Xbox 360 OS Bushwood CC (TW14)

[Flightwhite24]

Level 99, just one to go... I just wish unlocking new equipment would be done differently than just leveling up. Like achievements in career mode or certain scores/stats on different difficulty levels...

I just hit level 99 last night as well. It's weird that I struggle in our CC tourneys more than I do in my Career mode default sim. This years game yields true to life results on sim mode that's for sure.

I come home from work after thinking about the daily all day only to blow the f up from being to hyped. Same as in real life when playing. EA hit a home run with this game IMO


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[Barto]

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Level 99, just one to go... I just wish unlocking new equipment would be done differently than just leveling up. Like achievements in career mode or certain scores/stats on different difficulty levels...

There are certain clubs you can't use, such as the Calamity Jane Putter, until you win all 4 Majors, so there are some items that must be earned through achievements.

Overall, i know what you mean though and i agree.

[Hollywood88]

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Well you just cannot hit any high shots when you're trying to avoid the trees. Take a 5-iron or even a hybrid and put the ball back in your stance and try to hit a low punch type shot to get out of trouble.

Speaking of 3/4 swing I cannot figure out what exactly is this stroke in the game. I went to driving range and enabled the swing meter and toggled between shot types and only difference between full swing and 3/4 swing I noticed was that the aiming marker moved from 120 yards to 117 yards with my 60° wedge.

I totally forgot that you can change the shot type. How many times it would have helped me getting under branches and making the ball roll more. What button is that again?

[ctulb]

I totally forgot that you can change the shot type. How many times it would have helped me getting under branches and making the ball roll more. What button is that again?

Should be X, punch is towards the end of the cycle. Changing clubs seems to reset the shot type to be full, so be careful. Also you can pull the ball back in the stance using the non-swinging stick

[BD8802]

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Yesterday explains why this game is so much fun. I played a practice round before the daily at AAC. I played my best ever. I was so consistent tee to green. I even made a few putts. Shot under par for the first time ever.

Played the daily at Oak Hill. Played fantastic the first nine holes. Got one of the stupid drops on the first bad swing I made and took a Triple. While that frustrated me, I still managed to shoot +2 overall. Which is my best finish in a CC event yet.

Feeling really good about myself, I went to play the first round of the weekly. I don't know what was up, but it felt like a completely different game. I hit 4 fairways the entire round. I bet I only hit a handful of greens in regulation. I chipped pretty good, but putted terrible. I managed to shoot +7 with a birdie on 18.

I couldn't stop there, so I decided to play a practice round at Augusta. 1 bogey, 2 birdies, rest pars! 37-34 for a -1, 71.

This game is awesome (other than the drop rules and the trees). I can get over the trees, but the drop rules are just silly. Hazard lines need to be programmed better so the two club length standard drop is still not in the hazard or at some crazy place, and all the options for drops need to be allowed.

[fishepa]

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Man I was on fire in the Daily CC -4 through 8 holes. Then blew up a couple of holes ended up and +1. Got stuck behind some bushes and couldn't get out. Frustrating.

[DivotMaker]

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This game is awesome (other than the drop rules and the trees). I can get over the trees, but the drop rules are just silly. Hazard lines need to be programmed better so the two club length standard drop is still not in the hazard or at some crazy place, and all the options for drops need to be allowed.

Below are comments from Sean Wilson (TW14 Executive Producer) regarding the reasoning for the drop issue and OB issues with the current TW engine....

The designers on this game HATE that there have to be OB lines period. It's not a design decision. In fact, we tried to move many of them out this year. In some cases, you sound like you have found some that are bad and probably could have been moved out further. But in the majority of the cases, if we let you go in some of these places you would see really bad looking tree cards or boxes. We just don't have the memory in our existing engine to make the entire area look nice and low memory effects what kind of physics we can apply in those outlying areas as well.I went in this year personally to try and move Augusta OB lines out because they are famous for using the whole course. But once i started I was surprised at how bad the course looked from other holes. We exhaust all memory getting the playable hole in shape. Trust me, the day we get the added power, the first thing we will do is open up the entire course and completely remove OB lines.

As for the drop areas. Yeah, I also agree those could be better. They are improved over last year, but it all came down to what we could fix and what we had to let go because of the risk of breaking it so bad it would become unplayable. I hit a ball into a trench at Muirfield Village and I too was angry about where it placed me (side hill lie in the rough). That will be something we will have to address in the future as well.

They know they need to improve on this in future versions as you can see they get frustrated with it as well....

[Lieutenant Dan]

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No ladies allowed.

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Below are comments from Sean Wilson (TW14 Executive Producer) regarding the reasoning for the drop issue and OB issues with the current TW engine....



They know they need to improve on this in future versions as you can see they get frustrated with it as well....

Bet the devs are jazzed for 720/PS4, rubbing their hands together at the available memory they will provide, lol.

I mean, even if they work in the same resolution, I'm imagining the detail in the trees (which will hopefully feature more permeable leaves), the golfers should have a whole new look. Maybe even see multiple golfers w/caddies out on the course at the same time. Mmmmmmm.....

[Barto]

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Bet the devs are jazzed for 720/PS4, rubbing their hands together at the available memory they will provide, lol.

I mean, even if they work in the same resolution, I'm imagining the detail in the trees (which will hopefully feature more permeable leaves), the golfers should have a whole new look. Maybe even see multiple golfers w/caddies out on the course at the same time. Mmmmmmm.....

Yeah, it would be nice to look over across the next fairway and see a golfer standing in the fairway next to his caddy. That would be a pretty cool, yet meaningless feature.

I wonder what they will do with all the extra space? I mean, apart from fixing a few things in this game, what else can they really do to improve the game besides making it more graphically impressive?

[Gerg04]

Yeah, it would be nice to look over across the next fairway and see a golfer standing in the fairway next to his caddy. That would be a pretty cool, yet meaningless feature.

I don't know about meaningless...I think it'd be pretty engrossing to be in our CC and look across the next fairway and see you hitting your shot in real time, i think it'd be pretty cool. As if the entire course was alive, as opposed to being in your own world hole by hole. I think that would go along with OB boundaries as well.



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[Lieutenant Dan]

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I don't know about meaningless...I think it'd be pretty engrossing to be in our CC and look across the next fairway and see you hitting your shot in real time, i think it'd be pretty cool. As if the entire course was alive, as opposed to being in your own world hole by hole. I think that would go along with OB boundaries as well.



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Yes, that's what I'm talkin' bout

[Taku]

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Well one thing is certain, couple of glasses of wine and this game on Sim mode = bad idea. Just played the final round of Waste Management open in Scottsdale, started the final round T6. I shot 83 or whatever. I guess I go to bed and watch some golf from TV lol...

[Lieutenant Dan]

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Well one thing is certain, couple of glasses of wine and this game on Sim mode = bad idea. Just played the final round of Waste Management open in Scottsdale, started the final round T6. I shot 83 or whatever. I guess I go to bed and watch some golf from TV lol...

Too much wine + TW Golf = Wasted Management Open

[DivotMaker]

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Well one thing is certain, couple of glasses of wine and this game on Sim mode = bad idea. Just played the final round of Waste Management open in Scottsdale, started the final round T6. I shot 83 or whatever. I guess I go to bed and watch some golf from TV lol...

Spent too much time with the fans at #16?

[Kalub]

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Finally got a chance to participate in the daily, after a tough week of work. I was surprised by how well I managed to do, seeing as I haven't been playing a whole lot of Sim difficulty yet. Ended up shooting -8 without a Bogey and a few nice Par saves, including one after a 22 yard bunker blast that narrowly missed dropping in the hole. I feel like I got pretty lucky fairly often overall. I'm excited for future dailies, in which I will most likely shoot much higher!