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improve the golf, not the marketing

• IamNicklaus 496 Posts

  Fri, Dec 23 2022 1:22 PM

  SimonTheBeetle:

  Yiannis1970:

  The target group of this game has changed, so, the priorities have been changed also. It's not an aspiring golf simulation game anymore but more like an arcade golf for gamers, mostly teenagers.

  Exactly, Yiannis! That is how TopGolf takes golf basically. Ever been to one of their venues? It is NOT a place for people who take the sport seriously. For TopGolf, it's never been about golf itself, but rather whooping it up using golf only as a medium.

  TopGolf's been applying the exactly same approach to WGT so it's not surprising the game's becoming an arcade mickey-mouse joke with coin room matches, magical apparel abilities, goals & achievements now... And you know what? The worst is yet to come, trust me.

  When a kid is adopted by clown parents, he will be dressed like a clown. Simple!

  What a load of toss ....this is an online golf game and probably the best simulation available online . Noone has to entertain the the frills that come with coin rooms /enhancements ...you can play the game " straight "   as many people do .

  Do hickory shaft clubs , you know like the one you asked for on the xmas giveaway count on the " clown " aspect ? ...lol

• Yiannis1970 3,305 Posts

  Fri, Dec 23 2022 2:03 PM

  Duphpherer:

  Yiannis1970:

  What Simon said. He nailed it 100%.

  The target group of this game has changed, so, the priorities have been changed also. It's not an aspiring golf simulation game anymore but more like an arcade golf for gamers, mostly teenagers.

  I agree Yiannis. Just having no uneven lies and no ability to hook or slice makes this game much easier and that attracts the masses. Everyone can get to the greens easily... too easily in my opinion. 

  Ah, but the greens can be tricky and downright mean. Lack of camera angles while putting is frustrating. Seems I have diamonds instead of squares on all critical putts. Then there's the times when the ball comes off the putter sideways. Wish I could predict that outcome. 

  In Summation: Tee to green is too easy. Putting is difficult, but I would not make it easier.

  To the OP, "F" removes the "fat pin" at any point. Maybe that will make the hole look bigger.   

   

  Yep...the greens and putting is the only thing that save the game from being ridiculously easy...but as i said: arcade game. All arcade games are meant to be easy and this one is no exception.

   

• Yiannis1970 3,305 Posts

  Fri, Dec 23 2022 2:09 PM

  SimonTheBeetle:

  Yiannis1970:

  The target group of this game has changed, so, the priorities have been changed also. It's not an aspiring golf simulation game anymore but more like an arcade golf for gamers, mostly teenagers.

  Exactly, Yiannis! That is how TopGolf takes golf basically. Ever been to one of their venues? It is NOT a place for people who take the sport seriously. For TopGolf, it's never been about golf itself, but rather whooping it up using golf only as a medium.

  TopGolf's been applying the exactly same approach to WGT so it's not surprising the game's becoming an arcade mickey-mouse joke with coin room matches, magical apparel abilities, goals & achievements now... And you know what? The worst is yet to come, trust me.

  When a kid is adopted by clown parents, he will be dressed like a clown. Simple!

   

  No Simon but i have watched the videos. Nothing to add to your sayings...thumb up.

   

• Dave33200 2,955 Posts

  Fri, Dec 23 2022 7:33 PM

  SimonTheBeetle:

  Yiannis1970:

  The target group of this game has changed, so, the priorities have been changed also. It's not an aspiring golf simulation game anymore but more like an arcade golf for gamers, mostly teenagers.

  Exactly, Yiannis! That is how TopGolf takes golf basically. Ever been to one of their venues? It is NOT a place for people who take the sport seriously. For TopGolf, it's never been about golf itself, but rather whooping it up using golf only as a medium.

  TopGolf's been applying the exactly same approach to WGT so it's not surprising the game's becoming an arcade mickey-mouse joke with coin room matches, magical apparel abilities, goals & achievements now... And you know what? The worst is yet to come, trust me.

  When a kid is adopted by clown parents, he will be dressed like a clown. Simple!

   

  Unfortunately that are slowly adding the same arcade style type of hype to their VR Golf+ game also. This is for a game that you have to buy up front, not free like here.

   

   

   

• EntropiaBones 27 Posts

  Sun, Dec 25 2022 3:32 AM

  I do not come from a place of knowledge or time in game.

  Isn't there a variety here where the coin rooms give apparel buffs and an arcade type challenge for those that wish to pursue that line.

  The ranked courses do not apply the buffs from the apparel , and do not give the putting power help that the coin rooms give.

  I don't have any opinion on the funky clothing , other than to each his own on how they look.

  Bones

• dad19733 169 Posts

  Sun, Dec 25 2022 6:07 PM

  @Dave33200

  I don't think the hole is big enough 😂

• AlaskanDame 19,549 Posts

  Wed, Dec 28 2022 2:49 PM

  WGT has been listening, whether you think so or not.  The name of the next showdown is The Arcade Showdown.  They are owning the rep big time!

   

• SimonTheBeetle 3,645 Posts

  Wed, Dec 28 2022 3:12 PM

  AlaskanDame:

  WGT has been listening, whether you think so or not.  The name of the next showdown is The Arcade Showdown.

  They sure have! LOL