EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™

fun

Still slice like I'm on Hell's Kitchen and the announcers sound like Gordan Ramsey, but the game is fun.

I feel this is a really good golf game and it has the old school vibe of Tiger Woods. It feels and looks good, the swing is nice even if it is more on the easy side but very natural. The difficulty in this game lies in the RNG ball landing which did frustrate a bit but you upgrade golfer and clubs and this rng area get smaller. I hope EA don't give up on golf because they have something great here with small tweaks and I would happily buy both 2k series and EA. What EA desperately need is a course designer, without that it will always lose to 2k.

EA with another fail.

It's a fine golf game for mine that scratches the itch to play a round or two. Looks good, commentary is great and surprisingly context sensitive during a tournament/round. Career mode is varied. Obviously it's Masters focused but the variety is good none the less. Not sure it's worth the full price though, I grabbed it on heavy discount and have had more than my AU$10 worth. Half price and I still would be happy. I review from a single player perspective and have been levelling up my character quite regularly just knocking off the daily/weekly/course mastery quests, doing the free daily tournament and chipping away at the numerous challenges (a.k.a. the hidden tutorial). Up to level 42 out of a max of 60 without much stress. Many quests to chip (!) away at on the 30+ highly varied courses. Understand that you will start with a golfer with basic abilities and work up from there with skill and equipment progression. I found the process smooth and not overly grindy but some may not. Avoid the "cosmetic only" upgrades if you just want to improve your stats. The game is bad at "onboarding" new players, watch some YouTube beginner guides first. I'm an older gamer so go with the 3 button swing like the casual gamepad scrub that I am but when forced to use "proper" controls in a daily tournament they seem fine if you can take the time to master them. Downsides? Character customisation is ... basic. And, more importantly for me, no replay function. Why EA, why? The laggy UI when outside of the play itself is a technological wonder to behold. I don't want to mark it down because it's almost a comical feature. You get used to it, sort of. It's like communicating with a Fax machine. Tips - Max out the Flop, Finesse and Pick Shots (the latter is precision hitting from the bunkers), ignore the ruinously expensive power skills and just spread your skill points between the others, maybe ignoring putting past level 5 or so too. The Hack shot pretty much negates any rough lie. I've not played the 2K games but this will suit my golfing gaming needs for a while. Grab it on sale and you'll have a fine time.

good