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5f52cc5cd817486
1 year ago

The game is aweful

I'm sorry, part of me really enjoys the game... but at the same time... I literally golf better in real life than I do in this video game and that's a problem to me. The game is continuously putting me in the rough and into bunkers and into the fringe... EVERY single putt is off by just a couple inches... EVERY single shot is like being thrown off by the game. I'm playing with easy putts on... and I can see what the wind is doing to the ball. I swear to god that the harder you try and the more dialed in you get to hit the perfect shot, the more it becomes noticeable how the game is screwing you over on a regular basis... and there is no reason for it. Why do I hit one spinner that stops on a dime and another that rolls out 20 feet?! Some times the shots arent close enough to doing what they say they are going to do. It is like sucking the fun out of a golf video game. I really do enjoy the challenge... and I don't WANT to birdie every single hole. I like the realism... I feel like it can do that without these terrible hidden gameplay features to throw off the ball purposefully. 

When is it too much? When I'm a 14 handicap golfer in real life, and I put up similar scores!! +6 on the front 9 holes... like dude that's ME golfing in real life lol I can even do a little better than that on a good day! This is just terrible though for a video game. Video games are suppose to be more.. fun. This game is purposefully ruining the games for it's players. It is so noticeable.

Do you guys read the steam reviews on the game.. or any reviews?? They are very mixed and to me, the problem is so obvious. Maybe I am wrong.. and this is just raw inputs and I'm responsible for everything happening... okay fine... so develop the physics engine better so I don't feel like the game is purposefully ruining my matches.

I really feel like the game is right on the edge of being REALLY good. In real life, I've hit in a bunker maybe 5 times in my ENTIRE life... I do it 5 times on the front 9 in this game. It's outrageous! I hit more drives in real life into fairways than I do in this video game. I've never ever once seen a ball in real life roll out 100 yards after a 250 yard drive! 

Maybe it's a certain stat threshold? It needs to be removed... I really hope you guys get it fixed. It really is so close to being such a great game. Just need to make it a little more "gamer" like... I mean it IS a game, I think it should play more like one.   

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  • Wildesie's avatar
    Wildesie
    Seasoned Ace
    1 year ago

    This game is mostly all about Legendary and Pro specs equipped on your clubs and ball. If you're not using them, it will have a lot of randomness. And even some Pro specs are almost useless, starting with Danielle Kang.

  • Katybee_1313's avatar
    Katybee_1313
    Seasoned Ace
    1 year ago

    Oh yeah, the grind is real for skill points, club and ball needs to be equipped with some top specs. Then the game is playing great.

  • 7AnimalMother's avatar
    7AnimalMother
    1 year ago
    @Wildesie wrote:

    This game is mostly all about Legendary and Pro specs equipped on your clubs and ball. If you're not using them, it will have a lot of randomness. And even some Pro specs are almost useless, starting with Danielle Kang.

    Agree with this.  If you throw specs on the randomness disappears completely (and then the game is laughably easy).

    Personally, I think the progression aspect of the game was kind of dumb.  It's not an rpg, it's a sports game.  I can certainly see where some people when they just started would struggle.

    Just a couple tips that can help until you can get your specs added to your clubs.

    Prioritize stats in the following order:

    1. Approach Accuracy (until it costs more than 1 point)

    2. Approach Control (until you have turned finesse gold)

    3. Short Game Accuracy (until it costs more than 1 point)

    4. Short Game Control (until spinner is gold)

    5. Driving Accuracy (until it costs more than 1 point)

    Then do whatever you want to complete your build.

    Make sure that you change your players swing tempo to match your own.  You want to be under a full point for fast/slow as often as possible.

    Know that the fast/slow is determined by how long it takes to from the initiation of the downswing until the stick returns to the center.  This can throw people off if they have played other games with a different swing structure.

  • PalomaMarvel24's avatar
    PalomaMarvel24
    Seasoned Ace
    1 year ago
    @Wildesie wrote:

    This game is mostly all about Legendary and Pro specs equipped on your clubs and ball. If you're not using them, it will have a lot of randomness. And even some Pro specs are almost useless, starting with Danielle Kang.

    I agree that Danielle Kang specs are the worst (bottom of list in each spec); her specs would only work out for WWE 2K24 since any golf club works for that game.

    There are specs that are desirable from the spreadsheet:

    Driver: Cameron Champ

    Wood: Scottie Scheffler or Lexi Thompson

    Hybrid: Lexi Thompson

    Iron: Scottie Scheffler or Tony Finau

    Wedge: Tony Finau

    Ball: Scottie Scheffler or Nelly Korda

    The link of spreadsheet is show below.

    (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qCnLswr2fCLxyqY4wR0xgyn9YqU203hGqScizlsRrYg/htmlview#gid=0)

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