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:
@Ultrasonic_77At face value, regarding the bugs, I would agree. Obviously, things need to be prioritized, and not everything can be touched. However, when I play modern Madden and see glitches and AI bugs that existed *20 years ago*, I think we can agree that we're talking about something a little more systemic
Oh absolutely. As I suspect you're aware the F1 games similarly have bugs that have existed across multiple releases, and for what it's worth predating EA taking over the franchise by buying the game developers (Codemasters).
We are though less than one month from PGA Tour being released so for now I'm going to remain more positive, as I do think the game devs have been pleasingly responsive to player feedback so far, and I'm sure are working on the issues of biggest concern in the game. I know my status here makes me seem partisan but I'm a player just like you and I only post about games I'm playing and so want to work too! If we don't give at least some credit when positive things happen then there's going to be less incentive for the team to do all they can to improve the game. Also, no game dev ever will want to put out a game full of bugs or with popular features missing, this happens as a result of limited staff resources and time.
@Ultrasonic_77Could you imagine God of War ragnarok being released in this state? It’s what gives EA such a bad name in the game development world.
Also, was the game not already delayed? There is no excuse to delay a game and then offer 75% of it for the full asking price in my opinion.
@vanKlNG wrote:@Ultrasonic_77Could you imagine God of War ragnarok being released in this state? It’s what gives EA such a bad name in the game development world.
Also, was the game not already delayed? There is no excuse to delay a game and then offer 75% of it for the full asking price in my opinion.
Thats how most games are released nowadays. I really don't understand why people feel this is an EA thing. Also the game is not bug ridden. My only gripes are that there are no turnbased multiplayer game modes and no way to communicate with other players. And yes this is a huge disappointment but I'm crossing my fingers they add these things. I'm depressed over it. But regardless, this game even in it current state, has a more sporting feel and better play control then the 2k golf game, and is not p2w like wgt.
@vanKlNG wrote:@Ultrasonic_77Could you imagine God of War ragnarok being released in this state?
Honestly yes, and a 30s Google shows me that God of War was not bug-free at launch. I wish it weren't the case but sadly all modern games have issues at launch. As an older gamer I blame a combination of the possibility for post launch fixes via the internet and the pre-order concept for this, neither of which is likely to go away.
@Ultrasonic_77 wrote:
@vanKlNG wrote:@Ultrasonic_77Could you imagine God of War ragnarok being released in this state?
Honestly yes, and a 30s Google shows me that God of War was not bug-free at launch. I wish it weren't the case but sadly all modern games have issues at launch. As an older gamer I blame a combination of the possibility for post launch fixes via the internet and the pre-order concept for this, neither of which is likely to go away.
Complexity plays a massive part too now, 4K resolution, fps, ray tracing, massive detailed levels/courses, far too many games being churned out per studio. Something has to give.
We’re now living in a time where game updates on consoles are 20gb, ridiculous.
Remember when we thought the graphics on Tiger 10 were fantastic, I bet if we went back now they would look like utter rubbish. Unfortunately expectations for games have also grown way beyond the games themselves, meaning ultimately large portions of people will be disappointed. This is all before addressing the trend amongst modern gamers for absolute toxicity about anything and everything, just check the YouTube comments section of your average gaming video, it’s chocked to the brim with it.
@Catphish37 wrote:
If I was lead dev for PGA, I'd be disgusted with how this game shipped.
There is a very good chance that the game devs were unhappy at being forced to release when they did.
That said, I've enjoyed playing the ballpark 100 hours I've put into the game so far so it's not that I can personally say it's been a disastrous launch either. At the other end of the scale, I'd be hugely frustrated if I was someone who had put a lot of time into career mode only to find that game crashing issues halted progress. This is the biggest issue with the game right now as far as I can tell by the way.
@Ultrasonic_77 wrote:
@theycagednonThis was my first golf game:
https://youtu.be/lV1VPStC52I
I was into games like road rash and Roland on the ropes back then, oh and paperboy, Daley Thompson’s decathlon etc.
They were a lot more fun those games weren’t they, or at least I recall enjoying them a lot more than modern games, from a pure gaming pov.
@Catphish37 wrote:
@Ultrasonic_77I hear what you're saying, but the difference here is, these EA games are iterative. There's no excuse for a 30 year old franchise like Madden or NHL to continue to have the issues it has, when there's been so much time to work out those problems, and soooo much money made. But we all know where both of those franchises stand right now.
Even PGA. The original PGA for Sega Genesis --over 30 years ago-- had features this game doesn't; namely instant replay. And as I've said before, EA had golf perfection with TW 12-14. Perfection. There's absolutely no (valid) reason why a game released now is missing 75% of the features from a game made just a decade ago, *by the same company!*
I mean, for me, it would be a matter of pride. If I was lead dev for PGA, I'd be disgusted with how this game shipped. If I was an EA exec, I'd be disgusted with how this game shipped. There's no reason for it. To coincide with the Masters? Why? It's completely arbitrary. Do they think if they delayed it 6 months and released a proper title, that no one would buy it because the Masters is long over? Nonsense.
Ultimately, EA charged $70 for a half-baked product that's put to shame by a 10-year-old game, and they *should* be ashamed. Furthermore, every angry customer is absolutely entitled to that anger. This nonsense has been going on for far too long.
I believe this is the first golf game in the series to use the frostbite engine? Probably not an excuse. But I think if you gave people a choice of whether to have the game released now as is with future updates for features. Or to wait 6 months I think most people would choose now.
