Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

[DivotMaker]

Re: Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

Beautiful game and the full swing mechanic and all main swings are executed very well with tour mode advanced using length of backswing and speed of follow through to determine your shop distance... but the putting...


my god it's like it is a different game. You can not even take the putter back past what the predetermined distance marker is set for. It's not intuitive at all. like an easy mode for putting.. TGC does putting much more organically.




And that stupid green ball always trying to tell me how to swing, please go away and let me watch my golfers swing only

Yes, but I think that is because the putter is 171 ft at its longest, so we have to have backswings that match the distance we need to putt....and you do not need to fill the green ball up to hit a putt the proper distance is what I am finding. filling it up is overswing, the circle inside is perfect so far........so different than previous Tiger putting engines...

Other impressions:

I am not seeing that Tour mode is so easy since I have been playing strictly Career Mode with a new CAG. Yes, it is easy to hit straight, but tempo plays a HUGE role in the shot results.

So far in Career, I have only played 4-5 holes of each round (4) of the Web.com tour event (1) and the first PGA TOUR event after earning my TOUR card is the same at the Bioware Classic. Please tell me this is not how Career Mode is throughout.....

[OnlookerDelay]

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I played two holes while the game is still downloading in arcade mode on Chambers Bay... it felt way too automated for me, and honestly, looked a bit "grainy" and the lighting was really bright. I quit after two holes because I thought the continuing download in the background was dragging it down. I'm at 94% now, so I'll give it an honest Tour mode try here in a bit. I'm a bit worried about the graininess of the graphics I've seen so far though. I'd say it's at best 900p, but the sun was so bright at Chambers Bay it was washing everything out.

[turbineseaplane]

I played two holes while the game is still downloading in arcade mode on Chambers Bay... it felt way too automated for me, and honestly, looked a bit "grainy" and the lighting was really bright. I quit after two holes because I thought the continuing download in the background was dragging it down. I'm at 94% now, so I'll give it an honest Tour mode try here in a bit. I'm a bit worried about the graininess of the graphics I've seen so far though. I'd say it's at best 900p, but the sun was so bright at Chambers Bay it was washing everything out.

Doesn't the sun "wash things out" in real life too?
I thought it looked pretty realistic in that regard, no?

[DivotMaker]

Re: Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

I played two holes while the game is still downloading in arcade mode on Chambers Bay... it felt way too automated for me, and honestly, looked a bit "grainy" and the lighting was really bright. I quit after two holes because I thought the continuing download in the background was dragging it down. I'm at 94% now, so I'll give it an honest Tour mode try here in a bit. I'm a bit worried about the graininess of the graphics I've seen so far though. I'd say it's at best 900p, but the sun was so bright at Chambers Bay it was washing everything out.

Remember previous Tiger games were criticized for garish green textures and overall darkness....

[Klocker]

Re: Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

Yes, but I think that is because the putter is 171 ft at its longest, so we have to have backswings that match the distance we need to putt....and you do not need to fill the green ball up to hit a putt the proper distance is what I am finding. filling it up is overswing, the circle inside is perfect so far........so different than previous Tiger putting engines...

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I wish we could take the putter back for the distance we want to hit... yea we can hold the stick back longer for more distance but if you like using the club as a guide for how far to hit based on backswing, then putting does not work. The putter on screen physically moves exactly the same distance for every single swing. Like 14" .


Fells like auto bot putting compared to the rest of the swing mechanic. It may operate like the rest of the game based on how long you hold stick back but actually it feels/looks really wonky. fyi, I did not play the last game so it may be the same as last version but played most PGA and TW games since SNES days. So this is nothing new, putting has always been more auto pilot. Was just hoping they'd offered more organic putting for tour mode. Like TGC or Links on OGXbox.


Oh well, looks good and plays interestingly into the green with lots of options... and again, I was not aware that weather had been removed. After seeing the fantasy battlefield course I just assumed a full weather model.


edit: graphics and lighting really look great in morning and evening settings, shocked there is not even cloudy or overcast. Graphics look amazing really and the animations are the best they have ever been

[Panicshade]

Re: Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

Got a Hole-In-One in the Web.com Finals...thank you 3 Click Meter...lol

[Flightwhite24]

Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

Well after 2 more rounds and getting a little more comfortable with the gameplay I'm now completely sold on this title.

Upped everything to the highest settings as well as Hard Swing/ which I had numerous hits that were Underswung as well as Short swings that left me scrambling to make Par. No shot is safe on this setting. I've also somewhat figured out the putting. Finished at even par and if it was not for my prior experience as well as actually a real golfer in life I would have blown up on the scoreboard.

I doubted EA but I've seen enough to know I will be playing this one a lot, if not as much as TW14.


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[sroz39]

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Well after 2 more rounds and getting a little more comfortable with the gameplay I'm now completely sold on this title.

Upped everything to the highest settings as well as Hard Swing/ which I had numerous hits that were Underswung as well as Short swings that left me scrambling to make Par. No shot is safe on this setting. I've also somewhat figured out the putting. Finished at even par and if it was not for my prior experience as well as actually a real golfer in life I would have blown up on the scoreboard.

I doubted EA but I've seen enough to know I will be playing this one a lot, if not as much as TW14.


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This is great news. Are you finding that you're missing more left and right with the difficulty turned up as well? Or is it still easy to hit straight but the tempo mistakes keep your shots from being perfect?

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[DivotMaker]

Re: Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

I wish we could take the putter back for the distance we want to hit... yea we can hold the stick back longer for more distance but if you like using the club as a guide for how far to hit based on backswing, then putting does not work. The putter on screen physically moves exactly the same distance for every single swing. Like 14" .


Fells like auto bot putting compared to the rest of the swing mechanic. It may operate like the rest of the game based on how long you hold stick back but actually it feels/looks really wonky. fyi, I did not play the last game so it may be the same as last version but played most PGA and TW games since SNES days. So this is nothing new, putting has always been more auto pilot. Was just hoping they'd offered more organic putting for tour mode. Like TGC or Links on OGXbox.


Oh well, looks good and plays interestingly into the green with lots of options... and again, I was not aware that weather had been removed. After seeing the fantasy battlefield course I just assumed a full weather model.


edit: graphics and lighting really look great in morning and evening settings, shocked there is not even cloudy or overcast. Graphics look amazing really and the animations are the best they have ever been

Play a bit more, I think you will see on long putts you need to take the putter head back proportionately longer for longer putts....

[turbineseaplane]

Well after 2 more rounds and getting a little more comfortable with the gameplay I'm now completely sold on this title.

Upped everything to the highest settings as well as Hard Swing/ which I had numerous hits that were Underswung as well as Short swings that left me scrambling to make Par. No shot is safe on this setting. I've also somewhat figured out the putting. Finished at even par and if it was not for my prior experience as well as actually a real golfer in life I would have blown up on the scoreboard.

I doubted EA but I've seen enough to know I will be playing this one a lot, if not as much as TW14.


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REALLY good to hear!!

[DivotMaker]

Re: Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

Well after 2 more rounds and getting a little more comfortable with the gameplay I'm now completely sold on this title.

Upped everything to the highest settings as well as Hard Swing/ which I had numerous hits that were Underswung as well as Short swings that left me scrambling to make Par. No shot is safe on this setting. I've also somewhat figured out the putting. Finished at even par and if it was not for my prior experience as well as actually a real golfer in life I would have blown up on the scoreboard.

I doubted EA but I've seen enough to know I will be playing this one a lot, if not as much as TW14.

Starting to feel the same way.

Update, it appears the first two Career mode events (Web.com to get your PGA TOUR card) and the Bioware open simmed part of each round while you get to play 6 or so holes. Just fired up Bay Hill Invitational and it looks like the real 4 round PGA TOUR mode.

Going to go to Custom swing and really dial up the difficulty. Checking back later.

[Klocker]

Re: Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

Play a bit more, I think you will see on long putts you need to take the putter head back proportionately longer for longer putts....

Will do thanks


Edit ... Still shocked that they have no overcast, cloudy or rain.... baffled. Could only imagine how good it would look in this engine


Edit 2... yes played in tourney with created player and putting looks different. was only playing with Rory in other rounds play now. Weird. putting not as bad as I thought. Maybe distance was the difference as you said

[Flightwhite24]

Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Trial Available Now on EA Access, Post Your Impressions

This is great news. Are you finding that you're missing more left and right with the difficulty turned up as well? Or is it still easy to hit straight but the tempo mistakes keep your shots from being perfect?

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There were at least 3/4 shots where I thought I hit it clean and it ended up being 25/30 short/long that left me with a bad next shot. One I clearly remember was my swing plane was straight but I missed the green short by like 30 yards and I noticed that I had a Slow swing with a short swing but everything felt right. I've been wanting something like this for years. To have that shot that you think is $$ only to find out that you came up way short

My Custom settings are
SWING MECHANICS- advanced
SWING DIFFICULTY- hard
SHOT SHAPING-off
LIE EFFECT- advanced
SPIN CONTROL- off
ZOOM-off
WIND GUST- on. Just switched this to on. Gonna give it a whirl
AIMING-off
PUTT READ-off

CAMERAS
ADDRESS- default
TEE TO GREEN- Pro
PUTTING- follow
COMET TAIL-off

GREEN GRID-on but that will be changing soon


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[MHammer113]

I want weather. badly. Maybe an update?

[fishepa]

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Looking at Pastapadre twitch stream the game is gorgeous. I will probably buy it on looks alone. Seems as the gameplay is a mixed bag right now. Looking forward to hearing more sim impressions.


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