No one is playing this game

Yea  unfortunately  they lock everyone to 5 tracks for a month which has pretty much killed it. I just don’t get why they would do that. It’s like they sell us half a game then drip feed us like we are children. 

We're going to EA Rory territory, got a feeling EA will cut their losses with lack of interest in golf games. Not enough money to be made here, probably why some of their top devs went to 2K to work on their golf game.

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@Katybee_1313 wrote:

We're going to EA Rory territory, got a feeling EA will cut their losses with lack of interest in golf games. Not enough money to be made here, probably why some of their top devs went to 2K to work on their golf game.

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I don't think there is a lack of interest in golf games. I think there is a lack of interest in poorly designed and supported golf games.

I'm guessing EA PGA Tour made a pretty big splash on release, but the ripples have settled after people got a chance to get intimate with the product.

It is sort of like dating... you get blinded by the pretty face and promises. But after 7 months things haven't changed and you are feeling unfulfilled.

2K doesn't check all the boxes either... but the alternative is not to play any video golf.

I've been hoping for months that EA would realize they didn't cater to a large enough group of players. And that they would start correcting a multitude of poor decisions they made when designing the game.

@ELF014 ”It is sort of like dating... you get blinded by the pretty face and promises. But after 7 months things haven't changed and you are feeling unfulfilled.”

This not only sums up EA PGA but might the the best comparison made to an EA game ever 😆. I laughed out loud reading this bit and can say it hits the nail on the head perfectly!

For a little trip down memory lane, I played not only my copy of TW 2014 but also my copies of… get ready for it… PGA Tour 96 and European PGA Tour (both on the SNES) and BOTH of those were not only EA Golf games, but still better gameplay wise than their latest offering and those two older games are almost 30 years old.

I have no idea how many copies EA sold, but it was less than 1M copies for EA Rory, they cut their losses and quit making golf game. So if they sold less than 1M copies of this one, it will probably be the same. It would explain why there's no improvement on game play and top devs have moved to the 2K golf game.

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@BuckHasTheBook wrote:
I agree with the Rory comments

Patel bailed for a reason ... that's a canary in the coal mine

EA Golf is DOA and this game will wither and no longer be invested in by next Spring. Book it.

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Exactly what I think. It looks like a roadmap is followed right now with patches. Next we're going to see Santa's after this Halloween theme. I can't see game play issues being resolved or improved in the future, it would have already happened.

 This game needed better gameplay, societies/countryclubs and also a course designer and it would have blown the competition out of the water. It´s such a shame because the courses do look incredible and I still play the game just for that.

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@Katybee_1313 wrote:

I have no idea how many copies EA sold, but it was less than 1M copies for EA Rory, they cut their losses and quit making golf game. So if they sold less than 1M copies of this one, it will probably be the same. It would explain why there's no improvement on game play and top devs have moved to the 2K golf game.

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This one confuses me... if these two where top developers that had significant impact of the final product we call EA PGA Tour,  WHY would you hire them?

The game is an obvious disaster in so many ways... from gameplay, to menu design, multiplayer, physics... etc. The list goes on and on... 

And if their former employer thought highly of them would EA not have done something to retain the architects of this franchise?

EA has invested a lot of resources on this game, and I think they are aware that there is a viable market here. They just have the wrong vision of what needed to be developed for the community.

If they leave the genre I personally will be disappointed..  while I felt HB Studio's had a personal stake in improving the game, 2K I feel has a different agenda.

Without someone to push 2K to improve the game... advancements will be trivial.

Case in point... the updates prior to EA' release... and what has been updated since.

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@f6ed7f4f7c3f6c93 wrote:

 This game needed better gameplay, societies/countryclubs and also a course designer and it would have blown the competition out of the water. It´s such a shame because the courses do look incredible and I still play the game just for that.

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In my opinion... better gameplay and Societies/Country Clubs would have been enough.

They would need to also clean up their difficulty levels... and being able to lockdown playing options. I think being able to fully configure playing levels would go a long way.

Being able to set ever option for your Society would find a home for every level/style of player.

And a handicap system to track your main character would go a long way to keeping things on an even playing field.

There are a lot of things that could be improved with this game. But just a handful of subtle changes would at least make the game playable.