money making
you (EA) seriously need to add some kind of money makers in the game outside of the daily/weekly/seasonal tournaments, I, personally, am sick and tired of doing these. the cost to enter isn't worth...
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@ELF014 I saw this Halloween update on 2K and thought the same thing. It’s the same with he EA Pro pass and the 2K Clubhouse Pass, just so many items are so bad. I remember the first Clubhouse Pass season had Tiger’s irons at level 50 I believe. I now look at both game’s latest season and find theres so little to go for. As a thought, some of the items of clothing in the Clunbhouse/Pro Pass would either get you a warning or get you kicked off the course at my club.
I also found on EA’s game, the AI turn up for round 1 and then take Friday onwards off. I think it’s because their scores are so inconsistent like they’ll shoot a 65 (we’ll assume it’s a par 72) on Thursday, but then shoot say a 76 on Friday and then follow that up with say, a 71 on Saturday and finish with a 69. The numbers will be a little different but we know it represents kind of how inconsistent the AI is. I think one of the Amateur Championships I did on 90 AI, the best AI score after round 1 was a -6 score of 66, by the end of the tournament, I think I finished on -30 and the best AI score was -1. One thing I’ll give EA’s game and you mention it yourself, the gaps between AI scores on the leaderboard are more accurate where for example, the top 10 AI golfers will be much closer and realistic compared to 2K
I’ll also agree that on 2K, the grind on Legend settings making every hole a challenge just to make par is amazingly satisfying when you do pick up a shot, like fighting to par the previous half dozen holes and you flush one from 180/190 yards and you give yourself a knee knocking downhill 5 footer that breaks knowing if you don’t give it your full attention, you may be fighting just to make par again… no one likes to 3 putt from 5 feet 😆
I would indeed hope that at least someone high up on these development teams do understand the game of golf and would be able to influence the replication of this in a video game. I would say its a sport easier to replicate as developers don’t face the task of accurately recreating strategies of team sports for example.
And yes, while not everyone wants the full on simulation experience, give it to those who do. Not doing so reduces your player base and can harm sales.
@drewgriffiths It does seem we see things from a similar perspective.
I fully agree with you about EA's strange AI scoring, with how someone will have a low round and then totally fall off their game. I get this happens... but it seems to happen EVERY tournament.
And I fully agree that the final Leaderboard scores are reasonable... the issue is we are unable to create an environment to keep the players scores in check.
The game is just far too easy... there is no real challenge. When making birdies and eagles are the norm, there is no challenge... no sense of achievement.
This is where 2K got it right, I believe there is a ceiling in the game for everyone.
And I love LEGEND mode... the fact that it is easy to easily push a straight putt wide from 5 feet keeps you focused.
I'm fully onboard for creating a golfing experience for everyone. I can't say 2K has done anything in this regard... I feel this was done by the original developer "HB Studio's"... but EA definitely catered to a specific market. EA created something more attuned to a arcade game over a golfing simulation.
2K's game still has plenty of warts that they have had years to address but haven't. And EA had an opportunity to develop the defacto experience... given they were working with a blank canvas from all available golfing games out there to draw inspiration from. And other than the visual presentation, I don't know how they got it so wrong.
EA's menu system for online play couldn't be deployed any worse if you tried to do it intentionally.
But I agree 2K is the best offering currently available for a true golfing experience... but in the year 2023 it is still a pretty poor effort. The needle has really barely moved from HB Studio's release in 2014 which was almost a decade ago.
And if you consider that... it just goes to show you how far we haven't come.
