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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An extremely good golf game, 27 Jan 2003
At last Tiger is back! Thankfully EA have released this game in the UK after deciding in their infinite wisdom not to bother releasing 2002 on the PC over here.
Although not perfect, this game is outstanding.
Here is my breakdown on the game.........Graphics(95) - All the included courses(12) look fantastic, it's good to see EA/Headgate moving towards a more organic feel, ie. Trees move in the wind, flags flutter in the breeze etc.
The golfers themselves are fully 3D, and are animated superbly.A previous reviwer commented that they don't use photo imaging for golfers faces, good! Photo imaging is something that should be left in the last century, thank god for technological advancement!
You can't help but be impressed by the attention to detail in the game, playing as Tiger, a close up on your ball will show the Nike logo, other golfers Titlist etc - I love it.
The one thing, graphically, that should have been given a bit more time, is the gallerys. They are like cut outs, not good. Sound(70) - The ambient sounds are what you would expect, smacking the ball off the tee sounds awesome. The commentary is dodgy - it certainly verges on the annoying and is often wrong. It can be switched off, bit for some reason I like to leave it on, it just adds to the atmosphere of the game. If they can get the commentary sorted for 2004 though, I'd be much happier. Gameplay(93) - 5 different levels of dificulty make this game easy to get into and offers a good challenge on the two hardest settings.
There are many gameplay options, career mode, tour modes, and about 15 different ways to play(Stroke,match,skins,stabbleford etc). I can't comment on the career mode as I have only played it very briefly, as I just stick to Tour Mode on single player.
Playing with a friend on the same PC, or Direct IP play offers the most fun with the game - I am suffering sleep deprevation - as I have been playing my friend in London over the network until the wee small ours, far to often. Overall - 92% . Buy this game.Please....
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