Created courses is an excellent idea, plus like the old Links being able to share them regardless of the platform. There were hundreds of Links courses.
Created courses is an excellent idea, plus like the old Links being able to share them regardless of the platform. There were hundreds of Links courses.
- DLC courses that transfer from game-to-game instead of needing to be re-purchased.
- Ability to achieve any Course Mastery or Sponsor objective regardless of your current level for them; for example, making a 50 ft. putt before you make Silver Course Mastery currently doesn't "count" towards the Gold requirement.
- More statistical overlays over the course of the game; for example, if you're in Round 4 of a tournament, an overlay should pop up as you play saying your score on that hole in Rounds 1-3.
- Better celebration sequences at the close of a tournament. Winning the Masters should feel significantly more important than winning at TPC Scottsdale.
- Ability to choose between "Broadcast" presentation (with commentary & overlays) or "Golfer" presentation (with only caddie, ambient noise like crowds, and the scorecard to track progress.
Since this hasn't gotten a lot of love lately, I'll share some thoughts.
Online leagues and Career mode would be AWESOME.
I'd like to see more sponsors with tougher goals.
I would like the commentary to not mess up, I've had this happen a ton lately where you hit the green on a par 3 and they quickly say "he drove the green" while god I hope so it was 168 to the hole..LOL. Or in the same case you get on in 1 for a par 3 and they say you have an eagle putt coming up, then when it loads the camera for putting it says for birdie. Just a couple of small mess ups but it should be fixed. So more in-depth commentary would be welcomed.
I like the caddie feature, I think a good caddie verse a great caddie should be a really big deal. More depth here would be great. I know most think the caddie is a pain in the ass, but honestly shouldn't he be. Some caddies are great at reading greens, some are great at yardage some are just great listeners as well, some are quiet, some are very talkative. Just more variety with the caddie and more options in general to appease everyone so they can get the feel they want.
Maybe after sinking that winning putt, a little cut screen to show you walking into the tent through the crowd to sign your card. With the option to skip it of course, might just add to the feel of winning a nice tourney.
This is small but still something I'd like to see.
- The ability to view only the items you have purchased in the Pro Shop
Practice greens for putting would be a welcomed addition.
One thing with all the clothes choices you have I'd like to see the chance to see the weather prior to teeing off that way if it raining or anything else you can dress your character accordingly.
I'd like to see more people along side the course more so for majors and then around the green people sitting with the ropes up would be pretty neat too.
Then also on hole 16 the toughest around ( because the crowd goes crazy against you) I think you should here that as well, and then on the same note you always have a more vocal crowd then just the standard oh and awe's.
One other thing, I'd like to see more punishment on being in the rough especially the high rough as well as the traps too. It seems at times way to easy to come up with a brilliant shot that leaves you with a great shot at birdie still.
I'd like to see if your playing 4 rounds of golf you obviousily enjoy the full round and I'd like the option to play the final round with whom you should be playing along side. Just as an option though not standard as some may not enjoy this.
Keep the suggestions coming, I will possibly start to put something together at the end of the month.
+1 on the weather before the round.
Thought I already had this in here but I guess not.
Topographical hole view, almost like I was looking at a score card with the entire course in it but something you could toggle to while you are playing the while
I like this idea. After battling Tiger for the #1 ranking a couple tournaments ago, and playing 4 rounds along side him on the course, seeing his shots and trying to outdo him while actually seeing each of his shots, it was a lot of fun. I would definitely use that a lot. It may make my rounds and tournaments a lot longer than they are now, but it definitely adds an additional fun factor to it, seeing what my opponent is shooting and what I have to do to best him.Originally Posted by psusnoop
Also, they need to find a way to do more stuff with the XP you earn. My golfer is completely maxed out on his natural stats (don't have the prototypes or anything yet) and I currently have over 350,000 XP just building up in my XP bank. The devs need to find an additional way of using all that XP. Maybe have clothes, gloves, watches, etc that are ONLY purchasable via XP that you have earned and aren't unlocked via sponsor challenges. Or possibly have higher XP requirements for your stats. So instead of going 1,000-2,000-3,000 for XP cost of stat levels, make it 1,000-3,000-5,000. Or even have options in the menu, either during or before each season, to making it something high like 2,000-5,000-10,000 or something. Just some way of using all this extra XP that we build up and just sit there with absolutely no use after we max out our golfer's stats.
With the XP points, I think you could fix this by making it take more points to max out your player. In all honesty how many PGA rookies do you know dominating and yep I'm sure there's a lot of us that are
being able to watch live rounds of other golfers
Online leagues would be a huge get as mentioned before.
Statistical overlays as mentioned before, like Paakaa10 said.
Maybe some type of momentum meter or confidence stat for each individual shot to bring into play. We all know as we are playing a round of golf (and I'm not the greatest though I can string together some shots but normally I shot in the low 80's) that you can easily get on a roll and you just have that confidence in your next shot, just as flubbing one may just throw off the next shot and it could take you a hole to bring it back to normal or a couple of holes to totally regain that confidence. This would be really tough to do I'm sure as it could be very over powered both ways but it could also make the game that much better. As I was playing last night and got on that roll I felt like I just couldn't miss, going -8 on the back 9 and on the same note that first 18 I was as shakey as all get out, making poor decisions and not making any putts. So I guess as I was struggling last night in that first round to make a putt or stick a shot tight my confidence meter or momentum meter would have been extremely low and my target area would have been larger without the ability to focus it down. As I made a few shots or putts that meter would regain itself to the point where I could focus it down a little more. In general after horrid shot or a 3 putt for bogey or par for that matter you shouldn't be able to get up on the tee and focus your next shot right in, or get on the green after playing whack a tree and focus it down to a dime to make that crucial putt for par, you should have to work for it a little more.
What type of stats are you looking for? Now you usually get the leaderboard and the hole stats as you are loading up a hole and you get the leaderboard after each shot.
I think this one already takes care of itself. I know if I start to play bad I can really rattle myself and my swing "thumb" gets off and I shank some shots. To me this game is completely different than NCAA were you have to build in momentum as seem to be able to get rattled all by yourself... but maybe that's just me not being very good at the game.
For the stats, like Paakaa10 mentioned about earlier rounds scores. Like you went birdie, birdie, par the first 3 rounds kinda like what they do on TV now. Just something small, but a nice touch if they could add it.What type of stats are you looking for? Now you usually get the leaderboard and the hole stats as you are loading up a hole and you get the leaderboard after each shot.
I think this one already takes care of itself. I know if I start to play bad I can really rattle myself and my swing "thumb" gets off and I shank some shots. To me this game is completely different than NCAA were you have to build in momentum as seem to be able to get rattled all by yourself... but maybe that's just me not being very good at the game.
Then for the momentum, I'm kinda thinking along the lines like you just shanked your shot into the trees off the tee. Your next shot your caddie gives a 98% shot you can focus way down and give yourself an easy shot at birdie. This rarely happens IRL and I would like to see this changed by some means in the future. Or you just 3 putted for bogey and you go to the box to tee off and you can focus your drive way down and smack a beautiful shot right into the fairway (now I'm not saying that this shouldn't happen, but by no means is it that easy to just focus right in to that kind of shot). I'd like to see it stay as a large focus circle after a poor shot that way there is more variance in your next shot, sure you can still hit a great shot but it's not as easy as focusing it right in and hitting the correct percentage.
I guess we are thinking of 2 different things. Yes, in your scenerios you can focus down and hit a nice shot... but you still have to hit the sticks right. I'm saying that I will sometimes see myself if I'm playing bad really mess my swings up, either personal momentum or trying to overcompensate
They need to expand on the changing courses in various seasons. Right now it's just the tournaments with DLC courses that change from season to season. Watching round 1 of the US Open earlier during the day, and watching the replay right now, Congressional Country Club looks like it would be a fun course to play on. Unfortunately, right now in TW12, it's Pebble Beach every single year. I love Pebble Beach, it's a fun course, but there needs to be some rotation like real life.
In TW12, every season, you play the US Open at Pebble Beach, the Open Championship at Old Course at St. Andrews, and the PGA Championship at Atlanta Athletic Club.
However, this year in real life, the US Open is being played at Congressional Country Club, the Open Championship is being played at Royal St. George's Golf Club, and the PGA Championship is at AAC. They don't return to Pebble Beach for the US until 2019 and don't return to St. Andrews for the Open until 2015.
I understand there would be and is difficulty getting various courses both on board to be included in the game, as well as designed for in the game, but there has to be something they could try and do. They don't have include every course for the various majors through 2020 or something, but give some variety.
US Open already has 2014 (Pinehurst #2) and 2016 (Oakmont CC) courses included in the game. How about getting the Congressional or something in next year, and maybe trying to get the 2012 course (The Olympic Club, Lake Course) in.
For the Open Championship, at the least, try to get 2011's course, Royal St. George's GC in, maybe 2012's course (Royal Lytham & St. Anne's GC). And for the PGA Championship, try to include next year's course (Kiawah Island Golf Resort) and maybe 2013's course (Oak Hill CC).
I don't know if there would be room for all of the courses on the disc, or if they could even be completed in time for inclusion on the disc, but that's where I thought, we already have the Eagles and Birdies DLC packs. Why not group all these championship courses together and sell them as a Championship DLC pack.
Then, if it's possible in the game code (I have absolutely not a damn bit of knowledge when it comes to coding, so I have no clue what is and isn't possible), have a set up where the various courses are recognized by the game to be that year's championship courses, so the game would automatically put Oak Hill CC as the 2013 (whatever number season that is) as the PGA Championship's course.
But then, so you're not screwing people over and forcing them to buy the packs if they don't want to, have a check system in place. When you are in the settings menu for the beginning of the next season and you are going into your new season, have the game check and see if they have the DLC downloaded and installed, if they do, Oak Hill CC shows up as the 2013 PGA Championship course. If they don't have it installed, the game defaults to is default PGA Championship course.
Same thing with the others. US Open, if you have the DLC downloaded, the game will have The Olympic Club, Lake Course as the 2012 US Open course (or maybe Merion Golf Club, East Course in 2013). If you don't have the DLC downloaded, it defaults to Pebble Beach.
We already have the rotations and changes to the DLC tournaments and courses every season, but they need to work on getting the Majors switching and rotating as well so I'm not playing Pebble Beach for my 7th season in a row when I get to season 7. Again, I don't know how much of that is possible from a coding standpoint, what would need to be done in regards to creating the courses in the game, and what would need to be done between EA and the individual golf clubs themselves, so I'm sure it's probably a pipe dream, if anything, at least right now. But it would add an entirely new level of depth to the game and keep things even fresher from season to season than they are now.
I can't remember what I have already said...but WORKING MICS FOR ROUNDS WITH MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE....been asking for that for years.
Online leagues (though I like doing it by paper...errr forums).
I'm sure you did
Hopefully they can do online career and not just an online league. That would be tits on a stick
Double D tits on a stick.I'm sure you did
Hopefully they can do online career and not just an online league. That would be tits on a stick
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