EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™

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This is the first PGA tour game I purchased in years. And I purchased it looking for a great sale which I got it for. As big of a discount I was able to get with this product. For all the beauty, for all the love of playing so many shot types, for all the customization (which I will say isn't superbly meaningful or wide in options.) I cannot recommend this God Forsaken game. Want to know more? Lets get into it! Like all golf games you may have played in the past from EA games you have the ability to create your own personal character. Which is nice, but I don't think they give you a lot of nice options to choose from. No wacky looking characters for those of you who like to make silly looking characters! Do you remember playing PGA games where you get to pick a customized type of swing? Like to be able to make fun custom happy moments, or angry moments, face unique characters that EA created for you to face along your journey? Well guess what? Nope! Not here! Which is unfortunate. I think its literally because they focus this game purely on you being a professional golfer playing like a pro. No fantasy here. Which I guess that's fine depending on what you are looking for. This game while having phenomenal looking courses sure hides one ugly beast! PUTTING! I literally spent 6 hours trying to play this game as much as I can with my customized character. I have maximized my putting ability to the max, know why? Because this game's system sucks! Sure they give you a line to follow, but its not self explanatory. Nor does it always go the way you hope. Literally its like playing a true professional golfer on TV but worse. So if you love a challenge ooooo boy, you will love this game. But if you want to go to old PGA playstation 2 game scores with tons of under par shots this is not your game! For example they show the golf ball trail a curve to the right, so...I aim the arrow to the right, I try and match that arrow to the curve. I shot where the arrow suggested along that curvature. Does it make it? NO! It wants to go ooo idk slide by, go 4ft or more further away, etc... It literally is a game that wants you to break your own set of clubs in half and then some more. Actually, even better become ODDJOB on JAMES BOND 007 GOLDFINGER AND CRUSH THE GOLF BALL INTO DUST! Store. The store system is okaaaay, but its not meaningful. This is good or bad. I liked the old system in the old days where you buy nice clubs and get some nice stats along with it. And this is true to a certain degree...But its more in the form of a mod that you apply onto the club itself. Like maybe do power over control and accuracy sort of thing ya know? Not many choices but they are there, at least for the main clubs. Nothing unfortunately for......PUTTING!!!! YOU ^%$&! (EA Games). But its awful. Want to buy some Taylormade clubs? Are you a Nike guy? Wanna go for a power ride? Play Cobra! Etc, but guess what? Its awful because the only true way to get real currency to be able to buy anything is from Season Passes that you must play GOOD and do DAILY/WEEKLY quests WELL (which for me is not feasible because....well....you guessed it! PUTTING!!!!!!) So really....you have to get far along in the Season pass in order to really buy anything if at all. Its really just cosmetics honestly. Leveling, You level your character like normal, end up maybe getting 2 or more pts per level to apply to your golfer in increasingly difficult/rising requirements of pts required in order to buy the next stat level of any skill you wish to apply it onto. Simple enough. Just....long term damage. Tours, You play like a normal PGA player, if you want to do full rounds you can, if you want to do select special holes it seems to allow that, especially for things like daily tournaments. Of course like any real event in the PGA world you need to complete, win, do WELL in these events and do fun courses like the US open. The Masters, etc. But guess what? I don't get to go very far. Know why......? You guessed it once again! (Maybe.) PUTTING!!!!!!! They have a lot of nice options in the game I admit. You can cancel fly overs of holes, you can kill the cutscenes of your character being disappointed or happy. You can tell the commentary's to be quiet. You can use the left analog stick or right. You can change swing types, do putting difficulty settings (Guess whaat? THIS DOESNT WORK!.....MOSTLY........FOR ME!) They have coach challenges as well as sponsorship's (not that it seems to do any good since you don't make money, but hey I was never able to get any of these 100% done because I would need to upgrade my characters stats in a lot of other things like power, accuracy, approach, etc. But....you know where I put all my eggs into!......Thats right......! PUTTTTTTTING!!!!!! So I could be well wrong about that. Small challenges or lengthy, like try to hit all shots on fairway, try to be within 10 ft of hole, make the shot. Its literally challenges for a PGA professional...And guess what? Make one false move, one wrong swing, do too little or too much. GAME OVER!!!!!! TRY AGAINNNNN! Well...... %&*^ You! This is why I never got 100% on any. But you know what? That's okay. I played enough of this game. I wish I could get the 2K games instead. In fact I would say buy those instead. I WANT to buy them and have them. But I am constantly waiting for a good sale. And sometimes, I never get a chance thanks to them removing the game from the store without me knowing. Jee.....Thanks...So, want a true challenge to grit your teeth? Play this game. Want to play like the old days of games and have more fun and do true customization. Look elsewhere. Peace,