Best practice mode before challenging a round of 18 holes with new surface physics and shots
It’s been 10 years since Augusta National Golf Course first appeared on video games, and 8 years since St. Andrews appeared on consoles. Just returning to these locations is enough for most fans interested. EA SPORTS PGA TOUR — especially following Jon Rahm’s win at the Masters tournament last weekend. But the game, currently playing on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X, plays a little differently. So before you devour a buffet of 30 “to do list” destinations, you should take some time to get used to it.
What’s the best way to do so? Honestly, it’s challenge mode. Golf doesn’t have to be reduced to bite-sized challenges for video games. teeth Bite-sized challenges, 18 of which make up one round.But challenge mode will soon EA Sports PGA TOUR‘s signature feature, at least for the first week, is how these courses made you comfortable with the tasks expected in the later (very deep) career mode. I wasn’t ready to fully appreciate or enjoy this live service vehicle, but without video game practice facilities and tutorials, as they say, absolutely depended on it.
Challenges take players through one of the game’s 30 courses and tell them to complete three tasks. Recreate real-life performances, for example, Lexi his Thompson at his LPGA Championship in 2019 and Francesco his Molinari recovering after recovering at the Masters that same year. Each challenge earns him 3 stars, and these stars earn him XP and Reward points that can advance the golfer he creates by combining these two, or give him cool new skills and cosmetics. or (The latter is unlocked through a prominent in-game store menu, but note that anything that affects the golfer’s play or improves the game created cannot be purchased with real money equivalents. It’s important, it’s all for cosmetics.)
You don’t even have to complete all three obligations of the challenge in the same playthrough. That’s what I meant about challenges that support repeated attempts. For example, one task is to get a legal green on all four of his holes (i.e., land on the green at par minus two strokes) and birdie on two of them. If it’s about making, you can focus on securing the green in one playthrough. And got another birdie.
This is not to suggest that the challenge is not rigorous. It took me a few hours to clean up the moments of this year’s Masters Thursday and Friday. Part of that is due to his unfamiliarity with the controls in the eight years since his last EA Sports golf game. But part of that was also because the surface and ball lie were more realistic, making it more difficult to play. After all, this should be the point of the simulation.
The 15th green at Augusta National (sorry for mentioning this course so many times, but it feels like so many people are playing it right now) is a notorious real-life challenge for tour pros. Definitely within eagle chance. In previous games, we never had to worry about overshooting this green or rolling the recovery all the way to the water hazard. Now I do. This makes the decision to lay up at 15 and take a shorter approach to the green. This makes more sense.now i know a little more about what Was going through Chip Beck’s head at the 1993 Masters.
EA SPORTS PGA TOUR It is still beautifully drawn. This is by far the most powerful attribute in a golf simulation and takes many plays and replays to truly understand. The best way to explore the 30 courses on disc is the bite-sized plays offered in Challenge Mode. Some courses, such as Pebble Beach, Augusta, and TPC Sawgrass, wait to play their first full round there until it’s an event in the player’s career he created. Of course, I want them to be prepared without being shy, so these warm-ups are a good way to keep that personal tradition intact while getting a talented virtual golfer to the tee. is.
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A characteristic that golfers with a little unevenness have. There are plenty of cosmetics and unlockables to equip them (and more promises), but the character creator itself is pretty strict. are taken from stock templates, so don’t assume they look like you. However, in Career you will have the opportunity to play with AI pairings. This is for people (like me) who prefer a full-fledged, immersive sports experience, although it takes a little longer. And those who want to dive into a truly immersive career can start as an amateur, including the newly created (2019) Augusta National Women’s Amateur. These are experiences I look forward to recreating in the next dozen (if not 100) hours I can devote to gaming.
For many people EA SPORTS PGA TOUR The ability to play these courses in video games. It sounds low-end, but it took a lot of work to render it faithfully, and the developers at EA Sports still exceeded my expectations. Attentive in and feathering with little touches like the walk across the Sarazen bridge on that 15th hole and now I’m really struggling. However, returning and new players alike should expect to spend a lot of time in the game before they can confidently tackle the likes of Pebble Beach or Whistling Straits. But that’s an essential part of the challenge and allure of golf.
EA SPORTS PGA TOUR launched on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, and Xbox Series X on April 7th. The game was reviewed on PlayStation 5 using a pre-release download code provided by Electronic Arts. Vox Media has affiliate partnerships. These do not affect editorial content, but Vox Media may earn commissions on products purchased via affiliate links.discoverable Additional information on Polygon’s Ethics Policy can be found here.
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