Everybody's Golf Arrives on August 29 For PlayStation 4 - Post Impressions

[scagwi]

Quote: Originally Posted by LowerWolf

The game is two-and-a-half years old. And they're still conducting international tournaments. There's one going on now.

There are still tournaments on Rory (or so I've heard) - what's your point?

Updates to the software are abandoned was more of what I was referencing.

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Clap Hanz hasn't released a patch for Everybody's Golf PS4 since March of 2019. It's good to see that they still support online tournament play, but I'm still surprised that it's not nearly as fully featured a game as Hot Shots Golf World Invitational or even Hot Shots Golf OOB on the PS3.

It might be at least three and a half more years before we see another golf product on the PS5 from Clap Hanz. They didn't release Everybody's Golf for the PS4 until 3 1/2 years after the PS4's release. However, it does look like they'll continue to support multiplayer online tournaments until the next product releases, based on what happened with HSG:OOB and HSG:WI.

I'm surprised at how luke warm the Everybody's Golf community is about the game at this point though. It seems like they offered a lot more in the way of patches and upgrades to HSG:OOB and WI, longer after their release. I'm still scratching my head over the decision to not offer advanced swing interfaces in Everbody's Golf. The non real-time, horizontal 3-click meter as an only option is such a stone age throwback, IMO!?

[LowerWolf]

Quote: Originally Posted by scagwi

There are still tournaments on Rory (or so I've heard) - what's your point? Updates to the software are abandoned was more of what I was referencing.

Not many games, especially sports games, get support 2.5 years after release.

[scagwi]

Quote: Originally Posted by LowerWolf

Not many games, especially sports games, get support 2.5 years after release.

HB abandoned TGC2019 only one year after release


(might actually have been even sooner than that now that I think about it)

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Quote: Originally Posted by scagwi

HB abandoned TGC2019 only one year after release (might actually have been even sooner than that now that I think about it)

I guess everyone is going to have their own definition of "abandonment". HB Studios' last patch for TGC 2019 was in December of 2018, which was roughly five months after release. So yes, if lack of ongoing patching equates to abandonment, then yep - TGC 2019 has been abandoned.

My definition for abandonment of TGC 2019 would be when they quit supporting it on their servers. This game would be little more than an interactive demo without server support for "non official courses"... where the vast majority of quality courses reside and multiplayer and Society event play resides.

It's not actively being patched anymore and most everyone who plays it knows that it needs it. I keep holding my nose as I play it in spite of the flaws, but it's still providing me with the most entertainment of the golf games I still play, because the Society structure allows me to play in events in which I feel I have something at stake.

[scagwi]

Just to sharpen this up a little...

If I'm not mistaken, the last update to EA Rory was in May of 2016, which was around 10 months after release.


So even Rory, from EA no less, who many here would ridicule into the ground, was supported longer post release (in terms of software updates to the core product), than TGC2019.


I don't really understand those who defend how HB handled the 2019 release and post launch support.

Saying "the servers still work" is really stretching.

As Onlooker hinted at above, the game is essentially "nothing" without the servers anyways, so that's a pretty low bar honestly.

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Quote: Originally Posted by scagwi

I don't know anyone can defend how HB handled the 2019 release and post launch support.

I certainly can't defend their post launch support. It was easily the weakest and shortest lived of the three titles.

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To hold up "the servers still work" as much of anything is really stretching.

It's stretching to call keeping the servers working - "updating", but in my mind, keeping the servers working and still maintaining official tournaments in Society play is enough to elevate TGC 2019's status to something slightly ahead of abandoned. Winning Putt fits my definition of "abandoned", for what that's worth

[scagwi]

Quote: Originally Posted by OnlookerDelay

I certainly can't defend their post launch support. It was easily the weakest and shortest lived of the three titles. It's stretching to call keeping the servers working - "updating", but in my mind, keeping the servers working and still maintaining official tournaments in Society play is enough to elevate TGC 2019's status to something slightly ahead of abandoned. Winning Putt fits my definition of "abandoned", for what that's worth

"Slightly" indeed