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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great game but still could be better!, 24 Sep 2008
Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars
Once again EA have delivered a very realistic yet fun golf sim game with new added features, however, I can't help but feel that once again it comes up short of what it could be.
I played (and reviews) TW08 when I bought that and befoe I played this I rented and tried...and decided not to buy on that basis.
The game itself is very good and fans of the franchise will still be able to pick up and play and newcomers will have coaching in the game to get them up to speed. The customisation of clubs looks nice and several old features are there again for us to enjoy.
However, while the game is good, it isn't anything new or different. Sure there is a little bit of window dressing to justify another version that is the must have latest and greatest, but at it's heart it is not really any different than the last 2 or 3 versions.
My biggest problem though, is the graphics and choice of courses. Call me selfish but I expect to have something on my wizz-bang machine capable of running the deathstar that is a little bit different and extra than what I could have had on my PS2 before I upgraded. I have been left with a hollow feeling that this is simply the same game ported over to a different platform witht he pologons turned up slightly.
There is no feeling of 'WOW - this is great', the graphics still look OK don't get me wrong but not the wonder of HD that I thought I would be getting with my PS3. And no extra courses, golfers or anything different despite having all that extra space to utilise on the Bluray disc?? I guess the next gen consoles are either going to have to make do with companies taking the easy option until the PS2 and original Xbox go so out of fashion that they aren't making the games for those any more before we truly get manufacturers making the most of the new technology.
Maybe next years will be better???
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
EA got it just right, 29 Aug 2008
Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
Year after Year, EA release a TW game and each year us gamers have to settle for just a few new courses and maybe some new courses and also maybe 1 or 2 "gimmick" features. So what's different about Tiger Woods 09 that would make the golf veteran come back or make newcomers more interested than before? First of all, Tiger Woods Coach Hank Haney is put into the mix, At the start of the game, he'll assess your attributes based on your first few shots. Then after each and every round of golf, your skills go up or down depending on how well you do. This actually works really well, it forces you to play well all the time even if you are 10 shots ahead of the pack in PGA Tour Mode. Another new feature, is the Club Tuner, now this allows the golfer to tune their clubs to their own needs and what suits them the most. Seeing as you can now add probably up to 60 yards more to your drives with this new feature, you may think it makes the game easier than before, well not exactly. Each hole now provides a different challenge. On a reachable par 4, do you go for it and risk maybe being in the rough or the bunker, or do you play it safe and make sure you have a close approach? If you chose the first option, then doing this a number of times per round could severely decrease your stats.
So, Dynamic attributes is an absolutely ingenious feature and it works extremely well. Now finally, another great feature is the Online Simultaneous Play. Now, when playing online, this is optional in Stroke play. Whilst playing you still see everybody's shots and it's basically you against everybody else. It takes much less time than before. In 08, it took 40 minutes to play a 4 way stroke play and now it only takes 10 minutes. When you are not playing simultaneously or playing a team game, you still see other people take their shots but you can no longer see what club they're hitting, how much loft they're putting or even what power they're putting on. So this is much better than before, as it doesn't allow anybody to copy anybody's shots.
Overall, I give the game a 5/5, the graphics are much better than 08, the water looks sensational. I haven't really got that much to say wrong about 09 as it really is that good, which is something I normally don't say about EA. This year though, they got it just right.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
On the prow again , 29 Aug 2008
Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars
Ok here we go again tigerWoods 09 is again trying to create the most realistic golf sim out their, i have to say i have not seen any better, but when you have the biggest name franchise its easy to stuff the competition. Ok lets start with whats new , you now have the advice of tigers real life coach hank henney, who is quite useful maybe to new comers of this game but old hands know what it takes to progress their golfer to full potential. New to the game is the way you can now customise your clubs, you can go for all out power but this gives you less control or you can set them so you hit the sweet spot evry time , i went for a power over precision set up myself, Graphically there is very little inprovement to 08 which is kind of disapointing as i wanted glorious HD to be pushed to the limit but its not,the commentators have also changed, no more D Faherty but Sam Torrance and kelly are ok,courses are pretty much a mix of fantasy and real live events, the tour is the best feature off line, but changes to online now mean you dont have to wait for others to play there shots you can simultaneously play so thats good, online is great by the way if you have an ethernet account, Tiger challenge is simple to complete and is the best way to get your stats up, anyhow overall i think the changes to learning and increasing stats is good, hank henney is tiresome after a while constantly saying the samething over and over, yes its still the best golf game but its really a disapointment in the way its not improved since 08, thats why i can only give it 4 stars.
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