Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Available Today - Post Your Impressions Here

[Gerg04]

Quote: Originally Posted by cujomatty

It does kinda get that way unfortunately and you keep leveling up and it gets easier and easier. I can shoot -10 fairly consistently on the real course with hardest difficulty.. But just wait till tourney 4. It's basically the "masters" and it's at a fictional course. I shot 10 over in the first round because of the ridiculous changes in elevations and higher wind speeds. It was horrible and in it I saw a horrible thing EA did. They made the course be the deciding factor in the difficulty level. That shouldn't have been the case. Make it easier to have shots stray left or right. Make the rough and hazards harder to hit from. Don't make a par 3 elevated 200 feet with a 14 mph crosswind to make the game harder. I'm all for harder courses but honestly. ..well you'll see its pretty ridiculous. I like the game alot actually and am going to continue to enjoy it I hope but that to me was a poor design decision.

Couldn't agree more man.

Same with putting. I could eventually and probably will turn off the green aids (at least the putt read) because at some point we'll get the feel for that too. I don't like the idea of having to make something stupid hard by getting rid of the green grid just to shoot higher scores.

Idk I guess that's not THAT bad cheesy wise...Guess I'd feel better if there was more feel with putting and chipping and actually gauging tempo. As opposed to constantly swinging the club in a millisecond and overs-winging constantly. Then you try to compensate and swing lighter and your 3 feet short... Ahh whatever now I'm just whining. Still enjoying the game.

[Klocker]

I really wish they would update the tour mode or add custom option to allow your putter to always hit the full distance like real life and you control the distance with swing. at least an option EA. Make the pointer just for reference, not determine max putting distance per stroke. Can't be too hard to change.

[OnlookerDelay]

Quote: Originally Posted by Klocker

I really wish they would update the tour mode or add custom option to allow your putter to always hit the full distance like real life and you control the distance with swing. at least an option EA. Make the pointer just for reference, not determine max putting distance per stroke. Can't be too hard to change.

As was the case with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10? Yes sir! I'd welcome that in a hearbeat... Tiger 10 has the best putting interface of any golf game I've ever played and the fully proportional interface was a big part of the reason it was.

[terrycurran62]

I played my first game of RM this morning and I am impressed with the game. I played the silly prologue thing and had a round at St Andrews playing as Fowler.For the fist time in years I used the three click system. This is a welcome return. Wind was gusting around 8mph but I'd like it much higher next time. Swing was on hard difficulty. Personally i find the putting to be very accurate and fluid. I can understand those who are used to the very easy Latter day TW games finding it difficult. On those games you hit the hard and it went in. Putts from 10 feet were simply rammed in. Thankfully all of that has changed and players have to actually think about what they are doing. This may put some off. The putting system works for me. If you read the greens and take your time, and hit the lines then it fine.
I deliberately hit balls into the rough a few times to see how the game plays. And it does well. Golf is a simple game in real life and this game strips it back to how the game should be. This game is more about judgement, timing and patience than the silly tricks of previous TW games.
RM is a much more realistic golf game than previous TW games. In real life course like ST Andrews and Sawgrass can be very easy in benign conditions. I know we live in the generation of fair weather players who find adverse conditions to be a distraction. This game can be played in many ways
So far I have only really seen The old course and I wasn't overly impressed with the graphics. They look very digitised and unreal in certain ways. I expected a warmer more real life graphic. But let's see what the other courses look like.
The obvious shortcoming of the game is the the lack of courses. It simply needs more than nine. The two proper fantasy course should be ok. I'm not remotely interested in rubbish like night mode and battlefield drivel. But I suppose these will appeal to the less discerning player.
Overall I am very impressed with the game. I really don't care about the lack of many real golfers. I create my own players. The tournaments have the real names and that's all that matter. I am also not also bothered about the low level of player creation options. Let's face it some people just want to create silly distorted images thinking that they are being different. But that totally predictable. Hopefully we will see proper golfers created this time around.
What matters is how the game players and it plays well. Online only needs head to head and tournaments. This is golf not a soap opera. Thankfully bingo bongo dingo rubbish etc has gone and all of those silly games.
But live in time when people want glitz rather than realism. Golf is a beautiful game and RM has presented it with respect. Yes they have made concessions to the fickle. These people will hate this game.
I can see why EA have stripped this game back and it works for me. The reviews have concentrated on lack of options etc and completely missed out what really matters. I doubt that any of the reviewers have even bothered to play the game.
So it's a good start for me. RM shows promise. Let's have some more courses. I'll happily pay £20 for ten more courses.
Let's not forget games like the order on ps4 cost £45 for less than five hours gameplay. Compared to that, this game is cheap.

[rmaccari]

Quote: Originally Posted by PRO_TOO

So 3 click is more realistic?! Cmon. Every gamer wants to feel the motion!! Just turn that freaking arc and other aids off. imgane nhl without sticks. Just a button press. That's so antic. Playing baseball on consoles I prefer stick movement when I want to hit the ball with my bat. Same goes for every game where you have something in your hands to bash at.

If you move the stick makes you feel like you have a real golf club or a baseball bat?
God, we're in a video game.
In my opinion, the important thing is that the general statistics resemble real.
In this game 3 click reflects more realistic results, please try it before judging.

[brandon27]

Quote: Originally Posted by cujomatty

It does kinda get that way unfortunately and you keep leveling up and it gets easier and easier. I can shoot -10 fairly consistently on the real course with hardest difficulty.. But just wait till tourney 4. It's basically the "masters" and it's at a fictional course. I shot 10 over in the first round because of the ridiculous changes in elevations and higher wind speeds. It was horrible and in it I saw a horrible thing EA did. They made the course be the deciding factor in the difficulty level. That shouldn't have been the case. Make it easier to have shots stray left or right. Make the rough and hazards harder to hit from. Don't make a par 3 elevated 200 feet with a 14 mph crosswind to make the game harder. I'm all for harder courses but honestly. ..well you'll see its pretty ridiculous. I like the game alot actually and am going to continue to enjoy it I hope but that to me was a poor design decision.

I just wanted to clarify this for some who have maybe read this and been disappointed... The fourth tourney, that represents the masters is NOT on a fictional course. It's on Wolf Creek. Which is very much a real course in Nevada.

http://www.golfwolfcreek.com/

[Bruinboy]

Brandon, I'm at the office so I couldn't confirm at home, but thanks for the post. I thought the fourth course was Wolf Creek, but was hesitant to post as could not confirm on the PS4. I loved the course. Fun challenge ... especially with no aiming arc!!!

I, too, hope they toughen up Tour Pro with some updates. My next change is to turn the putting grid off. Right now I'm taking the quick course route for the first three rounds and then playing all eighteen on the last round. I like it for the simple fact, that if I were playing all eighteen for all four rounds I would likely be in the top five just about every tournament in Career mode. Using quick rounds, I may or may not be in contention going into the final round. At least for me, it makes the final round more challenging, as well as the run at the Fed Ex Cup.

Happy playing however you choose to do so.

[PRO_TOO]

I was playing the game now for 3 hours. It is fun! I'm so glad I can golf again on console, don't liked tgc because it was soulless or without that EA feeling.

Sure the game is missing content. Badly. But the gameplay is quiet entertaining, imo. Playing without spin and boost on tour with zoom.

I'm really looking forward to the future update. As others said it, it's a solid foundation to build upon!!

Question: I can use the right stick to get higher or lower shots right?! And I can use that stick to draw and fade right?! So I don't have to use the swing stick diagonal?! If I want to draw shot I can do it with the left stick only or pulling left straight and using the right stick to draw. Is that correct?! I don't have the arc turned on. So I don't see it.

Another one: is it possible to have big hit moments without using tee power which is only available for standard setting?!