Same lead designer for both EA Rory and this one. Whatever the reason he went this way, it doesn't work for a lot of us. I prefer to not play then be forced to play something I don't like.
@Katybee_1313 wrote:Same lead designer for both EA Rory and this one. Whatever the reason he went this way, it doesn't work for a lot of us. I prefer to not play then be forced to play something I don't like.
That was Justin Patel who now is lead designer with HB Studios aka 2K PGA Tour.
He was lead designer on the worst EA versions being Rory and 2014. Associate Designer on Tiger 2013, and Assistant Designer for Tiger 2012.
The fact the design window was 2019-2023 (and it was a year late) and they cut so many corners really says something about the final product. They did not scan the courses this year so give that a thought. 5 years in design and we don’t even have white socks lol.
Back to Patel, he is the Inventor on a patent for golf ball physics owned by Electronic Arts (Simulating Realistic Ball Behavior in Interactive Video Games). To be honest, either the ball physics are broken intentionally or unintentionally. Spinning the ball doesn’t go in the direction they’re supposed to, back in the day this was referred to as Phantom Breaks. Also when driving with 10 skill points on accuracy, the ball often goes left. There are other instances of inconsistency, but I’ll keep it brief.
Basically what I’m saying is this, Justin Patel fumbled the ball on this game.
@Weyland4kThis all sounds about right, although I really liked TW14. This game is cooked, I don't expect any more big game play change with Patel gone to HB. It's going to be very interesting to see how the next 2K game will turn out.
@Beerrun4u wrote:
@Weyland4kThey need to go and load up Rory and see how it's done. A Ranked and Unraked section that everyone can see and join. The ranked was Tour or Amateur with a leaderboard that made sense and tracked birds, eagles, condors, GIR, etc. The unranked allowed people to created a room with their preferences and wait for people to join.
Is it really that difficult?
I think Rory was a failure for EA. So much so they left the market. Playlists do not work in my honest opinion. They need to look at 2012 and repeat where they had success, basic business and stop cutting corners.
