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[mebby]

What's the odd chip physics issue?

It appears to check up randomly... Even out of rough. There appears to be no logic to it so it's difficult to plan your shot.

At first HBS said they couldn't create it (which seemed odd since it was happening multiple times per round for most) and then once all the video evidence rolled in they've gone radio silent.

It's very frustrating. Not a game killer or anything but their poor handling of the situation adds fuel to the fire for many.

[mebby]

How are my friends JohnEric and ADX doing?

ADX is MIA and no one's complaining.

JE is super butt hurt over what they've done to MP. So besides the one-off post from him stating his dismay (which is highly warranted to be honest) he's not around much either.

I think they've both quit playing the game all together. It's a bit of a dumpster fire over there right now. Many of their most loyal fans are really upset and aren't playing it anymore.

[Buck]

Do you get the sense there will be a TGC3 or do you think this was sort of "it" and they'll use a semi-poor sales/reception (their own fault) as a rationale to call it quits?

[ArcadeHack]

I play a couple rounds a week just to check out the new courses that are posted on their forums. Even the die hard HB fan boys have either given up or turned against them it seems. I’m sure they are pretty embarrassed for all the Shyte they talked about PG only to have TGC2 hit the ground and bounce.

[Buck]

I’m sure they are pretty embarrassed for all the Shyte they talked about PG only to have TGC2 hit the ground and bounce.

So much for "Perfect Gaffe" - turns out that was actually TGC2
lmfao

[Buck]

ADX is MIA and no one's complaining.

If you see him again make sure to mention that we no longer have the "bouncy ball physics"... LOL

Ahhhh.... good times

[Buck]

Wow. I see your point Mebby!
This linked thread makes the forum here look like a zone of unbridled love and positivity...

http://www.hb-studio...p?topic=22101.0


And in this one, HB Shaun sounds like a robot set to output "corporate PR verbiage"

http://www.hb-studio...p?topic=22047.0

[mebby]

Wow. I see your point Mebby!
This linked thread makes the forum here look like a zone of unbridled love and positivity...http://www.hb-studio...p?topic=22101.0
And in this one, HB Shaun sounds like a robot set to output "corporate PR verbiage"http://www.hb-studio...p?topic=22047.0

Yep! Those two threads are a pretty representative sample of HBS land these days.

[mebby]

I guess now JE can call TGC... The Gaffe Club!!

[zmax - sim]

And all that for $40 at release.    All the Society, avatar adjustments, and other lipstick touches couldn't turn garbage multiplayer into gold?

[zmax - sim]

I guess now JE can call TGC... The Gaffe Club!!

 

LMAO.......

[DoGgs]

They don't have a great record with sports games anyway, their rugby game has to be the worst sports game ever, coming from a rugby playing nation i can point to so many flaws in that title, they don't even have the laws of the game correct yet alone the actual gameplay.  As for golf, you only had to watch their dev streams prior to release to see they were fish out of water in all things golf.  It was so disappointing to see how they took an already poor short game from TGC and made it worse for TGC 2.

[JCat04]

I still play TGC 2 almost every day.  As a die hard real time controller swing player, I find the fluid, mo-capped golfer animations of TGC 2 integrate with the thumbstick motion quite holistically.  The added dimension of swing tempo, as simplistic as it sounds and is, provides just enough of an extra sensory challenge that it keeps the interface from feeling one-dimensional.  I miss targets probably four or five times per round, on average, because I've mismanaged the tempo.

 

The multiplayer is horrible to say the least, even the stroke play, which supposedly is taking place in real time... it's more often not.  I've totally given up on it in the multiplayer department.  I like its Society tournaments, even though they don't play out in a manner that maintains the full suspense of a live round.  For example, if you choose a ghost player to play a tournament round with, the leaderboard will still show that player's score on whatever hole it has staggered their round to be in the tee time order based on other players, not the hole with which they are playing with you.  It kills all the suspense of a competitive round to know where your "live" opponent is going to stand up to 11 holes from where they're playing the hole with you.

 

I understand why there's so much hate for TGC 2 here, because many of the things you guys are pointing out as flaws with the annoy me as well.  What I can't deny is that the properties I described earlier about its swing interface and integration of the mo-capped animations is what makes it my game of choice.

[Crow357]

I don’t have any hate for the game. In fact, had I not ever heard of PG, I’d be playing TGC. I just prefer the physics and the multiplayer of PG as they don’t exist in TGC.

[zmax - sim]

John,

How’s the career mode of TGC2? Lot of folks want career mode for PG2, so just wondering how folks are liking it for TGC2.


DoGz,

Have to agree with you about HB devs knowing nothing about the game of golf. Starting from the early days of TGC1, it was obvious that they only golfed a few times in their whole life if at all.

[Buck]

I don’t have any hate for the game. In fact, had I not ever heard of PG, I’d be playing TGC. I just prefer the physics and the multiplayer of PG as they don’t exist in TGC.

 

Yeah, I'd have to agree with this statement.  

Even though I enjoy being a bit snarky and ribbing TGC, it's honestly just more that what they made doesn't fit my needs or desires, in MP in particular.

[JCat04]

John,

How’s the career mode of TGC2? Lot of folks want career mode for PG2, so just wondering how folks are liking it for TGC2.
 

 

I wish I could answer that, but I haven't touched the career mode of TGC 2.  I tried it in TGC 1 and it was pretty anemic.  I understand it's better in TGC 2, but I'm so invested in Society play that I really don't have the time to devote to it.  I'll give it a chance just to see how it compares with TGC 1 out of curiosity though... give me a few days.

[zmax - sim]

Thanks John

[Dazmaniac]

I tried it on PS4.

I guess at least they have one, lol, but I didn't find it to be anything groundbreaking. Certainly not an EA Rory type of career mode.

It was all strange scoring patterns from what I remember. You'd either win by a mile or get left for dead. There seemed to be no middle ground from what I remember. Player names were fake (understandable without a license deal) but could be manually edited.

It held me for such a short time that I dropped it and played events at the social clubs I'd joined as you were at least playing against human player scores.

Then I ended up giving up on the game as whilst the RTS swing had its plusses, some of the actual gameplay physics, chipping especially were too much to take and with the Devs seemingly ignoring the feedback, enough was enough for me.

Like Art, I don't hate on the game, but like TGC, gave it a try but not my cuppa.

[DoGgs]

I bought TGC 2 because i was hoping for an improved game with a decent career mode, they talked it up quite a bit, in reality it was no better than TGC career mode, and i could not stomach having play Gnoll down more than once, or any of the stock courses come to that, they are awful.