The Golf Club Closed Beta Impressions (Q&A Inside)

[jmaj315]

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Have they tweaked driving already? It seems that you have a natural draw in the first video and the wind kept it in the fairway until hole 4

Can you make a video of you re-creating your home course? that'd be awesome!

...And honestly I'd pay $60 for this.

[lhslancers]

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Few questions...

1. I noticed a lot of texture popping, especially with the trees. I assume this will be corrected before release?

2.This may have already been answered but will this game be a full $60 retail game or will it be more in line with a $15-30 downloadable game?

The gameplay itself looks great but the actual golfer animations themselves look pretty ugly

The sound of the ball falling into the hole is overdone much too loud. It doesn't really sound like that IRL.

[bluengold34_OS]

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The sound of the ball falling into the hole is overdone much too loud. It doesn't really sound like that IRL.

Agreed - it is overdone, but you don't even notice it after playing a bit.

[bluengold34_OS]

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Have they tweaked driving already? It seems that you have a natural draw in the first video and the wind kept it in the fairway until hole 4

Can you make a video of you re-creating your home course? that'd be awesome!

...And honestly I'd pay $60 for this.

I don't think they tweaked anything yet - I am starting to hit my drives in the rough a bit more as I increase my power, by it still needs to be harder. I can try and get a short video of me using the course creator uploaded tonight or tomorrow.

[DirtyJerz32]

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I'm more excited about this game than any other golf game. Looking forward to more impressions.

[bluengold34_OS]

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I'm more excited about this game than any other golf game. Looking forward to more impressions.

Once they get some issues ironed out, it will make for one hell of a golf game, and find some nice longevity here on OS with clubs and tours. It does take a way a bit the fact that you only get opponents balls on the course and not a digital representation - but still just an outstanding game of golf.

I talked a bit about this earlier - but once you get your hands on the course creator, and get the hang of it, it is just an awesome piece of software.

[ksteiding1]

Do we have the option to choose post putt celebrations/anger? I think it would get old quick watching an NHL 94 goal celebration after every birdie.

[bluengold34_OS]

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Do we have the option to choose post putt celebrations/anger? I think it would get old quick watching an NHL 94 goal celebration after every birdie.

It may be in there, but I haven't seen it yet. Keep in mind a lot of the options are still not accessible to us in this early stage of beta testing.

[lhslancers]

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Probably will not make it into the first year of production but it would be nice to see the players stances change depending upon the lie and the distance from the hole. On some of the longer shots from sidehill lies it appears as if the player was pasted onto the screen. Maybe choke up some on chip shots things like that. For an early build the game shows promise. I might have missed this but will there be a course vault where you can download created coursed like 2k and Sony have for their rosters?

[bluengold34_OS]

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Probably will not make it into the first year of production but it would be nice to see the players stances change depending upon the lie and the distance from the hole. On some of the longer shots from sidehill lies it appears as if the player was pasted onto the screen. Maybe choke up some on chip shots things like that. For an early build the game shows promise. I might have missed this but will there be a course vault where you can download created coursed like 2k and Sony have for their rosters?

HB does have a system in place where user generated/created courses can be uploaded and shared online.

[rolltide1017]

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I don't think they tweaked anything yet - I am starting to hit my drives in the rough a bit more as I increase my power, by it still needs to be harder.

What do you mean by "increase my power"? I didn't think they had skills to build up.

[bluengold34_OS]

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What do you mean by "increase my power"? I didn't think they had skills to build up.

There is no skill build up, correct. What I meant was as I pulled back on the stick and pushed forward harder. You can pull back and push forward to swing at a normal pace and hit at or close to 100% power. If you want to exceed 100% it needs to be aggressive and fluid - that's what I meant.

[speedtrucker]

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honestly, I thought I was excited when TW finally got the Official Masters at Augusta...

this has me really excited, it is raw in areas probably lacking in some areas like sponsorships etc but to have a robust course creator and removal of the crazy aspects of RPG skill trees(ie a blue mohawked guy in a spacesuit that can drive the ball 350 yards into a 15 mph wind...) is so refreshing.

that was my problem with TW, the courses while difficult at default levels on tournament mode were a breeze because hazards rarely came into play if ever. now you can design a course where a hazard that is intended to force a player into a big decision(go for it or lay up) now is always in play.

quick question though: in the editor how drastic of elevation changes can you make? ie can you make an elevation change of 100+ feet on say a par 3? (one of my old favorite courses had a par 3 that was about 80+ feet downhill, it was 220 from the mens tees but played like 200)

[bluengold34_OS]

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honestly, I thought I was excited when TW finally got the Official Masters at Augusta...

this has me really excited, it is raw in areas probably lacking in some areas like sponsorships etc but to have a robust course creator and removal of the crazy aspects of RPG skill trees(ie a blue mohawked guy in a spacesuit that can drive the ball 350 yards into a 15 mph wind...) is so refreshing.

that was my problem with TW, the courses while difficult at default levels on tournament mode were a breeze because hazards rarely came into play if ever. now you can design a course where a hazard that is intended to force a player into a big decision(go for it or lay up) now is always in play.

quick question though: in the editor how drastic of elevation changes can you make? ie can you make an elevation change of 100+ feet on say a par 3? (one of my old favorite courses had a par 3 that was about 80+ feet downhill, it was 220 from the mens tees but played like 200)

This will give you an Idea of how high you can go. I quickly created this tee box for you, and yes those are trees way down below.

NOTE - I could have gone much higher

[speedtrucker]

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This will give you an Idea of how high you can go. I quickly created this tee box for you, and yes those are trees way down below.

NOTE - I could have gone much higher

yep... IN...

thanks BG34, that pretty much seals the deal in my want for creativity with the course creator. that much freedom in height is funny but great to see.