Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
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Publisher: EA Sports Genre(s): Sports / Racing Home Page: http://www.easports.com/tigerwoods...
The Grass is Always Greener... This dapper fellow is the result of a random character customization Overall, the game experience is positive, but there are some issues which should be addressed. First, the in-game interface, which follows the game's hexagonal theme, is an exercise in how not to design a UI. Menus are illogical, with common options buried in a tiered fly-out menu. Worse, it's too easy to initiate a swing when trying to navigate the interface. The screen layout can't be customized, and shot alerts pop up in the center of the screen, obscuring the view of the ball. There are 10 different camera options, which are accessible via keybindings, but no option to select default cameras for various shot types (a behind-the-club view while putting, for example). More serious are the random crashes-to-desktop I encountered while working through the Tiger Challenge. To the game's credit, I was prompted to pick up my rounds from just before the crashes when loading the game back up. Make no mistake – this game is a console title first and a PC title second. The fixed main menu resolution of 1024x768 gives this away, as does the lack of support for widescreen resolutions over 1650x1080 (standard aspect ratio resolutions top out at 1600x1200). There is, however, a hack which allows resolution customization – this worked fine for enabling any custom resolution up to 1920x1200. Note that the main menu and clubhouse menus will have clicking hotspots that are a bit off with this hack. Popular widescreen resolutions should be supported out of the box, though, so EA take note.
Tee Off or Stay in the Clubhouse?EA Sports stakes its financial well-being on annual updates to all of its titles. We've tolerated this business model for years, and for the most part the resulting games are palatable. With Tiger Woods PGA Tour, however, updates to the series have been minimal over the past few years, reducing the value of subsequent releases. This year's release is no different, and there simply isn't enough new content or gameplay refinement to merit a complete release for those who already own a recent release of the game. For those customers, this game should be a modestly priced add-on and a not a full-priced standalone game, but EA is unlikely to alter their lucrative sports titles' yearly release schedule. Pricing issues aside, Tiger Woods PGA Tour '08 is a very capable and enjoyable golf game with no glaring flaws and only a few rough edges. Series newcomers should step up to the tee and grab a copy, but those who are happy with their current Tiger Woods PGA Tour game have little reason to move up to the '08 edition.
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