A few things about the Tiger Woods series that bug me...

[dave374]

A) Locked courses - 10 out of 16 locked? Geez. Like someone said in the impressions thread, they don't do that to Madden stadiums.

B) The inability to just jump in and play 72-hole tourneys in play now. Some of us have neither the time nor inclination to tackle a career. We just wanna jump in and play on any given day.

C) Starting off with a limited skill set. I wanna pretend I'm a PGA pro when I play Tiger. I don't wanna start off with a 225-yard drive.

D) Lack of in-game saves. Again, not all of us wanna spend five days a week, six hours a day playing Tiger. Sometimes life can interrupt you.

E) Removing that Tiger-proofing feature. Why? It was a great idea, making the existing courses tougher.

F) Three-click putting/driving. Why is it restricted to the easy levels? Why not make it available for all levels?


Honestly these factors are the reason I have yet to pick up Tiger Woods 09 on release day for the first time in years..

[ThreeKing]

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ALL excellent points. Exactly the same reasons I am not picking this up. I don't get it either.

[beardofspock]

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I don't think they are excellent points at all, other than the in game saves thing, it's all a bit nit picky for me.
I am going back to enjoy this phenomenal game, later!

[DivotMaker]

Re: A few things about the Tiger Woods series that bug me...

A) Locked courses - 10 out of 16 locked? Geez. Like someone said in the impressions thread, they don't do that to Madden stadiums.

B) The inability to just jump in and play 72-hole tourneys in play now. Some of us have neither the time nor inclination to tackle a career. We just wanna jump in and play on any given day.

C) Starting off with a limited skill set. I wanna pretend I'm a PGA pro when I play Tiger. I don't wanna start off with a 225-yard drive.

D) Lack of in-game saves. Again, not all of us wanna spend five days a week, six hours a day playing Tiger. Sometimes life can interrupt you.

E) Removing that Tiger-proofing feature. Why? It was a great idea, making the existing courses tougher.

F) Three-click putting/driving. Why is it restricted to the easy levels? Why not make it available for all levels?


Honestly these factors are the reason I have yet to pick up Tiger Woods 09 on release day for the first time in years..

A) I don't know the official reason, but I think it is encourage users to play with the new features the game has to offer. I have 12 hours into the game since Saturday and have all the courses unlocked.

B) Good question.

C) It was really a non-issue in 09 as I was up to 7 in skills within a few hours of play.

D) I would like to see this as well.

E) I personally hated Tiger Proofing. To each his own.

F) http://www.operationsports.com/forum...27-post99.html

Hope that helps...

[ComfortablyLomb]

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Wait, so is the 3-click swing not available in tour mode?

[Jordanfan23]

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Wait, so is the 3-click swing not available in tour mode?

Nope, and being an old PGA game vet, I really hated this at first, but I have warmed up to the swing stck in 09 b/c I think it is much more consistent and properly implicated than it was in 08. I am telling you, this is a slightly different, but much better game than TW08.

[dbrandon]

Re: A few things about the Tiger Woods series that bug me...

A) Locked courses - 10 out of 16 locked? Geez. Like someone said in the impressions thread, they don't do that to Madden stadiums.

B) The inability to just jump in and play 72-hole tourneys in play now. Some of us have neither the time nor inclination to tackle a career. We just wanna jump in and play on any given day.

C) Starting off with a limited skill set. I wanna pretend I'm a PGA pro when I play Tiger. I don't wanna start off with a 225-yard drive.

D) Lack of in-game saves. Again, not all of us wanna spend five days a week, six hours a day playing Tiger. Sometimes life can interrupt you.

E) Removing that Tiger-proofing feature. Why? It was a great idea, making the existing courses tougher.

F) Three-click putting/driving. Why is it restricted to the easy levels? Why not make it available for all levels?


Honestly these factors are the reason I have yet to pick up Tiger Woods 09 on release day for the first time in years..

The only one I agree with is in game saves. The others I could give a hoot about. The gameplay makes up for everything it's the best gameplay for a TW game to date. MOO (My Opinion Only)

[dbrandon]

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Wait, so is the 3-click swing not available in tour mode?

Nope it's far to easy using that. The tour mode is the sim mode. The stick is used cause it much harder depending on how you have your clubs tuned.

[SoxFan01605]

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I'm not usually a graphics whore, but I'm a bit disappointed with the player models in 09. They seemed to be a step backwards from 07 (didn't play 08). This is the one game my wife loves to play with me and all the female golfers have a manish/dragqueen quality to them (the dragqueen term is hers, not mine). It also seems that with the addition of photo gameface, the regular gameface has taken a step back, IMO. Also the proshop is still very weak and I want to see some more PGA tour golfers to make the tour mode more realistic. None of these are huge issues, and the game play seems improved (I really like the skill system this year, I think) which is the most important thing. Again, minor complaints, but they do dull the experience somewhat.

[Casper]

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D ... In Tour Mode can you atleast save after each round, or do you have to play all 72 holes?.

[DivotMaker]

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D ... In Tour Mode can you atleast save after each round, or do you have to play all 72 holes?.

Yes, you can save after each round.

[fishepa]

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Here's my post from the impressions thread.

One thing that has annoyed the hell out of me in the previous TW games and is STILL in this game is the shaft selections. Once you buy a shaft for your driver it replaces every single club. It makes absolutely no sense at all to purchase a Graffaloy ProLaunch shaft and it puts it in irons and in your putter. There should be different shafts for driver, woods, and irons. Seeing a driver shaft in my putter is ridiculous.

[Casper]

Re: A few things about the Tiger Woods series that bug me...

Yes, you can save after each round.

Thanks! thats cool no problem then. From the impressions (not so much in this thread) but in other threads I like what I'm reading ... so, looks like I'm gonna pick me up a new golf game tomorrow!!If tour mode does'nt work for me because of playing single, atleast I know I'll have a good time with my friends going head to head ... had and still having a good time with 08, can't see why I can't with 09.

[dave374]

Re: A few things about the Tiger Woods series that bug me...

I don't think they are excellent points at all, other than the in game saves thing, it's all a bit nit picky for me.
I am going back to enjoy this phenomenal game, later!

Like the thread title clearly states - these are things that bug ME.

I am not asking anyone to agree.

I'd love for an EA developer to cruise by and see I want 72-hole play now tourneys, no locked courses, etc, etc...

I am not asking for anyone to agree with me.

[DivotMaker]

Re: A few things about the Tiger Woods series that bug me...

Like the thread title clearly states - these are things that bug ME.

I am not asking anyone to agree.

I'd love for an EA developer to cruise by and see I want 72-hole play now tourneys, no locked courses, etc, etc...

I am not asking for anyone to agree with me.

The EA TW Developers do visit this site and read the feedback.

Is it so bad to have someone agree with you? I shudder to think what your response would have been had I disagreed (except for Tiger proofing) with you.....:wink: