That said, it does offer the best putting mechanics in the history of the series. While this is a superior system, one that offers you a great deal more control in all aspects of making shots, it isn't so dramatically better that it makes the game a must-buy. Move support makes shots like both lifelike and awfully satisfying when pulled off correctly. In other words, it's a little harder to nail long drives that split the fairway, or make accurate approach shots that land you a couple of feet from the cup, especially when you nudge the difficulty above pro. It works a fair bit like the left-stick-oriented control scheme from last year, but with more options and more attention paid to things like the tempo of your swing and foot position. Standard button pushing has been tweaked pretty extensively in the new Total Swing Control for the gamepad.
All it does is provide different Tiger player models to look at while you shoot your way through boring challenges like dropping balls into a backyard wading pool, hitting target scores in rounds, helping Tiger break Jack Nicklaus' record for victories in the Majors, and so forth.Ī much more notable change comes with the gamepad swing mechanics. EA does nothing of interest with this feature. Sadly, Tiger's life was extraordinarily tedious, if this game is to be believed. The most significant addition is Tiger Legacy, where you play as the great one in various stages of his life, from childhood to the present day and beyond.
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You can play one-off matches, set up a golfer and begin a pro career, head online for multiplayer tournaments, head to The Masters again, and so forth. All the main modes of play are back for another round. The core game is essentially brought forward from last year in its entirety. The look and sound of the game haven't improved much over earlier releases, although there do seem to be more nifty shadow effects on courses and a few more commentary lines from main booth jockey Jim Nantz. Lil' Tiger may be cute, but the new Tiger Legacy mode needs a lot more than that to be enjoyable. Gamepad swing mechanics have been nicely overhauled, PS Move support has been jazzed up to improve on last year's already very good motion-sensing controls, and the new Country Club mode promises to help the game establish an online community, but taken together, all the new features don't add up to anything meaningful. This could have been a very good golf game, but its identity has been watered down with a lame mode where you play as Eldrick Tont Woods from tyke to today and beyond, and extortionate downloadable content.
After sticking with the troubled superstar over the past few years of scandal and an extended slump, EA Sports doesn't seem to know what to do with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 on the PlayStation 3.
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The Tiger Woods series is struggling to find its way.