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Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

04:52 PM - July 8, 2015 by Steve_OS

The Rory McIlroy PGA Tour download on EA Access is now available. You will have 10 hours of gameplay time before the game 'locks', forcing you to buy the full version.

Be sure to post your impressions of the game, and share your videos and screenshots!

For those of you not getting the game tonight, Chase Becotte is capturing footage for Operation Sports. Let him know in this thread if there's something in particular you want to see! You should start to see videos on the site tomorrow.

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# 141 sbauer318 @ 07/09/15 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by pencerm


	I've seen everything from "the game looks beautiful" to "the game looks average at best." I've seen everything from "the gameplay is so fluid and great" to "the gameplay is arcadey, has no touch, and is too easy." So at this point I'll just wait for July 14th and decide for myself. I'm not nearly as picky as most people on here. I've had lots of fun with every Tiger Woods game. Every last one of them. I don't imagine this will be any different so long as they add plenty of courses.

In terms of visuals I think it's because at times it is a bit of everything you've read. Sometimes it looks really good but other times it doesn't look as good.

What I do know is that the frame rate feels all over the place sometimes.

# 142 pk500 @ 07/09/15 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Beelzebot44


	From what I understand, the EA Access trials are the full game.

That is correct. It's a trial of the retail game, not an early demo. Only patching can enhance.

# 143 ricky24 @ 07/09/15 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by murph17


	Smartglass froze up on me (iOS) when I tried. I was able to remote purchase via xbox.com.

I can't find a way to just dl the trial. Is that possible?

# 144 brandon27 @ 07/09/15 10:40 AM

I got a full round of 18 in at Sawgrass this morning. I only played it on the arcade settings simply because I was rushing before work to get a quick round in and I didn't want to waste time playing with settings. That's tonight's mission.

As for Sawgrass. I thought it looked great. The visuals are spot on. When there's some motion and camera panning though, things tend to look a bit... grainy? Maybe that's the right word. It may be my TV also though. I'm not playing on the greatest. It's a 2 year old Samsung 5 series LED. However, it's a big improvement from last gen, and big improvement from TGC on the X1. Frame rate seems fine with me, I didn't notice any issues like I did last night while the game was still installing.

I enjoyed the round I played, even though I was rushing. It's got that same EA Golf feel, that's for sure. I missed I think only one fairway, I hooked a shot to the left and into a bunker. Chipping I was fairly close to the pin most of the time. Putting was a bit of a struggle for me to get used to. That might take a bit. In total, I shot a -12, bogey free round. Now, keep in mind, this was in straight up arcade mode, with only 3-5 mph wind setting because I was in a rush.

I'm happy with what I saw in the play now mode. Kind of sad to only see stroke play, or match play as an option. Hopefully all those original TW game modes like skins, stableford etc. all come back as content updates down the road.

Later tonight, I hope to get in another round using the tour difficulty settings, and mess around in the career mode. That's where I'll spend most of my time with the game.

One thing that concerns me, I didn't see anywhere in the menu for Stats. I really HATE that EA has gone away from personal user stat tracking in it's games. I assume inside of Career mode it will keep track of my golfers stats (can anyone confirm?), but I'd like to see a universal stat tracker, to track every single round my GT plays, offline, online, everything.

# 145 Chairman7w @ 07/09/15 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by cujomatty


	For the love............. my player just hit a 3 foot par putt and did the robot to celebrate. What...uhhh...I mean......ugh I don't get it. Never ever ever have I seen that watching golf on TV.

# 146 dlwhite83 @ 07/09/15 10:53 AM

New to this. How can you play different courses My only two options are play now and the Prolouge thing.

# 147 Danimal @ 07/09/15 10:54 AM

I just don't know if I can get past the putting. Doesn't matter what reasoning you put behind it, there is no feel to putting.

You pick a spot, pick a distance and pull the stick. I actually like the rest of the game but this is really puzzling why they went away from a feel mechanic to this.

# 148 Danimal @ 07/09/15 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by dlwhite83


	New to this. How can you play different courses My only two options are play now and the Prolouge thing.

That is all you have until the whole thing downloads.

# 149 mykull85 @ 07/09/15 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by oldman


	Is it legal to ask someone to compare their initial impressions of this with their impressions of The Golf Club? Not to start an argument, just an opinion. Thanks to people that checked on season mode calendar. This game sounds like nhl last year. What gives me hope though is that they might update and add stuff similar to ufc. Sent from my SCH-I545 using Tapatalk

I have to say I was hoping it would eclipse The Golf Club(TGC) and be better in all ways except the course creator. I would say that is not the case currently. Speaking purely on gameplay alone I would say the Golf Club feels a little better but that could just be my comfort with it. I think PGA Tour is better graphically and the presentation is sharper. They are both good games but right now TGC is more sim and PGA is more arcade(speaking from Tour Mode play).

My big knock on TGC is the game can be brutal when it comes to hitting 0-70% shots. PGA Tour feels like it just guts that whole system and tries something a little different which feels more shallow.

# 150 jbd345 @ 07/09/15 11:08 AM

This is what you get when a certain amount of people will complain when it's too hard. I was afraid of this.

# 151 DivotMaker @ 07/09/15 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Beelzebot44


	The game looks great, but honestly as an owner of TGC I was pretty much only hyped about the added immersion of creating myself (gameface on previous versions was amazing) and going through a career. But the player creator is so laughably bad it completely removes that. You get 11 faces, most of which don't even look like a real person, I think six hairstyles, and some different skin tones. That's it. Not even facial hair. At least 99% of people who try won't be able to make anyone that even passably looks like them. It's pathetic.

Agree 100%...

However, facial hair is there, you have to go through all of the options to find it.

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Originally Posted by Beelzebot44


	And the career mode is very underwhelming so far. No calendar, no events... basically it's just a series of rounds. I think I'm skipping this until/unless major updates are made. It doesn't offer much that TGC doesn't at this point outside looks.

No, I thought the same thing. When you first create your golfer and before going into the first event on the Web.com TOUR, go to Career History and change the Quick Rounds to Full 18 hole rounds. I wish I had known this from the start as I played less than a third of all rounds until I figured this out,. They should have pointed this out from the get go.....

There is no "calendar" per se and this I agree should not be missing either.

# 152 DivotMaker @ 07/09/15 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by brandon27


	I got a full round of 18 in at Sawgrass this morning. I only played it on the arcade settings simply because I was rushing before work to get a quick round in and I didn't want to waste time playing with settings. That's tonight's mission. As for Sawgrass. I thought it looked great. The visuals are spot on. When there's some motion and camera panning though, things tend to look a bit... grainy? Maybe that's the right word. It may be my TV also though. I'm not playing on the greatest. It's a 2 year old Samsung 5 series LED. However, it's a big improvement from last gen, and big improvement from TGC on the X1. Frame rate seems fine with me, I didn't notice any issues like I did last night while the game was still installing. I enjoyed the round I played, even though I was rushing. It's got that same EA Golf feel, that's for sure. I missed I think only one fairway, I hooked a shot to the left and into a bunker. Chipping I was fairly close to the pin most of the time. Putting was a bit of a struggle for me to get used to. That might take a bit. In total, I shot a -12, bogey free round. Now, keep in mind, this was in straight up arcade mode, with only 3-5 mph wind setting because I was in a rush. I'm happy with what I saw in the play now mode. Kind of sad to only see stroke play, or match play as an option. Hopefully all those original TW game modes like skins, stableford etc. all come back as content updates down the road. Later tonight, I hope to get in another round using the tour difficulty settings, and mess around in the career mode. That's where I'll spend most of my time with the game. One thing that concerns me, I didn't see anywhere in the menu for Stats. I really HATE that EA has gone away from personal user stat tracking in it's games. I assume inside of Career mode it will keep track of my golfers stats (can anyone confirm?), but I'd like to see a universal stat tracker, to track every single round my GT plays, offline, online, everything.

The "graininess" to me is the fact that the fairways and greens actually have grass textures that are 3D instead of being green carpets like in previous version. Look at the grass around your golfer in the lowest camera to the ground and you will see what I mean, I think.....

# 153 ExtremeGamer @ 07/09/15 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Millennium


	Love the courses. Played Paracel Storm on a whim

Ah hmmm, a "whim"?

# 154 charter04 @ 07/09/15 11:35 AM

I'm not a regular player of golf games. I played the demo of TW13 I think. I played this last night on Access and it seemed easy on tour difficulty.

I figured I would be terrible since I'm not at all and experienced player but, I was at even par after 18 on TPC sawgrass.

I used Rory. Not sure if that matters.

The game looks great. It was fun to play.

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# 155 Pappy Knuckles @ 07/09/15 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Pappy Knuckles


	Is only 8 official courses confirmed?

Can anyone speak on this?

# 156 Chairman7w @ 07/09/15 11:38 AM

Early impressions for me are that it's the same dang game they've been putting out for years. With few exceptions, it's the same mechanics, same flow, same angles, same power-swing slo-mo, same cut scenes, same camera, same courses, and somehow, somehow, they even managed to take a step back in some areas (golfer creation, putting, number of golfers, number of courses). Just baffling.

The graphics look nice, it plays faster, and the announcing is good (although glitchy, I've noticed a few times), I'll give it that.

I said this in another thread, I don't know much about programming, but to say this is written from scratch seems awfully thin to me. It's JUST like every other Tiger game.

# 157 ExtremeGamer @ 07/09/15 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Pappy Knuckles


	Can anyone speak on this?

With preorder there's 9, then 5 fantasy courses I believe.

# 158 stormjr @ 07/09/15 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Pappy Knuckles


	Can anyone speak on this?

Officially 12 courses on disc, 8 real courses, 4 fantasy.

Scottsdale if you preordered, Scottsdale free mid Sep if you didn't.

# 159 mike24forever @ 07/09/15 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by BagMan


	For those finding it too easy to hit the ball straight, mtry switching thumb sticks. I normally swing with right thumb and find it really easy, but switched to left thumb stick in settings and now I'm all over the place!

That's not the solution. Once you get use to the motion, the accuracy will come back.

# 160 aholbert32 @ 07/09/15 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by alangst


	A few thoughts while I'm downloading... I'm just curious if the overall freedom and constant updates and tuning for TheGolfClub have ruined this title for alot of people. People also need to remember that TGC wasn't a great product at launch either. This brings me to my second point... With the addition of another course being added in Sept for free (even if its already available for preorders), is there any chance EA keeps interest in this game and gives us more patches, gameplay updates, and even more courses. I've heard they did something similar to this with a UFC title. And back to TGC....have they implemented there $10 season mode download yet? I've actually been playing lots of real golf, so i've been off of the TGCtours for awhile. Thanks everyone for all the updates and critiques.

I think the chances are high that you will continue to get updates at least until Spring 2016. Same thing happened with UFC and the updates and patches turned that game into a good game.

Thats the benefit of games that take a 2 year cycle. They have time to update the old game for a few months before moving on to the next version.

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