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

  07:54 PM - April 20, 2017 by Steve_OS

The next installment in the Hot Shots Golf franchise will be titled Everybody's Golf, coming to PlayStation 4 for $39.99 on August 29. Check out the announcement trailer here. The team will be conducting a Closed Online Test towards the end of May.

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Anybody can play golf with basically only three button clicks. Now you can experience golf with a variety of character customizations, fishing, and karting across the courses. You can develop your skills with the challenge mode and compete with other players globally through the online mode.

What type of golfer are you? A casual weekend golfer? A semi-pro? Maybe you’re one of those golfers who spends more time picking out your outfit than you spend practicing your swing? Or maybe you’re not a golfer at all, but you’ve been playing Hot Shots Golf for years!

No matter your play style, we’re pleased to invite golfers and gamers of all skill levels to play the next installment in the Hot Shots Golf franchise — Everybody’s Golf. And what better way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the franchise than to launch the next iteration of the series this summer.

Not only does Everybody’s Golf boast the same three-click shot mechanic our fans have come to love, but the series returns with new features such as more character customization, robust online modes,* and other fun activities including fishing, buggy racing and treasure hunting in the open world environment. How you enjoy the game is up to you.

Below is a list of bonus items below that you’ll receive when you pre-order the game at PlayStation Store

Instantly downloadable upon pre-order purchase:
  • Everybody’s Golf Original Avatar
Available on Day 1:
  • The 20th Anniversary Course
  • Rabbit Mascot Costume x1
  • Unique shirt x2
  • Premium Kart x1
  • PS Dynamic Theme x1

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# 521 LowerWolf @ 03/16/20 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by scagwi
I think they have perhaps pulled a PP/HB/EA and moved on...
The game is two-and-a-half years old. And they're still conducting international tournaments. There's one going on now.
 
# 522 scagwi @ 03/16/20 02:53 PM
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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.
 
# 523 OnlookerDelay @ 03/16/20 03:45 PM
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!?
 
# 524 LowerWolf @ 03/16/20 08:06 PM
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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.
 
# 525 scagwi @ 03/17/20 12:37 PM
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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)
 
# 526 OnlookerDelay @ 03/17/20 02:06 PM
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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.
 
# 527 scagwi @ 03/17/20 06:01 PM
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.
 
# 528 OnlookerDelay @ 03/17/20 06:12 PM
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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
 
# 529 scagwi @ 03/17/20 06:37 PM
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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
 
# 530 countryboy @ 03/21/21 10:53 AM
For whatever reason I popped this into the PS4 today and I had forgotten, I guess, just how fun this game is and how well it plays a round of golf. Yes its cartoony and silly, but it does a good job of simulating the sport while making it so damn fun to play a round.
 
# 531 Blzer @ 03/21/21 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by countryboy
For whatever reason I popped this into the PS4 today and I had forgotten, I guess, just how fun this game is and how well it plays a round of golf. Yes its cartoony and silly, but it does a good job of simulating the sport while making it so damn fun to play a round.
Oh, this game is absolutely amazing.

Honestly, I'll pop it in again soon, but I was a little dismayed at the fact that the coin collecting system (or whatever it was) isn't at all indicative of performance. Also, the club breaking thing got a little much for me.

Also also, the DLC courses didn't pop up enough in tournament rounds for me, which is too bad.

Definitely a great game, though! I sank many hours into this title.
 
# 532 jbd345 @ 03/22/21 09:25 AM
This game almost made me break down and buy a ps vr. I feel virtual reality is something golf video games are missing out on. I mean how cool would be to play a 360 degree view at pebble beach in your own home?
 
# 533 OnlookerDelay @ 03/22/21 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by countryboy
For whatever reason I popped this into the PS4 today and I had forgotten, I guess, just how fun this game is and how well it plays a round of golf. Yes its cartoony and silly, but it does a good job of simulating the sport while making it so damn fun to play a round.
It's a very well made game for what it is. I do find it lacking, in comparison to the two prior Hot Shot titles in the series... it doesn't feature the "Advanced Swing" options that Hot Shots Golf World Tour and Hot Shots Golf OOB. There was once "Advanced Swing" option that required you to watch the golfer animation, in real time, to time your button clicks to control power and accuracy. It made the swing feel more 'analog' to me, and made it more immersive because it was happening in real time.

I hate watching swing meters and I'm not a fan of 3-click interfaces when I'm playing a golf game. The fact that I could gauge my swing via the golfer animation in the two prior Hot Shots games was enough to make me set aside my dislike for 3-click swings and enjoy the plethora of things this game does right. I quit playing Everybody's Golf on the PS4 because I lost my tolerance for watching a meter in a non real time environment, even though once the shot is hit, it does a good job presenting it.
 
# 534 LowerWolf @ 03/22/21 01:22 PM
Probably my most played game on the PS4. Nearly four years later, and I still play it from time to time.
 
# 535 MJ200 @ 07/28/22 11:06 AM
just started playing this game again.
so much fun. best golf game ive ever played.
Wish they would make more courses
 
# 536 blackhawksfan4ever19 @ 09/25/22 04:54 PM
My ex roommate and I put countless HOURS into this game years ago. I remember the sun coming up some days and we're still playing.

Loved it so much bought it a few years ago.
 
# 537 Chairman7w @ 10/12/22 10:46 AM
Does that mean we can't play anymore at all???


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Originally Posted by VoltSwoosh
Servers are being killed in the fall.


Sent from my iPhone 13 Pro Max
 
# 538 LowerWolf @ 10/31/22 06:20 PM
I should have paid attention to this thread. I had no idea the servers went offline at the end of September. Now I'll forever have that message notification every time I boot the game up.

You can still play offline, but all the online modes are dead.

Maybe we'll get a sequel on the PS5.
 
# 539 Blzer @ 10/31/22 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by LowerWolf
I should have paid attention to this thread. I had no idea the servers went offline at the end of September. Now I'll forever have that message notification every time I boot the game up.

You can still play offline, but all the online modes are dead.

Maybe we'll get a sequel on the PS5.
That is pretty sad that they're dead. I honestly only stopped playing when I found out that coin collecting was not rewarded based on performance but simply based on "playing," but I've stopped playing games in general and everything has been on my backlog (due to work, life, concussions, disinterest, etc.) and new this was a game I wanted to go back to at some point.

Will our DLC still work?
 
# 540 LowerWolf @ 11/02/22 11:35 PM
Yeah, I’m still able to access the DLC.
 


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