Tiger.Woods.PGA.Tour.2008.Direct-Play.{Dotcom1}

Tiger.Woods.PGA.Tour.2008.Direct-Play.{Dotcom1}
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Developer(s) EA Tiburon
Publisher(s) EA Sports
Platform(s) Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, Nintendo DS, Windows, Mac OS X, PS2, Wii
Release date(s) JP September 2007
NA August 28, 2007
EU August 28, 2007
AUS September 20, 2007
PSP
NA August 28, 2007
EU October 5, 2007
AUS October 4, 2007
Genre(s) Sports game
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer
Rating(s) CERO: A
ESRB: Everyone
PEGI: 3
Input methods Game controller, Mouse and Keyboard (PC version)
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In the storming wake of Madden 2008, there is another gaming masterpiece to immerse yourself with, if your tastes are along the lines of khaki pants and a large-brimmed visor on your head. Since virtual golf has been a long time personal favorite, getting my hands on the (typically) best the genre has to offer is always a treat. My last foray with Mr. Woods’ namesake was in 2005, with the brand new PSP version. I loved it, but also missed the large-screen version with more flexibility and options. That being said, my views on the game are based on playing 2008 — not by doing a side by side comparison hit-piece on what isn’t improved over the past year’s version.

EA Sports brings us Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008 -- right in time for those of us that are less interested in sports that involve doing “the wave.” If you are a fan of the arcade hit Golden Tee, you’ll enjoy the interface, here. You have options for swinging your club that include using a joystick or keyboard/mouse combination. I normally prefer the former with PC games, but in the case of golf, I like a keyboard. The sport doesn’t require lightning-fast button mashing or super high-jumps. Nope … this one is skill, patience and planning. The reference to Golden Tee is in regards to the way you swing. For novice users, you can use the (videogame golf) standard of synchronized clicking. That is, a click to get the swing going, then another at the precise point of release for maximum results. That’s always been fun and usually quite challenging (especially in putting), but now you can utilize the mouse movement, itself. You carefully pull the mouse backwards for your backswing, then jam it forward (as straight as possible) quickly to execute a nice swing. In the arcade, this is done with a large trackball, but with some effort, you get used to doing it with the mouse. I have had to use this technique for various videogame bowling offerings, so it was neither completely foreign nor hard to “master” (if such a thing exists). This little gem is called Trueswing and, as mentioned, optional to use. I liked it, personally. You can even pull up educational stats on your swing, to better hone your skills as you develop. This helped me a lot.

The AI of the ball, swing, environmental (wind and other nasty variables) and experience/ability is very precise. I did not expect much in the way of eye-rolling silliness that can ruin otherwise exceptional games. For instance, the putting in this one is very fair, for better or worse. The ball doesn’t get magically sucked into the pin if you get within 10 feet. You have to actually earn your putts. What a concept! The rough was easier for me to handle than in the past, though I imagine that’s just experience (finally) catching up to me. I tend to overcompensate when in roughs and hazards, but did not experience as many unforgiving overshoots. I am used to blasting a simple 10 foot putt to another fairway, but the enhanced putting action enabled me to be more accurate. I avoid sand traps whenever possible, but found my digging-out to be more reasonable this go ‘round.

The main screen invites you to navigate using their new "honeycomb" view. I guess that's more creative than frames or memorizing F-keys. As always, there are loads of good courses to sample. This version provides more than a dozen, which is up a few from 2007. There's the new FedEx Cup courses like Westchester Country Club and East Lake. Aside from new grass to see, there is also the insertion of LPGA players. "L" stands for Ladies (for the acronym-challenged). Your mix of players include John Daly, Vijay Singh, Natalie Gulbis and Christie Kerr. Oh yeah, and that Tiger guy. I understand that the player creation tool on other platforms allow you to input your own face, but that is missing from the PC.

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Processor: 1.6 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent /
Display Card!: 64MB DirectX 9.0c-compatible (128 MB for Vista) /
Memory: 256MB
Free Disk Space: 3GB
Operating System: Windows XP/Vista
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RECOMENDED
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Processor: 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 or equivalent /
Display Card!: 128 MB 3D Video Card (NVIDIA GeForce 6800+ / ATI Radeon X800+) /
Memory: 1024MB
Free Disk Space: 3GB
Operating System: Windows XP/Vista

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