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Summary: BEST GOLF SIM EVER MADE
Review: If you want the definitive golf simulation for Windows XP, look no further than this title. This game will knock your socks off folks. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 is the best out there.
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Summary: Highly overrated
Review: Players are not different enough cause you only get Tiger.I dislike how putting is done. Too many arcade elements for a "sim" game. CPU AI is not worth playing against.
Rating:
Summary: Highly overrated
Review: Players are not different enough cause you only get Tiger. I dislike how putting is done. Too many arcade elements for a "sim" game. CPU AI is not worth playing against.
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Summary: Recommend a 128MB Vid Card
Review: This game is EXCELLENT, IF a person has a decent Video Card. I tried it before I upgraded my Video Card. Liked it but once I installed the upgraded Graphics card, and checked all the options in the settings. The GAME CAME ALIVE! The trees move; the grass flows with the wind; and the water ripples; shadows look great; reflections on water... Great test on the performance of a PC.
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Summary: great game
Review: This is really a great game. I wanted to wait till links 2004 came out for xbox so I thought I would try this for the PC. The graphics are amazing! The create your own player is really cool and the game play is great! I recomend this game to any PC Gamer, you wont be disapointed!
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Summary: Excellent with a few wierd quirks
Review: This PC game far exceeds anything ever done with Links of which I was a fan since the original Links 386. I do have a few complaints, and none of them have been enough to degrade my opinion of the game. Auto caddy sometimes hands me a wedge when I'm ready for a 10 foot putt. The announcers can get irritating when they say things at inappropriate times, like "looks like he'll be on the front of the green" when the ball is at the back or 3 feet away from the stick. I wish that some of the cliches could be turned off or if the game had more variety in the commentator statements, but the play value, tournaments, variety in your golfers appearance make up for the other small problems. Lastly, some of the matches you have to play, match you up with terrible players who look like geeks playing golf at places like Pebble Beach. Maybe their looks will improve as I progress further in my own status level. Over all, the game is worth having in your collection. Promises many more hours of unique fun.
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Summary: Good interface, if you pick the right one
Review: When picking whether to go with this title or its rival (I'll omit the name), one big factor was the courses being featured and the overall deisgn. I liked the idea that a person had to develop their character, and build him into a champion, rather than simply setting stats and running.
The one thing a person needs to look out for is in regards to which difficulty level is selected. On either the novice or expert settings, making a good swing with the mouse (pulling it back and pushing it through along the same line) is important, but novice only lets you hit the ball strait. There is little challenge, and little chance of the occasional whoopsie that accompanies a real round of golf. I played the game on novice close to the end, but it got completely boring when my golfer could hit the ball 330 yards in a strait line every time. The challenge of the game was gone, and so my interest.
On the other hand, if you start on expert and work with it, the game adds the element of not only your personal performance, but also shotmaking. With novice you have to really do something weird before you hit the ball bad, but on expert it takes a better touch with the mouse on top of the possibility that what you thought was a strait shot may have had a little sidespin on it that will take it off course... or strait at the hole.
Being able to hit draws and fades greatly increases the interest in the game, as you then have a huge number of options besides just picking the club you think you can hit the fairway with. The choice becomes "which club can I hit with just the right amount of draw spin to get it down the fairway in just the right place?" My advice is to play on expert from the start and just get used to everything.
Graphics wise, the game is OK, and apparently vastly improved with 2005. If your machine can't handle the new version, or you like the older courses better, going with 2004 should still be satisfying.
The only things I really wish the game included are more detailed equipment adjustments and selection (the ability to build custom clubs... why not?), and an expansion pack of courses. Naturally, there is probably a little matter of royalties for the courses in the game, but one or two extra wouldn't hurt, would they?
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