Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

[Woody19]

Re: Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

Can't wait to get home tonight and start downloading.
Anyway, maybe someone can help me with two questions I have:

1) Can I use EA's game face option to personalize my pro?
2) Are Country Clubs still included? Or any other way to form teams with friends and play online?

Thanks!

[OnlookerDelay]

Re: Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

1) Can I use EA's game face option to personalize my pro?

No

2) Are Country Clubs still included? Or any other way to form teams with friends and play online?

No Country Clubs and I haven't seen a way to play a team game, unless it's in the unranked online play option, which I haven't explored yet. I played one ranked round online last night and got caught up in an arcade mode game because I didn't pay attention to what I was getting into. It was only 9 holes and I stuck it out, but it was pretty hard to figure out what was going on with the other three members of the group.

[OnlookerDelay]

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I got into career mode after creating a golfer (the create a golfer options are very limited, BTW and I couldn't come up with anything remotely close to resembling myself). I played a few abbreviated web.com events in Tour Pro difficulty. There's a lack of feel in the swing interface that I can't quite put my finger on. There just doesn't seem to be any inertial forces at work with it. It might be due to the fact that there's a HUD device that tells you when to stop your backswing to attain your targeted carry with the shot. I never felt like I was swinging a club, it was more like modulating a spigot to fill up a glass of water (the backswing meter fills from the center to its outer dimensions as you pull the stick back further).

On the plus side, there does seem to be some reasonable effects from tempo. The swing feedback will tell you how many percent over or under the "Perfect" tempo (which it will report as perfect if you nailed it) and it's easy to make some sensibly scaled errors with this, which I like. Most of my misses in two hours of play have been because I was over or under the desired tempo.

I've seen a number of complaints about the lack of feel in the putting and I can see where it's coming from. I'm dissatisfied with the way the putting is implemented in this game so far. It's a matter of "dial in your desired distance you want to hit the putt, pull the stick back until the swing feedback meter fills to it's outer dimension, and follow through with a reasonable tempo. If the fill color changes from green to red/burnt orange, you've overswung and you need to stop the swing and re-load. I need to look for a way to turn this swing feedback meter off because I'm sure the putting would be a lot harder without it. The putts seem to underbreak in this game, and because my senses are attuned to the degree of break we have in TGC, most of my misses in RMPGAT are because I'm overplaying the break.

I don't know if 10 hours is enough to allow this game to unfold into what it could eventually become as my attributes build, but at this point I'm not all that optimistic about the game. At least I have the sense that it's a work in progress and could eventually evolve into something greater. I'm curious now to see how the PS4 version compares to the XB1 version, especially in terms of resolution... I just can't get the graininess of the XB1 version's graphics out of my mind, even though the game has an overall "organic" look... it's really strange!?

[terrycurran62]

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I agree that tw14 was a sublime experience on the 360(PS3 version was inferior) and only stopped playing when I traded my 360 in for a ps4.
Has anyone played St Andrews yet? I wondered how this sublime course looks and plays. What kind of distance are you all getting off the tee?
I remember when all golf games were 3 click and the consternation around the the first mouse swing game which I honk was Gary Player Golf.
I have been playing games for many years on PC and console. My retro fave has always been Brittish Championship Golf for the PC. It only had two courses, both licensed. These were ST Andrews and Royal Troon. This is was a brilliant game with a full field of proper players and it was so hard. My dad and I played it for years and only managed to win the tournament once at St Andrews.
I do hope this new game is good. That online players don't cheat and shoot silly scores. I hope for extra courses. I don't rate the golf club. I really like sports games, esp FIFA, golf and tennis.
It's early days yet for this game. ea are good at polishing things up. Let's hope it's a crackers

[MHammer113]

I have yet to play the game but I have read through this entire thread and obviously I am disappointed and now second guessing the idea of purchasing this game. What I would love to see from EA is the commitment to making several updates that will improve gameplay, options, and settings. No one is going to care about the lack of golf courses if the game is not very good. I hate to bring this up, but The Golf Club has made several great leaps with their updates so there is hope, but I am really hoping EA has some announcements coming up.

[Millennium]

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Wow, came into this thread expecting so see what I saw, and only reading negative. Just not getting it.

I'm in love. The game looks gorgeous (there are areas where the graphics re-draw in, but I'm not noticing framerate drops at all).

I set up to Tour swing with all the aids turned off (still used Shot Shaping because that actually makes the game harder by changing the plane of your swing in order to use draw/fade). Felt like there was strategy on the holes.

My theory on why people are not missing left/right (and I'm only on Normal swing difficulty right now): No one cares about the distance of their clubs. I was having a hell of a time getting a Perfect on the foreswing, but as soon as I started trying harder the ball ended up sailing left and right on me.

On the Tour swing type, I had no issues with the putt interface. The different cameras are going to make turning the grid off a reality, so very excited to get to that point.

Love the courses. Played Paracel Storm on a whim and while it is definitely a fantasy course (and a Par 3), it was a fun round of golf. Played both of the 'realistic' fantasy course and was very impressed. Again - some foliage redraw at times, but not enough to hinder my impression.

Atmosphere was also awesome. Crowds sound good (which takes away the dead feeling of some golf games) and commentary, while I'm sure will get repetitive like most sports games, was helpful and even funny at times.

Played an online match with ChaseB - Wasn't a fan of the lack of commentary or the crowd noise being gone. You can see the other golfer if they are far enough away from you, or you just see their ball. You have a timer (somewhere around 2:30) to play each hole. Would definitely had been better with party chat going.

I was streaming for ~50 people last night and most were impressed by what they saw for the most part. My few hours with it confirmed my want to preorder without a doubt.

[CujoMatty]

Ugh I dunno. After a few rounds I'm definitely disappointed. The create a golfer options are so bad it's almost disturbing. Huge lack of customizable items. I could only see generic or Nike shoes for example. Putting is really lame. Shots like others say are way too easy to hit straight. Pro camera is pointless because it's impossible to see your ball. Graphics are good but there is plenty of draw in issues on cut scenes where bushes just appear out of no where. Golfer reactions to shots are too exaggerated. Commentary is good though and I do like how you can set the outfits you were for each day in tour mode. I dunno I think I might pass which is sad because I was sure I was picking this up.

[CujoMatty]

For the love............. my player just hit a 3 foot par putt and did the robot to celebrate. What...uhhh...I mean......ugh I don't get it. Never ever ever have I seen that watching golf on TV.

[fsufan4423]

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Played an online match with ChaseB - You can see the other golfer if they are far enough away from you, or you just see their ball.

I wish this was like real golf where you can see all golfers on the tee, and you had to play your turn. This feature was Hot Shots golf on the PS Vita for goodness sake.

At least have an option for it. Correct me if I misunderstood you on this.

[DivotMaker]

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Played 3 rounds. sawgrass .. Looked great.. Commentary has defiantly improved! .. One thing that bothered me. I was at 17 and over hit the ball and the commentators said "he over hit it" . Well I saved the sot with back spin and put it within 3 feet if the hole. The crowd was dead silent.....um.. Hello? .. Played a battlefield course next.. All holes are par 3's.. Nothing crazy happened and it was meh to me... Then played the Grand Canyon.. This one was much harder.. Several times when I over hit the ball the game kinda glitched out and would just focus on the player and not the ball..... At this point the game does not feel done at all. Hoping for a big day one patch, otherwise this is a 6.5 out of 10 at best... Kinda bummed, this thing needs more time in the oven for some plish for sure!

Scary that 2+ years was not enough.....

[Millennium]

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I wish this was like real golf where you can see all golfers on the tee, and you had to play your turn. This feature was Hot Shots golf on the PS Vita for goodness sake.

At least have an option for it. Correct me if I misunderstood you on this.

I didn't see an option, but this is the way golf games are going in order to shorten the games.

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[BagMan]

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For those finding it too easy to hit the ball straight, try switching thumb sticks.

I normally swing with right thumb and find it really easy, but switched to left thumb stick in settings and now I'm all over the place!

[pencerm]

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Jealous of you guys with Early Access. I have two questions..

1) Do you think there's a guy out there somewhere who makes his decisions on whether to buy a game solely based on the comments on OS?

Follow up question..

2) When do you think the last time he bought a video game was?

[pk500]

Re: Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

It's a sad commentary on the state of console golf games that TW 11 and 12 and Links 2003 for the original Xbox still represent the best of the genre. If Rory was the latest edition of FIFA or Madden, people would scream to the high heavens that this edition was a regression.

Golf fans yearn so much for a solid console title that I think many warts are being tolerated. This game is pretty. It has a strong sense of immersion. But it's not a good representation of the sport on the turfgrass, from my first impression. I have Frostbite -- because this game is leaving me cold.

EA Access pays off again, saving me dineros in the long run.

[ps3veron]

Wow you guys are a tough crowd!

But here are my thoughts anyway:

Bearing in mind I play "army golf" in real life (left, left, right left!), played golf games for some time (first was Jack Nicklaus Signature on the PC), I quite like it. I had a session with arcade controls (which I think is fun and that's the basis of sports gaming for me) and yes it does feel a little easy and the putting is like its on autopilot sometimes but darn it its fun!

The graphics are absolutely phenomenal, they got butterflies and squirrels and the water is just so pretty! The presentation is up there with the best sports titles but the "celebrations" are a little annoying. Every time you hit a shot, your player does these gestures which are a little OTT (IMO).

The courses are limited yes but the level of detail is insane. The bad: player customization is a embarrassing. You dont even get beards as an option (so much for my Khal Drogo winning TPC!), its just really shallow and you'd think with these so called next gen consoles they'd at least give us beards, I want my bearded barbarian!

Other than that, like someone else said it feels like the last NHL or EA UFC. Its a new title, its their first entry its not as deep as the TW series but you should get it because its fun and is sim enough for me. 7/10!