Tiger 09

Melion · 28-08-2008 6:35pm #1

Anybody picked it up yet? Is it any good? I have 07, gave 08 a miss and am now thinking about picking up 09 tomorrow. So opinions please.

Vic Vinegar · 28-08-2008 6:49pm

Melion wrote: »

Anybody picked it up yet? Is it any good? I have 07, gave 08 a miss and am now thinking about picking up 09 tomorrow. So opinions please.

Did you try the demo? i'll be getting the game anyway, graphics have improved a lot and there is the Gamernet thing (first appearded in the last one but you missed that) which is improved again this year, check out review here

http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1554/Tiger-Woods-PGA-Tour-09/p1/

brianon · 29-08-2008 11:25am

Heading out at lunch to pick it up. From what I've read (reviews & forum posts) it is much improved and possibly the best TW yet.

Melion · 29-08-2008 2:34pm

Just picked it up. Gonna go and give it a go now. Anyone up for a few games tomorrow afternoon? Gamertag below

Vic Vinegar · 29-08-2008 2:52pm

Melion wrote: »

Just picked it up. Gonna go and give it a go now. Anyone up for a few games tomorrow afternoon? Gamertag below

I'll play a few when i'm up to speed (i'll be sh*t for the first while!) My gamertag is also below. I'll add you to my friend list!

Melion · 30-08-2008 12:54am

Correction, yes i did.
Didnt get around to doing it today, i hope you dont think im messing you around, just been busy with work.

MOD EDIT: PM guys.

bennyc · 30-08-2008 2:41pm

what is the putting like on it compared to 07 which personally I taught sucks also can you use Harrington ?

Kimbot · 30-08-2008 3:20pm

bennyc wrote: »

what is the putting like on it compared to 07 which personally I taught sucks also can you use Harrington ?

The putting is fantastic, if you haven't played 08 then you missed out a gem of a game IMO.
As far as I know Harrington is not in 09, I've only been playing through the Tiger challenge so I haven't looked at anything else really.

I have to say I am really enjoying this game now. I have about 30% complete already.

Reganovski · 30-08-2008 4:07pm

Whats the swing like? Same as '08?

I could never get the hang of '08.

Mikeyt086 · 30-08-2008 5:33pm

Where is Podgey in these games? Now officially regarded as one of the world's best yet he's not in any golf game.

Meh, i always create him as my guy anyway.

ironictoaster · 30-08-2008 7:43pm

Darren Clarke is in the game though..

dulpit · 31-08-2008 2:18pm

creggy wrote: »

Darren Clarke is in the game though..

Darren Clarke & Rory McIlroy are in the game, but Harrington is not?

DeVore · 31-08-2008 4:22pm

Got it last night and curiously I like it. I am not much of a golf fan (except Wii golf!) but this is slick and easy to get into. I like all the facets to it and the challenges. Cant compare it to the others but I like this.

DeV.

Kimbot · 31-08-2008 6:01pm

Mikeyt086 wrote: »

Where is Podgey in these games? Now officially regarded as one of the world's best yet he's not in any golf game.

Meh, i always create him as my guy anyway.

I think its trouble with the royalties he wants from it or something like that.

Kimbot · 31-08-2008 6:02pm

Reganovski wrote: »

Whats the swing like? Same as '08?

I could never get the hang of '08.

Yeah its the same as 08, pretty easy when you get the hang of it. Although when you start getting more difficult clubs and you go into the club tuner you really have to be accurate with the swing.

Oafley Jones · 01-09-2008 3:58pm

Of all the games I've bought for the 360, Tiger 07 was the most irritating. There was far too many gimmicks, all I wanted was to jump into a simple game of golf like I could years ago in the Links/PGA games.

The thing that bugged me the most was the presentation. I really wish I could have turned off the players reaction shots, they bugged me even more than the commentators shouting "Come on Tiger" every few seconds.

Purchased Everybody golf but it's far too shallow an experience, so what i'm guess i'm asking is have the changed it much since 07?

Kimbot · 01-09-2008 4:02pm

It has indeed, you can skip most of the cr@p like players reactions etc. There are some annoying aspects to the new game like the dull commentry but I likes the whole game as an overall package, its fantastic and alot better than 08.

Vic Vinegar · 01-09-2008 4:23pm

jonny24ie wrote: »

It has indeed, you can skip most of the cr@p like players reactions etc. There are some annoying aspects to the new game like the dull commentry but I likes the whole game as an overall package, its fantastic and alot better than 08.

Couldn't have put it better myself!

The simultaneous play feature is really good for quicker games (online)

Gamernet is realy good, I got a hole in one already (not as hard as it should be imo)

Kimbot · 01-09-2008 4:28pm

Headspin wrote: »

Gamernet is realy good, I got a hole in one already (not as hard as it should be imo)

Yeah my first par 3 I got a hole in 1! The difficulty has dropped but hopefully it will be patched a little to make it better.

brianon · 01-09-2008 7:04pm

How do you skip the players reactions ? That really bugs me. The reactions along with pre-shot stuff. Can it really be skipped ? As in not that I have to press the A button but skip it totally ?

Also, Everybodys Golf is class. And has quite a lot of depth

Oafley Jones · 02-09-2008 8:05am

brianon wrote: »

Also, Everybodys Golf is class. And has quite a lot of depth

It is. Meant to say Golf:Tee it up!

mickyt · 02-09-2008 9:51am

In 08, I was able to purchase a maxed out player.

is that available for the new 09? Can't find it in marketplace. but heard some guys talking about it in an online match

Vic Vinegar · 02-09-2008 10:13am

mickyt wrote: »

In 08, I was able to purchase a maxed out player.

is that available for the new 09? Can't find it in marketplace. but heard some guys talking about it in an online match

I really don't see the point in buying a maxed out player, kind of defeats the purpose a bit doesn't it?

brianon · 02-09-2008 10:40am

I hate that crap in games. Was playing online and my nice 280m drive was no match for near 500m !!!!

Kimbot · 02-09-2008 1:02pm

mickyt wrote: »

In 08, I was able to purchase a maxed out player.

is that available for the new 09? Can't find it in marketplace. but heard some guys talking about it in an online match

There are 3 suits in the Pro shop that are available at 5,000,000 each that max out your stats.
They are: Rabbit, Elvis, Spaceman.

So its your own player with a suit on really, you can't track any of your averages or anything when you are wearing your suit tho.

Kimbot · 02-09-2008 1:03pm

brianon wrote: »

How do you skip the players reactions ? That really bugs me. The reactions along with pre-shot stuff. Can it really be skipped ? As in not that I have to press the A button but skip it totally ?

Also, Everybodys Golf is class. And has quite a lot of depth

No you have to press A for skipping but in all fairness its madness to think that pressing a button is a hardship!!

brianon · 02-09-2008 1:31pm

Yeah but it slows the game down. Its just...annoying. On PSP version you can have it skip it automatically.

DeVore · 02-09-2008 9:03pm

Totally addicted now. Its taken over like a virus here and we havent played anything else since we got it. It does seem easy but I've only gotten my training wheels off (have beaten the first "pro" and won the first two PGA tours... beating Tiger both times, is that supposed to happen?!).

I've just upgraded clubs but I have no idea what a sweetspot is (I can guess in RL, I just dont know what difference it makes in the game!).

You can buy things with in-game money or with Billy Bucks (MS Points)... an option that always raises a giggle around these parts!

I'm already pretty high in the stats dept (that stats thing is weird too... its broken for reasons too complex to get into here).

DeV.

mickyt · 03-09-2008 10:18am

Headspin wrote: »

I really don't see the point in buying a maxed out player, kind of defeats the purpose a bit doesn't it?

It might for you, but not for me, I just like to play the golf course and knowing that if I swing the club right, I will get a decent shot.

Plus I really prefer to play online, so would like to choose my own player rather then just tiger every time

mathie · 03-09-2008 3:56pm

Melion wrote: »

Correction, yes i did.
Didnt get around to doing it today, i hope you dont think im messing you around, just been busy with work.

MOD EDIT: PM guys.

Sorry Mods but Melion didn't seem to be getting my PMs.
In hindsight he was just ignoring them
:rolleyes:

ShiverinEskimo · 03-09-2008 4:06pm

Dammit - I held off buying this last weekend because I was savin for my Hols. Now you bastards are going on about how good it is. Not cool people. NOT COOL.

Kimbot · 03-09-2008 5:51pm

DeVore wrote: »

Totally addicted now. Its taken over like a virus here and we havent played anything else since we got it. It does seem easy but I've only gotten my training wheels off (have beaten the first "pro" and won the first two PGA tours... beating Tiger both times, is that supposed to happen?!).

I've just upgraded clubs but I have no idea what a sweetspot is (I can guess in RL, I just dont know what difference it makes in the game!).

You can buy things with in-game money or with Billy Bucks (MS Points)... an option that always raises a giggle around these parts!

I'm already pretty high in the stats dept (that stats thing is weird too... its broken for reasons too complex to get into here).

DeV.

Ah Dev I can't believe you don't google Sweetspot to find out more about it..... are you a golfer at all?

I laughed when I saw that you can pay with MS points cos I would imagine everything would cost a little fortune then.

I have completed the first season with a win in each tournament and I am 68% through the tiger challenge.

Batesy · 03-09-2008 6:13pm

Tis a bit too easy on balanced mode. Can you up the difficuly mid-season?

DeVore · 03-09-2008 6:43pm

jonny24ie wrote: »

Ah Dev I can't believe you don't google Sweetspot to find out more about it..... are you a golfer at all?

I laughed when I saw that you can pay with MS points cos I would imagine everything would cost a little fortune then.

I have completed the first season with a win in each tournament and I am 68% through the tiger challenge.

I kinda worked it out. I dont play golf in real life, I actually kinda dislike the game in reality but my father plays off something like 12 and has for 30 years so I know a lot about it. Weirdly I really like this game.

Batesy, I think you can change the difficulty mid season from the options but its buried a little deep in the menu as I recall.

I might do it too, though I like the idea of winning every tournie to get the achievement!

DeV.

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