The meter is much smoother although I do get that occasional lightning bolt.
The game play of that meter however, as far as putting, is not even remotely close to
the same for me, sadly. For all of the 2200+ consecutive days that I've
played and loved this game, I have been an off-ding putter. The meter
now, does not translate that even remotely close. I've only been playing
it for 3 weeks but I'm not making any headway back to my prior putting
capabilities. A putt that I would make 9 out of 10 times by clicking
maybe an 1/8th of an inch early before the center ding, I now need to
click just barely past the flop line to have any chance of sinking it.
My other big issue with this new version is that I play 95% of my
games multi stroke with some good friends each evening. The screen no
longer being interactive when it's not your shot has made watching paint
dry more entertaining. "Watching Opponent"? No sheet Sherlock, what the
hay else is there to do?
Dead and useless mini-map. Can't check my yardage or look at
different cam angles for my next shot, can't even click on reverse cam
to watch my pal's putt, can't do anything but stare at an ugly avatar
***. Has made the game very boring and takes longer to play now as well
since you can't really brain prep your next shot at all, you use more
timer when it finally is your turn again.
Like I said, it's only been 3 weeks and I'm hanging in there but the
off-ding putting and the dead screen in multi are my two biggest peeves.
EDIT: Okay, 3 peeves, lol. Did they put the dang ding on a diet or
something? Fatten it up a little, hitting the dang thing is much more
difficult now despite a smoother meter. Seems to always be just the
tiniest pixel off and much more penalizing in a side wind for just
BARELY missing it.