Polling OS Golf Faithful

[JODYE]

As a passionate golfer, and a gamer I have continuously felt unsatisfied by the options we have to play the game of golf on PS4 and Xbox. It has been nearly 5 years since EA disbanded their golf franchise, and although The Golf Club is a welcome addition to the market, it leaves a lot to be desired in terms of accessibility and pick up and play fun. In fact, it even struggles with key sim elements that make the game a frustrating play more often than not.


Then there is Everybody's Golf, which has it's strengths but lacks the immersion that some of us look for in video games. Especially ones centered around our favorite sport.


In the past, I have read a lot on this very board, comments with similar frustrations with hopes that the Tiger Woods franchise would make a return to your favorite gaming platform. I mean I think we can all relate to being in the house on a rainy weekend and teeing up TW05 with a couple of buddies lol And even today, on days I can't golf there isn't an option out there that feels good just to pick up and play for a quick 9.


So with that being said, I ask you, if a new game hit the market with the accessibility of the Tiger Woods franchise, but possessed some of the sim elements of The Golf Club would you buy? Would you support the development of such a game? What elements would you want to see incorporated? Looking forward to see the feedback here.

Spoiler

I say that to say this. I'm currently pursuing starting my own studio and creating a golf game of my own. I have been working on the planning of this for roughly 6 months now, and am looking to begin building the game with the new 3-4 months. I am attempting to gauge interest on various sports forums and I figured I would start with the one I know best.

[BDKiiing]

The love child between TGC3 and Rory golf would be the most ideal. Licensed golfers/courses/equipment with Rory's graphics, TGC3's mechanics. A little deeper season mode. The deeper they could get, the better.

[scagwi]

I wish EA would try again.

It’s going to be hard for anyone to visually compete with what EA is able to do and license, etc

[binga30]

The only thing I hated with Rory was most golfers had the same build and swing type, every other aspect was fine for me. Seems like EA pulls the pin on something once they get behind in the race, or like Madden, buy the exclusive rights to a sport.

[JODYE]

Quote: Originally Posted by scagwi

I wish EA would try again. It’s going to be hard for anyone to visually compete with what EA is able to do and license, etc

You would be surprised, especially with the accessibility of game engines these days. I think the one of the bigger challenges is course design, but there are ways around that.

Is there anything in particular that EA did that would interest if another game attempted it?

[JODYE]

Quote: Originally Posted by binga30

The only thing I hated with Rory was most golfers had the same build and swing type, every other aspect was fine for me. Seems like EA pulls the pin on something once they get behind in the race, or like Madden, buy the exclusive rights to a sport.

So a little more detail surrounding player animation to differentiate players is something that is important to you?

What about from a presentation perspective? Is that something that that holds a lot of weight to you as well?

[JODYE]

Quote: Originally Posted by BDKiiing

The love child between TGC3 and Rory golf would be the most ideal. Licensed golfers/courses/equipment with Rory's graphics, TGC3's mechanics. A little deeper season mode. The deeper they could get, the better.

Is there anything about the TGC3's mechanics that you would change or improve? Are there mechanics that existed in the EA series that you wish would come back?

[binga30]

Quote: Originally Posted by JODYE

So a little more detail surrounding player animation to differentiate players is something that is important to you? What about from a presentation perspective? Is that something that that holds a lot of weight to you as well?

I was happy with presentation in TW14, I still play it now and have no issues. TGC wins for presentation now but overall it's the gameplay that keeps me coming back to the Tiger series. I think too many games today focus on presentation too much. I'm might be the minority but I'm still gaming in 1080p and the visual upgrades now are not what we got for example from PS2 to PS3.


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