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Tiger Woods 12 The Masters

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    #32
    Mikeyt086
    Registered Users Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭Mikeyt086


    Bought this on release, absolutely loving it.

    Finished my first season last night, and won the Masters this morning.

    I really like the caddie feature, in general I just like this one alot more than 12.


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    #33
    TheTosh
    Registered Users Posts: 919 ✭✭✭TheTosh


    Mikeyt086 wrote: »
    Bought this on release, absolutely loving it.

    Finished my first season last night, and won the Masters this morning.

    I really like the caddie feature, in general I just like this one alot more than 12.

    Did you get a high five off shane-o-mac


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    #34
    ShaneU
    Registered Users Posts: 14,821 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    TheTosh wrote: »
    Did you get a high five off shane-o-mac

    Hah I was wondering if that was him at the time


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    #35
    Mikeyt086
    Registered Users Posts: 9,825 ✭✭✭Mikeyt086


    TheTosh wrote: »
    Did you get a high five off shane-o-mac

    Not only was Shane McMahon absent, but Padraig Harrington finished in 2nd, one stroke behind me.

    So much for realism! :pac:


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    #36
    ShaneU
    Registered Users Posts: 14,821 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    I couldn't see any Irish golfers in quick play, do you need to unlock them?


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    #37
    BiffoGooner
    Registered Users Posts: 751 ✭✭✭BiffoGooner


    I rented this this evening just to see.. Jaysus I've never played such a terrible game in my life. It may as well be called 'Button pushing 2012'. Sure the Caddie in it plays the whole game for you. No decisions to make, weather doesn't seem to have any effect on anything you do. . Even the putting is practically done for you. And turning the caddie off doesn't make it any more enjoyable at all. This game has very little in common with real Golf. Being a boxing fan I have fight night champion aswell. Stalls every 20 minutes or so, along with all sorts of other glitches. How they get away with releasing a game that barely works is beyond me. The eejits that buy their stuff are worse. Shelling out small fortunes for pure rubbish that they obviously didn't spend much time on. Small updates every year and out onto the shelves in no time. I tell ya, give me the days of the PS2 and some of the earlier Tiger Woods titles anytime, 'cause they put this muck to shame. And don't even get me started on the Downloadable stuff. You could pay anywhere up to and over a hundred quid if you were to buy it all. EA are a disgrace.


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    #38
    Drakar
    Registered Users Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭Drakar


    Since the caddy doesnt seem to take the wind into consideration, I end up changing like 95% of the shots he suggests. Still dont mind him being there though. I'm still enjoying it but havent played online.


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    #39
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users Posts: 6,686 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    *phew* thank god for boards :)

    I used to be a huge fan of this series, and almost bought this a couple of times, as I have not gotten it in a couple of years...

    Its a shame the games have gone the way of tiger himself - but maybe they are true to life that way :pac:


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    #40
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    Wow, Vagga, there's a blast from the past, how you been man? :)

    I have a copy of Masters in my drawer in the office for review but with everything else that I have going on (only back from a week's holidays) as well as Crysis 2, Portal 2, Bulletstorm (which I haven't managed to get around to finishing yet unfortunately), Minecraft and Battlefield Play4Free, I'm over run with games atm :D


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    #41
    padr81
    Registered Users Posts: 945 ✭✭✭padr81


    Drakar wrote: »
    Since the caddy doesnt seem to take the wind into consideration, I end up changing like 95% of the shots he suggests. Still dont mind him being there though. I'm still enjoying it but havent played online.


    Even though he doesn't take wind into consideration his shots still go straight to where he says they will.

    its like rather than take the time to program it, they decided the easier option was for the wind to disappear when you take a caddy shot. in fact once you level up and take the caddie shot you just look where its going to land add 2 to 3 touches of spin towards the cup and watch the ball fall in the hole. Easy to get between 20 and 25 under on this game using only caddie shots even with the wind on full.


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    #42
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    padr81 wrote: »
    Even though he doesn't take wind into consideration his shots still go straight to where he says they will.

    its like rather than take the time to program it, they decided the easier option was for the wind to disappear when you take a caddy shot. in fact once you level up and take the caddie shot you just look where its going to land add 2 to 3 touches of spin towards the cup and watch the ball fall in the hole. Easy to get between 20 and 25 under on this game using only caddie shots even with the wind on full.

    What difficulty are you playing on?


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    #43
    Dues Bellator
    Registered Users Posts: 2,590 ✭✭✭Dues Bellator


    Finally got my guy up to 100% across the board two days ago , started playing online yesterday , im up to level 4 at the moment . top 100 here i come:D


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    #44
    tHE vAGGABOND
    Registered Users Posts: 6,686 ✭✭✭tHE vAGGABOND


    Wow, Vagga, there's a blast from the past, how you been man?
    Still here, just on different forums these days :)


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    #45
    Dues Bellator
    Registered Users Posts: 2,590 ✭✭✭Dues Bellator


    played rank 1 and 2 in the world last night , was 1 stroke up going in to last hole and game stays on loading screen, left it for a while (hour) then quit out , checked my pts lost 100 got dnf , checked theres no dnf plus the got 100 pts each , so bit sussy i checked out there stats the last week , 8 wins 138 losses one guy had , stinks to death . sent the no1 gut a tex saying whats the deal , sends me a tex back saying 50 quid and i tell you , reported straight away , nothing will be done as they already got our money .:mad:


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    #46
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭smilerf


    stuck it in tonight having not played a Tiger since 09. This game is a total pile of poo


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    #47
    Dues Bellator
    Registered Users Posts: 2,590 ✭✭✭Dues Bellator


    smilerf wrote: »
    stuck it in tonight having not played a Tiger since 09. This game is a total pile of poo
    was not too keen on it first either ,but i really got into it after a while.try gey your stats up.


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    #48
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    It gets better when you put in some effort alright.

    IMO, turning the caddie off is absolutely vital, the putting still tilts me majorly, but it's just because I'm terribad at it. Some of my friends are very good.


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    #49
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭smilerf


    tbh lads i'm just finding it too confusing on wat to do. Its so different from 09


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    #50
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    smilerf wrote: »
    tbh lads i'm just finding it too confusing on wat to do. Its so different from 09

    How do you mean "what to do"?


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    #51
    Dues Bellator
    Registered Users Posts: 2,590 ✭✭✭Dues Bellator


    got in to the top 40 last night , if i can do it anyone can trust me , i aint that hot.
    http://www.easports.com/leaderboards/ranked/golf-tiger-12?platform=360


    (EDIT)im Fat potatoes on xbox


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    #52
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭smilerf


    smilerf wrote: »
    tbh lads i'm just finding it too confusing on wat to do. Its so different from 09
    i'm an eejit lol. The controls are very very different. Also the career mode confuzzles me


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    #53
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    smilerf wrote: »
    i'm an eejit lol. The controls are very very different. Also the career mode confuzzles me

    I'm not a fan of the career mode much either, just having tournament after tournament is a bit bleh - preferred the challenges, unlocking new players etc in the older games.


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    #54
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭smilerf


    bring back pops i say lol


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    #55
    Dues Bellator
    Registered Users Posts: 2,590 ✭✭✭Dues Bellator


    smilerf wrote: »
    i'm an eejit lol. The controls are very very different. Also the career mode confuzzles me


    maybe this will help. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9240122.htm


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    #56
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭smilerf


    almanu wrote: »
    maybe this will help. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9240122.htm
    thanks

    im finding the putting very diffficult
    any tips lads?


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    #57
    Dues Bellator
    Registered Users Posts: 2,590 ✭✭✭Dues Bellator


    smilerf wrote: »
    thanks

    im finding the putting very diffficult
    any tips lads?

    try master a course you play the most, when your caddie has a course mastered he will give you near perfect reads.


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    #58
    Dues Bellator
    Registered Users Posts: 2,590 ✭✭✭Dues Bellator


    smilerf wrote: »
    thanks

    im finding the putting very diffficult
    any tips lads?
    http://www.sportspundit.com/videos/XjSGjvOejpc


    how this explains it a bit more clearly .


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    #59
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭smilerf


    thanks lads


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    #60
    Drakar
    Registered Users Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭Drakar


    What I found with putting on the 360, was to move the aiming marker to the front (closest) part of the caddy's suggested aiming circle, and then give it just a touch less of a lead than they suggest (eg if its to the right, dont go quite as far right as they suggest, so very slightly maybe an inch left from what it looks like).

    Also when putting, the straightness of your backswing matters just as much as your forward swing (if you mess up the backswing, you can cancel the shot). And make sure to level up the two putting skills (for reducing the size of the miss-hit window, and reducing how much shots are miss-hit inside that window).


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    #61
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭smilerf


    Drakar wrote: »
    What I found with putting on the 360, was to move the aiming marker to the front (closest) part of the caddy's suggested aiming circle, and then give it just a touch less of a lead than they suggest (eg if its to the right, dont go quite as far right as they suggest, so very slightly maybe an inch left from what it looks like).

    Also when putting, the straightness of your backswing matters just as much as your forward swing (if you mess up the backswing, you can cancel the shot). And make sure to level up the two putting skills (for reducing the size of the miss-hit window, and reducing how much shots are miss-hit inside that window).
    good man thanks


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