The game has changed in many ways since I've been here, sadly many of those changes have been for the worse.
The core of the game is still brilliant, the physics are fantastic, the courses look wonderful and the ability to play with others is great. There are connection issues now and then but I do believe they are at least partly out of WGT's control. They cannot be held responsible for every internet connection in the world after all.
However, they do seem to have lost the plot somewhat. For me it started with clashes. A great idea if only they'd implemented them differently. That subject has been discussed in huge detail elsewhere though so I'll pass on adding to it here.
Perhaps they've started concentrating too much on the mobile version and the presumably lower average age of their new customer. If they are pandering to the whipper snappers among us then it would explain the pathetic obsession they have with pointless tee markers and childish ball effects. We don't want that shite. Please stop pushing it on us.
Damn, this is starting to be influenced by my rather excessive Pims intake. Oh well, in for a piss, in for a shite as my grandmother used to say.
Truth is I'm massively pissed off and let down by what these idiots have done with a brilliant game. Do fancy tee markers add anything? Nope. Stupid vapour trails? Nope there too. The champagne ones are pretty cool but that may be the rampant alcoholic in me speaking.
They have a superb product here but they've somehow managed to almost ruin it with stupid and pointless gimmicks that very few of us want so have. Every update introduces a new bug and every time it happens someone decides to look elsewhere for online entertainment. There is a hell of a lot of competition out there after all.
Please WGT, I'm begging you, stop pandering to the band of illiterates who love anything shiny and start listening to your old and faithful members who want a good game and no tinsel on the side.