Is The Golf Club Destined to be the ECW of Sports Games?

[OnlookerDelay]

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Yeah, I just can't wait until they add more objects, themes and maybe even surface types for the course designer.

Yep, all of the above are needed. What is conspicuous in its absence right now are roads, cartpaths, and fences. It's odd to see clusters of cars in a 'grass parking lot' with no roads leading to it? And fences are so frequently a landmark signature on golf courses. It sort of feels incomplete without all of these staples.

[RumbleCard]

The ability to build on the core game sounds great and price is spot on but with no annual release or re-release as the game improves say a year or 18 months down the road where does the revenue come from?

New buyers from word of mouth is eventually going to simmer down. What sustains this business model?

[ASB37]

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The ability to build on the core game sounds great and price is spot on but with no annual release or re-release as the game improves say a year or 18 months down the road where does the revenue come from?

New buyers from word of mouth is eventually going to simmer down. What sustains this business model?

Some updates with more features will be paid DLC.

[rolltide1017]

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Yea, I would expect some future updates to cost something, say a 2.0 or 3.0 update etc. They'd probably be more like expansion packs then updates, like Skyrim had, priced somewhere around $15. That's just a guess though. Honestly, this game is so great, they could charge me $35 a year and I'd be okay with that; as long as they continue to support the game with updates.

[CbAgGa]

Ear 2 Ear reading the comments... Totally enjoy the game n props 2 HB Studios!!!!

[Jgainsey]

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I really haven't enjoyed a golf game like this in about a decade or so.

This game is good enough to where I think I may be able to get my 50 year old dad(I know, I know.. there are plenty of you guys here older than that, lol) back into to gaming with a PS4 and the help The Golf Club.

We used to play a ton of Links and some of the older TW back on the original Xbox when I was in high school, and it would be awesome to do something like that now that we're older and in different cities.

I don't know what the future holds for TGC, but they have made an evangelical supporter out of me. It's just awesome to be able to get into virtual golf like this again.

[mmathaifighter]

From the get go this game reminded me of the original PGA Tour Golf games for the Sega Genesis in the early 90s. No power up clubs and balls nonsense, no super tees, no special boosts if you wore a Nike visor. It was you and the course and your score depended on how good you were. Granted it had the PGA license but the core game play is the same. I almost cried when I saw the way the green interface is set up. The flowing lines representing the breaks on the green was how I remembered it in my late teen years burning away many late night hours on my Sega. This is my question, I immediately DLed this to my GFs gaming PC, which, coincidentally she gives me very limited access to...and I read some of the reviews that said the PS4 version is choppy. Has that been corrected and is it bad enough to put a damper on the experience? I'll DL it again for my PS4 if the choppiness has been corrected or if it isnt really noticeable. I WOULD like to see the devs add a lot more for player editing options. The only thing I miss from TW is the ability to make myself a well built tattoed guy wearing a wife beater, kinda the way I look and wear when I go golfing IRL.

[HustlinOwl]

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From the get go this game reminded me of the original PGA Tour Golf games for the Sega Genesis in the early 90s. No power up clubs and balls nonsense, no super tees, no special boosts if you wore a Nike visor. It was you and the course and your score depended on how good you were. Granted it had the PGA license but the core game play is the same. I almost cried when I saw the way the green interface is set up. The flowing lines representing the breaks on the green was how I remembered it in my late teen years burning away many late night hours on my Sega. This is my question, I immediately DLed this to my GFs gaming PC, which, coincidentally she gives me very limited access to...and I read some of the reviews that said the PS4 version is choppy. Has that been corrected and is it bad enough to put a damper on the experience? I'll DL it again for my PS4 if the choppiness has been corrected or if it isnt really noticeable. I WOULD like to see the devs add a lot more for player editing options. The only thing I miss from TW is the ability to make myself a well built tattoed guy wearing a wife beater, kinda the way I look and wear when I go golfing IRL.

patch update and choppiness eliminated for me with vsync on and think some with PC created courses, but gone for the most part and devs will continue to release patches and updates

[jyoung]

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The PS4 version was extremely choppy on release day, but there was a patch that came out Thursday and fixed the frame rate.

Now all of the official courses play pretty smoothly, though still not a steady 60 FPS, because the game has always been designed to run at around 30-40 FPS on consoles.

Some of the created courses can still get choppy if they are overloaded with objects, but it's no big deal on the official ones.

[Hoos]

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This is my favorite golf game ever, the best since Links 2004 on the xbox. So glad HB took a chance on it.

Agreed! Links 2004 is still in my gaming library but with this game I can easily say.... Sionara!

[rspencer86]

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I am VERY excited about this game, not just because it is a blast to play, but this could open the door for other non-licensed console sports games that focus heavily on gameplay and customization.

The smaller developers just seemed more in tuned with their customers, and is a throwback to the good ol' days when developers seemed to do things with the intention of making their game better, rather than finding a way to squeeze every last penny out of their customers.

[Jellobiafra]

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This game is great. DL it yesterday played a couple of rounds on courses made by dudes from OS forums. Gotta say I'm not very good just shot 7 over on the bridges. Love this game.

[JMD]

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This is my favorite golf game ever, the best since Links 2004 on the xbox. So glad HB took a chance on it.

Links 2004 was the last golf game I bought. Loved that game, so I should like this one if I buy it, are they similar?

[kehlis]

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Links 2004 was the last golf game I bought. Loved that game, so I should like this one if I buy it, are they similar?

Very similar.

There are some minor kinks to work out but it is absolutely fantastic.

If you liked Links you will like this game.

[krispykeith]

This is my favorite game in years and I agree with so many of the comments, particularly the comparison to PGA golf on genesis. I played that thing to death and this is the first golf game to grab me by the throat and not let go. There is very little I would change outside of sprucing up the xbox graphics (which is in the works) and I would sure love if the male golfer model could look a little more realistic like the female golf model.

It is also the perfect "social" game for me because I almost never have time to coordinate or compete in online gaming. This game lets me feel like I am with the great use of ghosts paired with great communities on here or the HB forums.