Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10 Impressions (Wii)

[Seymour Scagnetti]

Just picked it up from my EB games (Gamestop in Toronto). Gotta finish some work up and as soon as the kids are in bed, I'll break it open. Will post my impressions here later tonite. I'm stoked.

[TIm]

Don't Tease us like that man!!!! LOL!!! J/K Hope you enjoy the game!!!

[budsticky]

Did you get the bundle with the Wii Motion Plus? This is what I'm really interested in.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

Ok I played a little bit because I couldn't resist and yes I did get the WMP with it. They give you an extended sleeve to use for your remote. Pretty easy to snap on and just starts working with no problem.

I did the tutorial for a bit but went straight to Play Now on Advanced (there are 3 swing difficulties, Advanced is hardest it disables manual fade\draws and putt preview) and precision putting.

I just hit stroke play and I got Banff Springs. The swing mechanics are fantastic. I'm about a 15 handicap so I have a half decent swing and I normally draw the balls and the majority of my swings were draws. I'm thoroughly inpressed. If you take an easy swing like in real golf you'll get good distance and if you try and hurry your swing it's going in the rough. Driving is the easiet (not really easy but easier than the other parts. It's the chip shots and putting that's difficult. Drawing and fading by turning your wrists as you swing and taking half swings works great. Immediatley after you take a shot it tells you in the corner of the screen whether it's straight or a draw or a fade and the % of power.

Putting is so intuitive and hard as hell and that's me using Tiger in practice round so it all depends on your swing. I haven't got into the club tuner yet. For some reason you can't turn off the putt meter (maybe just in tour mode?) in practice but it doesn't really matter because that hurts more than helps. You dont really notice it when you're putting as I'm looking down and then at the putter head when I hit and it feels damn good when you make a putt. There is a slight lag but I look down when I'm hitting my driver and irons just like a real golf swing so it's no problem and the lag didin't bother me putting either. The swing is incredibly accurate. I bogeyed almost every hole on the 9 I played but as soon as you get familiar with the course I shouyld start getting better but not too much better because it all depends on your swing. I don't think this is a game you will be shooting in the 50's on advanced mode. Thank god.

I didn't get a chance to go to career or challenges, I'll do that later tonite but so far this is incredibly fun and amazing to play when you have buddies over. I'll post more impressions later tonite if I get a chance but I might be up late playing this.

The only downside is the graphics are not so hot but it's so immersive you don't even think about it.

[Rules]

Thanks for the impressions. Graphics are not that important to me as long as the fun factor and longevity is in place.

[sportdan30]

Thanks for the initial impressions. Much appreciated!

[Skyboxer]

Are there any Wii online modes? Sorry haven't been keeping up....

[Jet Sufferer]

Don't go to sleep Seymour, we need more feedback!