The Golf Club 2

[cdj]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQl0fWf_S5o&feature=share

Take a look inside The Golf Club 2, the upcoming sequel to the highly acclaimed, hugely popular sports game, The Golf Club. With a load of new and improved features including a Career Mode, enhanced Course Creator, competitive Societies, advanced swing mechanic, online tournaments, and more than 100,000 user-generated courses to play, The Golf Club 2 is the most authentic and exciting golf game ever created. Pre-order now to get exclusive content on Day One. Learn more at www.thegolfclub2.com.

[bdoughty]

Spring 2017. Much earlier than I was expecting. Hopefully it will play a little better on the Xbox One this time. The PS4 version was so much smoother.

[CLW]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vng1lvlmNdo&t=0s

[CLW]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unQNpwaS4JA

[bdoughty]

Preordered and looking forward to playing in a few weeks.

[JBHuskers]

Tempted with all the preorder bonuses but didn't get much play out of the first one.

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[JBHuskers]

Good article here - http://www.gameinformer.com/games/the_golf_club_2/b/playstation4/archive/2016/06/17/the-golf-club-2.aspx

[JBHuskers]

All the things I've read, all the pre-order bonuses, plus $30 in my PSN account....yep, pulled the trigger :D

[cdj]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpGpvRHfsWU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQq61xTg4x4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQSwuLw7UlY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcBQSxGSW2Y

[JBHuskers]

I've got it preloaded and ready to go at 11PM central!

[CLW]

Downloading this one now. Between this and Everybody's Golf I should have more than enough for that occasional golf game itch.

[cdj]

Downloading this one now. Between this and Everybody's Golf I should have more than enough for that occasional golf game itch.

I think I'm going to get that one too and for the same reasons. With EA seemingly putting their golf franchise into purgatory, it's time to go elsewhere. TGC 2 & Everybody's Golf both look good/fun for different reasons.



Amazon still has the Day One Edition available for ordering (http://amzn.to/2scFnrk):

Pre-Order The Golf Club 2 and secure the ‘Aristocrat’ Day One Edition and get a head start on your career with bonus in-game content that will take you from rags to riches.
Moneybags – Save time and get rich quick with an instant payout that will boost your career and give you serious purchasing power. Elite Club – Make your competitors jealous and stand out amongst the crowd with an exclusive 24k solid gold driver.
Premier Clubhouse – Gain access to an exclusive high society clubhouse for you and your friends.
Heirloom Apparel – Play in style with a throwback outfit from the golden age of golf.
Elite Emblem – Add class to your Society logo with a signature badge.

[skipwondah33]

Still playing the 1st one as I am in a TGC tour league. Love this game, so eventually will be getting this.

[JBHuskers]

I'm playing the tutorial holy load times Batman.

Graphically the game looks great, but it took over a minute to go from one tutorial swing to the next.

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[JBHuskers]

Loading did get better in the tutorial, it was just bad after the first lesson.

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[JBHuskers]

I have created a society, search for The Gaming Tailgate GC

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[bdoughty]

You created a Society.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugzFgfIlkCQ

[JBHuskers]

:D that's what they're called!

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[bdoughty]

They really went all out on the character/club creation area. I like that they copied Rory with the different outfits for each round and even a casual option. I spent over 30 minutes customizing and coloring my clubs to match the last set I owned. Wish they offered different body types (I did not see it) and the hair options might have actually been worse than what was offered in Rory. How many bald options do we need?

On the course went well after a few server hiccups trying to get through the training mode. I like the feel of the swing and it is an improvement over TGC1. That said there were some framerate hiccups during the swing that really need a patch. Would love to see what these guys could do with a better game engine than Unity (v5). Most Unity games do not play nicely on the consoles but perform better on the PC.

A few things that seemed like odd omissions. Not able to create different weather for each round when setting up a tournament is the big one I have seen mentioned but not something I have tried myself. The inability to turn off fly-by's before each shot. That drives me nuts. The changes to the HUD, especially the terrible decision to go with white lettering and transparent. Makes absolutely no sense and I have a 60" TV and do not sit that far away and it is still hard to see information.

Seems like it is buggy as all get-out right now, so like most games at launch, patience is a virtue. Some good stuff, some confusing stuff and the broken stuff. It's looks a little better but is still a far cry from Rory in the graphics dept.

[JBHuskers]

I'm back from an out of state wedding and family reunion, so I'll have to dig into this more this week and weekend.

[bdoughty]

Patch was released on PS4 today.

Swing is much improved but I still get the occasional hiccup, especially with the driver. 9 out of 10 shots I can get a perfect backswing. A great improvement over 7 out of 10 being slow backswings before the patch. So far the lighting looks better when the sun is behind clouds but I have not played enough on courses that it was really bad on. All my favorites are now showing up.

The scan line (ghost line) or whatever you call it, that follows the ball post shot seems to be a little worse? More of a nitpick and might just be my imagination. A few off tree shadow glitches where it morphs into something freakish but only happened twice.

Game is playable for me now.

[bdoughty]

They finally patched it to where playing with a wireless controller (especially the newer ones) is fully playable and the lag is mostly eliminated.

[cdj]

Patch notes:

• Staggered Leaderboards in Online Societies – This will hide final results of the round from the user before entering a round and they will see scores unfold during the event, even if the other players have completed their round.
• Society President Banning – This will give Society presidents the ability to remove inactive users or users who are abusing their settings for their Society.
• Additional Stat Tracking – We have added personal stats breakdown for number for Birdies, Eagles, Albatross and Hole-in-Ones for the user.
• Society Search Filters – We have added the ability to sort societies by popularity and by entry fees.
• Course Designer – Improved stability of course editing when manually planting pieces of grass with brushes.
• Auto Adding Rivals – Users can turn on auto add rivals during a society event and the game will select players from their round to complete against and will automatically add them to their scorecard.
• Society Handicaps - Handicap restrictions are now taking effect when joining an event, not only when joining a Society.
• Added Strokes - Addressed a case where some users were experiencing added strokes to their round after viewing a replay.