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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 The following report compares gadgets using the SERCount Rating (base on the result count from the search engine). |
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POPULAR HAT - 2006-02-13 11:39:00 | © Copyright 2004 - www.hat.net () | sitemap | top |
The PS2 version is a dumb-down version of the PC title, the interface is mouse=club and pushing the mouse on a horizontal or vertical axis (choose either) mimics the strike of the club - sounds technical, but EA is all about sports, and they've been making sports titles for years, so it is very easy to pick up, and they did a very good job of capturing the "stage fright" feeling right before a swing with this interface, but the tried & true 2 or 3 mouse-click interface is present.
You start by building a character a la The Sims - face, body size, clothes, and $5k ($50k if you have another EA sports title on your PC), then a non-linear path trying to earn more money in competitions against computer opponents (who look like they wandered in from miniature golf), buying more skills and equipment, and learning the game. Naturally as skills increase the game becomes more difficult, and the frustration factor can get really high with missing short putts or crashing & burning on a bad round that puts you tied for 4th to 46th.
The announcers with their in-game commentaries are like Mutt & Jeff - you can tell they did the voice-over work as a parody & most of what they say insult only but the best players - perfect if playing two or more players, irritating if playing alone, but I didn't disable it because they give you the only advice on how to hit while on the green.
Worth the $20, but only four stars because the ball or the hole disappears & the camera interface has you trying to make a blind putt from the backstop or a tree if you come to close when it could simply just pan-around, & the nine other camera angles (blimp view, tee box, opponent's view) do nothing to help you make the shot.
Just technical enough for those that buy sports games for PC, sporty enough for fans of golf at any age, & the Sim-like creation of players will have you trying to make either yourself or the perfect golfer instead of hitting the links!