![]() The option for course mastery is available, so if you play well enough during your earned round, you permanently earn the option of playing the course whenever you’d like. You can earn coins more quickly if you play the game at a higher difficulty, but even then the process requires time and an incredibly accurate golf-game. ![]() The rewards are far too stingy for those who prefer solitude – expect to play roughly ten full rounds to earn one DLC round at an unlockable course. If you don’t have a group of friends who own the game, you won’t be able benefit from the “Country Club,” an online system where you and your friends share and earn coin rewards based on play. While I appreciate the idea of earning rounds at courses, the system is unnerving. There are two ways to get this content you can buy them directly off the Xbox or PSN marketplaces, or you can spend time within the game’s new coin system that rewards you for nearly everything you complete (eventually mastering a course and permanently unlocking it). There are a total of sixteen courses and twenty-two licensed PGA golfers available in the retail version (another seven in game’s collector edition), but there are another sixteen courses (!) available via DLC. All the modes from last year’s game return however, it’s the presentation beyond the course where the game starts to falter. New lighting, improved particle effects – hitting out of bunkers is nail-bitingly gorgeous – and sparse commentary from Jim Nantz all amount to an excellent recreation of golf’s atmosphere. Quite the opposite actually, as this is the best looking Tiger Woods golf yet. ![]() That isn’t to say that the presentation of this year’s model is poor. With this year’s version, developer EA Tiburon has added Kinect functionality and a new swinging system, and the result comes this close to reaching the level of the game’s famous namesake. You still see them playing, signing autographs, and trying to win, but you can recognize when they’re going through the motions. Note that I’m not talking about Tiger’s middle years, but someone like Vijay Singh or Ernie Els. The series has been consistently excellent, earning praise and accolades for its accurate representation of the game yet, since there’s no other golf series trying to supplant it, you might wonder if the series would ever hit its middle-aged golfing years. "Fans will now be able to experience unparalleled control on the virtual golf course."Īdditionally, EA announced details of The Masters Collector's Edition, which adds exclusive access to Augusta National Golf Club's Tournament practice facility, Augusta National's famous Par 3 Course, a Green Jacket presentation sequence and five additional courses.Unlike most other sports, golf doesn’t really have any other gaming series beyond Tiger Woods. "Our fans asked us to deliver a new level of fidelity and authenticity to Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 and our team delivered with the ability to literally choose millions of shot combinations through our new swing mechanic," commented EA's Mike Taramykin. Players will also be able to invite friends to join their own exclusive country club to gain quicker access to downloadable golf courses and compete against each other for the Club Championship title. The game's standard swing mechanic has also been revamped, with EA promising a more finely-tuned swing place, shot set-up and power control.Īnother new feature is Tiger's Golf Legacy which lets you relive key moments from the cover star's career. This year's iteration of the long-running sports franchise offers 22 golfers and 16 championship courses as well as a number of new features, chief among them Kinect controls for Xbox 360 owners and Move controls on PS3. ![]() Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 launches on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on 30th March, publisher EA has announced.
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