The Golf Club Closed Beta Impressions (Q&A Inside)

[SinisterAlex]

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Better be an option to turn the voice off. I'd rather play the game without it to be honest. Seems forced and doesn't seem natural at all. I like listening to the background sounds, club sounds, etc much better.

I can't wait to see the course creator. I already have some good ideas in mind for the first course I'm going to build. Mix a bit of Augusta with some U.S Open flair.

[RipCity71252]

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All the sound effects do sound great, aside from the putter. Maybe it's just me, but it sounded a bit cheap.

Just something I've noticed, but most all the fairways seem to be pretty narrow. Probably in there, but really hope we have the ability to widen fairways.

Can't wait to get my hands on it.

[Aggies7]

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Looks good. Hope I am able to easily create my local courses.

[TheTruth]

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All the sound effects do sound great, aside from the putter. Maybe it's just me, but it sounded a bit cheap.

Just something I've noticed, but most all the fairways seem to be pretty narrow. Probably in there, but really hope we have the ability to widen fairways.

Can't wait to get my hands on it.

You can definitely widen fairways. The dev team has repeatedly said the difficulty will come with how the courses are designed. Does that mean we have to have 10ft wide fairways to make it real difficult, etc? Don't know, hope the beta testers can shed some light.

[jrdsvtk]

My oh my that looks great. Cannot wait to get my hands on the final product. Biggest decision will be what console to get it on.

[bluengold34_OS]

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I will get a full 18 hole video up early this afternoon.

[LingeringRegime]

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Yeah the commentary doesn't do much for me either. I know they are trying to do something in that regard, but one of my favorite parts about getting out there and playing golf in real life are the sounds of nature. Maybe they can open up the bird song variety, squirrels barking, woodpecker pecking, etc.

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That said I was impressed with the sounds off the tee and the fairway for that matter.

Thanks Bluengold for uploading these. I know it takes a lot of time and bandwidth.

Can't wait for the final product.

[bluengold34_OS]

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For those concerned about turning the commentator off - he can be taken down to 0 volume in the settings, and you can max the game sounds out - what you hear in the video is the game sounds at 85. In the beta though, the settings are disabled, so commentary cant be disabled.

[bowld]

Few questions...

1. I noticed a lot of texture popping, especially with the trees. I assume this will be corrected before release?

2.This may have already been answered but will this game be a full $60 retail game or will it be more in line with a $15-30 downloadable game?

The gameplay itself looks great but the actual golfer animations themselves look pretty ugly

[greenegt]

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Thanks for the vids, bluengold. I'm really excited about the social aspects. Playing OS tourneys with limitless course selection? Sign me up.

[bluengold34_OS]

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Few questions...

1. I noticed a lot of texture popping, especially with the trees. I assume this will be corrected before release?

They have hardly optimized anything yet in game. Some games I can play on max settings, others I have to play on medium, or even low. The game is a true beta, not a beta they put out to create buzz. They were very clear with this message in the beta acceptance letters. The next video I am about to load up is on medium, and will look better than my previous one - which was set to low.

2.This may have already been answered but will this game be a full $60 retail game or will it be more in line with a $15-30 downloadable game?

To my knowledge no retail price point has been set yet.

The gameplay itself looks great but the actual golfer animations themselves look pretty ugly

They have been made aware of the animation issues with the golfers - not sure what their plans are though - if any.

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[bluengold34_OS]

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So here is a 10:00 minute video(7 holes) This is the best round I have had so far.
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[bowld]

Thanks for the videos. Game looks like a ton of fun, just hoping its a downloadable title as opposed to a full $60 game

[bluengold34_OS]

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Thanks for the videos. Game looks like a ton of fun, just hoping its a downloadable title as opposed to a full $60 game

It is a lot of fun, and the more you play it the more you enjoy it. I just spent about an hour with the course creator - holy hell is that a robust piece of software. Still learning the in's and out's of it - but I was able to create the first hole of my local course I grew up on almost perfectly - almost.

[half-fast]

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This is all great to read. I'm excited for this game, and have no problem paying full price for a game if it's of proper quality.