Is EA Sports PGA Tour Losing Its Sim?

[TheBleedingRed21]

Quote: Originally Posted by bluengold34_OS

If I'm not forced to use it during career/season mode - than why worry about what fantasy course they put in the game. This series has had fantasy courses for years, so I am not sure what the issue is? Am I missing something?

Maybe it's just me but I can see they aren't steering for straight sim which is a problem to me.

That's why I don't like it

[ocat]

This series has never been "sim" on the consoles, the PC version was really good but the console versions haven't come close. Its mainly comes down the the golf ball physics, not even close to how a golf ball behaves in the real world, which for a golf game I would think is a pretty important thing to get right

[inkcil]

EA often uses development cycles and first attempts as an excuse for lack of quality and support of titles...so of course when resources are used in such an arcade way we know given EA's history and way of doing things that somewhere else the game is going to be shorthanded.

But hey, they're trying to sell games and I don't blame them in this specific situation:

1.) I'm not aware of a BIG golf gaming community that clamors for sim
2.) They lost Tiger and need some way to Jazz it up, so they go back to what they do best - ARCADE
3.) Sales..they're trying to bring in the kids.

[socalbeast08]

EA games are simulation? on what planet? nhl is a joke, madden has never been a sim, and nba live can't even get out the starting gate with their atrocious attempts at a basketball game. OS have you been drinking again?....

[cusefan74]

Since when was any of their Golf games a sim. What kind of sim lets you power up your shots and stuff like that?

[globalbeats7]

to each is own. but ea lost my $ when golf club and to lesser degree, if it ever is made, perfect golf appear.

[BBallcoach]

Ugh... EA went in the complete wrong direction with this.

[lnin0]

Depends on your definition of "successful". I think a sim orientated golf game could be successful in tofay's gaming atmosphere. COD successful, no. FIFA successful, no. Successful at making a profit and building a fan base, yrs.