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  • Yosemite Dan

    #136
    Re: Console: Tiger Woods Impressions Thread

    I find this reactive AI in season mode not to be challenging but cheezy and the last straw in what made me return the game . If I shoot the lights out in 1 round with a 61 and find the AI golfers shooting mid 50's to keep up with me and the same with bad rounds I find it very unsatisfying. Instead of doing stupid tricks like that to give the impression of a challenging AI make it harder so you can't be hitting low 60"s and high 50"s every round and keep the challenge on the course like real golf.

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    • CM1847
      Bacon
      • Jul 2002
      • 5372

      #137
      Re: Console: Tiger Woods Impressions Thread

      Originally posted by Yosemite Dan
      I find this reactive AI in season mode not to be challenging but cheezy and the last straw in what made me return the game . If I shoot the lights out in 1 round with a 61 and find the AI golfers shooting mid 50's to keep up with me and the same with bad rounds I find it very unsatisfying. Instead of doing stupid tricks like that to give the impression of a challenging AI make it harder so you can't be hitting low 60"s and high 50"s every round and keep the challenge on the course like real golf.
      Oh, it's cheezy, there isn't any doubt about that. But this is an arcade golf game and they aren't going to overhaul it to make the game actually difficult to play. You will always see some ronuds in the 50s in a TW game as long as EA is making it. The only reason I enjoy it is because it is better than the alternative which is seen in previous versions of the game which just has the human player blow away the rest of the field by 20 strokes. Given the choice between winning by 20 every tournament and finding myself in a close race at 50 under par, I would rather be in a close race, no matter how cheesy the scoring it.

      But you are right, a more realistic game would be a better alternative to the cheesy scoring, but TW has never been about realism, it's been about a fun game of golf. To me, having competition no matter how good I do is fun, you obviously see it differently though.

      This is the first year I have given any real time to the PGA Season and that is solely due to this scoring system. Previous years it was always multiplayer or Legend mode, but this year I haven't barely touched Rivals mode due to the PGA season and multiplayer. Usually I would have almost completed the match play events in Rivals/Legends mode.

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      • Easton
        Pro
        • Jul 2003
        • 539

        #138
        Re: Console: Tiger Woods Impressions Thread

        Originally posted by CM1847
        Oh, it's cheezy, there isn't any doubt about that. But this is an arcade golf game and they aren't going to overhaul it to make the game actually difficult to play. You will always see some ronuds in the 50s in a TW game as long as EA is making it. The only reason I enjoy it is because it is better than the alternative which is seen in previous versions of the game which just has the human player blow away the rest of the field by 20 strokes. Given the choice between winning by 20 every tournament and finding myself in a close race at 50 under par, I would rather be in a close race, no matter how cheesy the scoring it.

        But you are right, a more realistic game would be a better alternative to the cheesy scoring, but TW has never been about realism, it's been about a fun game of golf. To me, having competition no matter how good I do is fun, you obviously see it differently though.

        This is the first year I have given any real time to the PGA Season and that is solely due to this scoring system. Previous years it was always multiplayer or Legend mode, but this year I haven't barely touched Rivals mode due to the PGA season and multiplayer. Usually I would have almost completed the match play events in Rivals/Legends mode.
        You hit my feeling on the game and series in general right on the head CM. I've got some friends coming over this evening with beer and Jager shots, so I'm sure we'll be making up some kind of drinking game to play a skins game to!

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        • CM1847
          Bacon
          • Jul 2002
          • 5372

          #139
          Re: Console: Tiger Woods Impressions Thread

          Originally posted by Easton
          You hit my feeling on the game and series in general right on the head CM. I've got some friends coming over this evening with beer and Jager shots, so I'm sure we'll be making up some kind of drinking game to play a skins game to!
          Exactly, that's what this game has always been for. Somebody in my place always buys the game every year and we always play our own guys during the day in Rivals mode(or whatever it's called any given year) and build up our stats to play each other with at night. It's a great game to sit around for a while hanging out and drinking beer with.

          It is a pleasent surprise this year that they came up with a gimmick(and, yes, it is a gimmick) to make the PGA Season playable.

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          • Smokey
            Rookie
            • Dec 2004
            • 273

            #140
            Re: Console: Tiger Woods Impressions Thread

            im sorry but i dont feel like reading the whole thread, but has anyone gotten this game and had it not work. Ive bought two copies and they both work on the first day and after that they dont go past the loading screen. Anyone having this happen to them also? I have the PS2 version.
            Last edited by Smokey; 10-10-2005, 11:26 AM.

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            • ChiCubs
              Pro
              • Mar 2005
              • 541

              #141
              Re: Console: Tiger Woods Impressions Thread

              i was at Circuit City looking at getting either Forza Motorsport or Tiger Woods '06. i know, i know big gap in type of sport, but i have heard great things about Forza, and a few promising things about TW '06. well, i got TW '06.....and now i am pissed i passed on Forza. this game is is just not that great....it's too easy, it can be trying at times, but for the most part, it's just too one dimensional. $50.00 down the drain....i should have rented it first. i may give it a few more hours...we'll see...or i may just trade it in for Forza
              GO CUBS
              GO WILDCATS
              GO 'HAWKS
              GO BEARS

              Cardinals suck

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              • ChiCubs
                Pro
                • Mar 2005
                • 541

                #142
                Re: Console: Tiger Woods Impressions Thread

                i am waving goodbye to Tiger as i get ready for another round of unbelievable console golf on the Xbox with Links 2004.....it simply blows TW2006 out of the flippin water!! i can't believe how much better Links is....i used to play Links on the PC many moons ago, and loved it....now i can play it on the Xbox, and i couldn't be happier!!! buh-bye Tiger Woods2006....
                GO CUBS
                GO WILDCATS
                GO 'HAWKS
                GO BEARS

                Cardinals suck

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