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Links 2001

by Microsoft
Platform:   Windows 98 / 95 / 2000
3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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Game Information

  • Platform:   Windows 98 / 95 / 2000
  • ELSPA Minimum Age: 3
  • Media: Video Game
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Product Features

  • Part of the popular golf simulator series
  • New courses include Aviara, Chateau Whistler, and the Prince Course in Kauai
  • New rendering engine provides cliffs, arches, bunker overhangs, and higher-resolution panoramas
  • Arnold Palmer Course Architect allows you to re-create your home course
  • Customizable club distances

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  • ASIN: B00004Y6FH
  • Release Date: 10 Nov 2000
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 21,232 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Microsoft's Links 2001 sees the inclusion of a new course designer and six major new courses on top of the usual array of goodies the series normally boasts.

Not stopping there, Links 2001 boasts 14 new golfers for you to cycle through, and their voices and (polite) expressions of disappointment have been sampled to accompany their visual rendering. These figures sit well with the excellent graphics, a customary consideration for modern 3-D accelerators.

If you need a peaceful alternative to the all-action noise-fest of Fifa 2001 or any shooting game, here it is. The sound effects are functional to the game by default. On average, you'll only hear the birds in the background, the sound of the shot, and the player's verbal reaction to it. You must gauge the mouse-controlled clubswing to perfection to get the best shot, a process that proves quietly addictive even to a non-golfing fan.

Sadly, Microsoft haven't taken into account the 15-minute installation time caused by swapping three of four CDs--this is a prime candidate for a DVD release--and you will need a lot of disk space with the maximum default being 1.1GB. Created by the same team that did Leader board on the Commodore 64 this game knows what it's doing when it comes to being a golf game. The only drawback it suffers is that it lacks the key players of today, such as Tiger Woods. This said, if you are looking for a golf game for the gameplay rather than the stats, this is as good as any. --Kenneth Henry

Manufacturer's Description
Microsoft Links 2001 delivers the most authentic golfing experience ever available on the PC, with enhanced online golfing, new courses and game rendering engine. Also included is Arnold Palmer Golf Designer which allows PC golfers to recreate their home courses with the same tools as the Links 2001 team.

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3.4 out of 5 stars (11 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Updated Review, 22 Mar 2001
By A Customer
While the previous reviewers may have valid points as compared to previous versions of this game I as a newcomer to the series but not the sport was most impressed. The graphics(once you get the video card sorted) are first class with each course modelled down to the exact inch. Microsoft has also released a convertor so that the game is backward compatible with old courses which will satisfy the whingers here. The online ability of this game is endless with tournaments offering huge prizes for the elite and a ranking position for those in for a bit of fun. The multiplayer option has been greatly speeded up as well making this a much more worthwhile experience. A superb game and well worth any golfing fans money.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Microsoft Have "Fixed" Something That Wasn't Broke !!!, 13 Nov 2000
By Thomas TEUBER (Vienna, Austria) - See all my reviews
I used to be a Microsoft-supporter, but when they started to buy Access-Software Inc., I suspected already that trouble was on its way. And now, having the long awaited LINKS 2001 in my hands and on my harddisk, I am proven to be right. The Readme already tells you stories about which video-cards the game will not run with, and even with a card that is OK, you must look for a new driver. And then, when the game is finally up and running, I was ever so disappointed by the graphics, that are not better than in LINKS LS 2000, they look somehow unreal. Not to talk about the fact that I can only chose between 3 different screen resolutions (and hardware 3D acceleration still doesn't work!!!). The new swingmeter is quite OK, but all the rest is worse than in the previous version! And it's a SCANDAL that we cannot use all the "old" courses which we have bought over the years and for which we have spent a lot of money!....I have never seen such a great idea executed so poorly! I own the German version, and they cannot even make the differences between Meters and Yards correctly! This part of the game has so many glitches, that it takes too long to describe them all, but if this is really the tool with which Microsoft design the courses, then I'm sorry for the poor guys! Access Software Inc. have surely used a better machine!

All in all: for those of us who loved the previous versions, LINKS 2001 is a waste of money! For newcomers who have never seen the good old LINKS LS versions, it might be worth it, but I doubt (better get the old games out of your father's cupboard). I'm really disappointed!

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5.0 out of 5 stars This game rules whatever u say, 17 April 2002
By basketcase_2002@hotmail.com (Holland (I am Welsh though)) - See all my reviews
this is the best golf game on the pc ever. The graphics are incredible and the gameplay is wonderful. Tournaments rule and even though putting is hard at first it becomes easy and yes bunker play is a little hard but not impossilbe. If u like golf u just must own this game.

Aled Edwards (16 handicap)

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4.0 out of 5 stars what can i say, simply pure class!!
given to me as a present i thought oh no yet another golf game like the rest, seeing that i already own many other titles (yes sad) namely tiger woods 2000 which i thought up... Read more
Published on 7 Sep 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Good enough
This is the first version of Links that I have bought for some time and I have to say that I am satisfied with the product. Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2001 by M. Davies

3.0 out of 5 stars A golfer's review.
You may find that tee to green you are unbelieveable, but putting is very tricky and not well animated. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST GOLF GAME EVER
I can't believe what some people have wrote about this game. I think it is easily the best all time golf game for the PC. Read more
Published on 20 May 2001 by Lewis Daniels

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing
this game is total quality, well worth the money and a must needed game for all golf fans
Published on 7 May 2001 by Matt Buckle

3.0 out of 5 stars Golfer Chat
As in other reviews Links 2000 is smoother to run quicker to draw new screen but I do like the golfers chat to each other as they go round the course, again I could not hide my... Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2001 by Mr James R Krasewitz

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed with this years update
Compared to the previous Links LS Golf simulations this was a disappointment. Before Microsoft got hold of this game you could add courses from previous versions - but not any... Read more
Published on 13 Dec 2000

1.0 out of 5 stars Links 2001
If you have ever played the good "old" LinksLS forget this: Links 2001 is not worthwile the money. The worst: you can't use all the famous golfcourses any longer.
Published on 29 Nov 2000

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