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terrycurran62 · 08-11-2015, 06:41 AM

Right this is exactly the problem with this game. The Ai is simply appalling. Worse than ps1. I have been Moaning about this now for a few weeks. I have just played the mid season Classic at Lighthouse point on three click with hardest options but with green grid on. Playing harder doesn't mask the fact that either Ea cocked up with the Ai or deliberately made it the way it is so everyone can win easily.
On round 1 the conditions were hard and I shot level par. The leader shot minus 9. I knew from experience what was coming, the next round the conditions were benign and I shot minus 9. The leaders were at minus 10. Next round I deliberately played a bad round and shot level par. Surprise surprise even though the wind was almost non existent all of the leaders also shot around par and I finished one behind. So onto to the last round and once again conditions were benign as is always the case on final rounds in career mode.
Even though I was joint leader I didn't go out last. That's another childish programming error. The leader, Na went to minus 12, so I deliberately dropped a shot and as expected Na started moving backward so he was only minus 8 after 8. By this time I was minus 12. I finished on minus 18 and Won by ten shots.
What an appalling waste of my time. After the first round the leader shot minus 9 in difficult conditions and then after three more rounds of benign conditions the scores went backwards. This happens in every tournament and I've had enough. It's pointless playing. Yes I can make it harder by turning off the green grid but that makes it silly as the contours can't all be read properly. This does not change the fact that the AI is truly terrible. Either it's deliberate or bad programming. I realise that many people just want to win these days without trying etc. I don't understand that.
But for those of us who want a challenge then this games gives none. Can EA explain why the AI is the way it is. I suspect they don't care and I won't be changed. Changing the level it plays at will not change the way it plays. The fact that computer players don't play like proper player is a significant distraction. The original pga mega drive drive from over 20 years ago had better AI than this pile of rubbish.
Sadly I bought is game on own so I can't even turn it into a coaster.

08-11-2015, 06:41 AM	#425
terrycurran62 Banned OVR: 0 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: uk	Re: Rory McIlroy PGA TOUR Available Today - Post Your Impressions Here Right this is exactly the problem with this game. The Ai is simply appalling. Worse than ps1. I have been Moaning about this now for a few weeks. I have just played the mid season Classic at Lighthouse point on three click with hardest options but with green grid on. Playing harder doesn't mask the fact that either Ea cocked up with the Ai or deliberately made it the way it is so everyone can win easily. On round 1 the conditions were hard and I shot level par. The leader shot minus 9. I knew from experience what was coming, the next round the conditions were benign and I shot minus 9. The leaders were at minus 10. Next round I deliberately played a bad round and shot level par. Surprise surprise even though the wind was almost non existent all of the leaders also shot around par and I finished one behind. So onto to the last round and once again conditions were benign as is always the case on final rounds in career mode. Even though I was joint leader I didn't go out last. That's another childish programming error. The leader, Na went to minus 12, so I deliberately dropped a shot and as expected Na started moving backward so he was only minus 8 after 8. By this time I was minus 12. I finished on minus 18 and Won by ten shots. What an appalling waste of my time. After the first round the leader shot minus 9 in difficult conditions and then after three more rounds of benign conditions the scores went backwards. This happens in every tournament and I've had enough. It's pointless playing. Yes I can make it harder by turning off the green grid but that makes it silly as the contours can't all be read properly. This does not change the fact that the AI is truly terrible. Either it's deliberate or bad programming. I realise that many people just want to win these days without trying etc. I don't understand that. But for those of us who want a challenge then this games gives none. Can EA explain why the AI is the way it is. I suspect they don't care and I won't be changed. Changing the level it plays at will not change the way it plays. The fact that computer players don't play like proper player is a significant distraction. The original pga mega drive drive from over 20 years ago had better AI than this pile of rubbish. Sadly I bought is game on own so I can't even turn it into a coaster.