Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

[totsata]

As many of the members here I wasn't very impressed with the demo either. Last TW game that I played (still play) is 08 and really expected the demo to feel a "little" different at the very least. I know it's on beginner difficulty but still the core gameplay elements to me seemed as though they were not improved too much.
There are nice additions to the game like the weather system and its effects on the gameplay. I think the new putting meter is a good step forward as well but but that would not justify purchasing the game for me.
I am not a huge optimist about the online tournaments because the game is still not a simulation type of game (would not allow scores in the 40s or even 50s) which just proves that the game has not made any leaps forward over the last couple of years.
If I get the game I would wait for it to drop @ around $30 and maybe get it then but I feel like the tiger woods series needs a major overhaul otherwise many fans of the game will be lost.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Demo was very unimpressive. Now I'm even hesitant on the Wii version, since it may end up being the same only with the 1:1.

[Village Idiot]

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Well I liked it.

[Ryman]

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I liked it. When playing a demo I take it for what it is, a demo.

The graphics look better, the grass and overall environment looks improved. The weather is cool, I like how there is a difference when playing in the rain vs a sunny day, which should be.

The presentation is an upgrade, feels like I turned on my tv set to watch the US Open, kind of got me excited to play.

I found myself putting without using the meter much, mainly go on feel, and noticed that putting is much more natural like 08 than the hole magnet feel of 09. I even had a few putts actual rim out that last year would of gone in.

I hate that vapor trail following the ball, I remember that Divot said its only in practice mode, but those sample tourny holes and the challenge it was still on??

Can't wait for the release.

[DivotMaker]

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I hate that vapor trail following the ball, I remember that Divot said its only in practice mode, but those sample tourny holes and the challenge it was still on??

Can't wait for the release.

That was my understanding. Some recent videos show no ball trail, so it may be related to the Beginner difficulty. Hope there is a way to turn this off within the game and hoping that it is off by default in TOUR Pro....

[allstar3970]

wow typical overreaction around here. Demo is on beginner so that must mean OMG THERE'S NO CHANCE OF IT HAVING GOOD SIM GAMEPLAY IM CANCELLING MY PREORDER AND NEVER BUYING IT AGAAAAIIIN!!!!!

It might not be a good sim experience in the end, but jeez lets wait for the game to come out before we jump to conclusions.

[thelwig14]

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wow typical overreaction around here. Demo is on beginner so that must mean OMG THERE'S NO CHANCE OF IT HAVING GOOD SIM GAMEPLAY IM CANCELLING MY PREORDER AND NEVER BUYING IT AGAAAAIIIN!!!!!

It might not be a good sim experience in the end, but jeez lets wait for the game to come out before we jump to conclusions.

You aren't reading, or understanding the posts....but you did include caps and exclamation marks.

[ddurham131]

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This game really hasn't changed a great deal. The models are actually looking worse (Tiger new model is horrible; can't believe he didn't make them change it). My biggest concern is that you can't play in a twosome or threesome against the cpu during a regular season tournament. The online features they're promising seem to be exciting though. Guess this will be the 2nd consecutive year I won't buy the game. I'll just get my fix with TW 08'.

[PhantomPain]

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I have not played a TW game in years. Mostly because once I found Links 2004, TW never compared even with the graphics being much better.

With that said, isn't the demo talk the same every year? Or at least the past couple of years? It seems that I remember the past couple of years, people trying the demo and it sucking because they were on Beginner level. Somebody buys the game and plays Tour level and adjusts it to be harder then posts impressions of the game playing MUCH different on Tour? I could have SWORN this is how it played out last year, maybe the year before.

Anyway, not trying to give anyone a hard time but it seems that while EA screwed up for sim players by not including a harder game mode, it might be wise to wait until the game ships, play it a bit and then make a decision. Or wait for impressions from people that you trust.

Point is: I wouldn't give up too quick just yet. It may not be what we want, but this happens all the time with games and demos. They release an easy level, people complain, someone buys it, that someone tells everyone that it is MUCH better on higher levels, and finally more people buy it and are happy or somewhat happy.

[thelwig14]

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I have not played a TW game in years. Mostly because once I found Links 2004, TW never compared even with the graphics being much better.

With that said, isn't the demo talk the same every year? Or at least the past couple of years? It seems that I remember the past couple of years, people trying the demo and it sucking because they were on Beginner level. Somebody buys the game and plays Tour level and adjusts it to be harder then posts impressions of the game playing MUCH different on Tour? I could have SWORN this is how it played out last year, maybe the year before.

Anyway, not trying to give anyone a hard time but it seems that while EA screwed up for sim players by not including a harder game mode, it might be wise to wait until the game ships, play it a bit and then make a decision. Or wait for impressions from people that you trust.

Point is: I wouldn't give up too quick just yet. It may not be what we want, but this happens all the time with games and demos. They release an easy level, people complain, someone buys it, that someone tells everyone that it is MUCH better on higher levels, and finally more people buy it and are happy or somewhat happy.

The point is as many of us downloaded the demo, understood the difficulty wasn't right, but came to the realization we had a "been there, done that" feeling to it. It is the "same" game we have played for many years with very small enhancements. Eventually a gamer gets to a breaking point where there is zero novelty and gaming time would be better spent elsewhere. I have hit it with Madden and NCAA...and I just think I hit it with Tiger. I would be wasting hours of my life doing the same thing I have done year after year with very little difference when I could be playing other games that bring a much better value.

[Seymour Scagnetti]

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The 1st thing thay should of changed for this year is the remedial swing mechanic. You can pause at the top of your swing, go make a sandwich, come back and swing forward and it makes absolutely no difference whether or not you took the swing in one continuous motion. If you did that in Links your shot would end up in the woods because you take a loss in power and accuracy if you paused with the shot stick before you pushed it forward.

[Klocker]

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as much as I appreciate the upgrade in graphics, weather, better control in short game and putting, the crowd and feel of being in a tourney .... I am dropping my pre-order. i may pick this up later but it just seems as some said, been there done that.

Don't get me wrong... this game looks good and plays well. I just still don't get the same 1:1 feel in the swing as I do with Links 2004 nor do I see that angle of lies affect the ball flight as it should.

also you can get a decent idea of having the putting meter off by immediately moving it to the farthest point and then looking only at the stroke for distance... it's pretty good actually.

In a nutshell... this is the game I expected form TW 09.

[soupmama]

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My recommendation: Buy Tiger Woods every other year. Divides the $ in half... doubles the 'enhancements'. Golf games are nice because you don't feel obligated to buy every year for the new rosters (e.g. madden).

That said, I really do like this year's game and didn't buy last year's... so this is my year.

Upping the difficulty will add a lot...

[pskepsilon]

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I downloaded the demo on the PS3 and thought it was decent; the weather effects are nice and the putting is much improved, IMO.

That said, after seeing video of the Wii version and learning that it will be bundled with MotionPlus for 1-to-1 swing control and 9 more courses than the PS3 version, plus Disc Golf to boot, I traded in 09 and preordered 10 on the Wii in the full. From the hands-on preview on this site, it sounds like the swinging controls are accurate to a fault which will likely make the game much more difficult and certainly more kinetically interesting than the analog gameplay I've utterly mastered over the past two years.

I'm also disappointed that they're axing several courses from the next-gen version (including Sheshan, Wolf Creek, Gary Player, Riviera, Carnoustie, and Cog Hill) to make room for the new ones. The Wii version won't have that issue, and the Tour mode will be much less repetitive as a result.

[gbx34]

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The 1st thing thay should of changed for this year is the remedial swing mechanic. You can pause at the top of your swing, go make a sandwich, come back and swing forward and it makes absolutely no difference whether or not you took the swing in one continuous motion. If you did that in Links your shot would end up in the woods because you take a loss in power and accuracy if you paused with the shot stick before you pushed it forward.

It seem to get only worse by years, It just feels clunky and i have no control on how fast i swing.

I was thinking that maybe they could mapped the swing to rotating the stick? So the top of the swing would be to rotate the stick upwards and then complete. It seem like it more a golf swing the down to up motion.