PGA Tour 2K21 Impressions Thread

[scagwi]

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I don't understand how any of you can keep trusting HB/2K and desire to give them any more money at this point.

This is two straight versions of bugs and incomplete products and we are onto talking about "the next version" -- yet again.

They never get any of them done right.

I'm hoping EA gets back in the mix. Say what else one wants about EA, but prior to Rory, they were putting out bangin' TW golf games routinely.

I've seen nothing from HB that makes me think they can get this done correctly and completely. If 2K is going to be in this seriously, they need to get a new dev shop to handle it.

[MDgolf]

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They need to fix how sensitive the sticks are. If your controller is somewhat used it won’t function


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[OnlookerDelay]

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I don't understand how any of you can keep trusting HB/2K and desire to give them any more money at this point.

I don't really trust them for anything of real value with any degree of confidence they'll come through. I think they'll wind up fixing the swing animation bug on the XBox Series X and S versions, although that could be a problem with the XBox One emulation in the Series X/S, in which case it would be up to Microsoft to fix it.

As a prospective XBox Series X buyer, I have far less confidence that HB Studios is going update the game such that the 30 FPS lock is removed from the game. I have a sinking feeling that they're more interested in keeping everyone on an equal playing field at this time, and are holding it back because it wouldn't be "fair" to the last-gen console version owners to give the next-gen gamers a competitive advantage that's clearly there on this game at 60 FPS, or more. Thing is... we already have that inequity on the PC, where rigs vary over an wider spectrum of frame rates than the consoles would see... I don't get the double standard!?

This is two straight versions of bugs and incomplete products and we are onto talking about "the next version" -- yet again.

They never get any of them done right.

Their incompleteness varies with platform. If I was an XBox Series X owner, and that was the only XBox I had, I'd be pissed right now where this game is concerned. The bugs with the swing animation render it unplayable, IMO. I have an XBox One X and the game plays okay on it, but I know it's missing something... complete feel for the tempo.

I have an alternative because I'm also fortunate enough to own a PC that can run the Steam version of the game at 60 FPS, most of the time, in 4K. It plays a much different and better game in terms of frame rate performance, but it also is much more reliable in online performance. Both 1v1 and 2v2 match making matches finish up for me over 90% of the time, and the ones that don't seem to be when people quit, which is also far less likely to happen on the PC.

I'm hoping EA gets back in the mix. Say what else one wants about EA, but prior to Rory, they were putting out bangin' TW golf games routinely.

I hope they do as well, but if they come back with a game that has a swing interface that was as hackneyed as Rory's, I'll take a pass on it. I've tried three times to go back and play that game after uninstalling it and it just felt like a non-proportional stick flick fest to me. Gimme Tiger 13 or 14's interface back, with Tiger 10's putting and I'll really be interested again!

I've seen nothing from HB that makes me think they can get this done correctly and completely. If 2K is going to be in this seriously, they need to get a new dev shop to handle it.

I'm starting to think 2K needs to find a dev who can use their Eco-motion engine to produce a golf game along the lines of NBA 2K21. HB Studios is seemingly going to be married to Unity, at least for golf games, and as we've seen they don't always even get it to do what they're trying to accomplish with it!

[lowpaiddonkey10]

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I don't understand how any of you can keep trusting HB/2K and desire to give them any more money at this point.

This is two straight versions of bugs and incomplete products and we are onto talking about "the next version" -- yet again.

They never get any of them done right.

I'm hoping EA gets back in the mix. Say what else one wants about EA, but prior to Rory, they were putting out bangin' TW golf games routinely.

I've seen nothing from HB that makes me think they can get this done correctly and completely. If 2K is going to be in this seriously, they need to get a new dev shop to handle it.

I have to agree with you here. The game plays well enough especially putting. Including anything PGA is a huge mistake IMO. I would not buy another version of this. What they are doing with the real courses is typical HB. IF they do continue and if they do end up using another engine you can most probably kiss the course designer good bye.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

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TGC Tours is a huge reason this series of golf games continues to exist...and the folks over there officially recognized how bad the game plays on the next-gen Xbox:

https://tgctours.proboards.com/thread/26138/xbsx-swing-glitches-adjusted?page=1&scrollTo=607778

[JoeRodgers1175]

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I hope today’s patch fixed the tournament results issue. Not holding my breath.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

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I hope today’s patch fixed the tournament results issue. Not holding my breath.

All I saw on my PS4, in terms of patch notes, was something about stability improvements or something like that.

[lions67]

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The update fixed live ghost issue that’s awesome!
Putting has been tweaked a bit as well. I like that too.
So overall, I am satisfied with this update.
I wonder if we will see another new course drop for season pass 2.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

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The update fixed live ghost issue that’s awesome!
Putting has been tweaked a bit as well. I like that too.
So overall, I am satisfied with this update.
I wonder if we will see another new course drop for season pass 2.

New courses would always be welcome, especially if they come complete with a real PGA Tour event.

As far as season 2 goes, since FootJoy and Titleist as been added to the brand screen at game startup, I'd imagine gear for those companies will be unlockable at that point.

[sivuosaoskari]

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I'm trying to play a nice, relaxing round of golf after a days work. I start the game, but it says that I have lost my connection. Connection to what? My internet connection is working fine (otherwise I wouldn't be able to write this). Steam is also working. So it's probably connection to 2K-servers or something? The problem is not in my end. So it must be in their end.


I payed 40 € for this game, and I can't play it when I want, because the publisher has problems.

[TheBrew101]

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This a good golf game but they could make it so much better with what seems to me like a little effort.

1. Maximize the game for the next gen consoles.
2. Fix bugs. Career mode has bugs with leaders, they can't announce scores right when playing, etc
3. Do better stat tracking in career mode. Best scores at each course you play, best tournament scores, past winners at tournaments, etc.
4. Get rid if the fast swing exploit so many use in competitive play.

I think just those basic things would improve the game immensely.

[OnlookerDelay]

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Breaking news from Facebook this morning:



I didn't see "added option to disable vsync for Series X" listed there, but hopefully the swing animation glitch that "may" occur on the Series X (no mention of the S, BTW, but if they fix it on the X I'm sure it'll fix the S version as well). I just checked at 9:10 AM and it still isn't available for download yet.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

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Glad they are fixing that for the Xbox users and for those in societies!

However, it's sad to see they still aren't offering any fixes or help with glitchy Career Mode scoring. That mode is basically worthless until something gets sorted out there. I mean, it's been almost four months, and not a peep about the problems with the AI leaderboards.

Meanwhile, they better hurry up and fix how the club attributes get displayed in their microtransaction-heavy Season Pass, less than a week after they released that!

Ugh.

[OnlookerDelay]

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Glad they are fixing that for the Xbox users and for those in societies!

However, it's sad to see they still aren't offering any fixes or help with glitchy Career Mode scoring. That mode is basically worthless until something gets sorted out there. I mean, it's been almost four months, and not a peep about the problems with the AI leaderboards.

Meanwhile, they better hurry up and fix how the club attributes get displayed in their microtransaction-heavy Season Pass, less than a week after they released that!

Ugh.

I don't get this either... why is something like that so hard to fix? It seems like basic math and elementary programming logic!? The Career mode is a popular feature but it seems like HB Studios is unaware of just how much this matters to those who are fans of Career mode. It's been so bad in this game that I've never had any real desire to play it long term. I can tell within a couple of events that what I'm taking part in isn't truly viable.

[vols]

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What is wrong with club attributes in the season pass?

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