Re: EA PGA Golf dying a slow death?
@RodSirloin wrote:
@ELF014Of course missing a birdie or eagle is what should separate who wins or not, that’s how the game works. True mastery is who can hole out or not while covering a certain baseline of play, it’s the facts of this series and always has been.
If you have no issues with making this GAME easy for those that want it easier, why do you keep saying GAME instead of the desired mode? Maybe lobby for a harder sim or tour instead of the entire game? Pro and Amateur are fine and shouldn’t be touched at all, with putting fixes pending that is.
The facts are, this is the hardest EA golf game to date from the TW series 2006 and up. The harder they make the core game, the more new players will be turned off. Those are undeniable facts.
I think GAME is applicable because it applies to the whole application and not just a subset.
I can't say if this is the hardest game of the series, but when you promote it as a simulation it falls well short of that mark.
And making a game harder does not turn off new players, it turns off the fringe players. The core players that play it long term need this. 2K is a great example... it has a fair base difficulty setting for the starting player, but many struggle with it. They could lower the settings but their egos get in the way. But on top of this 2K provides additional difficulty levels for the more advanced players.
EA has basically catered to the casual player, all difficulty settings are within their skill set with a little practice.
The demographic for the player that is going to play this long term is the more serious golfer, as shown by the 2K community. The casual player will move on soon enough to the next pretty game.
If they want this game to succeed they need to learn from their past and the current success of their competitors.
To me this is a rebranding of their previous franchise with better graphics and even less features in many places.
There was a reason they left the market 8 years ago. I would rather not see that again.