The Golf Club: Interview With Executive Producer Peter Garcin

[RaychelSnr]

Digital golf fans were expecting the 2014 landscape to be rather barren, as EA’s Tiger Woods series had been placed into dormant status until next year. That means that if you were an early adopter and jumped from the PS3 or Xbox 360 to the new consoles, golf was simply not an option on the new consoles, or so we thought.

Enter HB Studios, a somewhat small development company located in Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, a group that up until now had been know more for their behind the scenes development on numerous less visible Electronic Arts titles.

In early 2013, the good folks at HB Studios decided to start developing a full blown golf simulation, The Golf Club, and now they are ready to share it with the world. We had the chance to sit down with the Peter Garcin, the executive producer for HB Studios, and talk about the games development, where they are currently at with it, and where they want to take it.


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[mike24forever]

I am looking forward to this game. I have a feeling it will get it for both the Xbox One and PS4, so I can play with birth groups of friends. I love what I'm hearing from this game.

[mcmax3000]

"If you are interested in joining the beta for PC, head over to the official The Golf Club website and respond with the proper information that they require."

It's worth noting, they've closed beta sign ups, because they got more than enough response.

[OnlookerDelay]

Re: The Golf Club: Interview With Executive Producer Peter Garcin

Just curious how PC golf gamers read this from the interview:

We moved away from the meter-based control scheme that seems to dominate recent games. The game we created doesn’t have a power meter, but focuses on feel and recreating the performance of the swing. There is a lot of subtlety and depth in the controls for those who are hardcore and want to really get into the precision of the swing.

In their official forum, they still haven't ruled out 3-click mouse control, but based on the above, I'm thinking that if 3-click happens, the gamer will have to use the golfer animation to gauge the clicks instead of a swing/power meter.

[bluengold34_OS]

Re: The Golf Club: Interview With Executive Producer Peter Garcin

Just curious how PC golf gamers read this from the interview:

We moved away from the meter-based control scheme that seems to dominate recent games. The game we created doesn’t have a power meter, but focuses on feel and recreating the performance of the swing. There is a lot of subtlety and depth in the controls for those who are hardcore and want to really get into the precision of the swing.

In their official forum, they still haven't ruled out 3-click mouse control, but based on the above, I'm thinking that if 3-click happens, the gamer will have to use the golfer animation to gauge the clicks instead of a swing/power meter.

A lot of the stuff we talked about I would categorize as fluid. They have a lot of ideas and are very open to giving the community what they want - it just may take some time to implement it.

[jmaj315]

i want it on PS4 naowww!
Im gunna feel like the next Dye/Nicklaus/Mackenzie etc...

[bowld]

Can we play online tournaments? If so, how many users can enter? And can we choose the # of holes to play for each tourny?

[bluengold34_OS]

Re: The Golf Club: Interview With Executive Producer Peter Garcin

Can we play online tournaments? If so, how many users can enter? And can we choose the # of holes to play for each tourny?

I believe the number that can enter is limitless - and I also believe(maybe) you can chose, but will need to confirm that .

[bowld]

Any time frame for release? Are we looking at Summer 2014? Fall? Or will it be sometime in 2015?

[bluengold34_OS]

Re: The Golf Club: Interview With Executive Producer Peter Garcin

Any time frame for release? Are we looking at Summer 2014? Fall? Or will it be sometime in 2015?

It comes out this Spring on the PC/One/PS4 at the same time. They do not have a hard date quite yet, but it will be the Spring time this year.

[bowld]

Great, thanks for the info. Really looking forward to it

[bluengold34_OS]

Re: The Golf Club: Interview With Executive Producer Peter Garcin

Great, thanks for the info. Really looking forward to it

Not a problem - really looking forward to the game myself.

[pietasterp]

Re: The Golf Club: Interview With Executive Producer Peter Garcin

Nice interview; thanks for sharing that with us.

It certainly looks like an impressive first crack at a golf game, and it's amazing to me that the game has only been in development for ~1 year at this point. I hope it does well, so that with increased support and resources, it can grow into a serious alternative for serious golf sim fans.

Most of the shortcomings, if you want to call them that, are to be expected for a first product, and frankly for me aren't deal-breakers. If the course creator is at all as robust as I'm imagining it is, it could be a game-changer. Will keep my eye out for progress on this title.

[bluengold34_OS]

Re: The Golf Club: Interview With Executive Producer Peter Garcin

Nice interview; thanks for sharing that with us.

It certainly looks like an impressive first crack at a golf game, and it's amazing to me that the game has only been in development for ~1 year at this point. I hope it does well, so that with increased support and resources, it can grow into a serious alternative for serious golf sim fans.

Most of the shortcomings, if you want to call them that, are to be expected for a first product, and frankly for me aren't deal-breakers. If the course creator is at all as robust as I'm imagining it is, it could be a game-changer. Will keep my eye out for progress on this title.

From what I understand - you should be very, very pleased.

[kamackeris76]

i am so looking forward to this...all we have had for years has been Tiger and its getting stale...i hate having to buy extra courses...now we can do it all ourselves !! is it correct that you can see other golfers on other holes playing their rounds at the same time??? i have wanted this feature for so long !!