Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
by EA Sports
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Video Game Reviews of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
Customer Review: AWESOME game - great graphics, very realistic theme...
Summary: 5 Stars
Buy this game - but only at the start of a long weekend. It is VERY addictive! You start as an amateur completely unable to even hit anything out of sand. You take lessons, practice, undergo challenges by other golfers and compete in World Tour events to increase your skill. You then buy the 'potential' you've earned.WHAT? You're broke? Well, just sign up for a tournament! You win the game, you win the cash! Win all the tourneys and you qualify for the Q school tourney. Win that, and you go pro. Just be careful - as an amateur I treated the tournaments as my personal ATM - they were so easy to win. As a pro, you'll have to sometimes really dig into your bag for the right swing.
Continue on with your career, or set up matches at courses around the world in 'simulation mode.'
The graphics are fantastic, and you can design your golfer to look just like you.
It's worth every cent. VERY entertaining.
Customer Review: You'll have a tough time aiming...
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this game for a relative this xmas and it was very disappointing. The xbox and playstation 2 versions are very intuitive and easy to pick up, but the pc version makes it very tough to aim. It is so tough that if I could, I would return it.Customer Review: Excellent with a few wierd quirks
Summary: 5 Stars
This PC game far exceeds anything ever done with Links of which I was a fan since the original Links 386. I do have a few complaints, and none of them have been enough to degrade my opinion of the game. Auto caddy sometimes hands me a wedge when I'm ready for a 10 foot putt. The announcers can get irritating when they say things at inappropriate times, like "looks like he'll be on the front of the green" when the ball is at the back or 3 feet away from the stick. I wish that some of the cliches could be turned off or if the game had more variety in the commentator statements, but the play value, tournaments, variety in your golfers appearance make up for the other small problems. Lastly, some of the matches you have to play, match you up with terrible players who look like geeks playing golf at places like Pebble Beach. Maybe their looks will improve as I progress further in my own status level. Over all, the game is worth having in your collection. Promises many more hours of unique fun.Customer Review: Just buy it.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am not a golfer or an avid golf fan, but this game was just too good to ignore. Terrific in nearly every aspect.Customer Review: Watch out Microsoft!
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been a loyal fan of the Links brand golf game for quite some time. Even when Microsoft purchased the company who designs Links, I stayed loyal. Frankly, you couldn't buy a better golf game, until now..I've been waiting for word that a Links 2004 would be coming out soon for the PC but I've only been able to find information relating to the X-Box release. In desperation for a newer golf game to test out my new PC, I decided to branch out and look at EA sports who has brought me hours of enjoyment with their NHL series and FIFA series. I had tried earlier versions of Tiger Woods in the past but I found it too easy and not quite up to par with the Links franchise.
I started reading reviews of the new Tiger Woods 2004 and certain things peaked my interest. First, I found it really cool that you can design your golfer in every detail imagineable. Second, the career mode sounded like fun. Links 2003 had a career mode but you basically start off with whatever ability you (the PC user) has and qualify for tournaments. In Tiger Woods 2004, you (your player) starts off with little golfing skills and a few bucks in your pocket. The goal is to take lessons, earn some cash with side competitions with fellow hackers, win some local golf tournaments and basically build your career. Even if you are used to playing these computer games and hitting the ball 300+ yards, you will not be able to do this early in your career mode because your golfer does not have that ability yet.
I find this feature to be the best selling point of the game because it tries to replicate what actual people starting out need to go through in order to get better. Granted, the game still plays easier than real golf, it does get much more difficult than as your career and ability increases.
The graphics are incredible and is far more animated than the Links series. Even the announcing is great (something that EA sports has always had a problem with) with David Fehherty (spelling?) and Gary McCord throwing in their almost always accurate comments.
The True Swing (mouse swing) is far superior to the one used in Links 2003. I've never been a fan of these types of swings because there was always a flaw. I must admit that when I started using Tiger Woods 2004, I switched to the always reliable 3 click swing. The 2 click is also available. I have been practicing using the true swing while in simulation mode and I find it to be easy to learn and it has its selling points over the 3 click or 2 click. I probably will be switching to it soon now that I've gotten used to it.
The only thing I have not tried or looked into yet is the course designer. With Links, I never had the patience to design my own course. The course designer was way too advanced for me. But, there are websites that offer hundreds of user designed courses (both real and fictional) that are almost always better than the courses that came with the game.
I don't know if this is available yet for Tiger Woods 2004 but if it is, Microsoft better watch out because there is a new golf king in town and it is EA Sports!