Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Available Today - Post Your Impressions Here

[smitty67]

Yea, you guys are right. I've played more and am starting to really enjoy the game. I hadn't noticed the bunny rabbits running through the sand traps before. What a huge difference that has mad for me now that I have seen it.

Also, the "racing golf carts" update made me completely forget about the fact that there is no Pebble Beach, Torrey Pines, etc.

[cdawg44]

Man hitting a good fade shot is tough with analog swinging. If you are off line with the shot shaping you really get punished. If you want to play with the analog swing, force yourself to hit draws and fades and you'll see how tough it can be. Cranking the lie difficulty and wind with gusts have made a massive difference for me.

[LilLefty34]

Quote: Originally Posted by smitty67

Yea, you guys are right. I've played more and am starting to really enjoy the game. I hadn't noticed the bunny rabbits running through the sand traps before. What a huge difference that has mad for me now that I have seen it. Also, the "racing golf carts" update made me completely forget about the fact that there is no Pebble Beach, Torrey Pines, etc.

Racing golf carts update ??

[sroz39]

Quote: Originally Posted by LilLefty34

Racing golf carts update ??

Not serious....

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[smitty67]

Quote: Originally Posted by sroz39

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It's the little update that shows up in between rounds. I've seen


"racing golf carts"
"Filling (or re-stocking) concession stands"
"feeding wildlife"
and a couple of others.


I had a post deleted on the EA forums for saying that one of those silly things will say "cheating consumers out of $60". I guess the mods didn't like that one.


Like I've stated before, these little in-game cute sayings are a slap in the face to those of us who have been buying the PGA series for the last 10 + years only to be served up this half-***ed effort by EA.

[sroz39]

Quote: Originally Posted by smitty67

It's the little update that shows up in between rounds. I've seen "racing golf carts" "Filling (or re-stocking) concession stands" "feeding wildlife" and a couple of others. I had a post deleted on the EA forums for saying that one of those silly things will say "cheating consumers out of $60". I guess the mods didn't like that one. Like I've stated before, these little in-game cute sayings are a slap in the face to those of us who have been buying the PGA series for the last 10 + years only to be served up this half-***ed effort by EA.

Let me add on to my original statement then...life is just not that serious. To be upset at text during a loading screen takes a considerable amount of cynicism and forgetting these are video games after all. Nobody cheated anyone out of anything. If you didn't know what was or wasn't in this game prior to release, then you intentionally avoided seeing it because it was all over these and other websites.

Personally, I'm getting out of this game exactly what I thought I would. But please, do go on and continue to say the same thing over and over again. Why did you even bother getting this game if you hate EA so much?

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[smitty67]

sroz, I get it, I, if anyone doesn't take life that serious. It's just an internet forum to express our opinion.


My opinion of the gameplay is that they gameplay is good, it looks like it can be better than TW 14, I am trying 3-click for the first time in a few years. I will continue to play it on that and trying to get better and hoping for meaningful updates as I do.


I'm not doing a very good job of making my point, and that's ok, too.


I suppose I planted all the false expectations in my own head about what the newest installment of this series should be on a next-gen system. So, maybe I read all the information about this but kept that false expectation in my mind and refused to believe it, thus creating this frustration when I finally started playing.


I've never come on any of these forums and said "I'll never buy another EA game again" because that is never going to be true. Well, within reason, I'm getting up there in years, so at some point that statement would be true.


I just wish there was more substance to go with the solid gameplay and some of the silliness was gone.

[sroz39]

Quote: Originally Posted by smitty67

sroz, I get it, I, if anyone doesn't take life that serious. It's just an internet forum to express our opinion. My opinion of the gameplay is that they gameplay is good, it looks like it can be better than TW 14, I am trying 3-click for the first time in a few years. I will continue to play it on that and trying to get better and hoping for meaningful updates as I do. I'm not doing a very good job of making my point, and that's ok, too. I suppose I planted all the false expectations in my own head about what the newest installment of this series should be on a next-gen system. So, maybe I read all the information about this but kept that false expectation in my mind and refused to believe it, thus creating this frustration when I finally started playing. I've never come on any of these forums and said "I'll never buy another EA game again" because that is never going to be true. Well, within reason, I'm getting up there in years, so at some point that statement would be true. I just wish there was more substance to go with the solid gameplay and some of the silliness was gone.

I mentioned this in The Show forums way back when but I've had to re-think what next gen is shortly after the new systems launched. IMO, this is the smallest incremental change jumping console generations. Most of the changes involve lighting and AI, things not so easily noticed at first sight, like you could from previous console generation jumps.

So with that, my expectations of next gen golf have changed as well. I was HOPING for more if I'm going to be totally honest. But was I surprised when I saw how little there was to this game pre-release, compared to previous gen TW games? Not at all.

So I knew going in what I was getting. Are there things that drive me nuts or I wish I was different? For sure. The celebrations are stupid, the green speeds are WAY off, the customization is limited, and Tour mode swings even on Expert are too accurate. I get the frustration that you, Smitty, and others are experiencing at times. But at the end of the day, am I having fun playing this game? An absolute blast.

I've put my faith in this dev team and EA in general because, quite frankly, as I've gotten older, what I want out of video games has changed. When I first joined OS in 2006, I was all about making games as sim as possible, tweaking sliders for days, weeks, months. Where did that get me? Usually with unstarted Franchise modes and getting frustrated because a QB completed 80% of his passes in Madden or a guy shot 55% for the season from 3pt land in NBA 2K.

In my 30's now, my time is more limited and so are my expectations. At the end of the day, am I having fun? And I can tell you this, since this shift in thinking, I've never enjoyed games more and have not regretted a single sports game purchase in that time. It's what allows me to enjoy this game and TGC at the same time, even though I find TGC far from sim. It's what allows me to play all sorts of games and I feel it was time well wasted regardless. I wish I could go back and enjoy games like Madden 2005 and NFL 2K5 for what they were instead of constantly pitting them against each other and ending up enjoying neither. Doubly so since competition in the sports game genre is almost non-existent.

I love this game for what it is, and what it is, is a beautiful looking, good playing but limited in scope golf game. When I execute 3 great shots in a row to get a hard earned eagle using 3 click, or when I play H2H online and birdie a hole the other three guys struggle to par, the last thing I'm worried about is how many shirts my guy can wear or that he can't have a beard or that there's "only" 13 courses in the game, or that he's doing the moonwalk after I par. There's too much good to sour me on things I don't agree with or like.

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