Post by Ayen on Mar 3, 2012 21:22:35 GMT -6
I'm here today to talk to you about golf. Hey! Get that cursor away from the close button! >:0
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf is a series of golfing games featuring Tiger Woods and various other professional golfers developed and published by Electronic Arts. Today we take a look at the Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 2001 available for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and the PC.
We of course start off with our main menu, also dubbed the “Clubhouse.” If you want to go straight to the game click on Play Now, seen at the top of the Clubhouse, and select your golfer to be taken to the EA Sports PGA Tour Challenge. In this game mode you start off as an Amateur and through a series of [unfortunate] events you can earn your way up to the Pro rankings. After you reach the Pro rankings your goal is to become the EA Sports PGA Tour Challenge Champion, the stakes getting higher with each challenge that comes. But in order to do that it might be a good idea to learn how to play the game first.
So let's go back to the Clubhouse, go to Game Setup and then Practice. Once you select your player and course you're ready to begin to learn how to play Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf,
On the golf course you have your current golfer at the top left of your screen which tell you the total yards to the next cup. On the bottom of the screen is your swing meter indicating the power and accuracy in your swing. To the right is lie of the ball, wind gauge, your club selection (Drivers, Nine irons, all that), and shot select.
To start your backswing press the X button, once the meter is close to the 100% mark hit X again (if you have the analog sticks on you'll want to push either the right or left analog stick down for the swing meter). After that cross your finger and hope your ball doesn't end up at the bottom of the water or in a sand trap. Luckily for you in Practice Mode you have do overs, (press Square before your swing is over) but you won't be so fortunate in the other modes. At the end of each hole you'll be shown a scorecard to see how well you're doing.
You can always get a closer look at the estimated spot your ball will go, depending on which club you have in your hand, by pressing the Triangle button. When you reach the green you can calculate where the ball may go by holding down the R1 button to read the green.
On the course select screen you have the options to change the wind from calm, breezy, gusty, strong or no wind at all. You can also select whether or not you want to play through all 18 holes, for those of you who ever wished you can skip holes your wish has been granted through this game. In Practice Mode you can select holes individually.
All in all the first question you have to ask yourself before getting this game is, do you like golf? If the answer is no you're going to find this game amazingly boring and chances are, like me, you won't know a single golfer in the game apart from Tiger Woods. If you like golf, I'd give her a whirl.
This caps off, for all intent and purposes, Sports Month. I'll be back to reviewing other genres such as Beat 'em up Action-Adventure Science Fiction, Fighting, Role playing and maybe if I have time I'll drive around New York in a tank. Stay tuned.
