EA Sports PGA Tour Adds Oak Hill Country Club, Camera Views and Much More - Patch Notes

[Crazy Packers Fan]

Quote: Originally Posted by MrArlingtonBeach

I went back into Tiger Woods 14 Masters Historic Edition on my X360, which I have no extra paid DLC for. I can have the US Open played at Oakmont, Pebble Beach, Pinehurst No. 2, or Torrey Pines. The Open can be played at St Andrews, Royal Birkdale, or Royal Troon. The PGA can be played at Oak Hill, Atlanta Athletic Club, Crooked Stick, Kiawah, PGA National, or Valhalla. Crazy how that game still blows these new ones away in some areas.

I fear I'm going to be going back to playing Tiger Woods 14 again, because there's just not enough variety of courses in this game. I think it's a great game, but needs more courses. I'm willing to buy DLC for more courses, like I did with TW14. I was genuinely hoping for more than one extra course in this "big" update.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Quote: Originally Posted by Crazy Packers Fan

I fear I'm going to be going back to playing Tiger Woods 14 again, because there's just not enough variety of courses in this game. I think it's a great game, but needs more courses. I'm willing to buy DLC for more courses, like I did with TW14. I was genuinely hoping for more than one extra course in this "big" update.

I think the only courses they have mentioned as being released in the game will be this year's major hosts (prior to each event), Olympia Fields before the FedExCup Playoffs, and Marco Simone before the Ryder Cup.

Per the official website: https://www.ea.com/games/ea-sports-p...-community-faq

What is the current live service timeline?

The 2023 major courses including Oak Hill, Los Angeles Country Club, Royal Liverpool as well as Olympia Fields as a part of the FedExCup series and Marco Simone for the Ryder Cup will be released prior to each major championship.

We will also be releasing updates alongside golf’s biggest moments like The Majors, FedExCup and Ryder Cup with compelling new content tied to current and historic golf moments for players to enjoy.

Maybe more will be added after that, but for now, those are the only courses that are on the way.

[golfnut67]

I'm fine with 30 courses at launch, and by the time we get to the Ryder Cup, 32 or whatever it is. Just don't force me to play all of them 4 times in a row if I don't have time for it, and I'm not at all into shooting under par only to have Quick Round fill out my score with a +5.

Quick Round is like simulating your entire season in the Show, playing the game as a manager. It's useless in golf. They will get this fixed, I know. Should not have shipped this way though.

[golfnut67]

Quote: Originally Posted by MrArlingtonBeach

https://vginsights.com/game/1677350

I had no idea you could get those Steam stats, thanks.

So that's just for PC/Steam, 21k units ya? Console sales have to be much more than that ya?

[bigkev]

Quote: Originally Posted by scagwi

Very chicken and the egg situation here I'd be a PC buyer if they worked on optimizing the PC version for actual PC's (interface, input, performance better matching stated specs on EA site, etc) ... and if they'd add to the totally bare bones multiplayer situation. Until then, I'm not buying ... and I'm sure as hell not giving them money first and "hoping" they fix stuff later .... not that dumb anymore

We've been there before with the old TW series. When there was not enough customers supporting the games on PC, EA stopped making the game for PC and kept going with the consoles.

[bigkev]

Quote: Originally Posted by golfnut67

I'm fine with 30 courses at launch, and by the time we get to the Ryder Cup, 32 or whatever it is. Just don't force me to play all of them 4 times in a row if I don't have time for it, and I'm not at all into shooting under par only to have Quick Round fill out my score with a +5. Quick Round is like simulating your entire season in the Show, playing the game as a manager. It's useless in golf. They will get this fixed, I know. Should not have shipped this way though.

I feel the same way, it's tedious to play 4 rds all the time. And I had the same experience with quick rounds, playing -4 for 5 holes and got simulated to a 73. At the same time, Scheffler shots a 63 and more than half the field were in the 60s.

[bigkev]

Quote: Originally Posted by Crazy Packers Fan

I fear I'm going to be going back to playing Tiger Woods 14 again, because there's just not enough variety of courses in this game. I think it's a great game, but needs more courses. I'm willing to buy DLC for more courses, like I did with TW14. I was genuinely hoping for more than one extra course in this "big" update.

Even though we're playing this new EA game, I'm still playing a few rounds of TW14 just about every day to support my daughters Country Club. Wish swing tempo and ball physics would be as good with this new game as it was back then.

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Quote: Originally Posted by scagwi

EA has to devote some serious resources to the online component. That is the mode that has longevity and keeps people, en masse, playing indefinitely. No matter what they do with single player career stuff, the online stuff is what keeps folks around for years and years.

Missed this comment before...I definitely agree with you here, scagwi.

But one thing to remember is that PGA 2K23 didn't even have ranked multiplayer until 4-5 months after it released. It then took another 2-3 months for 2K to implement ranked seasons with rewards, which reset everyone's ranking and started everyone over at level zero again. That happened just two weeks ago or so, and 2K23 came out last October.

EA PGA is barely 1 month old.

These games release now with minimal features, barely enough content, and bugs and glitches that need to be addressed. As golfnut67 mentioned earlier, EA PGA probably won't be a "finished" game until after the Ryder Cup.