Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

[Jambomakaveli]

Imagine if a slight miss left or right would result in a corresponding miss on your shot...it would make alot of greenside hazards and pinched off fairways actually come in to play. I've seen some real bad misses that result in a 5 yard miss at the end of a shot...thats just not punishing enough. I want those super slight misses on the swing stick to result in a 3-5 yard miss on your shot, and everything else kind of domino out from there.

Spot on.


In the golf club game, there is an option to have drive difficulty on normal, hard or hardest.

When it's on hard or hardest, for me anyway, it's as you describe above. Deviate slightly from straight and your in trouble.

It makes it really tense, and I find that -2 can become +2 in the blink of an eye.



It's just baffling that they would put an apparent mode for sim golfers in, yet have it play pretty much as easily as their arcade mode.


Just keep arcade and sim seperate, and build both as best you can for each group of fans. Why do they find that so hard?

[alangst]

A few thoughts after playing through tutorial and 18 hole round on Chambers Bay at Tour Difficulty setting.....

Frank, I have to tell you it's a bit of a mixed bag for me, Frank. Frank, I think the presentation looks really good, and the swing mechanics for the driver and approach shots feel good. Frank, I think i must have broken my putter earlier in the demo because on the green it felt like I was hitting everything with a 3 wood, Frank. And as far as the commentary, Frank...it had some ups and down, Frank, but it seemed like he said the word Frank alot, Frank.

It's really not fair to judge after that demo round considering there were so few options available while it was at 90% loading. I'm hoping when its fully loaded, the camera controls open up. I guess the lack of zoom ability could have been due to tour difficulty, but I really prefer that in my game, since it was hard to get the feel of the course from just the bird's eye view of the yardage book.

If I can't give a solid thumbs up for the game yet, I can give a 100% continued endorsement for EA Access. I'm not sure when my year runs out (I got it around madden launch time last year), but it has really been the best $30 ever spent. Trying out new games is always nice, but the ability to get full copies of NHL, Madden, and Fifa 6 months or so after there release has been amazing. Can't wait to sign up again.

[MrSkagTrendy]

My undying love for this franchise means I am enjoying this game, but it has a horribly half-finished feel about it. Career mode customisation options wouldn't look out of place on the PS2..its great to have next gen golf but this game feels somewhat incomplete in its composition.

I played 18 holes on tour difficulty with Rickie at TPC Sawgrass..started +3 after 4 holes and ended up one under. The golf itself is great and I like the swing mechanics, but the game as a whole feels a bit unpolished, from the menus and music to the lack of gameplay modes and customisation options. 7/10

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[Jet Sufferer]

Just shot bogey free 7 under first time out at Royal Troon. Hardest settings, tournament set up for course, winds were only up to 7mph though. Got an achievement for a bogey free round.

Getting more disappointed more I play as far as sim options go. 3 click swing is much harder but I'm not big on that mode, but I'll have to do it more for the challenge.

Really need ANYTHING to make this game harder, be it the sweet spot adjustability from Tiger 10 to ideally the second ball from 14. This one size fits all, grab the casual gamer mentality is killing my sports gaming.

Options PLEASE. The casual has all the options they want to shoot in the 40's. I need the options to make the game so hard I can't break 80 and then let me adjust from there to MY liking. So bummed right now.

[simgameonly]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jet Sufferer

Just shot bogey free 7 under first time out at Royal Troon. Hardest settings, tournament set up for course, winds were only up to 7mph though. Got an achievement for a bogey free round. Getting more disappointed more I play as far as sim options go. 3 click swing is much harder but I'm not big on that mode, but I'll have to do it more for the challenge. Really need ANYTHING to make this game harder, be it the sweet spot adjustability from Tiger 10 to ideally the second ball from 14. This one size fits all, grab the casual gamer mentality is killing my sports gaming. Options PLEASE. The casual has all the options they want to shoot in the 40's. I need the options to make the game so hard I can't break 80 and then let me adjust from there to MY liking. So bummed right now.

this is exactly what i feared would happen what a major letdown for those of us who wanted to struggle at the hardest difficulty levels, freaking sucks

[turbineseaplane]

I would like to sincerely thank all you XBOX One owners out there with EA Early Access who tried the game in advance for us.

Honestly, it has saved me $50 on the pre-order and I really appreciate all the early insights (since even on Amazon you can't return opened video games)

(being totally serious)

Even if I do try the game out at some point, it's really clear that picking it up down the line used, presumably after some updates from EA, will be a better route to go at this time.

[thedudedominick]

I just haven't seen enough from this game to warrant a day one purchase. I feel like TGC plays a better game of golf, and while RMPGAT has a career mode, the things it offers that TGC don't, don't stand out. The character creation is poor, the lack of information during a career is disappointing. The graphics aren't as amazing as I expected them to be.

I expect to buy this eventually, but with the lack of content right away the gameplay itself isn't worth a 60 dollar purchase for me.

[ricky24]

Glad I have 10 hours because the first one is pretty much wasted.


Actually forget it. I found the skip option.