Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

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Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

What exactly is wrong with the ball physics?

What's not wrong with the ball physics! In real life the ball does not fly in a perfect arc, when a good golfer strikes a ball it climbs upwards to it's highpoint then drops steeply. Many people are not aware that a professional golfer hits all their clubs the same height (driver would be the exception) a 3 iron would reach the same height as a 9 iron, but just further along. I could go on about how bad the ball spin is for another two pages.

The game of golf is all about the ball, and if you can't capture accurately how it actually flies through the air and reacts when it hits the ground, that's not good enough IMO, especially after all the years they've had to work on it.

[DivotMaker]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

What's not wrong with the ball physics! In real life the ball does not fly in a perfect arc, when a good golfer strikes a ball it climbs upwards to it's highpoint then drops steeply. Many people are not aware that a professional golfer hits all their clubs the same height (driver would be the exception) a 3 iron would reach the same height as a 9 iron, but just further along. I could go on about how bad the ball spin is for another two pages.

The game of golf is all about the ball, and if you can't capture accurately how it actually flies through the air and reacts when it hits the ground, that's not good enough IMO, especially after all the years they've had to work on it.

Sorry, but I disagree. In TW11, you could watch the arc of your ball with the blue tracer in TrueAim and I hate to tell you this, but the ball flight was NOT what you describe above as "a perfect arc". The ball flight in TW11 is like your second comment, especially noticeable in TruAim with the ball tracer on.

As far as ball spin, it hasn't been perfect, but certainly not a show stopper at all. Can't say I buy your argument that the ball physics are so bad, but then again everyone is entitled to their opinion......

[Dalsanto0026]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

What's not wrong with the ball physics! In real life the ball does not fly in a perfect arc, when a good golfer strikes a ball it climbs upwards to it's highpoint then drops steeply. Many people are not aware that a professional golfer hits all their clubs the same height (driver would be the exception) a 3 iron would reach the same height as a 9 iron, but just further along. I could go on about how bad the ball spin is for another two pages.

The game of golf is all about the ball, and if you can't capture accurately how it actually flies through the air and reacts when it hits the ground, that's not good enough IMO, especially after all the years they've had to work on it.

The bolded part sums it up nicely.

I'm suprised you had to ask the question DivotMaker. The ball seems to travel on a pre-determined path as well, so we the same shots all the time. There's no randomness to it. It never feels like "this could go anywhere" when I play TW, and it should because that's what real golf is like.

[TheGhostAPC]

Only EA gets me excited for 3D Grass.

[Dazraz]

At long last. The ability to save your game during a round of golf.

Interested to see what the broadcast presentation will be all about. Commentary on the the entire EA golf series has always been consistently dull. Hopefully this year will see a big improvement.

It's good to have the Masters in the game. I personally would like to see more licensed tournaments across the various courses to be made available to play as single events outside of the career mode. The old EA PGA titles back on the Megadrive used to have these.

[DivotMaker]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

The bolded part sums it up nicely.

I'm suprised you had to ask the question DivotMaker. The ball seems to travel on a pre-determined path as well, so we the same shots all the time. There's no randomness to it. It never feels like "this could go anywhere" when I play TW, and it should because that's what real golf is like.

Sorry, but I have not noticed this, especially playing with the PS3 Move.

[ExtremeGamer]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

The simple facts that they added 3 things I've always wanted in the series, makes this one of my top buys of the year.

The Masters

DLC being used in season mode

In-game saves

Everything else at this point is pure gravy.

Great job EA!

[K_GUN]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

I was playing Augusta on the Jack Nicklaus PC series like15 years ago...nothing new to see here....

most of us did.....just not on a 46" HDTV

[callmetaternuts]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

Just reading through the news here. Any other word on Career Mode whether its geared only towards masters or is that just a piece of the puzzle.

Also, main reason I stopped buying was the fact that you could shoot 52 anyday of the week or the winning scores were always like 40 under. Has this been changed?

[Jackdog]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

The simple facts that they added 3 things I've always wanted in the series, makes this one of my top buys of the year.

The Masters

DLC being used in season mode

In-game saves

Everything else at this point is pure gravy.

Great job EA!

...........Ditto!

[threattonature]

The only thing I'm waiting for out of this game is for them to have a multiplayer season for online play, or even multiplayer career mode. I buy the game to play against friends and just doing random course after random course gets old eventually.

[Zinger]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

I've been disappointed so many times with previous versions. Keep telling myself I'll never buy another one. I just don't have full confidence that the devs really love or even understand the game of golf. Every year there are parts of the game that are not just mediocre but really terrible - last year there was the lifeless commentary, badly implemented weather, wooden crowds, boring tournament atmosphere etc etc. But, that said, I'll certainly be paying attention as release day nears. Hope springs eternal...

[fishepa]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

I've been disappointed so many times with previous versions. Keep telling myself I'll never buy another one. I just don't have full confidence that the devs really love or even understand the game of golf. Every year there are parts of the game that are not just mediocre but really terrible - last year there was the lifeless commentary, badly implemented weather, wooden crowds, boring tournament atmosphere etc etc. But, that said, I'll certainly be paying attention as release day nears. Hope springs eternal...

One of the devs in the live stream in another post was talking about the "par 4 values" when talking about the yardages for the holes.

FACEPALM

[econoodle]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

Just reading through the news here. Any other word on Career Mode whether its geared only towards masters or is that just a piece of the puzzle.

Also, main reason I stopped buying was the fact that you could shoot 52 anyday of the week or the winning scores were always like 40 under. Has this been changed?

its called Road To The Masters, so i assume its geared toward winning it.
Whether or not u can continue after that is unsure.
It seems they r using the Masters as the backbone of the career mode, much like Ea did with Grand Slam Tennis, basing the career mode around the 4 majors only.

Tho i assume there will be more than just major events.

Will we be happy with a career mode that isnt boring like the past ones, but is more strealined? if in fact that is the case.

I see it being a mix of the two.

[RumbleCard]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Features, Enhancements and Box Art, Arrives March 29th

I haven't read this entire thread but moving the date up can't be a good thing. I really hope this game isn't riddles with bugs and glitches.