The Golf Club Xbox One

[GB72]

Today is the release date of the serious golf game on the Xbox One. Have been really looking forward to this so have stocked up on points at lunchtime to download a copy when I get home.

Anyone already got it up and running who can let me know if it lives up to the promise it has shown in previews.

 

[glynntaylor]

Today is the release date of the serious golf game on the Xbox One. Have been really looking forward to this so have stocked up on points at lunchtime to download a copy when I get home.

Anyone already got it up and running who can let me know if it lives up to the promise it has shown in previews.

Ive been looking forward to this since the beginning of the year. Proper golf game not of that Tiger woods stuff anymore. Just a shame I've got to wait for the PS4 release.

Alreeady been planning my home track out.

Excited much!!

 

[Jon321]

Is this a download only?

 

[glynntaylor]

Is this a download only?

Yes Pal

 

[Jon321]

That would explain why I can't find it online. Think I'll wait for some reviews before I pull the trigger.

 

[GB72]

Pretty decent so far. Bit rough around the edges as you would expect from an independent game but the golf is good and tour and online options show great promise for the future. This could develop into something special

 

[Buddaah]

How much is it?

-----never mind, it's £27.99 on xbox one.
Now do I hold out for ps4 version or take plunge on the xbox :mmm:

 

[ger147]

Was gonna take a look as I see they have a PC version, but then I saw Steam mentioned so that was the end of that

 

[road2ruin]

Pretty decent so far. Bit rough around the edges as you would expect from an independent game but the golf is good and tour and online options show great promise for the future. This could develop into something special

What are the graphics like? I have been keeping an eye on this, although completely missed the release date! The one thing I have read is that compared to the PS4/PC versions the graphics on the Xbox One are really disappointing.

 

[GB72]

What are the graphics like? I have been keeping an eye on this, although completely missed the release date! The one thing I have read is that compared to the PS4/PC versions the graphics on the Xbox One are really disappointing.

They are OK, I have read similar but as I only have an Xbox One it does not worry me as it is the only version that I am going to have access to.

 

[road2ruin]

They are OK, I have read similar but as I only have an Xbox One it does not worry me as it is the only version that I am going to have access to.

Fair enough, I am similar and given it's sub £30.00 I'll be giving it a go. I think the longevity will be playing other user designed courses as the popularity grows.

 

[GB72]

Fair enough, I am similar and given it's sub £30.00 I'll be giving it a go. I think the longevity will be playing other user designed courses as the popularity grows.

I have been following the developers on Twitter and I think it will evolve into something pretty special. not tried the course designer tools yet but may put in a couple of hours over the Bank Holiday and see if I can make a version of Belton Park on it.

 

[Jimaroid]

Sort of interested in this but it just doesn't look good enough to me for the price yet.

 

[Admg1]

Thanks for the heads up on this.
Im going to download it now and see what it's like.

 

[road2ruin]

How disappointing! Having followed this for a number of months, been really looking forward to playing it....loaded it, teed up......and find that my slice has followed me onto the Xbox!

 

[GB72]

How disappointing! Having followed this for a number of months, been really looking forward to playing it....loaded it, teed up......and find that my slice has followed me onto the Xbox!

I have developed. Nice draw that can get a bit hooky.

 

[Admg1]

This game is really realistic. My putting is just as bad on this as it is in real life :angry:
Its going to take a bit of time to get used to though
Just designed a 9 hole links course as well.

 

[swanny32]

I'm a bit of a gamer and posted this review on one of my other forums....just in case people wanted a bit more of an in depth view of the game at release.

"I've now played a good 6 or 7 rounds and created a course so have a good idea of what you get for your money....which is acceptable for the price. It's trying very hard and succeeding in trying to make golf games something other than the very stale play a round, rank up, hit the ball further and unlock a new jumper that the Tiger series has offered us over the last God knows how many years.

The Golf Club is nowhere near as polished as the PGA Tour franchise, on Xbox One at least. It looks pretty rubbish in most aspects if I'm brutally honest and at the moment there are a fair few bugs that need ironing out, something I'm particularly upset about, as the excuse we got on TGC forum for the delay was to try and release something as bug free as possible....this really isn't the case and if you part with your hard earned £27.99 then be ready for hanging menu's, jumping screens and created courses that don't save!

The course creator is excellent but again, is suffering from a few bugs. Why they didn't input a "bulk tree" option is beyond me, as it stands you have to place every single tree and after placing each one the game hangs for a second or two...highly annoying and very time consuming. These are of course very minor things, the developers seem to be aware of it and are working hard (or so they say) to make things right and listening to the forum members for what to release in an update which will no doubt be long from dropping.

Taking these issues out and forgetting the graphics for a minute, what you're left with is a vack to basics golf game, no power ups, no putting lines, no spin control in mid flight, it's a golf sim done very well, and is actually quite enjoyable to play if you can look past the bugs. I like to think I'm pretty handy on golf games and would regularly score 8,9,10 under on tournament mode on Tiger Woods games, this doesn't have a level of difficulty setting, all the difficulty comes from the way the course is setup, just like in real life, and it works well. I played a replica of Pebble Beach (no real courses in TGC, only community created courses) last night which played like a true links course, high winds and hard, fast greens.....shot +10. IT WAS HARD! On the flip side, the "easy" courses with wide fairways, soft greens and low winds, I was able to post a pretty decent -10 and left shots out there with half a dozen lip outs so this game should appeal to all abilities.

The best feature for me is the live aspect of the game. You'll get a notification pop up (again, a bit buggy at times) which alerts you to a friend playing a tour event somewhere and to "press A to join". This loads up the course they are playing and puts you on the first tee to play a round in the competitive tour event, even though your friend might be a few holes ahead. The cool thing is, your game tracks where your friend is, so if you're playing a hole that is within sight of the hole your friend is playing, you'll actually see their gamertag and ball flight, a really nice touch and makes it feel very communal, especially if there are a few of you online.

I've blabbed long enough, in short, it'll be worth £27.99 once they have issued an update and ironed out some of the bugs but at present, it's probably not worth it. Those who have high spec PC's or a PS4 may want to think about getting it on those instead as apparently it looks a lot better in 1080p....but I don't want to get into a debate about that on here."

 

[Scrindle]

I'm a bit of a gamer and posted this review on one of my other forums....just in case people wanted a bit more of an in depth view of the game at release.

"I've now played a good 6 or 7 rounds and created a course so have a good idea of what you get for your money....which is acceptable for the price. It's trying very hard and succeeding in trying to make golf games something other than the very stale play a round, rank up, hit the ball further and unlock a new jumper that the Tiger series has offered us over the last God knows how many years.

The Golf Club is nowhere near as polished as the PGA Tour franchise, on Xbox One at least. It looks pretty rubbish in most aspects if I'm brutally honest and at the moment there are a fair few bugs that need ironing out, something I'm particularly upset about, as the excuse we got on TGC forum for the delay was to try and release something as bug free as possible....this really isn't the case and if you part with your hard earned £27.99 then be ready for hanging menu's, jumping screens and created courses that don't save!

The course creator is excellent but again, is suffering from a few bugs. Why they didn't input a "bulk tree" option is beyond me, as it stands you have to place every single tree and after placing each one the game hangs for a second or two...highly annoying and very time consuming. These are of course very minor things, the developers seem to be aware of it and are working hard (or so they say) to make things right and listening to the forum members for what to release in an update which will no doubt be long from dropping.

Taking these issues out and forgetting the graphics for a minute, what you're left with is a vack to basics golf game, no power ups, no putting lines, no spin control in mid flight, it's a golf sim done very well, and is actually quite enjoyable to play if you can look past the bugs. I like to think I'm pretty handy on golf games and would regularly score 8,9,10 under on tournament mode on Tiger Woods games, this doesn't have a level of difficulty setting, all the difficulty comes from the way the course is setup, just like in real life, and it works well. I played a replica of Pebble Beach (no real courses in TGC, only community created courses) last night which played like a true links course, high winds and hard, fast greens.....shot +10. IT WAS HARD! On the flip side, the "easy" courses with wide fairways, soft greens and low winds, I was able to post a pretty decent -10 and left shots out there with half a dozen lip outs so this game should appeal to all abilities.

The best feature for me is the live aspect of the game. You'll get a notification pop up (again, a bit buggy at times) which alerts you to a friend playing a tour event somewhere and to "press A to join". This loads up the course they are playing and puts you on the first tee to play a round in the competitive tour event, even though your friend might be a few holes ahead. The cool thing is, your game tracks where your friend is, so if you're playing a hole that is within sight of the hole your friend is playing, you'll actually see their gamertag and ball flight, a really nice touch and makes it feel very communal, especially if there are a few of you online.

I've blabbed long enough, in short, it'll be worth £27.99 once they have issued an update and ironed out some of the bugs but at present, it's probably not worth it. Those who have high spec PC's or a PS4 may want to think about getting it on those instead as apparently it looks a lot better in 1080p....but I don't want to get into a debate about that on here."

Thanks for this - very helpful. I may pick it up on PS4 after a few months of bug fixing! Community should be larger by then too so much courses to play, etc...!

 

[swanny32]

They're fixing the bugs as we speak, last night the game ran a lot smoother than the previous night so they're definitely working on it.