Jovian9
Nov 3, 2006, 10:12 PM
I've been playing Tiger Woods (video game) for years. The last 2 years I've owned it on the GameCube. This year I bought it for the 360 b/c I had high expectations for playing it on Live. I bought this game the day it was released and have been building my character up ever since (to max him out and start playing him on Live). Tonight was the night.
9 holes vs 3 other players
The game is choppy. Often times your ball stops and then morphs/lags into another spot. The game seems to react a bit slower than when playing normally and has a clunkier feel while on Live. One of the other players would ALWAYS stop on his back swing for 3 or 4 seconds....and then finish his swing. This in effect eliminated any chance he was going to slice/hook his shots. The game allowed it. Instead of making his shots fall a lot shorter (as would happen in real golf) his ball had perfect flight and distance each time. (This is the guy who won by the way).
I was in 3rd much of the match. On the 9th and final hole I hit an awesome drive (I'm always good on this game with my driver). I then chipped in from 60+ yards for an Eagle. YES!!!!! That puts me in 2nd place for the match. Hooray me. No.....wait a minute......my ball goes in the hole, the crowd starts cheering....and then a lag happens and my ball magically appears out of the whole and 4 feet away. I have to then putt in for birdie and tie for 2nd place. No glory in that :)
I am VERY disappointed in online play for Tiger Woods '07. Clunky and slow would have been acceptable. But for the game to actually defy the laws of physics (when it is trying to be realistic) and remove the ball from the hole when a shot goes in is terrible. This is the last remaining EA Sports game I actually buy (I'm all 2k now and refuse to buy Madden). I may just have to stop buying Tiger Woods in '08.
Anyone else here have similar problems with this game on Live?
Thanks for listening to my rant :)
9 holes vs 3 other players
The game is choppy. Often times your ball stops and then morphs/lags into another spot. The game seems to react a bit slower than when playing normally and has a clunkier feel while on Live. One of the other players would ALWAYS stop on his back swing for 3 or 4 seconds....and then finish his swing. This in effect eliminated any chance he was going to slice/hook his shots. The game allowed it. Instead of making his shots fall a lot shorter (as would happen in real golf) his ball had perfect flight and distance each time. (This is the guy who won by the way).
I was in 3rd much of the match. On the 9th and final hole I hit an awesome drive (I'm always good on this game with my driver). I then chipped in from 60+ yards for an Eagle. YES!!!!! That puts me in 2nd place for the match. Hooray me. No.....wait a minute......my ball goes in the hole, the crowd starts cheering....and then a lag happens and my ball magically appears out of the whole and 4 feet away. I have to then putt in for birdie and tie for 2nd place. No glory in that :)
I am VERY disappointed in online play for Tiger Woods '07. Clunky and slow would have been acceptable. But for the game to actually defy the laws of physics (when it is trying to be realistic) and remove the ball from the hole when a shot goes in is terrible. This is the last remaining EA Sports game I actually buy (I'm all 2k now and refuse to buy Madden). I may just have to stop buying Tiger Woods in '08.
Anyone else here have similar problems with this game on Live?
Thanks for listening to my rant :)
