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

[bluengold34_OS]

OK - I have just been informed that there will be an email sent over in the next few hours that will provide access to the Golf Club closed beta today. Myself and any others who were lucky enough to gain access will provide what information we can in this thread. Asking questions is not a problem, but understand we may not be able to answer them all. I will post in here as soon as I have the game installed and have spent spent some time with it.

We just ask that you be patient - Thanks!

[pokerlife]

Sweet!!!!!

[southernSNIDELY]

Congrats on getting in on the Closed Beta!

If at all possible - could you upload game play video of maybe 2-3 holes of consecutive shot to shot, tee to green video?
Also interested in the different camera options during gameplay and replays.

Have fun and look forward to your initial impressions. I'll check back in 5 minutes........ha,ha.

[bluengold34_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by southernSNIDELY

Congrats on getting in on the Closed Beta! If at all possible - could you upload game play video of maybe 2-3 holes of consecutive shot to shot, tee to green video? Also interested in the different camera options during gameplay and replays. Have fun and look forward to your initial impressions. I'll check back in 5 minutes........ha,ha.

will do my best to upload something - but it will be later tonight or in the AM.

[doubledeuceR6]

Nice, looking forward to hearing more about this!

[bluengold34_OS]

Loaded it up and played 18 holes - early impressions, but please keep in mind that this a beta, and not a final product -


Overall swing mechanic is done very very well. You can feel the weight in in each shot, whether off the tee box or on the green.

Drives off the tee box - They feel great, but a bit too easy to control. I only hit one drive in the rough and that was just by a yard or so. Everything else I pretty much split the fairway with my drive.

Fairway shots - Once again they feel great and my accuracy was not as keyed-in as it was with my drives. There was some deviation in my swing and measuring the length of the shot, combined with the wind, provided a good little challenge(but not overly difficult)

Chips off green - The difficulty level rose for this type of shot, and requires a nice touch to get it close. Not too difficulty to control your swing, but not overly easy either.

Putting - The putting system is just outstanding to me. It really requires one to concentrate and have a feel for the club. The grid is not too intrusive and and it felt great when I dropped a long putt. I lipped some, blew by the hole a couple of times, and came up short often. Putting really requires you to hit the ball solid and on line, but it's fair and mimics real life putting.

Graphics - (PC only)The game gives you multiple resolutions and low/medium/high graphic settings. I played on all three, and all three looked really good. I was only getting 30 to 45 FPS, but my assumption is the game is not fully optimized yet for the PC.

Overall the beta is what I was hoping for. There is a really good game of golf waiting for people, but obviously some tweaks still need to happen, and that's what this beta is for.

Just some quick impressions after only 18 holes. Still haven't touched course creator, and probably wont until tonight.

[DiscountCleric]

With the caveat that it's clearly not fully optimized yet, how were the loading times on the game?

How long did it take you to play 18 holes coming in with no prior experience?

[bluengold34_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by DiscountCleric

With the caveat that it's clearly not fully optimized yet, how were the loading times on the game? How long did it take you to play 18 holes coming in with no prior experience?

Loading times were actually quite short - with just small hesitations between shots. It took me about 25 mins to play a round - Now I could have taken longer if I studied and measured each shot, but that was not my goal on the 1st round.