PGA TOUR 2K25

2K21 and 2K23 were stolen from me after purchasing the premium editions. Cant enjoy relaxing steamdeck golf anymore on those games because HB Studios / 2K stole them. If you buy this they will take it from you in about 2 years.

PGA Tour 2K25 absolutely nails the actual golf gameplay. The swing mechanics feel satisfying, courses look great, and when you’re actually on the fairway competing, the game is genuinely fun. It’s the best the series has felt in years. Unfortunately, everything around the golf feels designed to waste your time or squeeze your wallet. VC progression is painfully slow unless you’re willing to spend real money, which turns basic character progression into a grindfest. On top of that, the menus are absurdly overbloated, sluggish, and packed with unnecessary clutter that makes navigating the game feel like a chore. Great golf buried under greedy progression systems and terrible UI design.

I try to name my character Tucker. "this name violates our profanity filter". Okay? I use Tuck, and that's fine. My first round I play against an NPC named Tucker. Cool. 10/10 game I guess.

Ooh boy where do I even start with this game. So to start with positivity, I should say that this game, for a golf game, is decently fun. I enjoyed the challenge it gave me, controls were simple enough for me to grasp and it wasn’t too hard or easy. All in all, this game would probably be a pretty great golf game. IF it wasn’t for how predatory this game is. As it stands, I have several issues with this game. The first issue, moreso minor, being that you have to make a 2K account just to play the game. It’s pretty ridiculous in my opinion although it doesn’t impede gameplay in any way, just kind of a pain to deal with. My second issue is a much bigger one in my opinion, the fact that you have to be online just to play MyCareer or other offline game modes. The fact that they make it so you have to have an internet connection to play what essentially should be an offline game mode is so stupid. Like why? Online play is NOT The way to go. My third and biggest issue with this game: it’s predatory nature and how it basically wants to rip you off for all your money. Let me explain. So of course in my player and mycareer, as you play the game, you can upgrade your golfer with stat points earned from leveling up. Basic stuff, nothing wrong with that. However, upon going to level up for the first time, I quickly realized what people meant in their reviews when they called this game predatory. To level up one of your golfers attribute points with one point, you have to spend the games in game currency. It’s so retarded that they make you spend in game currency to level up. And it’s not like you get a bunch of money quickly, no you don’t get that much from playing tournaments, the leveling up system comes to a halt veri quickly from just spending 3 attribute points with you running out and having to grind multiple tournaments, probably over 10, just to get enough money to spend 3 more attribution points. And of course they have the option to freaking buy the in-game currency if you don’t wanna grind. The game is not going to let you level up normally, no it wants to force you to spend every bit of hard earned cash you made on some stupid game currency just so you can level up your golfer. At the end of the day, I somewhat enjoyed this game until I saw how predatory it became with its leveling up system. The devs purposefully made the leveling up system a slow crawl so they could try and “prompt” you to buy their currency and rip you off. 4/10 game.

I have played all their golf games. 2k23 was so bad, I only play 21.. 25 is in an unacceptable mess, No one should even be considering buying 27 unless they finally got the idea and start from scratch on a whole new game. But now the servers are being taken down already for all but 25, why would anyone "ever" buy another game from then, when they are going to remove it after just 3 years and 4 months !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also hate being lied to by EA, everytime I fire up a new game, by saying incorrect login details. I despise liars.

This game is an abomination. Like every major pro sports game, this game is just the decaying corpse of what pro sports games used to be. From the UI to the VC to the new mechanics, I struggle to tolerate this game. To play my my player online, I have to grind the atrocious system to improve my player. The only good thing I can say about the game is that it doesn't actively make the world a worse place to live. I like to play with my friend who likes golf. This game is a big piece of ♥♥♥♥.

cant play a single player mode without internet, kicked from game twice

Love being able to golf at my speed and not have to worry about playing against others if I don't want to! I'm 60 yrs. old and still playing video games...I love it!