@Katybee_1313 wrote:
@Roda316 wrote:This game will not last til the next major, the masters in April, there n=be no new course as we already have Augusta in game, so next new course will be in May, this game will be dead and buried before that if we dont get a couple of new courses, real or fantasy by then.
I believe EA already know that, they have all the data. And I'm sure EA is not unhappy customers moved to their other games like Madden and FIFA or whatever it is named these days. All the courses they said would be in the game in their promo are already in the game. Maybe we will see some of the courses in the old EA Rory coming back and that will be it.
I expect not much else for this game, this will be about it. Some lipstick here and there. I'm sure there are very little resources left working on this game, like it was on EA Rory after the initial push to sell it. Some devs have left the sinking ship to work on 2K, others have moved to work on other EA games. Maybe there will be another EA golf game in the future, but I'm not counting on it.
I think that if you are right and they do pull the plug again they will need a generation of us to die off. I doubt if they will be able to get those of us that have lived through Rory and this game would be eager to buy another EA golf title one day one.
That we would probably wait to see what the new released looked like before committing any monies. Not that $60 is a large of money but why contribute to EA's coffers when they are not providing you fair value in return.
I assume that 2K's next major release will bring the visuals into todays expected levels and that should suffice to appease the majority of people for awhile.
I still think 2K has more than it's share of bugs and erratic gameplay, but even with all that it plays better than the current EA game. That is saying a lot when you think the current 2K game is really 3 plus years old with a few small modifications.
I actually play through all the Club series last night... and thought the first three games felt great to play. All they needed needed to make it play better was faster greens and more swing sensitivity to increase the difficulty of the swing. These games felt like what EA could have been... in fact 2K2019 would have catered to the arcade players among us.
And in my opinion may be the best game in the 2K series, if it wasn't so easy to hit the ball straight.
@ELF014 wrote:I actually play through all the Club series last night... and thought the first three games felt great to play. All they needed needed to make it play better was faster greens and more swing sensitivity to increase the difficulty of the swing. These games felt like what EA could have been... in fact 2K2019 would have catered to the arcade players among us.
And in my opinion may be the best game in the 2K series, if it wasn't so easy to hit the ball straight.
As I remember, because my dad was following everything TGC and HB, 2K2019 was not a 2K game. It was all HB and they worked a deal with 2K just before release to be their publisher. 2K2019 would be the last all HB golf game. Supposedly HB had all kind of issues with the publisher of TGC2, I think it was Maximum Games, something like that.
I also remember the game was easily hacked, there was one of the guy on the HB forum bragging he was cheating all the time, because he knew a lot of people were cheating. He had a youtube channel showing 2 programs where he was able to get perfect-perfect whatever he was doing with his controller. One of them was also able to counter the API used by TGC Tour because it wouldn't show perfect-perfect even though the ball was going straight down the middle of where he was aiming every time.
@Katybee_1313 wrote:
@ELF014 wrote:I actually play through all the Club series last night... and thought the first three games felt great to play. All they needed needed to make it play better was faster greens and more swing sensitivity to increase the difficulty of the swing. These games felt like what EA could have been... in fact 2K2019 would have catered to the arcade players among us.
And in my opinion may be the best game in the 2K series, if it wasn't so easy to hit the ball straight.
As I remember, because my dad was following everything TGC and HB, 2K2019 was not a 2K game. It was all HB and they worked a deal with 2K just before release to be their publisher. 2K2019 would be the last all HB golf game. Supposedly HB had all kind of issues with the publisher of TGC2, I think it was Maximum Games, something like that.
I also remember the game was easily hacked, there was one of the guy on the HB forum bragging he was cheating all the time, because he knew a lot of people were cheating. He had a youtube channel showing 2 programs where he was able to get perfect-perfect whatever he was doing with his controller. One of them was also able to counter the API used by TGC Tour because it wouldn't show perfect-perfect even though the ball was going straight down the middle of where he was aiming every time.
You are right... 2K2019 was the last game developed by the old regime. I'm not convinced it is in better hands under 2K's direction.
People are always going to try and cheat or find flaws in the software. I only play in my own little eco system with a small group of friends so cheating isn't an issue.
Cross play isn’t the top issue and neither is gameplay imho. While game play certainly has some room for improvement (specifically difficulty level being to easy due to non penalizing rough and sand) it’s nowhere near as bad as the ~15 frequent posters on this board would have you believe.
In my opinion, a game like this really needs two thing to drive continued interest (two things that 2k currently has and this game does not). 1. Private club play so groups of friends can create tournament/seasons and okay then together. 2. Course designer so they’re always fresh new places to play.
@7AnimalMother wrote:Cross play isn’t the top issue and neither is gameplay imho. While game play certainly has some room for improvement (specifically difficulty level being to easy due to non penalizing rough and sand) it’s nowhere near as bad as the ~15 frequent posters on this board would have you believe.
In my opinion, a game like this really needs two thing to drive continued interest (two things that 2k currently has and this game does not). 1. Private club play so groups of friends can create tournament/seasons and okay then together. 2. Course designer so they’re always fresh new places to play.
While you have an interesting perspective, I would argue that gameplay is a major consideration in bringing players back. If you don't enjoy playing the game you won't play it. I know people that stop playing after owning it for one day. I at least pushed through to max my character and through a season and a half trying to figure out if there was a way to make the game playable.
In my opinion... serious players have no interest in shooting consistently shooting in the double digits every round. Where making a birdie on every hole is not uncommon.
Some of us would prefer to struggle to make par, and a birdie feels like an achievement rather than expected.
But this environment does not exist for the majority of us in this game.
I have heard many on your side of this argument that complain about tournament leaders shooting 9 under for 4 holes or 30 plus under for 18.
I do agree Society or Club play might help, but only after they correct gameplay and the ability to lock settings down for competitive play. Since the current playing levels have not been very well defined.
For example SIM mode shouldn't show the swing meter or green grid.
As for the course designer, that is an extravagance but not required.
@Katybee_1313 wrote:
@ELF014 wrote:I actually play through all the Club series last night... and thought the first three games felt great to play. All they needed needed to make it play better was faster greens and more swing sensitivity to increase the difficulty of the swing. These games felt like what EA could have been... in fact 2K2019 would have catered to the arcade players among us.
And in my opinion may be the best game in the 2K series, if it wasn't so easy to hit the ball straight.
As I remember, because my dad was following everything TGC and HB, 2K2019 was not a 2K game. It was all HB and they worked a deal with 2K just before release to be their publisher. 2K2019 would be the last all HB golf game. Supposedly HB had all kind of issues with the publisher of TGC2, I think it was Maximum Games, something like that.
I also remember the game was easily hacked, there was one of the guy on the HB forum bragging he was cheating all the time, because he knew a lot of people were cheating. He had a youtube channel showing 2 programs where he was able to get perfect-perfect whatever he was doing with his controller. One of them was also able to counter the API used by TGC Tour because it wouldn't show perfect-perfect even though the ball was going straight down the middle of where he was aiming every time.
I also played TGC from the very beginning 6 versions and your information seems correct.
