Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 Impressions (PS3, 360)

[djep]

Quote: Originally Posted by baa7

I don't see how hitting a golf ball using a six inch backswing and watching it travel 50 yards, could in any way, shape or form be considered "tempo-relative." Maybe relative in relation to unreality, or perhaps Moon physics...? Maybe part of the issue has to do with a lack of sensitivity with the console controller as you said. But when this issue is brought up, Links 2004 on the Xbox is always cited as a game that included a workable and well-done tempo-relative swing.

Moon physics? Maybe I can actually reach some of the fairways on Bethpage with that.

The swing definitely isn't as well done as in Links but it is predictable and consistent. The one thing I like more about the swing in TW is that it is more challenging to hit the shots straight.

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by djep

Moon physics? Maybe I can actually reach some of the fairways on Bethpage with that.

Ha-ha!

Quote: Originally Posted by djep

The one thing I like more about the swing in TW is that it is more challenging to hit the shots straight.

After tuning clubs, definitely. It's a terrific addition to the series, no question, and in many ways makes up for the lack of a true-tempo ( ) swing system.

[goh]

Well I've soured on this playing full rounds. They need a casual mode with infinte putt previews and the ball actually landing where the circle is. Knowing the circle considers roll was a help along with using draw/fade but still the best I've managed was +6. There was one hole,I believe it was the 14th on Torrey Pines where I didn't even have a choice but to hit it in the rough off the tee. Par 3's are horrible. Finally some of the camera shots make it impossible to tell where I should be trying to put spin on the ball. At least I managed to set the fairways hit record every time so far.

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by goh

Well I've soured on this playing full rounds... the best I've managed was +6.

Funny what makes different people happy/miserable. I too shoot somewhere around +6 every round, and I think it's fantastic!

[dave374]

Quote: Originally Posted by baa7

Funny what makes different people happy/miserable. I too shoot somewhere around +6 every round, and I think it's fantastic!

I agree with baa.
I have never sucked this badly at Tiger ... and yet have never had this much fun.

I don't want to shoot -10 every round.

I love that I have to play my *** off just to make a tourney cut.

[goh]

Well for me shooting a +19 and losing a bunch of my stats and making a whole $12 is just frustrating and no fun at all. I know the bad putting is my own fault (most of the time,sometimes there's an odd framerate drop messing up the meter) but it'd be nice to have more than one preview. It also seems to rain every single tourny though I see there's a different topic for that. I don't remember all these problems with 07 wich is the last one I played any decent amount of time.

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by goh

Well for me shooting a +19 and losing a bunch of my stats and making a whole $12 is just frustrating and no fun at all. I know the bad putting is my own fault... It also seems to rain every single tourny though I see there's a different topic for that.

I just started playing career mode, and I got the game on release day. I've spent all this time practicing (and unlocking courses). It's taken this long and this much practice to get my +20 scores down into the +5 range. Most of that practicing involved putting, which I still haven't come close to mastering. The game is tough this year and requires patience. And FYI: I set my weather to Live Weather instead of Random, even though I don't have Live and therefore the game doesn't update it. I've played several rounds so far and have yet to see a raindrop -- it's all blue skies.

[OnlookerDelay]

Quote: Originally Posted by baa7

Funny what makes different people happy/miserable. I too shoot somewhere around +6 every round, and I think it's fantastic!

Agreed, I was +13 in today's "EXTREME" Tour Pro event. I hit 50% FIR's and 50% GIR's, had no birdies, 8 bogies, a double bogey, and a triple bogey. I had more fun with this round than I did with a 62 that I shot in my PGA Season Tour event. What I liked the least about it was the gridless green setting.

For the most part, I'm clueless on gridless greens. Unless I've gotten a read from a pitch, chip or putt, I pretty much hit the ball straight at the hole when there's the least hint of doubt. I don't know how much longer I'll strive to improve with gridless greens as I don't think the game's graphics are capable of giving me the read my own eyes would give me in real life. The grid makes up for this limitation of the game's graphics, IMO.