Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360)

[DivotMaker]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360)

Nothing wrong with the Sim engine.... Those rounds were generated on the easier difficulty settings....the scores will drop accordingly with the higher difficulty levels....

[therizing02]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360)

Nothing wrong with the Sim engine.... Those rounds were generated on the easier difficulty settings....the scores will drop accordingly with the higher difficulty levels....

Yeah? So I had selected simulation for my settings and went into the tournament and Bradley led the British Open with a score of 27 under. You're saying that will change in the retail version?

Thanks

[DivotMaker]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360)

That is what was posted on the EA Tiger forums by one of the Devs...

[ctulb]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Demo Available Now For 360, Later Today For PS3

am i missing something or is shot power basically determined of where you put the maker?

Definitely seems the case with putting. Not sure with other shots, have missed quite a few greens long

[cccgolfer08]

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am i missing something or is shot power basically determined of where you put the maker?

What exactly do you mean by shot power? Like how far you are hitting the shot? With ZERO wind and elevation, where your aiming marker is, if you hit a perfect back swing and through swing, the ball should LAND where the marker was. It is a landing marker so that doesn't account for roll/spin. If you happen to have a fast tempo and an overswing, your ball could fly 10 years past where that aiming marker was. You also need to make sure that your strike meter is on the center of the ball because that will effect your distance and accuracy as well.

[mctrees02]

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Love the simulation difficulty. It definitely took 5 or 6 quick rounds to get a feel for it. On Royal Birkdale, you can just aim out to the right if you're hitting a pull hook to keep the ball in play but that's not much of an option on a tree lined course like Oak Hill. Once I got the hang of the swing, it became a lot easier to "play for the miss" while finding fairways and greens. +1 is my best 3 hole score at Oak Hill, even at Birkdale. I'll work a bit more on the putting later on but the lack of green reading tools should virtually eliminate anybody having 18-20 putt rounds anymore. A round in the 60's will be hard earned and well deserved.

The Legends feature was unplayable for me on my new LED TV as it was simply too hard to see what's going on in "night mode" when there is sun coming through my windows (and I don't have any glare on my TV, windows are behind it). I personally think that was a waste of time by the devs to add in night golf and having now tried to play it, it confirmed my suspicion as a tricked up gimmick that isn't going to really draw anybody into buying the game.

I had no plans to buy TW14 as I really enjoy 13 and have earned enough coins to pick up just about every course that I wanted. However, the fun of simulation mode might have me considering this after I get done with the Show as a great summer/fall game before FIFA 14 comes out.

[OnlookerDelay]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360)

I tried playing the 360 version some more this morning. I did Quick Play at Royal Birkdale and it was too dark for my tastes. It wasn't dark enough for the ball to glow, but just before it. It just felt so phoney to me.

I then tried some Simulation difficulty Connected Tournaments under sunny, afternoon skies at Birkdale. The course looked as good, if not better than last year, under those conditions. I tried Broadcast presentation one more time and I've finally had enough... it is an absolute mess from a player perspective. Not only are you taken out of the moment and deprived of the opportunity to savor the aesthetics of watching the shot take shape from your virtual golfer's eyes, you are also missing critical bounce and roll information that could have been useful to you in gauging slopes on short pitches, chips and putts. The Broadcast camera still shifts to angles at the moment of impact that don't allow you to see how the ball is breaking/rolling on the green to the extent your golfer would have seen it from their eyes.

I've said it before and I'll say it again; I grew tired of Follow Camera with Tiger 2007 and I haven't warmed up to it since. I'll have to admit that the Follow camera does give the player a better look at the action, particularly pitching, chipping and putting, but even it does some funky things that deprive you of getting good golfer's eye data on how putts and chips are breaking for the come backers. I don't like the Follow camera because it strips me out of the golfer's perspective and I wind up feeling like I'm a bird watching the action. I recognize that a lot of people like it, and I can understand that. It's purely a personal preference, but it's a strong enough consideration in how I perceive the game that I fear now that the presentation options are going to be a dealbreaker for me.

[gbx34]

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What exactly do you mean by shot power? Like how far you are hitting the shot? With ZERO wind and elevation, where your aiming marker is, if you hit a perfect back swing and through swing, the ball should LAND where the marker was. It is a landing marker so that doesn't account for roll/spin. If you happen to have a fast tempo and an overswing, your ball could fly 10 years past where that aiming marker was. You also need to make sure that your strike meter is on the center of the ball because that will effect your distance and accuracy as well.

Yea. I do not see a swing percentage. So if your wedge goes 120 yards and put the marker at 80, a full swing will go that 80 yards.

[BagMan]

A variety of camera options in a golf game should be mandatory.

Also, the core of the game is flawed. It should provide tremendous satisfaction as a reward for hitting the ball properly. The way it is currently, iron strikes sound like ground first then ball contact. it should be the opposite.

Same with the driver. The swing speed sounds too low for a professional golfer and the sound of the driver hitting the ball is too hollow.

In real golf, you can tell a good strike by the sound. A very satisfying sound.

If you had a baseball game where hitting a baseball doesnt feel right or is not satisfying, you would not play it very long.

[cccgolfer08]

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Yea. I do not see a swing percentage. So if your wedge goes 120 yards and put the marker at 80, a full swing will go that 80 yards.

Percentages are non existent in the game. I don't know if you happened to play '13, but they were actually gone in that game. If a full swing wedge with your aiming marker all way out is 120 yards, that is with you swinging with a full backswing.. If you draw your aiming marker back to 80 yards, your swing will be need to be shortened or you will overswing. so you will actually have to end up taking about 2/3 of the backswing instead of a full backswing. You will notice this if you go play a round in amateur mode. There is a swing aid that will show you when you need to stop your backswing to have a perfect shot. So go play amateur and draw your aiming marker back, and you will see what I'm talking about. Difficult to explain.

[DivotMaker]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360)

Thanks for the vids. I'm scratching my head as to why there is a "swoosh" noise during a putting stroke. Total turn off!!

Do any of the devs even play golf?

The "swoosh" is not in the final version of the game. And every Dev plays Golf, a couple of them are scratch golfers......

[Koolie G]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360)

Played a few quick tournaments last night and one connected tournament. I only wanted to play Simulation mode. I didn't by TW13 so some things are new to me. In the connected tourney I doubled the first, bogeyed the 2nd and parred the 3rd.

I couldn't change my swing to the right stick in the connceted tourney, hopefully that won't be the case in the retail version. I need that right stick as my swing stick.

Overall, I really like what they've done. They could still work on the presentation and the feeling of immersion, and they could also work on the camera angles, but overall this Simulation setting is going to make this a favorite of mine I think.

[cccgolfer08]

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I couldn't change my swing to the right stick in the connceted tourney, hopefully that won't be the case in the retail version. I need that right stick as my swing stick.

I believe if you go to the gameplay settings in the main menu, and you scroll down, there is an option to change to the right stick.

[Koolie G]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360)

I believe if you go to the gameplay settings in the main menu, and you scroll down, there is an option to change to the right stick.

I thought I tried that. I don't think there was a gameplay setting option when i was in the connected tournament. Maybe I missed it, but I definitely looked for it and I was able to change it when I was playing in "offline" tournament.

[DivotMaker]

Re: Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 14 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions (PS3, 360)

I thought I tried that. I don't think there was a gameplay setting option when i was in the connected tournament. Maybe I missed it, but I definitely looked for it and I was able to change it when I was playing in "offline" tournament.

Go into Gameplay Settings each time you start the demo and change the stick there so it is universal no matter if you are playing online or offline, but do it each time you exit the demo and restart the demo....