I have played Tiger Woods 10 for a good week now and there are many aspects that make the game awesome, but it still lacks realism in scores, courses, and tournament feeling. Links 2003 is obviously more of a sim where the scores usually stay realistic and the courses appear more realistic because the courses are mainly in 2D, but the Tiger Woods franchise could take something away from Links and improve.
Tiger Woods 10 has the graphical power to make their courses look more realistic and more precise like on Links 2003. I have played several courses on both and honestly I am more impressed with Links 2003 a game that came out seven years ago. I love the 3D aspect of TW, but the precision of bunkers, trees, and the views of other holes on TW is sometimes awful.
Another thing Links 2003 does better than TW is control the scores of golfers. On TW it is rediculously easy to shoot below 60, hit 400 yard drives, and drain 80 foot putts. These things happen but only once in a great while not three or four times per round. At least for me Links 2003 has been a realistic sim. I have set up a PGA Tour schedule and my 72 hole totals have been very realistic. What else is awesome about this is your ability to customize your PGA schedule. You can go into every event pick the course, the exact condition, the purse, the trophy, and how big the field is. It's also awesome because you can find many of the real PGA courses online for download including Augusta National, making for a realistic Masters every year.
These are just a few things, but one thing I need to add that neither game has is a realistic tourny feel. Can we have a game where you play with someone else, a reacting crowd, smart announcers, and some emotion. Every other sports game seems so close to capturing emotion in their games yet golf seems to be thrown to the backburner.
Tiger Woods 10 has the graphical power to make their courses look more realistic and more precise like on Links 2003. I have played several courses on both and honestly I am more impressed with Links 2003 a game that came out seven years ago. I love the 3D aspect of TW, but the precision of bunkers, trees, and the views of other holes on TW is sometimes awful.
Another thing Links 2003 does better than TW is control the scores of golfers. On TW it is rediculously easy to shoot below 60, hit 400 yard drives, and drain 80 foot putts. These things happen but only once in a great while not three or four times per round. At least for me Links 2003 has been a realistic sim. I have set up a PGA Tour schedule and my 72 hole totals have been very realistic. What else is awesome about this is your ability to customize your PGA schedule. You can go into every event pick the course, the exact condition, the purse, the trophy, and how big the field is. It's also awesome because you can find many of the real PGA courses online for download including Augusta National, making for a realistic Masters every year.
These are just a few things, but one thing I need to add that neither game has is a realistic tourny feel. Can we have a game where you play with someone else, a reacting crowd, smart announcers, and some emotion. Every other sports game seems so close to capturing emotion in their games yet golf seems to be thrown to the backburner.
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