This same control scheme is used in every level of the game, and for moving around the map between holes and levels-though when golf turns into bowling, cycling, archery, soccer, or any of the other things it routinely turns into, finishing the level is rarely as clear cut as simply pulling back and releasing. Rewards are handed out frequently to keep leveling throughout the season, and since XP gains/club boosts are not for sale, everything is cosmetic.What the Golf? has one simple system you learn immediately: Pull back, aim, and release. Worried about the 2K label and its push for you to spend actual cash on virtual currency? Thankfully, this pressure isn’t as intrusive as in NBA 2K, and even though the in-game currency gains are absurdly small given the shop’s prices – unless clothing matters to you – there’s limited need to worry about it for now. Yes, a crocodile hiding out by hole 9’s green is just as much an option as placing a hotel on 16. Better, everything is open from the outset, meaning there’s no need to unlock items to fill the spaces. That said, trying to build something offers a pleasant, easy-to-use menu system flush with choices. That also helps fill in the course selection’s holes – someone will render an accurate Pebble Beach in no time (with titles like, “Pebbles on the Beach Golf Course”), although as I played before release there was nothing available to download yet. ![]() The recurring course creator lets people give PGA Tour 2K23 the spark if they so want it. There was room for PGA 2K23 to build energy while maintaining its status, but it didn't take a single opportunity to do so. Coming from 2K, whose emulation of NBA broadcasts set a best-in-class example, PGA Tour 2K23’s non-functional delivery annoyed more than helped once I got past the first match’s introduction.Īs a side note, the orchestral music playing over the menus painfully adds to the idea of golf being a dull, elitist game. Rather than following the ball, these snippets stay on the golfer reacting to an unseen shot, but at least the character models justify that lingering attention. Attempts to show replays from earlier in the tournament take excessive time to load in this era of SSDs (and chug further when trying to reach the server sometimes), and when they do show up they frequently don’t actually show anything. Commentators make the wrong calls regularly, such as failing to identify when a ball is or isn’t on the green or whether it’s trailing left or right. It’s not bad so much as utterly broken in places. Moving toward the FedEx Cup means dealing with HB Studios’ weak point: The dismal quality of its attempt to recreate the atmosphere of televised golf. Leveling requires tiered decision making as each club type is individually boosted, and opportunities grow in tandem alongside the custom golfer’s XP meter. Some offer easier swing timing, others accuracy, or better work out of bunkers. Between matches the deepening RPG side offers incremental skill upgrades. Local and online versus adds small variety like two-on-two match-ups and skins play. Brief (usually) one-event rivalries using a Stableford scoring system bring the slightest additional drama. There’s one goal (FedEx), one play style, and outside of exhibitions, nothing else to do for solo golfers. ![]() Likely, the most time people are going to spend with PGA Tour 2K23 will be with the career, mostly because that’s almost all that’s offered. As far as establishing a new sports franchise goes (on the shoulders of the three Golf Club games that came before) this might not be the strongest shot off the tee, but it’s ended up in a very playable lie. While its career mode could have done with some spit and polish to its presentation and featured more meaningful rewards, it nonetheless serves as a solid 20-hour straightaway to what could prove to be the most thriving part of PGA Tour 2K21’s dance floor in the long term the online societies. PGA Tour 2K21 is the most flexible and enjoyable golf game since EA’s Tiger Woods series was at its peak.
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