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@MoeBot wrote:Can a dev have a quick look at the old Links golf 2003 and make the 3 click this fast for a proper challenge please. Hard mode should be hard.
Yea, there is a delay...what is funny is that it only seems to be in the backswing portion on my Xbox. The downswing is almost immediate. Very strange.
Also, the game is still very inconsistent. Foe instance, I was doing a Bubba Watson spotlight challenge at the Masters and I used the 3 click method because the left handed swing motion was throwing me off. Well, according to the 3 click method I was perfect on both swings and was teeing off (so i was on level ground), however the ball went about 20-30 yards to the right. How is that even possible? Hahaha. I'm sure someone will give some excuse but it's simply ridiculous. Perfect swing on level ground shouldn't deviate that much from the indicated flight path...but it still does!
Ugh...game still has many flaws.
@TriumphRider wrote:
@MoeBot wrote:Can a dev have a quick look at the old Links golf 2003 and make the 3 click this fast for a proper challenge please. Hard mode should be hard.
Yea, there is a delay...what is funny is that it only seems to be in the backswing portion on my Xbox. The downswing is almost immediate. Very strange.
Also, the game is still very inconsistent. Foe instance, I was doing a Bubba Watson spotlight challenge at the Masters and I used the 3 click method because the left handed swing motion was throwing me off. Well, according to the 3 click method I was perfect on both swings and was teeing off (so i was on level ground), however the ball went about 20-30 yards to the right. How is that even possible? Hahaha. I'm sure someone will give some excuse but it's simply ridiculous. Perfect swing on level ground shouldn't deviate that much from the indicated flight path...but it still does!
Ugh...game still has many flaws.
Wind and/or the deliberate random element to shot outcome especially prevalent before improving Accuracy skills are the likely causes of this, rather than a bug.
- 3 years ago@Ultrasonic_77 Well now that would be an issue...1) I'm familiar with the wind aspect, so that is a no go, and 2) DELIBERATE randomness...huh. So I'm not 100% but in the challenge you are using Bubba Watson and, I believe, you are using his statistics and clubs, not your own. If otherwise, I would like to know for certain, not just a "take my word for it". Pretty sure I'm correct here though based on the challenge.
Also, putting intentional randomness in a skill sports game is a bit strange. I wasn't claiming it was a "bug" per say, but to tell people...your a level 40 (not saying it's a super high level, but definitely good enough) with good accuracy and control in your drives, BUT randomly we are going to absolutely mess up your perfect drive willy wonka style just for the hell of it...doesn't seem like a great game feature. Challenges may need you to make 5-15 shots in a VERY SPECIFIC way to complete, but "randomness" is added just to make it more infuriating? Haha. Eh.
I'm in my mid-40s (age wise) and been gaming since my teens. Not my first rodeo. Plus, there are a lot of people posting examples but I keep seeing excuses as to why things are a certain way...with no backing or support just the believe my random guy say so. I tend to lean to, the game is far from perfect and things need to be adjusted slightly still.- Ultrasonic_773 years agoHero
@TriumphRider wrote:
@Ultrasonic_77Well now that would be an issue...1) I'm familiar with the wind aspect, so that is a no go, and 2) DELIBERATE randomness...huh. So I'm not 100% but in the challenge you are using Bubba Watson and, I believe, you are using his statistics and clubs, not your own. If otherwise, I would like to know for certain, not just a "take my word for it". Pretty sure I'm correct here though based on the challenge.
Also, putting intentional randomness in a skill sports game is a bit strange. I wasn't claiming it was a "bug" per say, but to tell people...your a level 40 (not saying it's a super high level, but definitely good enough) with good accuracy and control in your drives, BUT randomly we are going to absolutely mess up your perfect drive willy wonka style just for the hell of it...doesn't seem like a great game feature. Challenges may need you to make 5-15 shots in a VERY SPECIFIC way to complete, but "randomness" is added just to make it more infuriating? Haha. Eh.
I'm in my mid-40s (age wise) and been gaming since my teens. Not my first rodeo. Plus, there are a lot of people posting examples but I keep seeing excuses as to why things are a certain way...with no backing or support just the believe my random guy say so. I tend to lean to, the game is far from perfect and things need to be adjusted slightly still.My expectation would be that you'd be playing with Bubba's stats just as it's yours. Note I have no more insight into this than you do though, and I'm a similar age to you as well for what it's worth.
If you share a video of what you're experiencing it will be easier for people to get an idea of what's going on and whether it is a bug or not. This isn't a challenge I've tried myself yet by the way.
- 3 years ago
The randomness is frustrating especially when you are almost fully specced into accuracy and / or recovery. When you have to get a shot to 5ft or so and your circle is as big as a house its just pure luck where the ball goes. I know they want to make it more realistic, but its still a game and should rely more on skill that luck.
- Ultrasonic_773 years agoHero@TriumphRider was it the Off The Tee challenge you were trying, and possibly using the Power Drive shot? If so note that as you switch between this and the regular drive you'll see how the shaded dispersion zone is much larger for the power drive (it's intended as a risk/reward shot). Even the regular drive has a fair size dispersion zone and might explain what you saw but it feels more likely with a power drive...
- 3 years ago
@Ultrasonic_77 wrote:
@TriumphRiderwas it the Off The Tee challenge you were trying, and possibly using the Power Drive shot? If so note that as you switch between this and the regular drive you'll see how the shaded dispersion zone is much larger for the power drive (it's intended as a risk/reward shot). Even the regular drive has a fair size dispersion zone and might explain what you saw but it feels more likely with a power drive...I can appreciate where you are coming from, the problem is though I account for all of that when I play. I'm not new to golf games and all are different but you can get the gist of what you have to do and account for when playing.
I was playing the Consecutive Birdies challenge when it happened...but regardless, I have to admit it seems there is always some "justification" or "reason" even when someone posts an example on here.
Listen, they have already had a patch because the game has issues...and it still does. That isn't even debatable. There are greens that are still inconsistent.
Another thing is, and I can't speak for everyone, but the blue indicator accounts for A LOT. I can have level ground and 12mph wind and the indicator tells me the shot movement...or uneven ground and no wind and the indicator STILL tells me the movement. Now with that said, I can see the dispersion zone also. What I hit was a perfect shot according to the meter in both backswing and downswing, on a pretty straight fairway with Bubba Watson's stats...and the result was the same as if I hit the ball with a Twizzler. It was well outside the dispersion zone (which, by the way, the fairway would have to seriously bottleneck for the zone to be wider) and far from perfect.
We can't say, there is randomness in the game AND at the same time ask people to constantly post videos to prove what they are saying. I get posting is good for possible identification of a bug, glitch, etc. However, when you say there is deliberate randomness applied to the game, then is the justification either i think you did XY&Z wrong OR yep, randmoness...which would mean there is nothing wrong with the game, but if that was the case why are there patches? I think what most people take issue with is a sports skill game should be accurate if you have met all the parameters for the task. Not have an element of randomness that can cause you to fail. This also doesn't mean the game has to be easy...just consistent.
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