Swing Mechanics & the Aim Marker
Really looking forward to EA golf making a return but I can’t help thinking that the new game is picking up exactly where it left off with the Rory game. I spent most of yesterday evening playing th...
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So they did a Q&A and tried to address this:
https://www.ea.com/games/ea-sports-pga-tour/news/ea-sports-pga-tour-community-faq
What impacts your shot?
There’s a reason players and caddies talk before their shot to best achieve success on the course so you’ll experience this in the pre-shot decisions you’ll have to make for a great shot. The challenge of your shot appears in a split between pre-shot decisions like club and shot types, with swing execution and placement based on course dynamics. This way you’ll be thinking more “golf” and less “golf swing” only.
I appreciate the effort to tamp down dial a distance fears, but it really just reinforced the point about actually executing a good swing is but a tiny fraction of what will matter.
(i.e. it's probably still "put the arrow here and barring some massive misstep, you'll get what you dialed in")
Anyone else find it strange we can't have a more nebulous "100%" point of the actual analog swing, which would really help mitigate dial a distance .. and thus require developing some feel in your swing and learning and executing consistently the correct time to start downswing...
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..but we do have "Power Boost"?
And how on Earth can they be talking about "real golf" and "discussions with your caddie" ... and then have th audacity to mention factors like "in-air spin"
EA -- that is not a thing in real golf.
Rory's is not at his bag, post shot, rubbing a knob on a remote control to impact the spin of his shot mid-air
That is a straight "golden tee at a bar" type of nonsense feature.
lol
So EA wants us to be ".. thinking more “golf” and less “golf swing” only."
But then they still make sure to have Power Boost and In-Air Spin in the game at all?
The latter of which is such a joke
Imagine if Madden allowed you to "steer" the football to your receiver while the ball was in the air
Cope harder please. Arcade features made this series.
Not my problem. I'll be here enjoying these features.
@MaouYumisu wrote:Cope harder please. Arcade features made this series.
They did indeed & this franchise got me playing the great game of golf so I’m not going to criticise anyone for boosting or spinning.
I just want a game that does both aspects Arcade & Simulation very well.
Put the key elements in the players hands:-
Decision making: shot set up & course reading
Direction: make it a challenge to hit perfect plane
Distance: make it a challenge to hit distances-no backstop.
Well said -- agree totally
@BuckHasTheBook wrote:But then they still make sure to have Power Boost and In-Air Spin in the game at all?
The latter of which is such a joke.
It is but thankfully an optional one. I'm sure there are loads of potential players who will really want this feature to be present though so I totally understand its inclusion.
Ok then ladies & gents on the EA PGA Tour development team we know the game isn’t out just yet but can you consider a deeper distance control for all shots please. Marker sets intent but this does not cap any swing through the complete range of shots. Let the player hit that intent with skill & distance control.
So you have ‘Advanced shot shaping’ for fades & draws & changing trajectory how about ‘Advanced distance control’ as a game changing option for the player to get to grips with..?
🙏🏼
CAG only if it messes with Pro ball stats & flight patterns. The more options we get the longer we play the game.
If EA wants Longevity just bring Tiger Proofing from 2005 back. Just avoid the liscensing with tiger and call it something else with another name with tiger tees. Though I'd wonder how the realism of the course would go with tiger proofing.
@Ultrasonic_77 wrote:It is but thankfully an optional one. I'm sure there are loads of potential players who will really want this feature to be present though so I totally understand its inclusion.
I love the arcade game. It's so much more fun than golf realism. I do enjoy sim and in the past games have played both very well. But I prefer lawn jart holeouts 🙂
@mega8deth8 wrote:
@Ultrasonic_77 wrote:It is but thankfully an optional one. I'm sure there are loads of potential players who will really want this feature to be present though so I totally understand its inclusion.
I love the arcade game. It's so much more fun than golf realism. I do enjoy sim and in the past games have played both very well. But I prefer lawn jart holeouts 🙂
Mega…….A question for you to answer from an Arcade gamer’s point of view, are these variables in ball behaviour from course to course likely to over complicate the theory you apply to gameplay? Would all the shot outcomes likely steer you to playing on Simulation or not? Trying to gauge what audience EA are appealing to with this game
I'd imagine from an arcade standpoint that if people like me and him want lawn dart shots as an option soft greens and rain is what they'd want like in 2004-2005 but for this game soft conditions would have to do to fix that since rain is not a thing at launch unless it gets added for PC players assuming it'll work the way I think it work since spin control is also a thing. Rain + soft conditions even on 14 is shooting darts on a dart board which focuses on the accuracy at that point.
