@TriumphRider wrote:
You are absolutely right...100%. Even if you read reviews from gaming magazines online they specifically mention the delay. It is a problem and you are 1 of MANY that have that problem.
Plus, the mechanics are just strange. The "Driving Challenge 2" mentions hitting a long drive which equates to a driver+power of 100%+a fairway in regulation. Well, I hit 2 but I can't seem to hit 5 in a row to save my life. I believe there are a couple hindrances, 1) what the hell constitutes 100% power??? And 2) there is literally no detail about the ACTUAL swing mechanics. Pull back and forward tells me nothing about the speed, power, etc factors.
Plus, I feel.like I swi g the same apeed every time but the indicator tells me power is +.2% then +.4% then -1.5%...ON THE SAME STYLE OF SWING?!?!?! What in the world is wrong with this game.
Yup, I find there's also a whole lot of randomness to everything. I'm about ready to pack it in and get a refund from MS and maybe revisit the game after some improvements. The swing of your actual golfer is slow, the swing mechanic itself is wildly inaccurate and there seems to be a randomness built in to make you hit offline shots. I've lost track now of how many times I've seen the swing feedback meter show perfect/perfect yet my ball drifts off target left or right. Try and hit one down the left side of a fairway... perfect/perfect on the swing yet there goes the ball drifting off into the rough, or always seemingly conveniently enough a bunker. The best is doing it in a practice round with mulligans on, hit one that goes left/right despite perfect/perfect, then hit another same shot, same spot perfect/perfect on the swing and it's perfectly straight. Go figure. There's a randomness that seems to be programmed in to dictate off target shots regardless. Then there's the sheer madness on Xbox of trying to always get perfect/perfect. It's always a bit slow, or over powered etc. etc. It's just poor mechanics all the way around.
I want to love this game, it's beautiful... from the courses, to the presentation, the sound all of it is great. The mechanics though and the camera settings? Awful. IF you could take the other golf game's mechanics and put it into this game... perfection.