Real World Golf, anyone?
04-20-06, 03:21 PM
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Real World Golf, anyone?
Saw it at a Best Buy recently. There was this dude on the demo and it looks pretty good. I'm surprised no one mentioned it here.
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04-20-06, 05:07 PM
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Gallant Pig - Now that you've mentioned, I think I do remember something like that. I do remember playing Links 386, but vaguely.
ElementZ - Can you let me know what you think of it? I haven't been able to find another Best Buy with the demo.
ElementZ - Can you let me know what you think of it? I haven't been able to find another Best Buy with the demo.
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I only played it for 10 mins but my initial impressions were meh.
I didn't like the feel of the gloves on with these strings attached to them. Basically the pulling of your hand motion on the strings determines how you hit the ball. The club is hilarious, it's a short 2 foot piece of plastic that makes you look silly when you swing it. I'm not sure if the device reads anything from the club. I think the only input is from the strings. And if you plan on playing this with friends be prepared to take the gloves on and off all the time to take turns. Although it was mentioned that they will sell additional gloves. But I have a feeling they are just the gloves and you have to unhook the strings and rehook them to gloves for each person turn. I see this as being a chore.
Graphics are average from what I saw. This was the PS2 version. On the good side it seemed to track my swing pretty well.
Look forward to seeing some reviews from the pubs or other impressions from you guys.
I didn't like the feel of the gloves on with these strings attached to them. Basically the pulling of your hand motion on the strings determines how you hit the ball. The club is hilarious, it's a short 2 foot piece of plastic that makes you look silly when you swing it. I'm not sure if the device reads anything from the club. I think the only input is from the strings. And if you plan on playing this with friends be prepared to take the gloves on and off all the time to take turns. Although it was mentioned that they will sell additional gloves. But I have a feeling they are just the gloves and you have to unhook the strings and rehook them to gloves for each person turn. I see this as being a chore.
Graphics are average from what I saw. This was the PS2 version. On the good side it seemed to track my swing pretty well.
Look forward to seeing some reviews from the pubs or other impressions from you guys.
04-20-06, 06:46 PM
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I got it the other day, it's not bad. The game definitely doesn't read anything from the club itself, it's all from the wires. You could use a real club, but you have to stand pretty close to the base unit, so I'm not sure it's worth the risk of damage. There's a foot pedal to select menu options and you raise your left/right hands to control aiming and menu movement.
The extra gloves you can buy are just so you can unhook the cords and reconnect them easier, but I think that would definitely be better than taking on and off the gloves. One nice thing for multiplayer is that the game lets player one do one complete whole, then player two, etc, then you switch the gloves out.
Graphics are terrible, commentary is forgettable and there isn't any licensing. I didn't look too close, but I didn't notice any kind of career mode anywhere, only options for a full round, quick 9 holes, tournament, some party games (darts!) and the practice/training stuff. There's a total of about 10 made-up courses, 8 of which are locked from the beginning and accessible after shooting a given score on certain previous courses.
The game itself is pretty easy if you have a halfway decent swing even on the hardest level. I'm by no means a scratch golfer, but my first complete round on the hardest level in the game I shot a 65. It also does a pretty good job of recognizing swing problems and recreating hooks, slices and topping the ball. It takes a few rounds to get your handicap (starts at a default of 28), but my first certificate was 0. Putting is a little weird, there's no aiming, you just have to get the power right (which is difficult enough). Putting does have a practice function so you can swing and see what percentage you are getting without going into the putt blind. Another thing I thought was a little strange was the fact that you can't hit the ball as far on lower difficulty levels. Even on pro, the max with a driver is about 260 yards (I hit my driver about 285-310 if I put a good swing on it).
Overall, I'd say it's a good start for the peripheral, but by no means an awesome golf sim or swing trainer. Swinging a club (even a plastic one) is definitely more fun than pushing up and down on an analog stick though.
The extra gloves you can buy are just so you can unhook the cords and reconnect them easier, but I think that would definitely be better than taking on and off the gloves. One nice thing for multiplayer is that the game lets player one do one complete whole, then player two, etc, then you switch the gloves out.
Graphics are terrible, commentary is forgettable and there isn't any licensing. I didn't look too close, but I didn't notice any kind of career mode anywhere, only options for a full round, quick 9 holes, tournament, some party games (darts!) and the practice/training stuff. There's a total of about 10 made-up courses, 8 of which are locked from the beginning and accessible after shooting a given score on certain previous courses.
The game itself is pretty easy if you have a halfway decent swing even on the hardest level. I'm by no means a scratch golfer, but my first complete round on the hardest level in the game I shot a 65. It also does a pretty good job of recognizing swing problems and recreating hooks, slices and topping the ball. It takes a few rounds to get your handicap (starts at a default of 28), but my first certificate was 0. Putting is a little weird, there's no aiming, you just have to get the power right (which is difficult enough). Putting does have a practice function so you can swing and see what percentage you are getting without going into the putt blind. Another thing I thought was a little strange was the fact that you can't hit the ball as far on lower difficulty levels. Even on pro, the max with a driver is about 260 yards (I hit my driver about 285-310 if I put a good swing on it).
Overall, I'd say it's a good start for the peripheral, but by no means an awesome golf sim or swing trainer. Swinging a club (even a plastic one) is definitely more fun than pushing up and down on an analog stick though.
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04-21-06, 03:18 PM
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If anyone is planning on picking this up, I just noticed Best Buy has an instore $10 off coupon for it that's good through tomorrow. I can't get it to link directly, but it's available on this page:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....mcat8400050004
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....mcat8400050004
