Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Available Today - Post Your Impressions Here

[knob1701]

I waited 2 days to post my impression as I was initially not happy with it. After playing many rounds and figuring out everything I am starting to have fun with the game. I have the difficult turned up and am shooting pretty normal scores around -2 to -5. I do not like the putting system at all after playing hundreds of rounds on TGC. Once we get more courses the career mode will be cool. The graphics are a mixed bag for me. At times they are great and at other times disappointing. I played Whistling Straits on this and then played the same user made course on TGC and it looked a lot better on TGC. Overall I would give this 7 out of 10 with a lot of potential if EA supports the game.

[shon]

I'm still on the fence. I played it first the day before and had a good time but replayed it last night and didn't like it at all. I guess it will take some time but it just makes me want to go play Links 2004.

Anyone else seen this issue with playing a tournament? Not sure how to get to those holes?

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Quote: Originally Posted by shon

Anyone else seen this issue with playing a tournament? Not sure how to get to those holes?

I would assume that indicates the golfers' tee times, not the actual hole they're on.

[pietasterp]

Quote: Originally Posted by rmaccari

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.

I have to agree with this in principle. I guess I understand why 3-click seems 'last gen' or 'old school', because it was basically the first control scheme ever invented for golf games (going back to "Leaderboard Golf") and is essentially unchanged for the last 3 decades. But is moving an analog thumbstick down-then-up really that much more 'realistic' or 'next-gen'?

I think it's accurate to say that a golf swing is primarily about timing and precision. To me, the best way to "test" or "represent" timing and precision is 3-click - initiating your backswing, stopping at a certain specific point of your backswing, and hitting an impact point ('releasing your hands' if you want to think of it that way). These are more or less perfectly represented by a 3-click swing in my opinion, and that's probably why that scheme has been unchanged for decades. They got it right the first time.

Thumbstick swings might seem more representative of a golf swing because you are 'sweeping' a stick through a back-and-forth motion, but thumbsticks are very imprecise (tons of 'dead zone' movement inherent in thumbsticks, as anyone that's tried to play a FPS on console will attest) and the timing/rhythm involved - at least in most modern games - is not at all representative of a real golf swing IMO. There's no sense of an impact point, and given the imprecision inherent in thumbsticks, there's no real way to "feel" the difference between a 50% swing and 75% swing (although that distinction is very clear IRL).

For me, other than mouse-based swings or the Wii-advanced swing (or whatever that add-on dongle was called), 3-click remains the most realistic/best way to play golf games.

Now get off my lawn!....

[PRO_TOO]

Sorry to bother you guys again. Been playing the whole day since it arrived. Can't stop.

With my created character, playing the web.com tour, I'm always slow like 3-9%. Is this because me character is still to weak (I choose precision when creating my profile)?

Between the rounds at the first tour, can I only withdraw or just leave the tournament? Is the progress saved when I enter a new mode after finishing the first day?

[fistofrage]

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.

Well for Pros, the course is the difficulty level. Look at the scores and the John Deere. -15 to -20 for the week by a bunch of relative no names.

I understand your point, golf is a hard game and the slightest miscue can cause an errant shot, really errant round ruining shot at any time.

I am on the fence about buying this game. But I see your point, everything should have to be perfect to go below par on the harder courses because the miss window is much smaller because of the course. It should be a combination of the course and shot mechanics.

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by MrArlingtonBeach

I would assume that indicates the golfers' tee times, not the actual hole they're on.

You're correct, that indicates their start time.

[smitty67]

I have played each day since Tuesday. I want to like it because I cranked out $60 for it. But, it is not a good game at all.


No depth, no courses, no fun


This was touted for two years as the greatest golf game ever. "Golf without Limits" Really? I'm limited to, what, 8 real tour courses? I'm limited to what my golfer can look like. Even the settings screen seems more limited than ever.


I've had this series since TW 04 on the PS2 and this is the worst of the games I have purchased, and it is disheartening to figure that the release was delayed for nothing more than a shell of a golf game.


EA did this last year with NHL 15. I gave it another try with this, so I'm not sure if I will give NHL 16 a shot or not. This one really let me down.