"While the man himself has been a firestorm of controversy this year considering his personal issues and less-than-stellar performance on the golf course, you cannot deny that Tiger Woods is one of the most well-known and dominant people in the history of the sport. Additionally, EA’s Tiger Woods PGA Tour franchise has also been recognizable for gamers, due its constant presence in gaming for many years now; second only to Madden NFL in terms of sales success in the US."
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David Kenson writes "Tiger Woods 12 manages to squeeze out a few more improvements on Tiger Woods 11's already full rostrum of options. Like last year, MotionPlus allows the game to capture a one-to-one backwards and forwards stroke, but now it adds the Balance board into the swing equation for the first time."
He provides a comparison of the different version of Tiger on the Wii, which highlights the up-and-down nature of the EA franchise.
That's a very thorough look at the last five titles in the series as compared to the latest. I have to say that I'm occasionally addicted to golf games, although I prefer them on the arcade-y side (I loved Sensi Golf on the Amiga!). If I take the plunge again this will be really helpful!
Sensible Golf on the Amiga sold very badly and was considered a commercial failure, I believe; but, I thought it was an excellent title.
Not 100% sure about using the balance board. I suppose it isn't as vigorous as Raving Rabbids but the board isn't as stable as a golf course. Interesting use of the board though.
Good grief... well I guess if I played golf this could be an amazing teaching tool. As I don't Ill have to play it with features all turned off if I want any hope of success. Still good for EA to at least be trying to make use of the Wii peripherals and iterating on a franchise on a console where most developers just pump out lazy ports.
We all know that people are gaming later and later into their lives. I have recently come across a group of seniors who love to play Xbox 360. I took this opportunity to talk to them about their gaming experiences. This opportunity inspired me to make this list of the top 3 games suitable for… how shall I put this… more veteran gamers.
Personally, I've never been tempted by golf games. Not likely to start now.
I think that, of all the sports categories, golf feels like the one everyone can have fun with because it's fairly simple, but it's always been the one I least connect with... I think due to its simplicity and lack of atmosphere.
Whereas, I hate the likes of basketball, boxing and American football as actual sports, but love playing them as videogames because they're so rewarding.
But that's just me.
Can't wait to try a golf game using the PlayStation move...seems like a very good peripheral.