Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

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  • scott4171
    Banned
    • Feb 2008
    • 300

    #1

    Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

    Why can we get a real sim golf game. I mean WTF. Still no caddies in the game. I like to see more PGA players like Phil Mickelson, but that wont happen since he probably doesnt want to be in the game. The announcing sucks so bad, but in 09 there will be 2 different commantators, but it will probably be very limited. TW Series feels like an acrade game then a sim of real golf. They never change a thing except adding new courses. They have like 5 people in the crowd. They dont cheer, when they do cheer it sounds like they recorded it in a studio with 3 people. Why not go to a live event and record some audio. I will not be buying 09 unless these things are addressed. Presentation is just as important as game play.
  • Triggerfish
    Pro
    • Apr 2003
    • 878

    #2
    Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

    Actually the 08 version for 360 is pretty SIM when you play in just tour mode. granted the caddies are not there or Phil but that should not make it SIM. Give it a rent and stay with Tour mode....outside of the old putting system it's pretty good!

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    • scott4171
      Banned
      • Feb 2008
      • 300

      #3
      Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

      Originally posted by Triggerfish
      Actually the 08 version for 360 is pretty SIM when you play in just tour mode. granted the caddies are not there or Phil but that should not make it SIM. Give it a rent and stay with Tour mode....outside of the old putting system it's pretty good!

      Yeah but where is the presentation, the sounds in the game are bland. When on tour, I want the tournaments to sound like tounaments, not like their are 3 people in the crowd when they cheer. And when you make a good shot, you hear loud roars. It is arcady. Last years sucked, you couldnt even hit the bull straight no matter how you pulled back and forward the swing stick. Just make the presentation better is all, have replays of a great golf shot. I will be renting. Vejay Singh is coiming out with a golf game but that will probably suck. Also, you should be able to play Tiger Woods or other PGA players in tour mode. I dont want to make up my own player thats boring and get stupid money to buy clubs, can we say boring!!!!!

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      • baa7
        Banned
        • Jul 2004
        • 11691

        #4
        Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

        Originally posted by scott4171
        Why can we get a real sim golf game. I mean WTF.
        I'm still playing Tiger Woods 06 on the 360. Most fun I've had with a golf game in many years, going back to EA's Pro Tour '93.

        Is it sim like Links? No. Does it have some great things going for it? Yes.

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        • EWRMETS
          All Star
          • Jul 2002
          • 7491

          #5
          Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

          Everything you mentioned had to do with presentation and not gameplay so what makes the game not sim?

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          • scott4171
            Banned
            • Feb 2008
            • 300

            #6
            Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

            Originally posted by EWRMETS
            Everything you mentioned had to do with presentation and not gameplay so what makes the game not sim?
            No everything I wrote was not about presentation. The swing stick sucks, they have to tweak it. I want the game to feel real. Also what is REALLY ANNOYING is the stupid "Spin the ball in the air" WTF is that. In golf you can't spin the ball when its already in flight. Get rid of that. You should have to put spin on it before the ball is hit. How can you like the same product EA is putting out year after year, with new courses and and new things to purchase. Doesn't anyone agree with me here?

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            • scott4171
              Banned
              • Feb 2008
              • 300

              #7
              Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

              Originally posted by baa7
              I'm still playing Tiger Woods 06 on the 360. Most fun I've had with a golf game in many years, going back to EA's Pro Tour '93.

              Is it sim like Links? No. Does it have some great things going for it? Yes.
              I thought LINKS was a better game as well, I wish they still had that game in production. I just hate TW games, same old crap, year after year. Plus the putting is stupid. I make every putt

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              • Jordanfan23
                Sports Game Junkie!!!
                • Jul 2002
                • 1468

                #8
                Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

                Turn the power boost and spin control off, turn it on tour mode, and then post up about it. Or go buy Hot Shots Golf for the PS3.

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                • mexmarkjen
                  Rookie
                  • Jun 2003
                  • 155

                  #9
                  Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

                  Originally posted by scott4171
                  No everything I wrote was not about presentation. The swing stick sucks, they have to tweak it. I want the game to feel real. Also what is REALLY ANNOYING is the stupid "Spin the ball in the air" WTF is that. In golf you can't spin the ball when its already in flight. Get rid of that. You should have to put spin on it before the ball is hit. How can you like the same product EA is putting out year after year, with new courses and and new things to purchase. Doesn't anyone agree with me here?

                  While I don't agree with how you have tried to make your point, I do agree that the Tiger Woods series is way to arcadish in the DEFAULT MODE. My friend, if you want more of a sim, simply set the game to TOUR PRO MODE; I assure you it is much more simulation like and I assure you that you'll be challenged. There are no power boosts, there is no spin in air, there is no putting line for you to follow. Save your opinion of the game until you try this mode. I won't play Tiger in the default mode, but it's a very good game in the Tour Pro setting.

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                  • JRod
                    MVP
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 3266

                    #10
                    Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

                    Originally posted by mexmarkjen
                    While I don't agree with how you have tried to make your point, I do agree that the Tiger Woods series is way to arcadish in the DEFAULT MODE. My friend, if you want more of a sim, simply set the game to TOUR PRO MODE; I assure you it is much more simulation like and I assure you that you'll be challenged. There are no power boosts, there is no spin in air, there is no putting line for you to follow. Save your opinion of the game until you try this mode. I won't play Tiger in the default mode, but it's a very good game in the Tour Pro setting.
                    It was difficult but in a cheap way. Driving and iron play was okay. The only challenge was keeping the ball straight as distance controls was handled very simply, if you swing all the way back you got 100%.

                    The short game required patience and some luck because of how poor EA handled this. The putting animations are off. I mean they are over exaggerated, probably to show off how far back your player swings.

                    Chipping, bunker play and shots from 75 yards ranged from insanely easy to it's impossible to hit this fairly routine golf shot.

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                    • baa7
                      Banned
                      • Jul 2004
                      • 11691

                      #11
                      Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

                      Originally posted by scott4171
                      Plus the putting is stupid. I make every putt
                      Do what I do. Play on Tour difficulty; turn off all putting assists, including the grid; use the distance/elevation marker and run it back and forth over the green to read the contours. So much for making every putt.

                      I consider the putting in Tiger 06 to be the best I've ever seen in a game. Sometimes with these games, you have to make them sim if you want them to play sim.

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                      • fishstick

                        #12
                        Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

                        I don't care for the way Tiger's balls bounce.

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                        • DirrtySouth78
                          Pro
                          • Dec 2005
                          • 588

                          #13
                          Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

                          some things in this game do irritate me, but I will say TOUR mode helps out somewhat. Don't like the way the AI in tournaments plays to your level. I understand they wanna make it so your not always out of it, but the rubberband AI gets annoying. Would be nice if one bad round would put you out of contention unless you had a really good round after it.Also would like to see AI opponents with you in a tournament or atleast the option. PUt me in a 4-some. If you can't get a players likeness in game let me create him. you have gamefacewhich is very complex, let me edit the opponent list in memory and create him, or even a guy with his name just looking like another guy. Even create fake players with ability to edit/rename them. Would be much better than just playing every tournament alone and watching scoreboard after every hole to figure out if I am up,down,or tied since I cannot visually see my opponent.

                          Soome of the Tiger challenges were difficult because some of the Pros had immaculate short games. even if they made a bad shot, they would always recover next shot. Some of those Bingo Bango Bongo challenges no matter what you did CPU would do it just a lil better.


                          Hated when CPU did stupid things but it ended up being ok..Using a wood in the rough and hitting the green. I know there were other things I would think WTF just can't remember them at the moment.

                          All in all, its not a bad game, just has some issues but its a fun overall Gaming experience.

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                          • Gamecocks625
                            Rookie
                            • Aug 2007
                            • 115

                            #14
                            Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

                            Originally posted by Jordanfan23
                            Turn the power boost and spin control off, turn it on tour mode, and then post up about it. Or go buy Hot Shots Golf for the PS3.
                            Right on. Hot Shots Golf is the best golf game on the PS3. The Advanced shot method is much better than analog swing. The putting and ball physics are much better.

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                            • coffeeholic
                              MVP
                              • Oct 2004
                              • 1391

                              #15
                              Re: Tiger Woods Series is SO BAD NOT SIM BUT ARCADE

                              Originally posted by scott4171
                              I thought LINKS was a better game as well, I wish they still had that game in production. I just hate TW games, same old crap, year after year. Plus the putting is stupid. I make every putt
                              Links is still available for download for around 7 bucks (2003 version). Although I think you meant keeping the franchise going? just a heads up in case you don't have it anymore..
                              I downloaded it and it can still hold up to the test of time. Plus,the courses you can download is still insane.
                              ByurrulzIdon'tfollow

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