EA Sports PGA TOUR Info Schedule & Community FAQ

[beau21]

https://twitter.com/easportspgatour/status/1626612577768710146?s=46&t=IvGjnTzvW5esAXyXzch6dA

https://www.ea.com/games/ea-sports-pga-tour/news/ea-sports-pga-tour-community-faq

And from the FAQ re: 30fps on consoles:
“We understand that some players have a strong visual preference for higher framerate in their video games and we’ve heard community feedback surrounding the fps of the game on console. As a result, we’re examining the ability to add it into the game in the future.”


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[MrArlingtonBeach]

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No cross play is kind of a bummer, especially since "the other game" will be getting cross play right around the time EA's game launches.

Sounds like weather is totally static...you can't even change if it's cloudy, sunny, partly cloudy, etc. It just is what it is.

Challenges sound like a lot of fun.

[scagwi]

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No cross play is kind of a bummer, especially since "the other game" will be getting cross play right around the time EA's game launches.

Sounds like weather is totally static...you can't even change if it's cloudy, sunny, partly cloudy, etc. It just is what it is.

Frostbite must not be handling this as well as we'd hoped.

I have to think the lack of dynamic weather or time of day (totally static environments in this way) are strictly due to it tanking performance.

No Crossplay is enormously disappointing and honestly makes we wonder if the PC game will actually be supported over the long term. I have to think the user base size there will be orders of magnitude smaller than on consoles.

I'm glad to see they say are "constantly evaluating the possibility of this feature appearing post-launch.", especially if they are going to have cross platform progression.

A golf game always has a tiny audience relative to things like FIFA & NFL
For it to really thrive and be vibrant, we've got to have cross platform play.

[scagwi]

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I see they made an attempt to tackle the concerns about dial-a-distance golf..

I appreciate the effort, but it really just reinforced the point about actually executing a good swing is but a tiny fraction of what will matter.

(i.e. it's probably still "put the arrow here and barring some massive misstep, you'll get what you dialed in")

[scagwi]

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Re: above

Anyone else find it strange we can't have a more nebulous "100%" point of the actual analog swing, which would really help mitigate dial a distance .. and thus require developing some feel in your swing and learning and executing consistently the correct time to start downswing...

...but we do have "Power Boost"?

And how on Earth can they be talking about "real golf" and "discussions with your caddie" ... and then have th audacity to mention factors like "in-air spin"

EA -- that is not a thing in real golf.
Rory's is not rubbing a knob on a remote control to impact the spin of his shot mid-air

That is a straight "golden tee at a bar" type of nonsense feature.
lol

[Hilldog39]

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Re: above

Anyone else find it strange we can't have a more nebulous "100%" point of the actual analog swing, which would really help mitigate dial a distance .. and thus require developing some feel in your swing and learning and executing consistently the correct time to start downswing...

...but we do have "Power Boost"?

And how on Earth can they be talking about "real golf" and "discussions with your caddie" ... and then have th audacity to mention factors like "in-air spin"

EA -- that is not a thing in real golf.
Rory's is not rubbing a knob on a remote control to impact the spin of his shot mid-air

That is a straight "golden tee at a bar" type of nonsense feature.
lol

I know I'll be turning off power boost and spin control as soon as the game launches. I want to play as realistic as possible.

[beau21]

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I see they made an attempt to tackle the concerns about dial-a-distance golf..

I appreciate the effort, but it really just reinforced the point about actually executing a good swing is but a tiny fraction of what will matter.

(i.e. it's probably still "put the arrow here and barring some massive misstep, you'll get what you dialed in")

I would love to just see a circle instead of an arrow. Depending on a number of factors (wind, shot type, difficulty level, attributes) it would just give you a bigger or smaller circle and then as long as your swing was reasonably accurate, you’d fall in or immediately surrounding that circle. Probably works best with stick controls.

Thinking a stick + pulse hybrid from MLB The Show.


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[MrArlingtonBeach]

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I would love to just see a circle instead of an arrow. Depending on a number of factors (wind, shot type, difficulty level, attributes) it would just give you a bigger or smaller circle and then as long as your swing was reasonably accurate, you’d fall in or immediately surrounding that circle. Probably works best with stick controls.

Thinking a stick + pulse hybrid from MLB The Show.


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That's actually exactly how some of the early 2010's Tiger Woods games were...

You'd get a circle under the landing zone, and it could be narrowed down by using "Focus", which you'd earn throughout the round. The circle would be huge if you had low skills, or would be small if you had high attribute ratings. Here it is in TW 12...you can see the circle is huge for this player, playing in his first event:

https://youtu.be/7SB8syyjGhk?t=88

[Freakywwe]

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Re: above

Anyone else find it strange we can't have a more nebulous "100%" point of the actual analog swing, which would really help mitigate dial a distance .. and thus require developing some feel in your swing and learning and executing consistently the correct time to start downswing...

...but we do have "Power Boost"?

And how on Earth can they be talking about "real golf" and "discussions with your caddie" ... and then have th audacity to mention factors like "in-air spin"

EA -- that is not a thing in real golf.
Rory's is not rubbing a knob on a remote control to impact the spin of his shot mid-air

That is a straight "golden tee at a bar" type of nonsense feature.
lol

It may not be real golf, but it is what sells. I've seen multiple people on my Facebook who are casual gamers at best that got hyped seeing the power shot and spin shaping in the trailer, because that's what they remember the most from playing the TW games as a kid.

I mean, it takes one look at the replies on Twitter to see that the majority of people who buy these games are casual golf fans at best and don't want to learn the mechanics of how or why a golf shot is good. They just want to turn on the console and blast 300+ yard drives and pinpoint approach shots like their Tiger in his prime.

THAT is who the game is being marketed too. The only hope we have is that they take into account the simulation crowd and include the features from past games that allowed the simulation and casual fans to both enjoy the game.

IMO, this was the biggest issue with Rory. Not that it was created as a casual golf game, it's that there was no intention of ever creating something that catered to the sim crowd, which left a ridiculously easy game on even the hardest settings.

It's why I'm not really buying into anything until we see gameplay, specifically "Tour Pro" gameplay or whatever they'll be calling the hardest difficulty. I have no doubt everything we've seen gameplay wise has been played on the most causal of settings, so stuff like shots aren't nearly being affected by bad swing tempo/missing your line as they would if they were being shown on a higher difficulty

[lowpaiddonkey10]

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I see they made an attempt to tackle the concerns about dial-a-distance golf..

I appreciate the effort, but it really just reinforced the point about actually executing a good swing is but a tiny fraction of what will matter.

(i.e. it's probably still "put the arrow here and barring some massive misstep, you'll get what you dialed in")

Disappoint and in flight spin control. Got your quarters ready?

[Hilldog39]

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I would love to just see a circle instead of an arrow. Depending on a number of factors (wind, shot type, difficulty level, attributes) it would just give you a bigger or smaller circle and then as long as your swing was reasonably accurate, you’d fall in or immediately surrounding that circle. Probably works best with stick controls.

Thinking a stick + pulse hybrid from MLB The Show.


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In the gameplay deep dive, what looked like a circle under the arrow during that really quick clip of zooming into 11th green at Agusta. So maybe that could be the landing area the ball could go?

[lowpaiddonkey10]

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It may not be real golf, but it is what sells. I've seen multiple people on my Facebook who are casual gamers at best that got hyped seeing the power shot and spin shaping in the trailer, because that's what they remember the most from playing the TW games as a kid.

I mean, it takes one look at the replies on Twitter to see that the majority of people who buy these games are casual golf fans at best and don't want to learn the mechanics of how or why a golf shot is good. They just want to turn on the console and blast 300+ yard drives and pinpoint approach shots like their Tiger in his prime.

THAT is who the game is being marketed too. The only hope we have is that they take into account the simulation crowd and include the features from past games that allowed the simulation and casual fans to both enjoy the game.

IMO, this was the biggest issue with Rory. Not that it was created as a casual golf game, it's that there was no intention of ever creating something that catered to the sim crowd, which left a ridiculously easy game on even the hardest settings.

It's why I'm not really buying into anything until we see gameplay, specifically "Tour Pro" gameplay or whatever they'll be calling the hardest difficulty. I have no doubt everything we've seen gameplay wise has been played on the most causal of settings, so stuff like shots aren't nearly being affected by bad swing tempo/missing your line as they would if they were being shown on a higher difficulty

The whole 20 shots thing makes the game more accessible to the casuals and they will drive game sales not us. Need to see a slew of game play videos by critical creators after the game launches.

[scagwi]

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It's why I'm not really buying into anything until we see gameplay, specifically "Tour Pro" gameplay or whatever they'll be calling the hardest difficulty. I have no doubt everything we've seen gameplay wise has been played on the most causal of settings, so stuff like shots aren't nearly being affected by bad swing tempo/missing your line as they would if they were being shown on a higher difficulty

Well said and I'm right there with you.

I got a PS5 this week and still own digital Rory and I fired that up (advanced swing, etc ... made it as hard as I could) and if that's the extent of the "sim" game we are getting here --- all the visuals will be lost on me and I'll be out.

[scagwi]

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Does the "of course" here feel like a little shot at the 2K game to anyone else?

[scagwi]

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Speaking of Rory, which I fired up again on my new PS5..

While Rory was downloading more content I did a "play now" on the easy settings (or whatever it defaulted to).

All you had to do was put the blue arc wherever you wanted and swing ... instant birdie (or better).

Who plays a golf game on that mode?
Like -- why bother?

Isn't there something more fun to do with life than spending time placing an arrow and watching the ball go, essentially, exactly where the arc told you it would go?

You don't figure anything out -- it just "tells you" -- I just don't get it at all.
I guess little kids maybe?

It's nearly like having "auto-touchdowns" or "auto-goals" in Madden or FIFA