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

[Beelzebot44]

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The game looks great, but honestly as an owner of TGC I was pretty much only hyped about the added immersion of creating myself (gameface on previous versions was amazing) and going through a career. But the player creator is so laughably bad it completely removes that. You get 11 faces, most of which don't even look like a real person, I think six hairstyles, and some different skin tones. That's it. Not even facial hair. At least 99% of people who try won't be able to make anyone that even passably looks like them. It's pathetic.

And the career mode is very underwhelming so far. No calendar, no events... basically it's just a series of rounds. I think I'm skipping this until/unless major updates are made. It doesn't offer much that TGC doesn't at this point outside looks.

[pencerm]

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

The game looks great, but honestly as an owner of TGC I was pretty much only hyped about the added immersion of creating myself (gameface on previous versions was amazing) and going through a career. But the player creator is so laughably bad it completely removes that. You get 11 faces, most of which don't even look like a real person, I think six hairstyles, and some different skin tones. That's it. Not even facial hair. At least 99% of people who try won't be able to make anyone that even passably looks like them. It's pathetic.

And the career mode is very underwhelming so far. No calendar, no events... basically it's just a series of rounds. I think I'm skipping this until/unless major updates are made. It doesn't offer much that TGC doesn't at this point outside looks.

I've never really cared too much about making someone who looks like me, although no facial hair is a bit absurd. Have you had a chance to look at clothing, equipment, etc.? How is the selection there? I do like to change my apparel often to it doesn't get stale looking at the same thing in career mode.

[Beelzebot44]

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I've never really cared too much about making someone who looks like me, although no facial hair is a bit absurd. Have you had a chance to look at clothing, equipment, etc.? How is the selection there? I do like to change my apparel often to it doesn't get stale looking at the same thing in career mode.

There are a bunch of choices there, but most of them are locked right now until I level up in my career. You do get the option of four outfits, one for each day of the tournament, which is pretty cool.

[Barto]

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Okay, so i've read some more reviews this morning on Reddit and it appears a lot of complaining is going on about the graphics being meh at best. Is it possible the trial version doesn't have the same graphic quality as the final retail version. The trial version is 26gb, so i suppose the final retail version could be bigger and also have a few more bells and whistles.

I've never seen or played an EA early access game, so i have nothing to compare it to in regards to the final retail release.

[sbauer318]

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Okay, so i've read some more reviews this morning on Reddit and it appears a lot of complaining is going on about the graphics being meh at best. Is it possible the trial version doesn't have the same graphic quality as the final retail version. The trial version is 26gb, so i suppose the final retail version could be bigger and also have a few more bells and whistles.

I've never seen or played an EA early access game, so i have nothing to compare it to in regards to the final retail release.

This trial is supposed to be a time limited full game.

There could always be a patch I guess

[Beelzebot44]

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From what I understand, the EA Access trials are the full game.

[pencerm]

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

Okay, so i've read some more reviews this morning on Reddit and it appears a lot of complaining is going on about the graphics being meh at best. Is it possible the trial version doesn't have the same graphic quality as the final retail version. The trial version is 26gb, so i suppose the final retail version could be bigger and also have a few more bells and whistles.

I've never seen or played an EA early access game, so i have nothing to compare it to in regards to the final retail release.

I've seen everything from "the game looks beautiful" to "the game looks average at best." I've seen everything from "the gameplay is so fluid and great" to "the gameplay is arcadey, has no touch, and is too easy." So at this point I'll just wait for July 14th and decide for myself. I'm not nearly as picky as most people on here. I've had lots of fun with every Tiger Woods game. Every last one of them. I don't imagine this will be any different so long as they add plenty of courses.

[alangst]

A few thoughts while I'm downloading...

I'm just curious if the overall freedom and constant updates and tuning for TheGolfClub have ruined this title for alot of people. People also need to remember that TGC wasn't a great product at launch either.

This brings me to my second point... With the addition of another course being added in Sept for free (even if its already available for preorders), is there any chance EA keeps interest in this game and gives us more patches, gameplay updates, and even more courses. I've heard they did something similar to this with a UFC title.

And back to TGC....have they implemented there $10 season mode download yet? I've actually been playing lots of real golf, so i've been off of the TGCtours for awhile.

Thanks everyone for all the updates and critiques.

[sbauer318]

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I've seen everything from "the game looks beautiful" to "the game looks average at best." I've seen everything from "the gameplay is so fluid and great" to "the gameplay is arcadey, has no touch, and is too easy." So at this point I'll just wait for July 14th and decide for myself. I'm not nearly as picky as most people on here. I've had lots of fun with every Tiger Woods game. Every last one of them. I don't imagine this will be any different so long as they add plenty of courses.

In terms of visuals I think it's because at times it is a bit of everything you've read. Sometimes it looks really good but other times it doesn't look as good.

What I do know is that the frame rate feels all over the place sometimes.

[pk500]

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

From what I understand, the EA Access trials are the full game.

That is correct. It's a trial of the retail game, not an early demo. Only patching can enhance.

[ricky24]

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Smartglass froze up on me (iOS) when I tried. I was able to remote purchase via xbox.com.

I can't find a way to just dl the trial. Is that possible?

[brandon27]

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I got a full round of 18 in at Sawgrass this morning. I only played it on the arcade settings simply because I was rushing before work to get a quick round in and I didn't want to waste time playing with settings. That's tonight's mission.


As for Sawgrass. I thought it looked great. The visuals are spot on. When there's some motion and camera panning though, things tend to look a bit... grainy? Maybe that's the right word. It may be my TV also though. I'm not playing on the greatest. It's a 2 year old Samsung 5 series LED. However, it's a big improvement from last gen, and big improvement from TGC on the X1. Frame rate seems fine with me, I didn't notice any issues like I did last night while the game was still installing.


I enjoyed the round I played, even though I was rushing. It's got that same EA Golf feel, that's for sure. I missed I think only one fairway, I hooked a shot to the left and into a bunker. Chipping I was fairly close to the pin most of the time. Putting was a bit of a struggle for me to get used to. That might take a bit. In total, I shot a -12, bogey free round. Now, keep in mind, this was in straight up arcade mode, with only 3-5 mph wind setting because I was in a rush.


I'm happy with what I saw in the play now mode. Kind of sad to only see stroke play, or match play as an option. Hopefully all those original TW game modes like skins, stableford etc. all come back as content updates down the road.


Later tonight, I hope to get in another round using the tour difficulty settings, and mess around in the career mode. That's where I'll spend most of my time with the game.


One thing that concerns me, I didn't see anywhere in the menu for Stats. I really HATE that EA has gone away from personal user stat tracking in it's games. I assume inside of Career mode it will keep track of my golfers stats (can anyone confirm?), but I'd like to see a universal stat tracker, to track every single round my GT plays, offline, online, everything.

[Chairman7w]

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For the love............. my player just hit a 3 foot par putt and did the robot to celebrate. What...uhhh...I mean......ugh I don't get it. Never ever ever have I seen that watching golf on TV.

[dlwhite83]

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New to this. How can you play different courses My only two options are play now and the Prolouge thing.

[Danimal]

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I just don't know if I can get past the putting. Doesn't matter what reasoning you put behind it, there is no feel to putting.

You pick a spot, pick a distance and pull the stick. I actually like the rest of the game but this is really puzzling why they went away from a feel mechanic to this.