Had a first dabble with it this morning..... in a single sentence 'it's gone a bit more mainstream' for me anyway.
I am absolutely lovin' the new putting system - told u it wouldn't be so bad didn't I, I think it represents a lovely challenge and brings back touch to the game.
I love the rear view putting camera but appeal to the devs that it doesn't 'necessarily' have to pan back to the front view after u have set of a shot with the flagstick - I'd like to see the whole shot from that view because I find it much easier to get a handle and dial everything in judgement wise.
Little concerned with the new F3 - I feel it's now quite burdensome and lengthy, and again would like to see it go to the landing position instantly like F2, and also not pan back to the player when you have moved the flagstick around, not easy to make analysis when it just pans back so quickly after releasing the mouse button.
Not sure about these shot pre-sets either I think the team were going in the right direction before by having a prior knowledge of how these shots are actually executed and doing it yourself with the trajectory, I thought that was really pioneering and something I know am going to miss severely, that was among some of the most enjoyable aspects of the game for me, and again I would appeal to the devs in the long-run to bring it back as a 'style of play' option - u would have 'arcade' or '1st principles' to choose from, but I can understand why they have done it - it's a lot more novice-friendly and faster for group games - I guess......
I think the new physics for chip plays a lot closer to that found in 'other games' with a power between a half and 2/3rds now as opposed to power and a half previously - again no big deal, just something you dial in over time.
Looks great but if I could save my graphics card from those moving branch trees I would because I too am suffering a lot more stutter and having to turn things down.
7/10 going in some great directions, others still need to be worked on, some sadly lost - thanks for all the effort.....