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Re: Rory McIlroy PGA Tour
Golf is a strange game. You can be the best in the world and then one day you wake up and can't hit the ball anymore. There are a lot of guys like that, Johnny Miller and David Duval being some of the more prominent ones. Duval was neck-and-neck with Tiger in the late 90's/ early 2000s. Seems hard to even fathom now.Comment
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I reinstalled Rory Mcilroy PGA Tour on my Series X a couple of days ago to see how it would be affected on the latest and greatest hardware. I already owned it from the week it was originally released, back in 2015, but had retired it less than a month later. I never could by into its swing interface for various reasons.
Anyway, it did get the benefit of the Auto-HDR, but in this case I'm not so sure that the Auto-HDR actually turns out to be a detriment to the looks of the game, at least while in motion. I always thought there was an annoying bit of shimmering in the graphics of this game that was attributable to its texturing. It looks fantastic in screen shots, but leads to some flashing between light levels that looks unnatural. The range of the flashing is seemingly broadened by the expanded HDR, making it even more annoying, IMO.
The game loaded a ton faster, which is good because it was subject to some very long load times. I couldn't tell any difference in the animation of the game, nor the feel of the swing on the Series X, but I didn't expect any because like PGA TOUR 2K21, this one is just 'backward compatible' with no additional Series X enhancements.
I won't be going back and playing RMPGAT after trying it again over the last two days. It's just not my cup of tea. The swing interface simply doesn't resonate with me and I don't like the camera presentation options, nor the angles and cuts the one's provided afford. Finally, the putting in this game has less feel than I recalled from 5 years ago.
I'll say this for the game though, I liked the animation level, realism, and movement of the galleries and the quality of the graphics in still shots. If I was a 3-click player, I'd probably still be playing the game though. It might have the best 3-click interface I've ever seen in a console golf game, but unfortunately 3-click quit floating my boat in the year 2000.Duke Football? Hell yes it's Duke Football! --- Coach CutcliffeComment
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I can live with the 3 click system but this game would be a delight with TGC putting system.Comment
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I don't honestly think Rory (or the next EA game) necesarily need much at all from 2K21, but rather to look back to their own Tiger series.
As Onlookerdelay has mentioned before, there were some versions of TW (maybe 12?) that had really cool input implementations.
That said - EA pioneered the current HB/2K method of "not communicating with customers"...so I guess there is some overlap now.
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Classic EA game: looks great in still photos, horrible once in motion. That's just about every EA game ever.
One of the other disappointing things about RMPGAT to me is how un-useable the 'golfer perspective' camera is, because there's no ball tracer and the sky is the same color as the ball, so you can't see the @#%@#$! ball once it's in-flight....which is kind of important. Did anyone actually play-test this feature? It's mind-boggling that this level of sloppiness made it into a retail game. But again, that's EA for you...Comment
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I still pop this in now and then. If you are not a die hard hardcore golfer, it is a nice game to play and does a nice job in many areas. They had a real future with this game but gave up on the golf genre. Nice to play in the dead of winter here in CT where you can dream about being in the sunshine and on the lush green course! I find it fun, but you have to ratchet up the difficulty like any other game you play for a decent amount of time.
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I'm not an avid golf fan or player by any stretch, but, like the commenter above, I pop this in from time to time and still enjoy it. I've played 2K21 for a bit but I just cannot get past, what for me anyways, are the woeful graphics. Rory is a good, if not a fantastic looking game graphically, whereas 2K21 looks like a PS3/360 generation game.
Curious if anyone has played Rory on either the Series X or PS5 and what their thoughts are? I can't imagine any noticeable differences but thought I'd ask anyways. Just trying to decide if I should eat up space on the new systems or not. Thanks in advance!Black & Gold 4ever!Comment
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Yeah, I agree w/ how good RMPGAT looks but in motion it is quite a disappointment IMO (every golfer has the same swing, the ball flight is okay but not visible in golfer perspective mode, etc). I think Links LS 2000 was probably the best looking golf game I've ever seen, but then again, that was all pre-rendered stuff so it sort of doesn't "count" (or is in a different category at least).
I'm not that anxious for EA to get back into the golf genre to be honest. I welcome any and all competition of course, but EA's interpretation of sports in general doesn't do it for me, and their interpretation of golf definitely doesn't do it for me. I get it, they are in the business of appealing to as wide an audience as possible, and hardcore golf sims just don't do that, but they have never figured out (IMO) how to make a game that can play as arcade-y as you want it to OR as "sim" as you want it to, and the end product is always some disappointing half-measure that ultimately appeals to no one.
All that having been said, a legitimate golf competitor to PGA2K would be good, but it's very likely the golf market just isn't big enough for 2 games.
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Bummed to hear that, but I understand your reasons.
Honestly, I just want them to get back in to keep the genre alive and to see what they might come up with.
To me there's really no downside to it.
If I don't enjoy it - I return to playing PG.
HB/2K efforts so far do zip zilch zero for me.
More power to anyone out there who enjoys their games.
For me an EA game would almost by default be better than the HB stuff simply based upon execution level (and certainly graphics). I'd love to have them competing in this genre, perhaps even pushing HB/2K to go back a bit more towards the original roots and ideology of TGC1.
If they are going to be the flag bearer for PGA Golf, I really hope they get a lot better with the next version and, hopefully, a fully re-tooled next-gen console effort at some point.Last edited by scagwi; 02-01-2021, 08:59 PM.Comment
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I think I should have worded my earlier post differently. I would be excited about - and welcome - ANY new entries into the golf genre, including EA. If we could only get 1 new additional entry into the sport, though, I suppose my preference would be whoever owns the "Links" franchise rights (I think Microsoft?) or someone like that vs EA. I just don't care for (or trust) EA to make a game that accurately represents the sport, and I've been consistently disappointed with their golf product pretty much since they released "PGA Tour Gold" back in the mid-90's (that was the last EA golf game I really liked). But if they wanted to jump back into the genre with a competitive product, of course the more the merrier.
I agree that PGA2K doesn't seem like it is a standard-bearer for the sport. It simply isn't "triple A" enough to warrant being the only golf game (whatever that means...I'm not sure I know myself). I suppose that's a reflection of where golf lives in the landscape of professional sports in the USA, but still...if you look at the standard-bearer for other sport, NBA2k, MLB The Show, even Madden, they all have a polish and sheen and attention to detail that simply doesn't exist in a current golf sim. Not sure we'll ever get there, but I am in agreement with you that another big company entry into the genre would definitely be a good thing.Comment
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I'm pretty sure that 2K Games actually bought the Links franchise from Microsoft back in the day, so I'd say your chances of a future Links style game are slim to none, and slim just left town.
EDIT: Looks like Microsoft sold the Devs behind Links (Indie Built, aka Access Software) to Take 2 in 2004, so in a roundabout way, it's owned by 2K.
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I never played Links. Can someone briefly describe what was so good about it?
and are we talking about PC or the Xbox 2004 version?Comment
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I have a PS3 with low milage with the TW14 DLC courses except for the six historical courses. I say low milage because my original PS3 fatty croaked (disc reading ability) and I copied all my data to the new one and all of the DLC courses were still there and playable.
I also have a USB drive copy of all that data and the TW14 game disc.
I wouldn't mind parting with this but I'm worried that my Playstation account credentials are on the drive and I could be an 'identity theft' victim if you will.
Is there a way to delete my Playstation account credentials without compromising the ability to use the DLC courses in the event I sell?Comment
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