Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

[PhantomPain]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

Are you able to change control schemes in the middle of a round? Like if I start out with the Move but don't feel like doing it anymore after so many holes, can I switch to the analog controls? Or vice versa, if I am playing with the analogs and want to try a shot or start playing altogether with the Move, can I switch to it in the middle of a round?

I would assume this can be answered by either Wii or ps3 owners that have the Move.

[goalie]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

Are you able to change control schemes in the middle of a round? Like if I start out with the Move but don't feel like doing it anymore after so many holes, can I switch to the analog controls? Or vice versa, if I am playing with the analogs and want to try a shot or start playing altogether with the Move, can I switch to it in the middle of a round?

I would assume this can be answered by either Wii or ps3 owners that have the Move.

i have no authority on this, but i highly doubt that you could switch control schemes within a round...

i am basing this on how rounds worked in the past. i guess you never know, but i feel like competitions (like online tourneys) are grouped based on control scheme and difficulty level - so i don't think you could change that mid-round...

[goalie]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

I figured it would be a little longer before they started to release more info, but I appreciate the effort.

I would think probably in mid February we would get a fact sheet and course list. Then maybe in the first week of March I think we will see a Demo.

As far as Career mode here are my thoughts. I would think that it would have to be longer than five years. If we are really starting off as a true amateur and
working our way up, I would think for the average player's(not you UBER Golfers and you know who you are ) it would take a year or two to even make the full pro tour. If I am reading the info right there are two levels before Q school so I would think that would take a bit of time, plus whatever "Tiger Challenges" are in the pipeline for player development.

While I would love a long offline career mode. I am so very excited to play Augusta that it is not a big issue. To finally play this course that I have no chance of ever playing in real life is just something I never thought would happen in a video game. I mean really we have all said this would never happen and it is only 2 1/2 months away. How can you not be excited about this.

Add in that we can finally add DLC into offline Career mode. It does not get much better for me. I know some people have there issues and those people always will find something to complain about or nitpick. But for me this is the game I have been waiting for. I don't care if they just repackage 11, which I know they are not with the new features, I am going to be a very happy video game golfer at the end of March.

well said, bullit...

[countryboy]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

any idea what the DLC courses are for the collector's edition?

[Hunkerdown]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

Any word on whether or not I can get a virtual Chicken Sandwich or Egg Salad Sandwich at Augusta?

Classic!! I actually was lucky enough to go to several masters when I lived in Georgia; 97 - 2002. I am craving a Master's egg salad right now. yum. Especially after all the walking you have to do there, and you would never realize unless you go to Master's just how much elevation their really is. One thing I noticed they could of improved on to get that Master's tourney feel, the crowds are not even close; their should be a Mass of people around holes, humanity everywhere. We always went first thing, and went and picked out a spot on 18th behind rightside green bunker and put our master's chairs in position, then walked course all day until later when final groups came through at 18. This is something you can do at Master's unlike anywhere else, you can pick a spot and basically reserve; and enjoy the whole course all day.

[DivotMaker]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

One thing I noticed they could of improved on to get that Master's tourney feel, the crowds are not even close; their should be a Mass of people around holes, humanity everywhere. We always went first thing, and went and picked out a spot on 18th behind rightside green bunker and put our master's chairs in position, then walked course all day until later when final groups came through at 18. This is something you can do at Master's unlike anywhere else, you can pick a spot and basically reserve; and enjoy the whole course all day.

Gallery sizes are a design decision tradeoff balancing the rendering of the course as accurately as possible with how many fans they can put in the galleries and maintain adequate framerates. If the 360/PS3 had more than 512 MB of video memory, they could do alot more with the galleries and the graphics in general.

[PhantomPain]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

i have no authority on this, but i highly doubt that you could switch control schemes within a round...

i am basing this on how rounds worked in the past. i guess you never know, but i feel like competitions (like online tourneys) are grouped based on control scheme and difficulty level - so i don't think you could change that mid-round...

Thanks for the reply, but I apologize for not being clear in my post. I meant this for the single player mode. Do you think its the same thing though?

[goalie]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

i do think its the same - i think you will have to choose it before the round, and keep the same setting throughout...

again, i am kinda trying to read the developer's minds to answer your question, but that's how i THINK it's gonna be, based on the way the game has worked in the past...

[goalie]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

Gallery sizes are a design decision tradeoff balancing the rendering of the course as accurately as possible with how many fans they can put in the galleries and maintain adequate framerates. If the 360/PS3 had more than 512 MB of video memory, they could do alot more with the galleries and the graphics in general.

personally, i'd rather have them spend the memory on course detail and accuracy, as opposed to spectators...

though i do think the poster makes a good point about spectators' contribution to the "tournament feel" of the game...

personally, i want the "golf feel" to be accurate, as opposed to the other...

[BLB34]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

personally, i'd rather have them spend the memory on course detail and accuracy, as opposed to spectators...

though i do think the poster makes a good point about spectators' contribution to the "tournament feel" of the game...

personally, i want the "golf feel" to be accurate, as opposed to the other...

With all the improvements they are making this year it's hard to nitpick on the galleries (or "patrons", if you will), but I agree that the sparse, cardboard cutouts leave something to be desired. I undersand the technical trade-offs involved, but other games such as NBA 2K11, MLB The Show, etc. seem to pull it off. Spectators, cutscenes, etc. do add a lot to the realism, IMO. This can wait until next year, given all the work that's been done for 12, but I'd really like to see more emphasis on this part of the game down the road.

[sroz39]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

With all the improvements they are making this year it's hard to nitpick on the galleries (or "patrons", if you will), but I agree that the sparse, cardboard cutouts leave something to be desired. I undersand the technical trade-offs involved, but other games such as NBA 2K11, MLB The Show, etc. seem to pull it off. Spectators, cutscenes, etc. do add a lot to the realism, IMO. This can wait until next year, given all the work that's been done for 12, but I'd really like to see more emphasis on this part of the game down the road.

I'm not a developer by any stretch but I would imagine rendering a course to the level of detail that is present in the TW series is far more taxing than any stadium or arena, allowing devs of those games to add all the spectators you see in those sports games.

[PhantomPain]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

I'm not a developer by any stretch but I would imagine rendering a course to the level of detail that is present in the TW series is far more taxing than any stadium or arena, allowing devs of those games to add all the spectators you see in those sports games.

Not to mention the grass and tree textures, swaying in the wind...among other things.

[BLB34]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

Not to mention the grass and tree textures, swaying in the wind...among other things.

Understood. If nothing else, I'd like to see more and bigger grandstands, similar to what you'd see at a real tournament. I just played TPC Scottsdale on Tiger 11 (broke it out to build some more XP) and the 16th is nothing like it is in real life. Cutscenes of the crowd milling around, etc. would be cool too. But again, this is somewhat of a nitpick given the technical limitations.

[oldman]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

I'm still on the fence about this purchase. I am exctied about Augusta, but I want more info about offline Career mode before I make up my mind definitively.

[MizzouBravesFan]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

Been playing a lot of Augusta on Tiger 08 on PC after the announcement...God I can't wait to play it with more detail in HD.