After a lengthy hiatus without the misstep that was 2015’s Rory McIlroy PGA Tour, EA Sports is when into the golf game without placing a famous golfer in its title. This seems to be a combination of diamond and circumstance, as it focuses increasingly on players creating their own golfer and climbing the ladder rather than using the top professionals, of which there aren’t many. So unless you’re psyched to hit the links as Bryson DeChambeau, who didn’t make the cut for the Masters, then its roster doesn’t hold much request without its top five ranked players. And while it lacks star power, nearly everything else well-nigh the game is on point.
This includes the presentation since the production looks like a prestigious golf unconcentrated with whist commentators chiming in well-nigh the intricacies of wittiness movement and giving useful commentary well-nigh putting greens. Electronic Arts leans nonflexible into the seriousness of getting a small white wittiness into a afar slum with the utmost earnestness, which makes it all work. There’s a fine line between respecting the sport and stuff pompous well-nigh it, and the game does a often good job of threading the needle, plane if its self-seriousness can be unintentionally funny.
The top-notch presentation makes playing the game’s meticulously recreated courses plane increasingly enjoyable. Gameplay will be familiar to anyone that has played a Tiger Woods PGA Tour game in the past, as you can once then use the analog stick (which weirdly defaults to the left, but can be switched to the right stick) to simulate making a drive. There are a ton of other options, from shot types to where you strike the ball, and that makes for a strategy-rich game that rewards thoughtful risk-taking on larger holes.
The main yank here, though, is taking an ventriloquist golfer from hero to zero. Thankfully, your golfer improves quite quickly if you play well, and it isn’t an exhaustive grind meant for people to buy microtransactions similar to NBA 2K‘s MyCareer mode. It’s a smart way to leverage the lack of star power in the game considering you wilt invested in your own career and progress instead. Although, it’s admittedly less heady to win a major when the people at the top of leaderboards aren’t legends like Phil Mickelson, but no-name scrubs.
Your created weft can be used wideness all the game’s modes, including challenges and online tournaments. The challenges are a particularly smart wing as these range from tutorial-like tasks to recreating real-life golf triumphs (thus making you superintendency a bit increasingly well-nigh its middling selection of golfers). It’s a decent mode and one that should be expanded upon as the golf year goes forward. However, this isn’t exactly a feature-rich game, so plane though the gameplay itself is quite appealing, there’s not much here besides the career mode.
PGA Tour has a wonderful cadre that propels it past its uninteresting roster. EA Sports has created a solid wiring here that doesn’t finger hollow but can unmistakably be expanded in future updates or proper sequels. Either way, the team has given players a quality wits if they decide to grip it and rip it in the latest entry.
SCORE: 8/10
As ComingSoon’s review policy explains, a score of 8 equates to “Great.” While there are a few minor issues, this score ways that the art succeeds at its goal and leaves a memorable impact.
Disclosure: The publisher provided a PlayStation 5 reprinting for our EA Sports PGA Tour review. Deluxe Edition reviewed on version 1.000.001.
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