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

[dopeypoodle]

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Thanks Poodle.

1. I have not seen or heard of a way to move the ball around the tee box yet

2. There are divots in the game. At times they are more pronounced than others, but they are there.

3. I was told directly from the lead producer that they have no plans on putting a crowd in there. Bleeding is correct in saying that this game is meant to replicate 4 friends playing on the weekend - not the PGA Tour.

Thank you for that really looking forward to this game,i hope that they do not come across problems on the console side before release.Keep up the good work and waiting to see the videos of replay's and different camera angles.

[bluengold34_OS]

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Thank you for that really looking forward to this game,i hope that they do not come across problems on the console side before release.Keep up the good work and waiting to see the videos of replay's and different camera angles.

I know they are working and testing on the console versions right now - just all in house. They have people testing out a lot of stuff in the beta on the PC, and trying to see what does what, and replicate any bugs. Pretty thorough stuff so far -

[dopeypoodle]

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What seems to be happening which i do like is that when you are on the green, it appears that you can still see the opponents ball on the green when you are setting up the putt.

[TheBleedingRed21]

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Thank you for that reply also i was trying to say that the first hole at Augusta
that he did work on looked very impressive IMO

My bad I thought you meant you didn't want me answering. Just was trying to say I was trying to help!

[dopeypoodle]

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My bad I thought you meant you didn't want me answering. Just was trying to say I was trying to help!

No nothing like that at all thank you for your help, i meant to use bluengold34s quote with the reply but did not. By the way what time is it now in the USA ?

[OnlookerDelay]

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Here's a link to some video of the PS4 version of The Golf Club in action at the GDC yesterday. It surpasses my expectations for it by a good bit and honestly makes my PC's presentation of the game seem pretty anemic in comparison:

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[bluengold34_OS]

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Glad you were able to post that video Onlooker - good find. Also, the video set to upload last night was somehow corrupted - will have to try again tonight(sorry)

[southernSNIDELY]

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The PS4 version looks pretty good - even with it not being a direct feed. Maybe its just me, but it looked a little less sterile than the pc version.

Thanks for the video Onlooker!

No worries about the video BluenGold - I appreciate your efforts.

[globalbeats7]

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it does look good but:

1) hopefully there will be a setting where we can turn off the pre-shot trajectory.
2) what camera options will be available? I hope not just presentation and follow cam like TW. will there be a "true aim" or "behind the golfer" cam?
3) how will the physics aspect of the game interact with bunkers, trees, deep rough? will balls ricochet off trees sometimes and not just drop straight down? we will lose the sight of the ball when it gets plugged into some deep rough? etc...

we've been waiting for a very long time for a game like this, but with it being stripped of "real life" similarity, it needs to produce everywhere else where TW failed.

[jmaj315]

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Here's a link to some video of the PS4 version of The Golf Club in action at the GDC yesterday. It surpasses my expectations for it by a good bit and honestly makes my PC's presentation of the game seem pretty anemic in comparison:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/xmNhA1ZVH1U" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Dat Decel on the third shot

[ODogg]

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Omg why doesn't this game just COME OUT ALREADY??? I'm so tired of waiting for it. I want it NOW!!

[yesrushdt]

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Perfect Golf. Now, that's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time.

Seriously, Perfect Golf had my attention back in June of 2012, when it was unveiled but, now almost 2 years later, I have very little confidence that it will ever get released. I dare them to prove me wrong but, I've lost all hope for that game.

The game was just greenlit on Steam yesterday, so a release on PC is pretty much inevitable. I'm hoping it will be out before the end of the year. We shall see.

[TheBleedingRed21]

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The game was just greenlit on Steam yesterday, so a release on PC is pretty much inevitable. I'm hoping it will be out before the end of the year. We shall see.

I wouldn't get my hopes up... At all.

[OnlookerDelay]

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it does look good but:

1) hopefully there will be a setting where we can turn off the pre-shot trajectory.

Yes, there will be... it's already off in the beta 2.1 build I'm playing on the PC. It really makes the game feel more pristene.

2) what camera options will be available? I hope not just presentation and follow cam like TW. will there be a "true aim" or "behind the golfer" cam?

There will be other camera options available. The "camera" specialist on the dev. team told me that they have been monitoring all of the suggestions about cameras, and we will be getting some love in this area. I'm very anxious to see if don't come up with something we'd recognize as "True-Aim". I'm pretty sure we will based on the signals I'm picking up.

3) how will the physics aspect of the game interact with bunkers, trees, deep rough? will balls ricochet off trees sometimes and not just drop straight down? we will lose the sight of the ball when it gets plugged into some deep rough? etc...

I've seen very realistic reactions when the ball goes into the trees... very lifelike in this regard. Sometimes you can even hear the ball hitting limbs in addition to foliage. The bounces and ricochets are as unpredictable as the real thing!

[globalbeats7]

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Yes, there will be... it's already off in the beta 2.1 build I'm playing on the PC. It really makes the game feel more pristene.



There will be other camera options available. The "camera" specialist on the dev. team told me that they have been monitoring all of the suggestions about cameras, and we will be getting some love in this area. I'm very anxious to see if don't come up with something we'd recognize as "True-Aim". I'm pretty sure we will based on the signals I'm picking up.



I've seen very realistic reactions when the ball goes into the trees... very lifelike in this regard. Sometimes you can even hear the ball hitting limbs in addition to foliage. The bounces and ricochets are as unpredictable as the real thing!

SOLD.

This is the game that will finally get me to purchase the PS4.