EA Sports PGA TOUR Announced

[scagwi]

Do we think this golf ball photo here is from in the game?

https://www.ea.com/games/pga-tour

If so...we could be in for a serious visual treat my friends.

[grahamc]

Quote: Originally Posted by scagwi

Do we think this golf ball photo here is from in the game? https://www.ea.com/games/pga-tour If so...we could be in for a serious visual treat my friends.

I think that's a real life photo to be honest

[OnlookerDelay]

This is great news! It's a good thing when two top shelf publishers are throwing their resources at a golf game. Not much to go on here, but we do know they'll be using the Frostbite engine. Who knows, they might even reintroduce a progressive feature like a multiplayer matchup lobby!?

"A launch date will be announced in the coming months" doesn't sound like it could happen this year, but maybe a Spring launch in 2022? At any rate, I'm curious to see what they come up with... maybe even a "vsync OFF" option for those of us with XBox Series X's and VRR capable displays?

Whatever the case, I'll be following this story with great interest!

[scagwi]

“Next gen frostbite graphics” makes me absolutely elated

[beau21]

Giggidy giggidy.

Can't wait to see some next-gen golf simulation.
Native 4k? 60fps? True next-gen engine? Real-world golfers? Individual mo-capped swings? Sign me up.

(All hopefully safe assumptions by me)

[OnlookerDelay]

Quote: Originally Posted by beau21

Giggidy giggidy. Can't wait to see some next-gen golf simulation. Native 4k? 60fps? True next-gen engine? Real-world golfers? Individual mo-capped swings? Sign me up. (All hopefully safe assumptions by me)

No doubt there will be a mo-capped swing or two in this game, but probably not enough to suit the desires of most. From all I've read, the process of getting a good motion capture of a golf swing is very costly and resource intensive. It wouldn't take many before EA Sports would have to start questioning their return on investment. I think they'd be doing good to get a half dozen of them in the mix. That would be four more than we've got now with PGA TOUR 2K21.

[scagwi]

Let’s not kid ourselves...

EA isn’t blind...they know the landscape....
I think they plan to blow the HB game away (In some areas that’s not a high bar to clear honestly)

[MrArlingtonBeach]

Quote: Originally Posted by scagwi

Let’s not kid ourselves... EA isn’t blind...they know the landscape.... I think they plan to blow the HB game away (In some areas that’s not a high bar to clear honestly)

There are some areas for sure that EA will go after 2K. Visuals is one. Single player offline career is another. Online play is a third. These area are shaky for 2K, so EA being around might help them shore up the problems and shortcomings there.

I see 2K likely holding on to the course creator, as that's going to be the differentiator for them. They also now have Tiger, so they're going to really need to lean into that.

To me, it comes down to which company is going to bring the best of everything. Whether 2K or EA locks down the majors (including Augusta) could be the coup de grace in my eyes. That's the feature that sitting out there, yet to be claimed. Having all four majors is essential to ensuring you have a proper professional golf title. Rory didn't have all 4, 2K hasn't had any. That's a big miss for all involved, and hopefully gets rectified soon.