![]() Once you’ve made it to the big time, let the race for the Grand Slam begin. Once those two events are complete it’s off to the Web.com Tour to try and earn a spot to play with the pros on the PGA Tour. Win that and it’s on to the US Open to play as an amateur. Once you’ve created your own golfer by playing in the US Amateur Championship. The experience of becoming a professional golfer is also well done. The on screen graphics and stat tracking look almost identical to the ones commonly used to broadcast these tournaments. Aside from the tournaments the EA Sports presentation of the game is excellent. To give you some context, this is a feat that has only been accomplished by six golfers in the history of the game. Golfers can finally live out their dreams of chasing the Grand Slam, a feat achieved by winning all four major tournaments. As I mentioned earlier, this is the first time that all four major PGA tournaments have been available in one game. Which brings me to the good stuff, and Tiger 14 has plenty of it. Sure I noticed some strange vibrating animation on my golfer from time to time but for the most part during gameplay everything worked smooth. ![]() Now if you can get past the choppy transitions you may notice that everything in-engine seems to work fine. The game always seems to be dropping frames and can sometimes chug like an underpowered PC. Press A to skip watching an opponent’s turn, it drops frames. Your golfer pumps his fist after sinking a birdie putt on the 18th hole, it drops frames. ![]() Switch to a different menu or sub menu, it drops frames. Whether it’s navigating the slightly unintuitive menu system or waiting for your golfer to go through his little victory animation the game seems to be constantly struggling to keep up. I figured that with a long running well, selling franchise that this game wouldn’t appear so damn choppy. There are certainly are some flaws, which I’ll go over in a minute, but after spending a good amount of time with Tiger 14 I can see why this franchise is a big deal for golf fans.īefore I get to the good stuff and why you should care about a game that’s essentially elitism combined with equal parts fresh air and frustration I want to speak about the most glaring problem with Tiger 14, the chugging. Unfortunately, I was also equally surprised by the fact that it took the franchise over 14 years to include all four major PGA tournaments in one game and was disappointed with the technical efficiency of such a long running series. I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed the game and how engrossing it was. Considering my personal golf experience, when Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 showed up at the CGM offices I figured I ‘d probably be one the best to give it an honest shot. What I took away from those experiences was an appreciation for the game and an understanding of why people enjoy it. I was never the best, and it was common for me to turn in scores of 110 or even 120 on the par 72 course. When I was in my early teens I actually played golf on a regular basis. The standard version of the game includes 20 courses, the Historic Edition adds 6 more, and the final 18 will be offered as DLC or through retailer specific pre-order deals.I may not be the biggest golf fan in the world but the game has certainly been a familiar friend over the course of my life. EA Sports has confirmed the complete list of the courses available with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14.
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