It’s a sim, it’s not meant to be fun...right?
Kim at GameSpew: Without EA Sports releasing a PGA Tour iteration every year, there aren't that many golf games on Xbox One. But not to worry – there are a handful of decent golf games still out there, and we've rounded them up for you.
Neil writes "Love it or hate it, you can’t ignore the fact that the wonderful world of golf is enjoyed by many. When the weather is cold and miserable though, or you just can’t get out of bed to make that stupidly early tee time, the draw of the Xbox One sitting under your television is perhaps just too much to ignore.
But that’s not to say you can’t still get your golfing fix as there are now a number of well rounded golfing titles available on our favourite games console.
So don your long socks, get your spikes on and prepare to settle down as we drive you through 5 of the best golfing titles on Xbox One. It’s not always a good walk ruined you know."
Only played Powerstar Golf and Rory Mcllroy but I really want to check out Dangerous Golf
A good golf game is a must for every system. I remember golf on the 3DO and on the 32x. After that it seems that it turned into a cartoon and not a big fan of tiger woods. Wii U golf is great but with terrable graphics.
The Golf Club VR is now in full swing, as the game steps out of early access and into a full Steam release.
The gameplay is challenging (especially the putting) which is a good thing. Gone are the days of everybody going around at 10 under.
Unfortunately the pop in is terrible, and I mean really terrible. I would echo everything the reviewer has pointed out, but there is one problem that is worse than all the rest. When playing a round with friends there is a ridiculous delay in updating what your playing partner has done. Sometimes a minute or more for the scorecard to update, and sometimes he has teed off on the next hole before the tracer appears on your screen for his approach shot on the previous hole. It's quite obviously a server issue and ruins the whole co op experience.
Also, you have the ability to enable taking turns for shots. Quite ridiculously it lets you both take your shot, then shows you the replay afterwards. You cannot watch the shot in real time, just stand about waiting. Very odd.
If they could sort out these blatant structural/mechanical issues, it would be a far better game than Tiger Woods, even with it's weak visuals. It really is more challenging than Woods. But with terrible menus (think Warthunder) and particularly unpolished graphics, it frustrates and gets old quickly.
I really do hope they have some patches in the works, otherwise I will be giving up on The Golf Club and keeping my fingers crossed that the next iteration of Woods can offer something a little more realistic than that which it has grown to be over the last few years.
Woods polish with The Golf Club's sim style would be really good.