PGA TOUR 2K21 Q&A (Reddit)

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Re: PGA TOUR 2K21 Q&A (Reddit)

This has probably been suggested before but it would be great if during career mode if you could watch whoever you’re playing with. It would really add some drama especially on a final round of both of you are in contention. Would also make the pros more than just a name on a leaderboard.

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Re: PGA TOUR 2K21 Q&A (Reddit)

This has probably been suggested before but it would be great if during career mode if you could watch whoever you’re playing with. It would really add some drama especially on a final round of both of you are in contention. Would also make the pros more than just a name on a leaderboard.

This question was asked of HB Studios during the Reddit community Q&A. The answer they gave was too nebulous to decipher:

"Players will compete against the TOUR Pros throughout PGA TOUR Career Mode. We will talk more about this mode in the coming weeks - stay tuned!"

Competing against the TOUR Pros could mean playing with the AI model of the player, but it could also be interpreted to mean play against their score on a leaderboard. But then, the very next question/answer was this, which threw another monkey wrench into the works:

"r/PGA_Tour_2K: Will the names of PGA TOUR Pros be used on the leaderboards in Career Mode?

HB Studios: Yes, you will see the names of the licensed TOUR Pros on the leaderboards during PGA TOUR Career Mode."

Dove tailed onto the previous answer, this could be interpreted to mean that in addition to competing in a player grouping with one (or more?) PGA TOUR Pro models, you'll also be competing against the other licensed Pro names on the leaderboard. Then again it could just be a reiteration of "you'll compete against the Pros on the leaderboard."

There was a line in a Eurogamer.com story about the game that reads thusly:

"Each pro presents a challenge to players in the career mode, in which you compete to become FedExCup Champion."

That could be interprested three ways: 1.) compete against a licensed pro in a head-to-head match and defeat them to unlock the next match/pro, until you unlock and beat Justin Thomas for the Fedex Cup championship, 2.) You compete against all the licensed pros, mixed in with fictitious generic names on a leaderboard only, 3.) You're allowed to play along with one or more of the licensed pros in addition to the mix of licensed and fictitious names on the leaderboard.

There are more permutations that can probably be brought into that mix as well. It doesn't sound like 2K/HBS got the rights to use all the PGA TOUR player names, like the Tiger Woods series had been able to do over the years. I guess we'll have the option to go in and edit the fictitious names like we do now.

It's sort of pot luck trying to figure out which pro should be subbed for each fictitious player name in the career mode, to try to have it line up with the relative performances of the PGA TOUR players. I just hope the fictitious players don't have those "Night of the Living Dead" profile mug shots like they have in TGC 2019

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Re: PGA TOUR 2K21 Q&A (Reddit)

I have a feeling it's going to be a mix of career mode and challenges. Like you're going to end up matched against a pro during tournaments until you beat him. Some would like it, others will hate it just like in TW13.

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Re: PGA TOUR 2K21 Q&A (Reddit)

I always remind myself with public relations that large companies that have great features they are proud of will talk about them widely and loudly.

Hope for the best but expect the worst when parsing language to try to understand what might be actual feature details.

Truly great stuff would be out there in the open and not need to get teased out from crafty and suggested reading of sentences.

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Re: PGA TOUR 2K21 Q&A (Reddit)

I have a feeling it's going to be a mix of career mode and challenges. Like you're going to end up matched against a pro during tournaments until you beat him. Some would like it, others will hate it just like in TW13.

Whatever they do with career mode, I hope they give it enough hooks to make me want to play it more than a couple of rounds like the last two. I think I had a similar vision to what you described. I was thinking they might have you paired with a featured pro and you had to beat him in whatever tournament you were playing, but the rest of the field was still playing for the tournament title as well. You beat the player you're paired with for however many holes the tournament turns out to be, then you unlock the next tier pro for the next tournament.

I don't know what they've got in mind really, as they sling the terms challenges and tournaments around in relation to career mode. Whatever it is, Shaun West said "we will discuss Career Mode in more detail in the coming weeks." I guess it's complicated enough to where it deserves its on feature article or video?

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Re: PGA TOUR 2K21 Q&A (Reddit)

I always remind myself with public relations that large companies that have great features they are proud of will talk about them widely and loudly.

Hope for the best but expect the worst when parsing language to try to understand what might be actual feature details.

Truly great stuff would be out there in the open and not need to get teased out from crafty and suggested reading of sentences.

It's like they're following the Tiger Woods PGA TOUR rollout model to a "T". I remember this drip-drip-drip, feature revelation, week after week, and answers that were usually subject to multiple interpretations.

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Re: PGA TOUR 2K21 Q&A (Reddit)

It's like they're following the Tiger Woods PGA TOUR rollout model to a "T". I remember this drip-drip-drip, feature revelation, week after week, and answers that were usually subject to multiple interpretations.

I’m not sure which version you are referring to but whichever one you are…

How did that end up working out?

Do you recall being blown away with things that were above expectations based upon information before launch?

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I’m not sure which version you are referring to but whichever one you are…

How did that end up working out?

Do you recall being blown away with things that were above expectations based upon information before launch?

They did that for TW 08 through 12, and to a much lesser degree, 13. The only one that was above expectations, to me, was TW 10.