Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

[goalie]

i do think its the same - i think you will have to choose it before the round, and keep the same setting throughout...

again, i am kinda trying to read the developer's minds to answer your question, but that's how i THINK it's gonna be, based on the way the game has worked in the past...

[goalie]

Quote: Originally Posted by DivotMaker

Gallery sizes are a design decision tradeoff balancing the rendering of the course as accurately as possible with how many fans they can put in the galleries and maintain adequate framerates. If the 360/PS3 had more than 512 MB of video memory, they could do alot more with the galleries and the graphics in general.

personally, i'd rather have them spend the memory on course detail and accuracy, as opposed to spectators...

though i do think the poster makes a good point about spectators' contribution to the "tournament feel" of the game...

personally, i want the "golf feel" to be accurate, as opposed to the other...

[BLB34]

Quote: Originally Posted by goalie

personally, i'd rather have them spend the memory on course detail and accuracy, as opposed to spectators... though i do think the poster makes a good point about spectators' contribution to the "tournament feel" of the game... personally, i want the "golf feel" to be accurate, as opposed to the other...

With all the improvements they are making this year it's hard to nitpick on the galleries (or "patrons", if you will), but I agree that the sparse, cardboard cutouts leave something to be desired. I undersand the technical trade-offs involved, but other games such as NBA 2K11, MLB The Show, etc. seem to pull it off. Spectators, cutscenes, etc. do add a lot to the realism, IMO. This can wait until next year, given all the work that's been done for 12, but I'd really like to see more emphasis on this part of the game down the road.

[sroz39]

Quote: Originally Posted by BLB34

With all the improvements they are making this year it's hard to nitpick on the galleries (or "patrons", if you will), but I agree that the sparse, cardboard cutouts leave something to be desired. I undersand the technical trade-offs involved, but other games such as NBA 2K11, MLB The Show, etc. seem to pull it off. Spectators, cutscenes, etc. do add a lot to the realism, IMO. This can wait until next year, given all the work that's been done for 12, but I'd really like to see more emphasis on this part of the game down the road.

I'm not a developer by any stretch but I would imagine rendering a course to the level of detail that is present in the TW series is far more taxing than any stadium or arena, allowing devs of those games to add all the spectators you see in those sports games.

[PhantomPain]

Quote: Originally Posted by sroz39

I'm not a developer by any stretch but I would imagine rendering a course to the level of detail that is present in the TW series is far more taxing than any stadium or arena, allowing devs of those games to add all the spectators you see in those sports games.

Not to mention the grass and tree textures, swaying in the wind...among other things.

[BLB34]

Quote: Originally Posted by PhantomPain

Not to mention the grass and tree textures, swaying in the wind...among other things.

Understood. If nothing else, I'd like to see more and bigger grandstands, similar to what you'd see at a real tournament. I just played TPC Scottsdale on Tiger 11 (broke it out to build some more XP) and the 16th is nothing like it is in real life. Cutscenes of the crowd milling around, etc. would be cool too. But again, this is somewhat of a nitpick given the technical limitations.

[oldman]

I'm still on the fence about this purchase. I am exctied about Augusta, but I want more info about offline Career mode before I make up my mind definitively.

[MizzouBravesFan]

Been playing a lot of Augusta on Tiger 08 on PC after the announcement...God I can't wait to play it with more detail in HD.