The Golf Club Early Access Available Now on Steam For $29.99 - Post Your Impressions

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Quote: Originally Posted by TheBleedingRed21

Not sure how you believe the consoles versions will be superior at all.. (Assuming you are meaning that with yor last statement) If you have a good enough pc (and I do), I have it high as it can go and never had an issue besides my Bluetooth controller not working properly.

What I mean by that is they will be superior to what my PC can deliver. I saw the video of the PS4 version of The Golf Club as it was being displayed at the Game Developer's Conference and it almost didn't look like the same game that I'm playing, in both graphics and flow. I'm stuck at 1600 x 900 res, low detail and the game looks pretty stark there. I can dial my computer up to 1920 x 1080, High Detail for a look, and it looks a heap better than what I'm forced to use because of frame rates, but when I do that, the game runs between 11 and 13 FPS... the game is totally unplayable at that speed.

To those who have PC's that can run the game at those settings at 35 FPS +, I salute you. Honestly though, I'd have to spend more to upgrade my PC to be able to run the game at those settings than what I paid for my XB1 (which I got for an effective price of $389.95, since I got it on sale for $449.95, with the Titanfall pack-in). I have a very uncomfortable setup at my desk due to my wife's decor demands. I can't stand to sit at it for more than 45 minutes before I start getting a backache, so I'm not likely to do anything to make me want to try to tolerate it longer

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Quote: Originally Posted by greenegt

Does the game include pre-made courses or is it all user-created/generated?

Pre and user made and we've got some good ones of each. Joe Habiger's (SmokinJo, aka GI Joe 65) Autumn Ridge G.C. is the best of litter. I recommend beginning players start out with Little Brook Manor, then try out Autumn Ridge and also Joe's other course, Diamond Head CC. Both of them are so efficient in their builds that you'll get the best frame rates from them of any of the courses. Ironically, they look and play better than any of the official courses!

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Quote: Originally Posted by OnlookerDelay

Pre and user made and we've got some good ones of each. Joe Habiger's (SmokinJo, aka GI Joe 65) Autumn Ridge G.C. is the best of litter. I recommend beginning players start out with Little Brook Manor, then try out Autumn Ridge and also Joe's other course, Diamond Head CC. Both of them are so efficient in their builds that you'll get the best frame rates from them of any of the courses. Ironically, they look and play better than any of the official courses!

Sounds great. I need that XB1 version, now!

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Quote: Originally Posted by Skyboxer

Downloading now. God I'm weak...

I'm weaker... I bought knowing my PC can't really handle it in any fashion that looks next-gen.

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Quote: Originally Posted by OnlookerDelay

Somebody wanted some more impressions... here's a few specific ones I posted elsewhere: The swing mechanics are solid, but too easy to execute a perfect shot, at least with my Microsoft Silver Edition wireless 360 controller. I find it hard to deviate from the Y axis enough to get me in trouble on anything more than a putt. It is possible to pull and push putts, thankfully.

I have a feeling they made the swing less sensitive to offline shots to appeal to the casual players. However, I also speculate that they may be adding a swing sensitivity slider and/or a controller calibration system to the game to make the swing more challenging for the hardcore crowd. I base this on a couple posts the developers made on the HB Studios forums which leads me to believe that this may be a possible addition to the game in the future.

Quote: Originally Posted by OnlookerDelay

They've got it too easy to hit 100% shots right now. Heck, even when I'm trying to hit like a 90% shot, it still gives me 100%.

I do like it better than in TW14 where I feel like my analogue stick is about to snap off by how hard and fast I have to swing it to get near 100% power.


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Wow, going from this thread I'm glad I just downloaded Trials Fusion on the PS4 last night and skipped this for now. Hopefully they iron out the kinks for the console version...

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Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

Wow, going from this thread I'm glad I just downloaded Trials Fusion on the PS4 last night and skipped this for now. Hopefully they iron out the kinks for the console version...

I'm still having fun with it, just not nearly as much fun as I'll have with the console version, I strongly suspect. I'm just not the PC gaming hack I used to be... don't have the appetite for it anymore. I'm a lazy download & play guy now

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Quote: Originally Posted by MERACE

I have a feeling they made the swing less sensitive to offline shots to appeal to the casual players. However, I also speculate that they may be adding a swing sensitivity slider and/or a controller calibration system to the game to make the swing more challenging for the hardcore crowd. I base this on a couple posts the developers made on the HB Studios forums which leads me to believe that this may be a possible addition to the game in the future.

I think you're right about easing it up for casual players. Can you imagine the outcry if Build 3.1 had been unleashed on the public!? I forgot about the slider bit, yeah, pretty sure that's coming and hopefully, the controller calibration system. That is really needed on the PC front!

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I do like it better than in TW14 where I feel like my analogue stick is about to snap off by how hard and fast I have to swing it to get near 100% power.

Yeah, me too... that was more of a twitch reflect test than a modeled golf swing, IMO. I think HBS can do better with this though. It's not nearly as rhythm reliant as I think it could be, but then again if it was, I'm not sure my 30 FPS I'm having to play with on the PC version would be adequate for the swing feedback needed.