Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii)
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Inc. Part number: 19019
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Gamespot editors' review
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii) price range: $40.00 - $49.99
- Reviewed by: Brett Todd
- Reviewed on: 06/25/2009
- Released on: 06/08/2009
Last year, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All-Play for the Nintendo Wii just missed the green. Despite its mostly stellar re-creation of a real golf swing with the Wii Remote, annoying issues with putting sensitivity cost it a couple of strokes. That isn't a problem anymore. The 2010 edition of Tiger is as close to perfect as any golf game ever made, with dead-on swing mechanics thanks to fine-tuned controls and the use of the new Wii MotionPlus add-on. This is a brilliant re-creation of real golf, loaded with little touches and tweaks that make it an addictive pastime whether you're a low handicapper, a weekend hacker, or a first-timer who doesn't know one end of a putter from the other. In short, videogame golf doesn't get any better than this.
Thanks to Wii MotionPlus and Precision Putting, greens are no longer a source of unnecessary frustration.
With that said, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 is more of an intensive refinement of last year's game than an overhaul. You can't slam the game for suffering from sequelitis, though, because the many changes improve the quality of play across the board. The most noteworthy upgrade is of course the controls. As in the 09 game, gripping and ripping are still handled with the Wii Remote, although you can attach a nunchuk and swing in a more traditional videogame fashion if you prefer. To take a shot, you simply stand up, take the remote in both hands like a real golf club, and then go through a lifelike swing motion to blast little dimpled balls into the great blue yonder. It's all very realistic and addictive, and the challenge is almost on a par with real golf. The lack of a ball on your floor is the only thing spoiling the illusion, because in real golf you need to keep your head down when swinging, while here you find yourself torn between keeping your head tucked away properly and watching the screen to see if your movements are being accurately tracked by your avatar.
And they almost always are. The addition of Wii MotionPlus support has made swing sensitivity more authentic than it was last year. Simply plug the MotionPlus hardware (available both separately and in a special cut-price combo pack with Tiger 10) into the base of the remote, and every little wiggle and waggle of the controller is perfectly mimicked onscreen. This is particularly vital when it comes to approach shots and putting. Last year, Tiger 09 came up a little short in these areas. Lack of remote sensitivity occasionally made playing around holes an exercise in frustration. Approach shots from under 100 yards were tough to finesse, and putting required an absurd amount of effort to get even routine flat-lie 15-footers to the cup. At times, it didn't seem possible to even hit the ball hard enough to get it to the hole. This put you in bizarre situations where you had to swing the remote like you were wielding a driver, and it required adopting a lag-putting philosophy from distances as close in as 30 feet.
Neither are problems anymore. Greater control sensitivity allows you to put a more accurate touch on the ball on approach shots, letting you better handle in-close situations where you need to take a little off your swing to get close to the pin. Turning the remote even slightly is now all that you need to do to perform a fade or draw shot, which is often necessary when you're shooting for the green. Putting is completely different this year. The new Precision Putting mechanic causes the onscreen putter to move with every little twitch of the remote, allowing you to apply the same amount of oomph here that you would use on a real golf course. If you have any experience with putting in the real world, you don't even need to look up at the screen to putt; just check the distance and lie, and then lock your head to the ground just like you would on a real green and shoot. Tap-ins are tap-ins. Ten-footers are ten-footers. Sixty-footers are sixty-footers. These improvements are even noticeable without the MotionPlus gadget installed, although club responsiveness is noticeably better with it in place. The bottom line is that you no longer need to worry about clunky controls, just the greens. They are a real handful, too, with a lot of sculpted features and the kind of incredible speed that gives nightmares to even the finest PGA Tour pros.
Multiplayer tournaments give Tiger 10 a much beefier online presence than it had last year.
Tiburon also took care of some feature oversights and made Tiger 10 a more comprehensive package. Basic golf-game accoutrements have been rounded out. There are three difficulty settings, which run from kid-friendly to a grueling advanced level that's nitpicky about swing movements and removes such crutches as the putting meter (which, oddly enough, doesn't make much of a difference to gameplay due to the outstanding controller sensitivity when putting). The game now includes 27 courses, among them seven newcomers, including Bethpage Black and Banff Springs. Career mode has been beefed up with a more comprehensive player creator and the ability to play in the previously absent US Open.
Online support has been greatly enhanced. You can take on fellow golfers over the Net in solo matches, as you could last year, as well as take part in daily and weekly tournaments in which your rounds are recorded and then posted to a leaderboard. You even get a chance to rehit rounds from the first tee if you get to the end of the back nine and aren't happy with your score. Tournies are categorized for rookie and advanced players, which does a good job of keeping the scrubs apart from the sharps. Don't go anywhere near the advanced tournaments if you lack the chops to shoot rounds in the 60s and 70s. Either way, you need to put in a lot of time building up a character's skills before you can really be competitive online, or even offline against a more experienced buddy.
Another nifty online treat is real-time course weather courtesy of The Weather Channel. If you turn this option on, you play with the actual weather conditions noted at the time of your round. So if it's overcast and blustery at Torrey Pines in the real world, it's overcast and blustery at Torrey Pines in your living room. You can also play along with PGA tournaments as they take place in the real world, comparing scores with the likes of Tiger himself. Golf Party minigames are back again this year, along with the Wii-exclusive Disc Golf. The latter game is goofy and addictive, although perhaps a bit out of place. It's hard to imagine casual gamers buying Tiger 10 just for this novelty, but it adds to the package and is at least a good game for the family. The motion controls are also so accurate that you might as well be throwing a real Frisbee in the park.
Some courses are beautiful to behold in spots, although there are enough jaggies that you might not want to look too close.
This is one of the better-looking Wii sports games out there, with some holes that look pretty when viewed from the right angles. But there are loads of visual jaggies on golfer models and trees, and spectators look like performance-art pyramidal sculptures. The sound quality is much better, at least. There is a ton of commentary here and a tremendous number of atmospheric effects. The lack of Dolby Digital 5.1 support is barely noticeable during tournaments, because the crowd noise swells up all around you in the aftermath of a great shot. About the only quibble would be with the unnecessarily punitive commentary. A double bogey is punishment enough without the incessant wisecracks.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 has turned last year's great near-miss into an all-time classic. Improved motion-control support, more game features, and expanded online modes make it incredibly immersive and authentic. Golf games just don't get any better than this.
User reviews
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I feel robbed!
by cthomaso on November 13, 2009
Pros: Good courses, lots of player creation stuff.
Cons: The downfall with older versions was the over sensitivity of your swing.So I got the Wii motion plus thinking that the over sensitivity issues were fixed.WRONG! You swing the same exact swing & get different results.Especially on & around the gree
Summary: They should be embarrassed to put out a product with these deficiencies.
Summary: They should be embarrassed to put out a product with these deficiencies.
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Tap Ins not working
by MominHouston on September 25, 2009
Pros: Love the new courses
Cons: The tap ins do not seem to work with our game and putting a less than 1 foot put is really time consuming and irritating.
Summary: We love this game as well as 2008 (hated 2009) but we cannot get tap ins to work - we have tried to discuss this with their "support technicians" but ...
Summary: We love this game as well as 2008 (hated 2009) but we cannot get tap ins to work - we have tried to discuss this with their "support technicians" but they told us it was a "user issue" - they were very rude. Any suggestions?
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Junk - Don't buy, just play Wii Golf
by SadGuy111 on September 9, 2009
Pros: Nice Graphics, Great Courses
Cons: Game buggy. So far I have had 6 out of bounds given when I have made long putts (gone in the hole). Putting gets too touchy. Have to quit and start over. Game is not repeat NOT indicative of what you do....with our without the magic stick.
Summary: I HATED the product. Functionally, Wii Golf is better and much more consistent with feedback. If programmers are having trouble with memory or responsiveness...GIVE UP ANYTHING BUT PERFORMANCE!!!!!! DUH!!!!!
Summary: I HATED the product. Functionally, Wii Golf is better and much more consistent with feedback. If programmers are having trouble with memory or responsiveness...GIVE UP ANYTHING BUT PERFORMANCE!!!!!! DUH!!!!!
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Awesome game, Great rebound after the lame 2009
by aegert on August 1, 2009
Pros: Much more realistic putting, brought back the nunchuck option for the handicap family member and overall FUN!!!
Cons: Bring back the option from 2008 that allowed you to see how you did on your current hole the previous times you played it.
Summary: Great Game!!!!!
Summary: Great Game!!!!!
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Great but has issues
by techlaw on July 14, 2009
Pros: Incredibly fun; rich content and phenomena depth
Cons: Has some quirks. See below.
Summary: This is great and positively fun. I'm not a gamer and hardly ever play any electronic games, but this is fantastic for occasional breaks. I had Wii Sports Golf ...
Summary: This is great and positively fun. I'm not a gamer and hardly ever play any electronic games, but this is fantastic for occasional breaks. I had Wii Sports Golf and thought that was fun, but this is even better by a whole level. Sophistication, depth and richness of the content makes the Wii Sports Golf really like a child's play.
The swings are quite realistic, although not quite exactly like real life (see my mode detailed comments below). The precision putting resembles real life putting much more closely than both the EA sports Classic putting and Wii Sports golf, but is still very different.
Unless you have it in the super easy "ALL PLAY", or the "EASY" modes, this is not an easy game. Coming from the Wii golf, I thought myself to be an expert. Still, it was quite challenging at the "STANDARD" mode in the beginning. But I soon past that and moved to "ADVANCED". I now play under "HARD" conditions, but not the "EXPERT" conditions, which is the hardest condition.
Notice that there are two different kinds of level indicators. One is the difficulty level of the swing, which goes from the easiest "ALL PLAY", "EASY", "STANDARD", to the hardest "ADVANCED". The other is the overall play condition's level, which ranges from "EASY", "STANDARD", "HARD" and to "EXPERTS".
To give you an idea, even an experienced player would find it hard to achieve par under the "STANDARD" conditions with "STANDARD" swing difficulty level. I am currently using "HARD" conditions with "ADVANCED" swing difficulty level. I haven't even tried the "EXPERT" condition yet because I just don't want to be beaten too much. It's a tough game, but that's part of the reason why this is so fun.
One thing is quite certain. It would be extremely difficult for you to come to a point that you find your PC opponents are just not good enough to match your level. Apparently, the top level experts among your PC opponents (computer-generated players in the game) can do -20 on the "EXPERT" condition with "ADVANCED" swing difficulty level. That's not Tiger. That's supernatural tiger.
In the following, I'd like to point out a few issues I have experienced.
(1) Love and hate the Wii MotionPlus (I know this is made by Nintendo, not EA Sports). I don't know how many times the MotionPlus add-on has been snatched off the Wiimote during a swing. So frustrating. The Wii MotionPlus made the great Wiimote even better in terms of functionality, but also made the problems of the Wiimote even worse in terms of handling. I have nothing to complain about the functionality of the Wiimote, but as a golf club it has some serious handling problems. If you hold it like you would hold a golf club, the chances are that you will be touching some buttons undesirably, and when you swing, you often end up press one or more of these buttons to ruin the shut. Now, with the attached Wii MotionPlus, your left-hand (assuming you're right handed) would frequently twist the Wii Motion Plus to disconnect it. It is so annoying. It forces you to hold the thing in a very awkward way. This is a big fun killer. They really need to come out with a different Wiimote just designed for the golf.
(2) The game is too slow even with the Speed Play turned on. This has become my biggest gripe of the game itself (besides the problem with the MotionPlus). A lot of unnecessary delays to waste time. You can always press the A button to skip a lot of displays, but some parts are not skippable. The most annoying part is the time it spends to "set up" each game (not just the start of the program, but for every change or restart of a mini game you play, which tends to be very short so you would be going over this many times every day), and the time to "process" the scoreboard after every hole. There is also a non-skippable display of the player's reaction after the hole. Together, they take a quite long time, probably 12-15 seconds for every game setup and another 12-15 seconds for the processing after every hole. When you are in a mood of getting to the next shot or game, this is very annoying. I don't want wait for 15 seconds every time when I change or restart a mini game, and I don't want to wait for 15 second doing nothing but watching the game "processing" the score for every hole. Most of the time, I only need a glance of the scoreboard. I also believe the player's reaction after completing a hole should be skippable or at least shortened, and the scoreboard should be given a fast mode option. In addition to being a fun spoiler, it really is a time waster. Think about it. For one round of a 18-hole, if every hole has a 15 second unnecessary delay (I'm sure it's more than that), you're wasting nearly 5 minutes. If you average one round each day, you're wasting more than 30 hours a year. That's serious time just waiting for a silly game console scoreboard to be processed. And scoreboard processing is not the only unnecessary delays during the game. -
fun but some flaws
by TKHaw on July 10, 2009
Pros: Great action and options
Cons: The real problem I have with this game is that it is DARK, difficult to see the hole on most greens. Looks like you are constantly playing at dusk....where is the sun, where are the shadows, is there a llight green in the color pallet ?
Summary: Except for the real swing (which is the whole thing), other golf games (Links) are way ahead of this in terms of graphics, options, courses, on line playing. But TW10 ...
Summary: Except for the real swing (which is the whole thing), other golf games (Links) are way ahead of this in terms of graphics, options, courses, on line playing. But TW10 is fun.
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Highly addictive and pure fun.
by ddelga on July 7, 2009
Pros: Great game,that gives you the feeling you are actually competing in actual golf tournaments
Cons: The golf crowd is lame .
Summary: Excellent, immersive eperience that draws you in with the challenges of playing difficult professional courses. The new add-on to the Wii-mote is the icing on the cake and gives you ...
Summary: Excellent, immersive eperience that draws you in with the challenges of playing difficult professional courses. The new add-on to the Wii-mote is the icing on the cake and gives you the ultimate control of your virtual club.
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Great game with only some minor glitches
by tgabriele96 on June 29, 2009
Pros: Real 1:1 motion is very accurate and gives a great real game feel. The graphics are fine. Game play is great. The challenge feature is a great way to hone your skills and make your character perform better.
Cons: I had a few conerns with this game although most of them surround the motion control plus.
#1) Minor controller problems
#2) a little too easy to hole out chips and short ironsSummary: All in all I would reccomend this game to anyone who is interested in probably the most realistic golf game to date. While I dont expect perfection I did see ...
Summary: All in all I would reccomend this game to anyone who is interested in probably the most realistic golf game to date. While I dont expect perfection I did see a few flaws and I will point them out here. I will try to be detailed.
Played another online tournament and seeing -21 for one round is ridiculus.
#1) My number one issue with the game started with the interruption of the motion controller. It seems that my controller continued to loose contact with the game. It did not happen at first but as I continued to play the issue persisted to get worse. It got to the point that the signal was interrupted on just about every swing. Very Frustrating. WHile in the phone with Nintendo we tried several other games to see if it was TW or my controller. To simplify the outcome what we learned was that the Nintendo rechargable battery was causing the problem. When I went to akalines. No Problems.
#1b) My second issue with the motion controller is that sometimes it would drift from neutral to draw or fade. Even when I would set the controller down on a table my club face would spontaneously open up or close down. I resolved this issue by disengaging my swing and reengaging the golfer. Most of the time this took care of the drift problem.
#2) the last area was that I felt chipping and short irons were a little to easy to hole out. I have several eagles and holed birdies to my credit from too far away to be fully realistic. The putting can be very challenging though.When putting I wouldn't pay too much attention to the commentators since they rarely tell you the correct break. Ultimately this is a great game. You can't have everything but it was a lot of fun.
One final note is that I saw several scores online in the 50s and low sixties. I think this is a little unrealistic. I know you can't have every thing but it would be awesome to see great golfers with scores rarely reaching 60-65. That should almost be a perfect round under perfect conditions. I recognize that is somewhat of nit picking but it would add a little to the realism.
Finally I would totally recommend this game for the fun factor and advance level of realism that it does achieve. I have yet to play any game which takes into the nuiances of your swing into real ball flight.
I hope this is helpful
Updated on Jul 6, 2009
Again while game is fun to play I am not sure why they make it so easy for folks to shoot such a low score. Even Tiger can always hit the ball within a few feet every time or knock down every putt. -
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by AlCzervik on June 29, 2009
Pros: I actually saw some improvement in my real golf game. this helped with my tempo and the putting is so cool...and don't forget about the disc golf part of the game...hours of fun there...i suggest choosing the random 18 for the disc golf. good times!
Cons: Graphics could be a little better...and Kelly Tillman the announcer is just annoying!
Summary: just an awesome game and the Wii Plus is a huge improvement!
Summary: just an awesome game and the Wii Plus is a huge improvement!
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- Manufacturer: Electronic Arts Inc.
- Part number: 19019
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- Developer EA Tiburon
- ESRB Everyone
- Release date 2009-06-08
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