Still no Other modes to play with friends, just same Divot derby style stroke with friends. No reward system after lvl 50 (Give some coin reward for hitting another lvl or something). i see after a round i have well over 1,000,000 points that do nothing. They have the game modes we want for local. How hard is it to transfer those modes to online? The 20th of April was our last patch. EA went dark after that. What is going on?
@Catphish37 wrote:
@Sneakler
This is exactly my concern. While the core gameplay may be better than 2K (which is debatable), the lack of modes and features will drive people away and, as the numbers of engagement drop, so too will the eagerness of the suits at EA to pull the plug on support.
I forget if I said it here or on Reddit, but I've said that the way they released this game is working against them. Congratulations, you rushed to market in time for The Masters. Meanwhile, I now know two people who were waiting on buying a golf game until EA's game released, played it, were very disappointed, and went on to purchase 2K. And the only reason I haven't yet is because I still have 2 months left on my PlayPro sub. And all for the same reasons being rehashed over and over here and on Reddit. No multiplayer modes, no turn-based online play, useless rough and bunkers, the triple-bogey pickup, a worthless storefront, etc...
And EA's silence is deafening. I'd like to think that the dev team is still working, that more content is coming, and that they would like to refine the game into something worthy of its presentation, but I know how EA operates. I've been watching them for years and years. For them to spend the time and resources to rescue a game like PGA, a game that I would all but guarantee is the lowest grossing title in the EA Sports family, especially if the user base has already started to turn their backs on it, well, it would be a true change of form, and one I would consider *highly* unlikely. Though, I would LOVE to be proven wrong. That's some crow I would happily eat.
Maybe the real question is, where is the threshold at which they give up on the game altogether (aside, perhaps, from its continued monetization), and have they already reached it?
Really really great post!
i think you’ve pretty much nailed it there!
they shot themselves in the foot. To me they went for what they thought was real short term gain, aligning it with masters week, rather than fleshing the game out a bit, removing the ton of bugs and putting some multiplayer in.
I can absolutely imagine that either people won’t buy it because they’ve read or know turn order and other online modes aren’t in….
Or they’ve bought it and are pretty disgusted with how bare bones a lot of it is!
this company, their goal is to make money… and as soon as that slows, that’s pretty much it.
m so to me…. People not buying it in the first place and people walking away because of how empty it is….
yeh, I can’t really see them ploughing a lot into it.
maybe another few tweaks, just to show willing.
I for one am definitely loving this game. I find it suits my swing style much more than 2k, though I have a few issues still:
It definitely doesn't punish you enough from the rough or bunkers.
Store is pretty average.
This is one of a few games I play at the moment, yet I'm already at level 40 out of 50, which is apparently the max level. Seems odd..
Multiplayer modes are almost non existent, especially if you want to party up with a few friends.
Having to reinvite the same group for every round seems like an oversight.
NEED a much better camera for sim putting. You just can't tell which way it breaks and are hoping that the ball position is enough and that it doesn't change direction.
I am getting really upset. Half of the 3 to 5 hours I spend a week with this game ends either by "lost connection" and lost tickets or "putt freezes game at last hole" and lost tickets.
I like playing the game, but not knowing if I can finish my weekly or seasonal tournament or lose all my tickets by just playing it, no matter how good, just becomes frustrating.
Really wished for some hotfixes, but obviously the game did not sell well enough to warrant more than a community manager and a skeleton crew.
@jambomakaveli wrote:
@Catphish37 wrote:
@Sneakler
This is exactly my concern. While the core gameplay may be better than 2K (which is debatable), the lack of modes and features will drive people away and, as the numbers of engagement drop, so too will the eagerness of the suits at EA to pull the plug on support.
I forget if I said it here or on Reddit, but I've said that the way they released this game is working against them. Congratulations, you rushed to market in time for The Masters. Meanwhile, I now know two people who were waiting on buying a golf game until EA's game released, played it, were very disappointed, and went on to purchase 2K. And the only reason I haven't yet is because I still have 2 months left on my PlayPro sub. And all for the same reasons being rehashed over and over here and on Reddit. No multiplayer modes, no turn-based online play, useless rough and bunkers, the triple-bogey pickup, a worthless storefront, etc...
And EA's silence is deafening. I'd like to think that the dev team is still working, that more content is coming, and that they would like to refine the game into something worthy of its presentation, but I know how EA operates. I've been watching them for years and years. For them to spend the time and resources to rescue a game like PGA, a game that I would all but guarantee is the lowest grossing title in the EA Sports family, especially if the user base has already started to turn their backs on it, well, it would be a true change of form, and one I would consider *highly* unlikely. Though, I would LOVE to be proven wrong. That's some crow I would happily eat.
Maybe the real question is, where is the threshold at which they give up on the game altogether (aside, perhaps, from its continued monetization), and have they already reached it?Really really great post!
i think you’ve pretty much nailed it there!
they shot themselves in the foot. To me they went for what they thought was real short term gain, aligning it with masters week, rather than fleshing the game out a bit, removing the ton of bugs and putting some multiplayer in.
I can absolutely imagine that either people won’t buy it because they’ve read or know turn order and other online modes aren’t in….
Or they’ve bought it and are pretty disgusted with how bare bones a lot of it is!
this company, their goal is to make money… and as soon as that slows, that’s pretty much it.
m so to me…. People not buying it in the first place and people walking away because of how empty it is….
yeh, I can’t really see them ploughing a lot into it.
maybe another few tweaks, just to show willing.
For me its either this or nothing. 2k sports and wgt never filled the void I've had on the pc for the last 15 years. The play control and sporting feel is what EA sporst games are known for to me and this is bringing back alot of nostalgia. Honestly Maybe thats why EA even released it for the PC themselves, simply for the nostalgia lol. I can only cross my fingers they add turn based multiplayer and a communication option and then i'm satisfied.
@Blowfeld81 wrote:I am getting really upset. Half of the 3 to 5 hours I spend a week with this game ends either by "lost connection" and lost tickets or "putt freezes game at last hole" and lost tickets.
I like playing the game, but not knowing if I can finish my weekly or seasonal tournament or lose all my tickets by just playing it, no matter how good, just becomes frustrating.
Really wished for some hotfixes, but obviously the game did not sell well enough to warrant more than a community manager and a skeleton crew.
I think you are blowing this out of proportion. They had some connection issues with their servers the past couple days but it seems to be ironed out. As for putt freezes on your last shot, don't rush the put. The solution is to wait for your golfer to seat his feet before swinging. I have 100s of games played and never crashed or lost connection in the middle of the round. The only time I ever crashed during gameplay was during a challenge, tiger vision came on as I made a hole in one, and it froze on me. I was like no way. But then I also noticed my asus aura crashed, so probably was some hater hacker. hahah. Just like I'm sure EA has been dealing with "hate" these past few days. We can't even have dedicated private servers anymore because of cyber attacks, i can't imagine what these game companies must go through.
It would seem the negative out way the positive by quite some margin at the moment. Unacceptable for a £90 AAA title a month after release.
I was removed from the discord server by an EA employee for simply speaking my mind and telling them what is currently wrong with the game.
@Sneakler wrote:
@RichACJust because you're not having issues doesn't mean he isn't. Could be EA or his hardware...unknown but to suggest he is blowing it out of proportion is kind of ridiculous. I doubt the guy is lying about his experience thus far.
If you read my comment properly. I explained that everyone in every ea game was having the disconnection issues the other day. And it only lasted half a day hardly a reason to complain. Probably a bunch of haters dossing them, or server maintenance. lol As far his golfer freezing on the last putt, again, we all have that problem. The solution, is to wait for your golfer to seat his feet before swinging. no big deal. First of all my computer i 9 years old lol. If he is crashing all the time or having all these mysterious "bugs", sounds like a hardware problem on his end, like you already suggested. Definitely hard to believe.
