Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

[Barto]

Quote: Originally Posted by Darko240

Well I gobbled up my entire 10 hours of the Trial over the weekend. I actually got my created golfer up to level 55 with all the experience. I must say, I played only in Tour mode, which doesn't allow you to move the camera down course before shots and uses the L analog stick. By the end of the session I was making par pretty consistently. Putting definitely is a little different then previous years. I actually enjoyed the quick rounds, playing 5 holes of the current round, and the rest being simulated. Especially with my golfers attributes so low, I didn't make the cut but just a few times. There was actually one season, where it said I must proceed to next year because I didn't have enough Fed Ex Cup points to continue playing in the remainder of the Tournaments. As for Scottdale TPC, Its in the career mode, Im guessing all the course DLC will be available in career mode. As for your schedule it just says next event on the screen, so you cant really tell how far along you are in the season.

Thanks for the post. I wonder if the career is going to rely heavily on DLC content and that's the reason we can't currently see the event calender/schedule.

By hiding the event calender it allows EA to hide from us the courses they aren't including in the game @ launch and therefore will be required to purchase to play during the season.

Correct me if i'm wrong, but this is the first EA Golf game during the EA Access window, so if they show the EA Access subscribers during the Access period which tournaments aren't included and have to be paid for, then there are going to be a bunch of pissed off consumers who cancel their preorders. In a perfect world it would be great if EA Sports worked out deals with each course that they will simply pay them a portion of the DLC royalties and not have to fork over, let's say $100k per course each year to clubs like Riviera, Kiawah, etc.

I don't mind paying another $40 for 15 courses if that's what it ends up costing. Especially if the game is released every other year. In that case i will be spending about the same amount anyway.

[wheels2121]

Quote: Originally Posted by Barto

Thanks for the post. I wonder if the career is going to rely heavily on DLC content and that's the reason we can't currently see the event calender/schedule. By hiding the event calender it allows EA to hide from us the courses they aren't including in the game @ launch and therefore will be required to purchase to play during the season. Correct me if i'm wrong, but this is the first EA Golf game during the EA Access window, so if they show the EA Access subscribers during the Access period which tournaments aren't included and have to be paid for, then there are going to be a bunch of pissed off consumers who cancel their preorders. In a perfect world it would be great if EA Sports worked out deals with each course that they will simply pay them a portion of the DLC royalties and not have to fork over, let's say $100k per course each year to clubs like Riviera, Kiawah, etc. I don't mind paying another $40 for 15 courses if that's what it ends up costing. Especially if the game is released every other year. In that case i will be spending about the same amount anyway.

The only thing is they already told us what courses are in the game, so we already know what we'd have to pay for: anything they put out not among the 9 already announced

[Barto]

Quote: Originally Posted by wheels2121

The only thing is they already told us what courses are in the game, so we already know what we'd have to pay for: anything they put out not among the 9 already announced

True, but wouldn't you be pretty annoyed if you found out you get TPC Boston and Bay Hill instead of Bethpage Black, Oakmont, Kiaway, etc. This is all conjecture assuming my theory is correct, but i think they may have purposely held back some courses because they know a large portion of the user base is willing to pay for them. Hardly anyone is going to pay to have access to Bay Hill, Scottsdale, St. Andrews since those courses have pretty much been staples in every game since the series started.

[DivotMaker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pompeo89

Then the next hole the guy pulled it into the **** and they called it out of bounds? What happened to playing the ball anywhere on the course? It wasn't that far off the fairway.

OB is still OB....they said that won't change but it would be nice if there were a way to see a hazard or OB stake/line letting us know it was OB....

[Pompeo89]

Quote: Originally Posted by DivotMaker

OB is still OB....they said that won't change but it would be nice if there were a way to see a hazard or OB stake/line letting us know it was OB....

Yeah we need some white stakes lol

[wheels2121]

Quote: Originally Posted by Barto

True, but wouldn't you be pretty annoyed if you found out you get TPC Boston and Bay Hill instead of Bethpage Black, Oakmont, Kiaway, etc. This is all conjecture assuming my theory is correct, but i think they may have purposely held back some courses because they know a large portion of the user base is willing to pay for them. Hardly anyone is going to pay to have access to Bay Hill, Scottsdale, St. Andrews since those courses have pretty much been staples in every game since the series started.

oh I think you're entirely correct, I just don't think it's a secret. We know darn well we'll be buying the good courses. In a way, this might be genius, since the game as is will make us so excited to have them available we'll actually be happy to buy courses which we should get for the $60 we already paid. It's like PSLs for tickets. We've paid $60 for the right to pay more down the line.

[VTKombat]

Should i delete my ea access version before I install my disc version tomorrow?

[Syncmastr]

Quote: Originally Posted by VTKombat

Should i delete my ea access version before I install my disc version tomorrow?

Pretty sure if you keep it you won't have to install the game. I wouldn't delete it, might save you 20 minutes and couldn't hurt.