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The Golf Club Early Access Available Now on Steam For $29.99 - Post Your Impressions

01:10 PM - April 17, 2014 by Kayotick

The PC version of The Golf Club is available now on steam for $29.99, during their early access promotion. On April 24th, the game will be $34.99. Still no word on official release dates for Xbox One or PS4.

There are plenty of impressions of the beta here, thanks to bluengold34_OS, but play a few rounds for yourself and post your impressions.

Read the full press release below.

Highly Realistic Golf Simulation Game - The Golf Club - Tees off Today on Steam Early Access

HB Studios Simulation, Complete with Course Creator and Social Features, Now Available on Steam Early Access for PC

Canadian video game developer, HB Studios, today announced its next generation golf simulation, The Golf Club, is now available on Steam Early Access for PC. The Golf Club features pre-designed courses as well as a Course Creator that allows players to build brand new courses and share them online within seconds. The Golf Club Early Access is available for $29.99, discounted from $34.99 for 7 days. Scheduled to launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One soon, The Golf Club will redefine the genre across both console and PC platforms. For more information, including a host of instructional videos, please visit the official website here.

�With a heritage deeply rooted in building some of the most fun, intuitive and critically successful sport franchises on the EA Sports label, HB Studios are now excited to roll out the first phase of The Golf Club,� said Jeremy Wellard, President of HB Studios. �With integrated social features, a massive online multiplayer mode and a Course Creator that will provide players with endless challenges, avid golfers and gamers can now access The Golf Club on Steam Early Access.�

The Golf Club is designed for 1 - 4 players locally, (from single player to 4-player sofa play), or in an asynchronous online multiplayer mode that allows players to compete against �live balls� and �ghost balls� from other players. Early Access of The Golf Club comes complete with three modes: stroke play, match play and 4-ball, and no loading times between holes.

The Course Creator allows players to build an unlimited number of golf courses which can then be shared and played with friends online. New courses can be generated in a matter of seconds by selecting a theme (Rural, Alpine or Autumn), terrain features, number of holes and difficulty. Players can then enjoy a full suite of editing tools from changing the time of day to placing hazards and objects to create the ultimate golf challenge. Players can also discover new courses built by friends and the community by filtering through rank and difficulty, as well as interact with new The Golf Club members through the Message Center.

Additional social features enable players to challenge friends and attempt to beat high scores and best their own highest recorded rounds. Add to this a myriad of statistic tracking tools, notifications, challenges and much more, and you have a golf club truly worth joining. The Golf Club was developed with the Unity games development platform.

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# 221 Phobia @ 04/27/14 05:15 PM

Finally grabbed my copy today! Going to sit down in a hour or so to try my first round.

Sent from da lil phone.

# 222 ubernoob @ 04/27/14 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by ODogg


	If I bought the PC version and created a golfer, got experience and etc w him, would he transfer to the ps4 version later or on the ps4 I'm starting from scratch??

There isn't a career mode or anything implemented in the game.

# 223 TheBleedingRed21 @ 04/27/14 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ODogg


	If I bought the PC version and created a golfer, got experience and etc w him, would he transfer to the ps4 version later or on the ps4 I'm starting from scratch??

There are not attributes. Everyone's same level of playing field.

# 224 ODogg @ 04/27/14 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ubernoob


	There isn't a career mode or anything implemented in the game.

Wow, so no upgrading your player at all? Can you get better equipment if attributes don't change?

# 225 Skyboxer @ 04/27/14 07:53 PM

No and yay for the game not having "attributes" or any other leveling up.
Just my opinion but I like the always level playing field and playing the course and putting on good swings the best. .. deciding the outcome.
Very refreshing

I would like real equipment options but that would mean more costs to develop the game. Maybe in future releases.

# 226 ubernoob @ 04/27/14 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ODogg


	Wow, so no upgrading your player at all? Can you get better equipment if attributes don't change?

Nope.

On PC now all you can do is hop in and play a course - or create one. No stats tracking or anything (outside of ghost balls being saved for others to play against) is implemented yet.

# 227 jmaj315 @ 04/27/14 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by scottmac


	Your iron distances shouldn't change based on if it is a tee shot or off the fairway. I hit mine the same distance in real golf. That said it is easier to make better contact off a tee shot as you can place the ball how you like.

Right, well... I think of my tee shot as a flyer lie. I hit my long irons like 5-10 yards further off of a tee than off of the ground, even when i hit them "perfect" from the fairway.

# 228 jmaj315 @ 04/27/14 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by 32


	I'm hoping it's no the latter of the two. June would be more Summer IMO.

Boss, but remember Sim City was spring release and came out on like june 19th or 20th lol. Just barely spring
Since it was supposed to be april, that sucked.

Im just glad they haven't said a date, as much as i want to know... i dont want them to have to push it back lol

# 229 Phobia @ 04/27/14 11:06 PM

Played 4 rounds tonight! Needless to say this game is great and will have tremendous replay value with user created courses.

I truly can't wait until we can get a little season going on with this!

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Sent from da lil phone.

# 230 Bamafan3723 @ 04/28/14 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by OnlookerDelay


	I might be able to give you a better gauge for how well this game would run with your PC. What video card does it have?

Nvidia PNY GeForce GTX 550TI

# 231 OnlookerDelay @ 04/28/14 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Bamafan3723


	Nvidia PNY GeForce GTX 550TI

Okay, I think I can definitely save you some coin. Your card, according to the performance comparison charts at gamedebate.com, is the equivalent of my Radeon HD 7750 1GB DDR5 RAM card. I have to run the game at 1600 x 900, in low detail. It's really not very flattering of the game and the frame rate is still right around 30 FPS, which on the PC makes the interface feel considerably more sluggish than it should. If I cut it back to 1280 x 720, low detail, I get closer to 40 FPS and the interface feels livelier, but the game looks like something out of the early 2000's, at that res and detail.

This early access stage of the PC version is not ready for prime time, IMO. I can slowly see it getting closer to it, although I doubt it will ever be graphically impressive AND playable on my PC. That's why I plan to play the XB1 version when it's released.

# 232 SinisterAlex @ 04/28/14 02:07 AM

Just finished my second course. Re did most of the greens, I made the breaks on the greens not as harsh as they were before. I think it makes the course play a bit easier than I wanted too but I don't want to artificially create high scores.

Give it a play and let me know what you think!

Course Name: Meadowlands CC
Par: 72
Length: 7310 yards

# 233 Cod @ 04/28/14 06:24 AM

Sinister, what's your Steam username? Finding courses by Friends is easier to use and I'm lazy

# 234 jmaj315 @ 04/28/14 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Cod


	Sinister, what's your Steam username? Finding courses by Friends is easier to use and I'm lazy

inb4 oALEXtheGREATo

# 235 Garrett67 @ 04/28/14 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Cod


	Sinister, what's your Steam username? Finding courses by Friends is easier to use and I'm lazy

I just typed Meadowlands into the search and it showed up.

I'm going to play it now.

# 236 Garrett67 @ 04/28/14 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by SinisterAlex


	Just finished my second course. Re did most of the greens, I made the breaks on the greens not as harsh as they were before. I think it makes the course play a bit easier than I wanted too but I don't want to artificially create high scores. Give it a play and let me know what you think! Course Name: Meadowlands CC Par: 72 Length: 7310 yards

I can already tell that the placement of sand traps is going to make me angry lol

You got me on the first hole already but I nearly aced hole #2, sadly my ball hit the incline and it got ugly from there.

I really like the fact that you took the time and placed objects on the course, such as the bag and gazebos.

The course is tough. I'm playing through somewhat quickly but even if I wasn't, I think my score would still be up there as I'm currently on the 8th hole and sitting at +5.

Your course is making me actually think about club selection, even on the fairway. I have found myself on a couple of holes so far splitting the distance in half and laying up as opposed to going for the green, or changing from a driver to a 3-wood in order to avoid a mid fairway bunker.

I tried to save a couple of videos via Nvidia's Shadowplay but I hit Fn+F10 instead of Alt+F10

Nice job !

Sorry, I'm adding to this post as I play. I will be adding this to my favorites. It will give me something to improve on.

Oh, and I think my final score was +15. Go me!

# 237 gbx34 @ 04/28/14 07:57 PM

why is the menu of this game keep moving like im holding the down arrow and it keep cycleing threw the menus i tried unplugging all of my usbs and it stll does this

# 238 TheBleedingRed21 @ 04/29/14 06:17 PM

Changed website program I use so I am re-doing the site totally. Way different layout, but I think in the end, it will be much nicer.

# 239 DirtyJerz32 @ 04/29/14 07:53 PM

So jealous of you guys and PC's. I want this bad! Almost as bad as I want The Show.

# 240 rolltide1017 @ 04/29/14 09:31 PM

Same here, The Show and this are my most anticipated PS4 games right now, well and The Last of Us remaster.

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