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Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Available Today - Post Your Impressions Here

09:31 AM - July 14, 2015 by Steve_OS

Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR is available today for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. We wanted to open a new discussion for those of you that didn't get a chance to try out the EA Access trial.

Get in a few rounds and post your impressions.

For those of you that have missed out on the recent news about the game, we've highlighted some of them below.

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# 201 06woz @ 07/15/15 10:47 PM

Is it just me, or is shot shaping exactly backwards. A punch places the marker low, previous games always had you place the marker where you want to strike the ball, doesn't seem to be the case in this game.

# 202 OnlookerDelay @ 07/15/15 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by 06woz


	Is it just me, or is shot shaping exactly backwards. A punch places the marker low, previous games always had you place the marker where you want to strike the ball, doesn't seem to be the case in this game.

It's not just you; the game has it backwards. I expect them to address it in a future patch.

# 203 PRO_TOO @ 07/16/15 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by kehlis


	That's your opinion and not necessarily fact. You don't need to presume to tell others how to enjoy the game.

Alright. Enjoy whatever playstyle you prefer.

Sure, there is no "right" way to do it as we have an option. Options always create different opinions or favorites. Like people using the digi pad to steer (instead of analog sticks) in a racing game or using the "not so analog" buttons to accelerate or brake (instead of shoulder buttons like R2 or L2)!
But there is always an more realistic way to do it. I prefer realistic and found it to be more fun.

Anyway, don't get me wrong. Feel free to use whatever you like. I'm not a dictator.

# 204 Stormyhog @ 07/16/15 12:27 AM

I've been enjoying the game I know it's limited in areas but I'm still having fun on the course I don't know if you guys know but like in previous Tiger games if you hold triangle/Y it speeds up the flight of the ball. I didn't see it listed in the controls so tried it to see if was still included.

# 205 CujoMatty @ 07/16/15 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Gerg04


	Played 5 rounds last night. Missed the cut at wetlands blowing up for +13 or some craziness. Fire up Chambers Bay for my 3rd tourney with my pro.... Already getting the hang and throwing darts. Playing: Advanced mechanic, Hard swing difficulty, power and spin off, Advanced lie effect. Left the putt read and green grid on which makes no difference as I'm TERRIBLE putting still. My point is, after round one I'm tied for the lead at -6. Bogey free round AND missed a handful of birdies. Saying all that I only made 1 par 5 in 2. Kinda worries me things are going to get real easy real quick.... Hope patches can add some difficulty

It does kinda get that way unfortunately and you keep leveling up and it gets easier and easier. I can shoot -10 fairly consistently on the real course with hardest difficulty.. But just wait till tourney 4. It's basically the "masters" and it's at a fictional course. I shot 10 over in the first round because of the ridiculous changes in elevations and higher wind speeds. It was horrible and in it I saw a horrible thing EA did. They made the course be the deciding factor in the difficulty level. That shouldn't have been the case. Make it easier to have shots stray left or right. Make the rough and hazards harder to hit from. Don't make a par 3 elevated 200 feet with a 14 mph crosswind to make the game harder. I'm all for harder courses but honestly. ..well you'll see its pretty ridiculous.

I like the game alot actually and am going to continue to enjoy it I hope but that to me was a poor design decision.

# 206 Gerg04 @ 07/16/15 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by cujomatty


	It does kinda get that way unfortunately and you keep leveling up and it gets easier and easier. I can shoot -10 fairly consistently on the real course with hardest difficulty.. But just wait till tourney 4. It's basically the "masters" and it's at a fictional course. I shot 10 over in the first round because of the ridiculous changes in elevations and higher wind speeds. It was horrible and in it I saw a horrible thing EA did. They made the course be the deciding factor in the difficulty level. That shouldn't have been the case. Make it easier to have shots stray left or right. Make the rough and hazards harder to hit from. Don't make a par 3 elevated 200 feet with a 14 mph crosswind to make the game harder. I'm all for harder courses but honestly. ..well you'll see its pretty ridiculous. I like the game alot actually and am going to continue to enjoy it I hope but that to me was a poor design decision.

Couldn't agree more man.

Same with putting. I could eventually and probably will turn off the green aids (at least the putt read) because at some point we'll get the feel for that too. I don't like the idea of having to make something stupid hard by getting rid of the green grid just to shoot higher scores.

Idk I guess that's not THAT bad cheesy wise...Guess I'd feel better if there was more feel with putting and chipping and actually gauging tempo. As opposed to constantly swinging the club in a millisecond and overs-winging constantly. Then you try to compensate and swing lighter and your 3 feet short... Ahh whatever now I'm just whining. Still enjoying the game.

# 207 Klocker @ 07/16/15 02:22 AM

I really wish they would update the tour mode or add custom option to allow your putter to always hit the full distance like real life and you control the distance with swing. at least an option EA. Make the pointer just for reference, not determine max putting distance per stroke. Can't be too hard to change.

# 208 OnlookerDelay @ 07/16/15 04:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Klocker


	I really wish they would update the tour mode or add custom option to allow your putter to always hit the full distance like real life and you control the distance with swing. at least an option EA. Make the pointer just for reference, not determine max putting distance per stroke. Can't be too hard to change.

As was the case with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10? Yes sir! I'd welcome that in a hearbeat... Tiger 10 has the best putting interface of any golf game I've ever played and the fully proportional interface was a big part of the reason it was.

# 209 rmaccari @ 07/16/15 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by PRO_TOO


	So 3 click is more realistic?! Cmon. Every gamer wants to feel the motion!! Just turn that freaking arc and other aids off. imgane nhl without sticks. Just a button press. That's so antic. Playing baseball on consoles I prefer stick movement when I want to hit the ball with my bat. Same goes for every game where you have something in your hands to bash at.

If you move the stick makes you feel like you have a real golf club or a baseball bat?
God, we're in a video game.
In my opinion, the important thing is that the general statistics resemble real.
In this game 3 click reflects more realistic results, please try it before judging.

# 210 brandon27 @ 07/16/15 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by cujomatty


	It does kinda get that way unfortunately and you keep leveling up and it gets easier and easier. I can shoot -10 fairly consistently on the real course with hardest difficulty.. But just wait till tourney 4. It's basically the "masters" and it's at a fictional course. I shot 10 over in the first round because of the ridiculous changes in elevations and higher wind speeds. It was horrible and in it I saw a horrible thing EA did. They made the course be the deciding factor in the difficulty level. That shouldn't have been the case. Make it easier to have shots stray left or right. Make the rough and hazards harder to hit from. Don't make a par 3 elevated 200 feet with a 14 mph crosswind to make the game harder. I'm all for harder courses but honestly. ..well you'll see its pretty ridiculous. I like the game alot actually and am going to continue to enjoy it I hope but that to me was a poor design decision.

I just wanted to clarify this for some who have maybe read this and been disappointed... The fourth tourney, that represents the masters is NOT on a fictional course. It's on Wolf Creek. Which is very much a real course in Nevada.

http://www.golfwolfcreek.com/

# 211 Bruinboy @ 07/16/15 09:40 AM

Brandon, I'm at the office so I couldn't confirm at home, but thanks for the post. I thought the fourth course was Wolf Creek, but was hesitant to post as could not confirm on the PS4. I loved the course. Fun challenge ... especially with no aiming arc!!!

I, too, hope they toughen up Tour Pro with some updates. My next change is to turn the putting grid off. Right now I'm taking the quick course route for the first three rounds and then playing all eighteen on the last round. I like it for the simple fact, that if I were playing all eighteen for all four rounds I would likely be in the top five just about every tournament in Career mode. Using quick rounds, I may or may not be in contention going into the final round. At least for me, it makes the final round more challenging, as well as the run at the Fed Ex Cup.

Happy playing however you choose to do so.

# 212 PRO_TOO @ 07/16/15 09:44 AM

I was playing the game now for 3 hours. It is fun! I'm so glad I can golf again on console, don't liked tgc because it was soulless or without that EA feeling.

Sure the game is missing content. Badly. But the gameplay is quiet entertaining, imo. Playing without spin and boost on tour with zoom.

I'm really looking forward to the future update. As others said it, it's a solid foundation to build upon!!

Question: I can use the right stick to get higher or lower shots right?! And I can use that stick to draw and fade right?! So I don't have to use the swing stick diagonal?! If I want to draw shot I can do it with the left stick only or pulling left straight and using the right stick to draw. Is that correct?! I don't have the arc turned on. So I don't see it.

Another one: is it possible to have big hit moments without using tee power which is only available for standard setting?!

# 213 knob1701 @ 07/16/15 11:54 AM

I waited 2 days to post my impression as I was initially not happy with it. After playing many rounds and figuring out everything I am starting to have fun with the game. I have the difficult turned up and am shooting pretty normal scores around -2 to -5. I do not like the putting system at all after playing hundreds of rounds on TGC. Once we get more courses the career mode will be cool. The graphics are a mixed bag for me. At times they are great and at other times disappointing. I played Whistling Straits on this and then played the same user made course on TGC and it looked a lot better on TGC. Overall I would give this 7 out of 10 with a lot of potential if EA supports the game.

# 214 shon @ 07/16/15 12:42 PM

I'm still on the fence. I played it first the day before and had a good time but replayed it last night and didn't like it at all. I guess it will take some time but it just makes me want to go play Links 2004.

Anyone else seen this issue with playing a tournament? Not sure how to get to those holes?

# 215 MrArlingtonBeach @ 07/16/15 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by shon


	Anyone else seen this issue with playing a tournament? Not sure how to get to those holes?

I would assume that indicates the golfers' tee times, not the actual hole they're on.

# 216 pietasterp @ 07/16/15 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by rmaccari


	If you move the stick makes you feel like you have a real golf club or a baseball bat? God, we're in a video game. In my opinion, the important thing is that the general statistics resemble real. In this game 3 click reflects more realistic results, please try it before judging.

I have to agree with this in principle. I guess I understand why 3-click seems 'last gen' or 'old school', because it was basically the first control scheme ever invented for golf games (going back to "Leaderboard Golf") and is essentially unchanged for the last 3 decades. But is moving an analog thumbstick down-then-up really that much more 'realistic' or 'next-gen'?

I think it's accurate to say that a golf swing is primarily about timing and precision. To me, the best way to "test" or "represent" timing and precision is 3-click - initiating your backswing, stopping at a certain specific point of your backswing, and hitting an impact point ('releasing your hands' if you want to think of it that way). These are more or less perfectly represented by a 3-click swing in my opinion, and that's probably why that scheme has been unchanged for decades. They got it right the first time.

Thumbstick swings might seem more representative of a golf swing because you are 'sweeping' a stick through a back-and-forth motion, but thumbsticks are very imprecise (tons of 'dead zone' movement inherent in thumbsticks, as anyone that's tried to play a FPS on console will attest) and the timing/rhythm involved - at least in most modern games - is not at all representative of a real golf swing IMO. There's no sense of an impact point, and given the imprecision inherent in thumbsticks, there's no real way to "feel" the difference between a 50% swing and 75% swing (although that distinction is very clear IRL).

For me, other than mouse-based swings or the Wii-advanced swing (or whatever that add-on dongle was called), 3-click remains the most realistic/best way to play golf games.

Now get off my lawn!....

# 217 PRO_TOO @ 07/16/15 12:49 PM

Sorry to bother you guys again. Been playing the whole day since it arrived. Can't stop.

With my created character, playing the web.com tour, I'm always slow like 3-9%. Is this because me character is still to weak (I choose precision when creating my profile)?

Between the rounds at the first tour, can I only withdraw or just leave the tournament? Is the progress saved when I enter a new mode after finishing the first day?

# 218 fistofrage @ 07/16/15 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by cujomatty


	It does kinda get that way unfortunately and you keep leveling up and it gets easier and easier. I can shoot -10 fairly consistently on the real course with hardest difficulty.. But just wait till tourney 4. It's basically the "masters" and it's at a fictional course. I shot 10 over in the first round because of the ridiculous changes in elevations and higher wind speeds. It was horrible and in it I saw a horrible thing EA did. They made the course be the deciding factor in the difficulty level. That shouldn't have been the case. Make it easier to have shots stray left or right. Make the rough and hazards harder to hit from. Don't make a par 3 elevated 200 feet with a 14 mph crosswind to make the game harder. I'm all for harder courses but honestly. ..well you'll see its pretty ridiculous. I like the game alot actually and am going to continue to enjoy it I hope but that to me was a poor design decision.

Well for Pros, the course is the difficulty level. Look at the scores and the John Deere. -15 to -20 for the week by a bunch of relative no names.

I understand your point, golf is a hard game and the slightest miscue can cause an errant shot, really errant round ruining shot at any time.

I am on the fence about buying this game. But I see your point, everything should have to be perfect to go below par on the harder courses because the miss window is much smaller because of the course. It should be a combination of the course and shot mechanics.

# 219 kehlis @ 07/16/15 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MrArlingtonBeach


	I would assume that indicates the golfers' tee times, not the actual hole they're on.

You're correct, that indicates their start time.

# 220 smitty67 @ 07/16/15 01:07 PM

I have played each day since Tuesday. I want to like it because I cranked out $60 for it. But, it is not a good game at all.

No depth, no courses, no fun

This was touted for two years as the greatest golf game ever. "Golf without Limits" Really? I'm limited to, what, 8 real tour courses? I'm limited to what my golfer can look like. Even the settings screen seems more limited than ever.

I've had this series since TW 04 on the PS2 and this is the worst of the games I have purchased, and it is disheartening to figure that the release was delayed for nothing more than a shell of a golf game.

EA did this last year with NHL 15. I gave it another try with this, so I'm not sure if I will give NHL 16 a shot or not. This one really let me down.

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