Another year, another EA money spinner of Tiger Woods PGA Tour – we are in double figures now and have made it to 10, representing next year 2010. EA like to feel ahead in the calendar.
First thing I notice after the starting splash screen is a nice new menu, but hey.. “New courses available, press LB” so I press LB and it takes me to the 360 marketplace where I can buy 2 courses at 600 points each – thats two DLC courses ON THE DAY OF RELEASE – clearly EA held them back from the real game to gouge us for extra money. I find this disgusting practice.
So onto the game itself. Graphically the game looks good and EA are improving on the way they render bushes and trees but still they seem unable to do crowds properly. The crowds have so little detail they might as well be matchsticks but this is really just a minor irritation and shows that whilst EA are making a good effort to make the game look good, they are neglecting the crowds.
The game has all of the traditional modes, tournaments and the career play. Every year the career challenges are laid out differently, last year it was the honeycomb grid, this year they are play cards moving left to right through the different courses and have differing levels of difficulty. All of ythe challenges are copies from real life golf incidents with major players over the years, so it is quite good we are actually playing these famous incidents – from long drive challenges, to par 3′s etc and infamous comebacks.
Apart from the way the challenges are set out, not much really has changed from last year. Your personal coach is still there and you have the optional challenges to improve your golf through the coach.
If you really must get the newest golf game every year then this is worth a buy but there is not much more to that of last year, so do not expect huge changes.
Hmmm
My version of Tiger woods is a couple of years old now
I didn’t bother with 09 – think it’s worth going to 2010?
If you did not go with 09 thats its definitely worth the upgrade. In 09 they brought in a whole raft of changes which they have carried over to 10. Alot of the changes came with the online stuff. The ability to upload your own played shots online and for other people to attempt them.