screwed up for sim players by not including a harder game mode, it might be wise to wait until the game ships, play it a bit and then make a decision. Or wait for impressions from people that you trust.

Point is: I wouldn't give up too quick just yet. It may not be what we want, but this happens all the time with games and demos. They release an easy level, people complain, someone buys it, that someone tells everyone that it is MUCH better on higher levels, and finally more people buy it and are happy or somewhat happy.

[thelwig14]

Quote: Originally Posted by PhantomPain

I have not played a TW game in years. Mostly because once I found Links 2004, TW never compared even with the graphics being much better. With that said, isn't the demo talk the same every year? Or at least the past couple of years? It seems that I remember the past couple of years, people trying the demo and it sucking because they were on Beginner level. Somebody buys the game and plays Tour level and adjusts it to be harder then posts impressions of the game playing MUCH different on Tour? I could have SWORN this is how it played out last year, maybe the year before. Anyway, not trying to give anyone a hard time but it seems that while EA screwed up for sim players by not including a harder game mode, it might be wise to wait until the game ships, play it a bit and then make a decision. Or wait for impressions from people that you trust. Point is: I wouldn't give up too quick just yet. It may not be what we want, but this happens all the time with games and demos. They release an easy level, people complain, someone buys it, that someone tells everyone that it is MUCH better on higher levels, and finally more people buy it and are happy or somewhat happy.

The point is as many of us downloaded the demo, understood the difficulty wasn't right, but came to the realization we had a "been there, done that" feeling to it. It is the "same" game we have played for many years with very small enhancements. Eventually a gamer gets to a breaking point where there is zero novelty and gaming time would be better spent elsewhere. I have hit it with Madden and NCAA...and I just think I hit it with Tiger. I would be wasting hours of my life doing the same thing I have done year after year with very little difference when I could be playing other games that bring a much better value.