Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 DVD
by Electronic Arts
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Video Game Reviews of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 DVD
Customer Review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour makes the grade in 2008
Summary: 4 Stars
Tiger Challenge is totally different in `08 as the scenarios and skill tests are on a HexGrid with individual nodes making up the whole matrix. (It looks like a piece of Honeycomb). Six nodes surround a central hub, which is where the final challenge is for that section (out of multiple sections). Completing certain areas for bronze, silver, and gold medals open the adjacent spaces and it's all color coded to let you know what's completed and what's still available. The final test of course being to conquer Mr. Woods himself at the end of the HexGrid.
More new additions are the FedExCup and the confidence meter. FedExCup can be played straight from the menu while skipping the PGA season. This will let you play the 4 tournament playoffs - The Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship, BMW Championship, and The Tour Championship. The confidence meter uses statistics from previous rounds played to determine your confidence when starting a new shot and how it will end up. You can even get an attribute boost if your confidence is really high which improves your chances of hitting a great shot.
The PGA tour season is pretty much the same as is the large variety of games (stroke, match, stableford, 4 ball, etc.). The Pro Shop looks a little more stocked than last year and the Game Face option has been tweaked a bit too. Something enticing for those that have them, this game will let you use the Xbox 360 controller to play the game. The menus are different looking now but not hard to navigate and the music, sound effects, and commentary are all decent but not exceptional.
A total of 14 courses this year (up from 11 in TW `07) offer some really nice variety and challenge and they are as follows:
Cog Hill Dubsdread
Doral
East Lake Golf Club
Firestone Country Club
Harbour Town Golf Links
St. Andrews Links
Pebble Beach
The Riviera
The Palmer Course at the K Club
Moonah at the National Golf Club
Ocean course at Kiawah Golf Resort
TPC Boston
TPC Sawgrass
Westchester Golf Club
EA sports did well again, in my opinion with this continuing golf line from Tiger Woods. As usual, there are some good changes, some mediocre, and much of the same from previous years. It's not perfect and never will be but the fun factor remains high and that's what really counts.