Tiger Woods 13: Country Clubs Online Feature Details, Demo Date Announced

[RaychelSnr]

Got this in our inbox from EA today:

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13 introduces some new online features, most notably a key social feature called Online Country Clubs and a coins-based economy.

The coins-based economy will enable players to earn coins through regular gameplay. With coins, players will be able to purchase Pin Packs as well as individual rounds on PDLC courses. The player’s ultimate goal will be to unlock unlimited play on PDLC courses via either collecting all the pins for that course (players collect pins by purchasing “Pin Packs” with their earned coins), or by completing course mastery on that course by purchasing individual rounds with coins.

Country clubs will enable players to create or join an exclusive country club with friends and will also accelerate a players’ coins earnings. Friends will gather together in clubs, create tournaments and compete against club members for the coveted Club Championship. As players’ country clubs grow and level up, they’ll be awarded with increased coins payouts.

The virtual economy and country clubs simplified: Connect, Compete and Collect. The more you play, the more coins you earn, the more coins you earn the more pins you can collect, the more pins you have, the faster you’ll earn additional coins, which leads to unlocking unlimited play on PDLC courses. Participation in a Country Club will accelerate the rate at which all the above occur, so make sure to get into a Country Club starting March 6 at www.easports.com/countryclubs.

In addition, the Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13 demo will go live on March 6 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.



For more info on the online country clubs, click here.



So what do you think about the Tiger Woods Online modes? Are you going to check out the demo?

[OnlookerDelay]

One of the blogs deals with online coins, course mastery, and boost pins. I'm not sure how that fits into online country clubs, but it appears the accumulation of them all somehow ups the status points of your country club.

The club itself seems to have a lot of depth aside from the power-up fluff though. You can set up custom daily and weekly tournaments for your club, via web access to your clubs exclusive website.

Check this out from Christian Brandt's blog:

Custom Club Live Tournaments - Web Integration

We have also extended the Country Clubs experience onto the web. It’s a free to use site that will allow you to setup or join a Country Club before the game ships. Look for the website to launch around the demo date. Also for the first time ever, gamers will be able to create their very own Custom Club Live Tournaments to compete against teammates. You will be able to schedule Daily and Weekly tournaments with any settings you like. You will be provided with all the same tools we use to create live tournaments such as course, difficulty settings, and conditions.

I think this is going to open up a new world of online competitive options!

I'll be anxiously awaiting the demo with the hope that this new swing mechanic will transform the game into something that feels more alive, especially in Tournament difficulty!

[huntt26]

Hopefully we can try out the Kinect integration in the demo. If it is solid, I'll definitely get this game

[kickingguru]

Now this excites me..... In the Immortal words of Jake Blues... Were gettin the Band back together.....

[kickingguru]

One big complaint over the last few years is that you have to pay for the DLC each year.. This year, through play only, you can earn the DLC... likely will take time, but if your a die hard... This one alone is awesome...

The system is like the Freemium games on Ipad Apps.. You can purchase coins or earn them through play.. You use the coins to get the content.. I like it....

[jyoung]

It'd be cool if they'd bring the "club tournament" idea into Madden's online communities.

[lnin0]

The coins sound like a good idea for DLC. Even if you don't want to slog through all the course objectives to get it for free you can use your coins to get a few preview rounds in before spending money.

Boost pins on the other hand, sound like another dumb gimmick to add to a sports game that has a long history of stupid gimmicks. I hope there is a way to block them from tournaments.

[DivotMaker]

Quote: Originally Posted by lnin0

Boost pins on the other hand, sound like another dumb gimmick to add to a sports game that has a long history of stupid gimmicks. I hope there is a way to block them from tournaments.

If you read the EA Tiger forums, you would find out they can be disabled for online play, even in Online Country Clubs...