PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

[ncp10]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

I would hope that more detail is coming soon on a wide range of things. We have no specific info on the new swing!

From this review it appears they are trying to build in more elements of a real golf swing into their new Evo swing which sounds great. Graphics look great and nice to be able to hit canned stingers etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6FjlKozD3k

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

From this review it appears they are trying to build in more elements of a real golf swing into their new Evo swing which sounds great. Graphics look great and nice to be able to hit canned stingers etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6FjlKozD3k

Definitely looks good and I think Gamer Ability is probably onto what the swing components mean, but we don't have actual confirmation on that. Any videos out there on the swing and the changes to how the game plays are speculation, since 2K hasn't actually said what the new Evo Swing truly means.

We can see that there is a diagonal swing...but it seems it's only at certain difficulty levels. Does it only happen when trying to shape draws and fades, or do you always need to angle the swing path? And how do you "level up" to get the stinger shot and such, as it looks like you progress through a skill tree to do so? Just things like that...no one knows exactly for sure how it all works.

[dubcity]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

We can see that there is a diagonal swing...but it seems it's only at certain difficulty levels. Does it only happen when trying to shape draws and fades,

I would assume that's the case. No more huge draws/fades with just a simple up and down motion. Which I am fine with. The swing mechanics need more depth to them.

[Dawgfan1]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

Definitely looks good and I think Gamer Ability is probably onto what the swing components mean, but we don't have actual confirmation on that. Any videos out there on the swing and the changes to how the game plays are speculation, since 2K hasn't actually said what the new Evo Swing truly means.

We can see that there is a diagonal swing...but it seems it's only at certain difficulty levels. Does it only happen when trying to shape draws and fades, or do you always need to angle the swing path? And how do you "level up" to get the stinger shot and such, as it looks like you progress through a skill tree to do so? Just things like that...no one knows exactly for sure how it all works.

This is all speculation of course - but the more and more I've looked at the gameplay trailer, the more confident I get that forced diagonal swings on most shots regardless of shot shape will be a thing. The second shot in the trailer, the one in the bunker, you can see the player is only adding loft to the shot yet it's still a diagonal swing. Unless changing loft makes a swing diagonal which it never did in any previous EA golf games, I think this is a strong indication of forced diagonal swings similar to Advanced shot shaping in TW14. No idea what difficulties it would be a thing on tho, hopefully Pro and higher.

For the shots in the trailer with a slanted diagonal swing (i.e. the slice on 17th at Sawgrass), I think adding draw and fade to your shot may make you have to bring back your stick at more of an angle but still finish at the same contact point as a straight up swing. I like the sound of that on paper.

[speels]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

This is all speculation of course - but the more and more I've looked at the gameplay trailer, the more confident I get that forced diagonal swings on most shots regardless of shot shape will be a thing. The second shot in the trailer, the one in the bunker, you can see the player is only adding loft to the shot yet it's still a diagonal swing. Unless changing loft makes a swing diagonal which it never did in any previous EA golf games, I think this is a strong indication of forced diagonal swings similar to Advanced shot shaping in TW14. No idea what difficulties it would be a thing on tho, hopefully Pro and higher.

For the shots in the trailer with a slanted diagonal swing (i.e. the slice on 17th at Sawgrass), I think adding draw and fade to your shot may make you have to bring back your stick at more of an angle but still finish at the same contact point as a straight up swing. I like the sound of that on paper.

I hope this is the case. I regards to the swing in the bunker, I think that a diagonal swing is perfect because IRL you don't take a normal swing to get the ball from a bunker, you actually make a slice swing to scoop under the ball and get the ball to pop out of the bunker, so if that is why they did it then I am super excited for the new swing mechanics.

[bigkev]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

There's no middle with the diagonal swing. Some really like it, most really hate it. Personally I like to have the option, but it's certainly not something I wanted to play everyday..

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

A bit more of a look at what's included in the Legend Edition:

[Dawgfan1]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

There's no middle with the diagonal swing. Some really like it, most really hate it. Personally I like to have the option, but it's certainly not something I wanted to play everyday..

Personally since I like to play more competitive modes in golf games, I'd prefer the forced diagonal swing because I feel a straight up-down swing w/o 2K23's tempo is too easy for competitive. I think 2K's swing plane is more sensitive than EA's, but when I played EA's game I could get a straight swing plane 99 times out of 100. I also think forcing diagonal swings for only draws and fades would make them too hard compared to straight up swings and mess up the balance there.

As long as the game provides the option to turn them off for single player or society events I think it could be a good design choice.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

One swing they showed in the gameplay trailer for the "Pro" difficulty - where the guy shanked his ball into the water at TPC Sawgrass' No. 17 - had the diagonal swing on, and "Pro" was the default ranked matchmaking difficulty in PGA 2K23.

So I'll be very interested to see if the default ranked setting is again "Pro", and the diagonal will be set to on in those matches. Would really make a 3-Click/Swing Stick separation a must if they do that. And that was a big discussion point about 2K23 without a diagonal aspect to the swing.

It'll also be interesting to see what the big societies (TGCTours, for example) do with the swing, should the default be to have to swing diagonally. Considering they use "Master" difficulty in 2K23, and "Pro" is a step below that in challenge.

Would be really nice to have some specifics about the new swing here, sometime soon...

[jbd345]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

One swing they showed in the gameplay trailer for the "Pro" difficulty - where the guy shanked his ball into the water at TPC Sawgrass' No. 17 - had the diagonal swing on, and "Pro" was the default ranked matchmaking difficulty in PGA 2K23.

So I'll be very interested to see if the default ranked setting is again "Pro", and the diagonal will be set to on in those matches. Would really make a 3-Click/Swing Stick separation a must if they do that. And that was a big discussion point about 2K23 without a diagonal aspect to the swing.

It'll also be interesting to see what the big societies (TGCTours, for example) do with the swing, should the default be to have to swing diagonally. Considering they use "Master" difficulty in 2K23, and "Pro" is a step below that in challenge.

Would be really nice to have some specifics about the new swing here, sometime soon...

I’m hoping they’ll have the customizable difficulty options like in 2k23. Crossing fingers you can still do pro and master swing difficulty but turn off the diagonal path.

[PhantomPain]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

They say included in that Legends version are "cosmetic" golf balls. Did they call them that last time? I thought they were referred to as consumable golf balls? Maybe it doesn't make a difference but curious if that means they don't do anything this year and are nothing more than cosmetic? One could hope😊

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

They say included in that Legends version are "cosmetic" golf balls. Did they call them that last time? I thought they were referred to as consumable golf balls? Maybe it doesn't make a difference but curious if that means they don't do anything this year and are nothing more than cosmetic? One could hope��

I think in 2K23, in the golf bag when you're choosing a Titleist or Bridgestone or whatever, they referred to these cosmetics as "ball appearance" or something similar to that. I think they referred to the consumable balls as "ball types".

Unfortunately, it does seem that consumable golf balls are back in 2K25, based on one of the screens shown in the last trailer:



"Consumable Balls" are mentioned in the upper left hand of the screen.

[PhantomPain]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

Dang. Thanks MAB!

[dubcity]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

It'll also be interesting to see what the big societies (TGCTours, for example) do with the swing, should the default be to have to swing diagonally. Considering they use "Master" difficulty in 2K23, and "Pro" is a step below that in challenge.



Would be really nice to have some specifics about the new swing here, sometime soon...

I would assume they would go with the harder setting. TGC tours has people at -30 with regularity. Like, if you aren't averaging a birdy on every hole you aren't making the cut type ****. They could use something to break that up. Also maybe it would take more than 10 seconds for people to set up their shot. There is very little strategy going on after you've played enough hours.

[RIFRIG]

Re: PGA Tour 2K25 Trailer, Screenshots, Features and More Revealed

Is it Tuesday Newsday or nothing this week ?