Well I have both the pc and Xbox version, but have been playing more of the Xbox version of late and I've noticed a few things that are almost game killers for me.
First of all in the Tiger Challenges, there is obvious CPU cheating. I played one match against Steve Stricker in which he went double eagle, hole in one, eagle in three holes. That's 7 under for 3 holes. That just don't happen. So now because of stuff like this, I'm shooting 10-12 under and losing challenges, which is unbelievable. One challenge I birdied every hole on the front nine and was 2 down. It's a shame that that's how EA made the upper end of the game so difficult that you literally cannot miss a shot and win.
The other thing that really bothers me is the number of shots the CPU player will hit short of the green and the ball will bounce up on the green right beside the hole. Out of 100 CPU shots that I've seen land short of the green, only about 2 or 3 stopped, the rest jumped forward onto the green close to the hole. As someone who has played golf his entire life, I can honestly say that doesn't happen. If I hit a 9 iron to a green and it lands 10 yards short of the green, I'm going to be chipping. Not so in TW 2003. I've seen the pros hit high lofted 8,9, and wedges that land short and hop up on the green like they had eyes. This is just not going to happen with the natural backspin most pros put on the ball. I guess I wouldn't bitch about this if I recieved the same benefit, but I don't. Every shot that I've hit short of the green sticks right where it hits even if I am tapping the black button and applying forward spin.
Anyone that's spent anytime with this game knows that it's tough to guage how far you are going to hit it, so a lucky bounce every now and then wouldn't hurt. I'm tired of hitting the ball right at the pin with a good shot and making it stop within 10 feet of the hole only to have Mark O'Meara land the ball 10 feet short of the green with a nine iron and his ball gets inside mine. For those of you that don't play real golf this might not even phase you, but I've been around golf long enough to know that you just don't get these kinds of bounces, let alone every time. It's just a shame that the CPU cheats like this to beat you or stay close, but I guess without it, I would have unlocked everything the first day. Still, I'd rather see the developers make the game harder for me to score than to let the CPU blatently cheat like it does. Reminds me of the old days playing Madden when you were up by 4 with 45 seconds to go and the CPU has the ball. You know what's going to happen and there's nothing you can do about it. Anyway, just wanted to vent...the game is still fun to play, but the CPU cheating is really trying my patience.
First of all in the Tiger Challenges, there is obvious CPU cheating. I played one match against Steve Stricker in which he went double eagle, hole in one, eagle in three holes. That's 7 under for 3 holes. That just don't happen. So now because of stuff like this, I'm shooting 10-12 under and losing challenges, which is unbelievable. One challenge I birdied every hole on the front nine and was 2 down. It's a shame that that's how EA made the upper end of the game so difficult that you literally cannot miss a shot and win.
The other thing that really bothers me is the number of shots the CPU player will hit short of the green and the ball will bounce up on the green right beside the hole. Out of 100 CPU shots that I've seen land short of the green, only about 2 or 3 stopped, the rest jumped forward onto the green close to the hole. As someone who has played golf his entire life, I can honestly say that doesn't happen. If I hit a 9 iron to a green and it lands 10 yards short of the green, I'm going to be chipping. Not so in TW 2003. I've seen the pros hit high lofted 8,9, and wedges that land short and hop up on the green like they had eyes. This is just not going to happen with the natural backspin most pros put on the ball. I guess I wouldn't bitch about this if I recieved the same benefit, but I don't. Every shot that I've hit short of the green sticks right where it hits even if I am tapping the black button and applying forward spin.
Anyone that's spent anytime with this game knows that it's tough to guage how far you are going to hit it, so a lucky bounce every now and then wouldn't hurt. I'm tired of hitting the ball right at the pin with a good shot and making it stop within 10 feet of the hole only to have Mark O'Meara land the ball 10 feet short of the green with a nine iron and his ball gets inside mine. For those of you that don't play real golf this might not even phase you, but I've been around golf long enough to know that you just don't get these kinds of bounces, let alone every time. It's just a shame that the CPU cheats like this to beat you or stay close, but I guess without it, I would have unlocked everything the first day. Still, I'd rather see the developers make the game harder for me to score than to let the CPU blatently cheat like it does. Reminds me of the old days playing Madden when you were up by 4 with 45 seconds to go and the CPU has the ball. You know what's going to happen and there's nothing you can do about it. Anyway, just wanted to vent...the game is still fun to play, but the CPU cheating is really trying my patience.
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