Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 Wii - Page 8

I played last night and just used the Wii Friends to play one of my buddies. I guess it's easier to give out the EA screen name instead of the crap load of numbers for the Wii Friend code.

Thanks, figured it was something like that.

Do you like Tennis or Golf more? I played some tennis in H.S. but would much rather play a round of golf then a tennis match any day.

Quasi, I will most likely be HoosierInOhio, but I will let you know after I set it up.

What did you think of the game?

I liked it. Played a couple of rounds Tuesday night after going to the driving range and it was fun. Played some disc golf and some of the mini-games as well.

Played online as well and it is a little different but still enjoyable. Took me a couple shots to realize the blue line was my buddies shots. Main gripe I had was I couldn't talk to my friend in game but there are workarounds for that so not a huge deal.

If you are already in game it will pop up in the bottom left of screen, at least in TW, and you can click it to accept the invite from a Wii Friend.

I played my first round last night...a 79 at Banff Springs with advanced settings...it was a blast...I even got my wife to do a little disc golf with me...

1. ndr, I will update as often as I like. At least I am staying on topic unlike most people and people are just rambling so I had to just go through a lot of posts without info I needed also. Ignore my posts and stop telling me what to do if you don't like them. Forums are there for a REASON. To try to get help.

2. mebby, I am starting to think something is wrong with the hardware too. Sorry to inform you all, but it's highly doubtful that every one of you is an excellent golfer who should be having more accurate power swings than i'm getting. I know people such as mongo think they're good at everything and that it's only going to represent their awesomeness, but I think you need to be knocked down a level.

3. Not only chip shots, but approach shots also if I don't do a full backswing and don't even go forward fast and go forward SLOW instead sometimes it will hit it at 100%! That's just ridiculous.

4. It at least recognizes the wii motion plus because if I take it off it always hits at 100% easily and has different graphics in appropriate places. So it's working in that it's detected. Working properly I dunno.

edit: I think my EA name is BASHERS33 as I use most places.

Can you exchange it where you bought it from? The things you are describing seem to point to a bad unit.

I think I saw you mention trying disc golf as well and that you were having similar issues with it too but if you haven't tried disc golf I'd be curious to see what happens if you do.

I dunno, exchanging it would be worth a shot, but it just seems pretty unlikely that it's hardware malfunction given that he said it's working much better for disc golf, something he apparently plays a lot in real life. He even said it recognized his real-life throw 100% Why would the hardware totally spaz out for the actual golf portion then?

yes for disc golf I can easily throw it at 100%. So who knows. My only problems in disc golf are likely judging distances incorrectly. it's hard to get a hang of how hard to throw wheras in real lfie I am AWESOME at judging distances. It's why I am so good at basketball. But that's just a drawback of any video game, not the hardware or controls I would think.

I just flat don't know about the other issues. I just think it's odd though that every person who has bought the game and every person who has reviewed it magically has realistic distances right off and I'm the only one who's dumb enough to not do it right. Mayb indeed be the case, but justs eems odd because I've tried many stances and swings.

Well, various golf experts here correct me if I'm wrong, but driving distance is as much about form/how your club connects with the ball as it is actual strength/club velocity, correct? You seem to be equating "100%" with swinging the Wiimote as hard as goddamn possible (and maybe that is right--I don't have the game) but maybe your form is just fundamentally flawed and that's what's causing your issues.

Maybe you could get someone to take a couple pictures of you as you play and mebby or someone else here could critique your form?

Last night, I noticed sometimes I was swinging too hard, just getting overly excited. My percentages were generally between 80-100. If I took a smooth swing without rushing it, it seemed I was consistently closer to the 100% then the rushed, swing-with-all-my-might swings, which fell closer to the 75-80% range.

What do you mean by realistic distances? You mean distances close to what they would do in real life? If so, then the game is nowhere near real for me. In the game is also hooks to where as in real life I slice it most of the time. I can get 100% swings that go straight down the fairway but that doesn't mean it is anything resembling a real golf swing.

I'm slicing a lot of stuff right now, but still enjoying it. I'm a terrible golfer so I wouldn't want to be able to get up and just hit 100% straight down the middle everytime. putting is such a great improvement over last year. I don't even have to look at the meters..I just line up my putt and then don't even look at the screen until the follow through.

dburch AI mean realistic as in barely moving my wrist and not even resembling a swing should not have the ball go further than a full swing. it makes no sense.

mongo, read. I said I tried many stances and swings. I didn't say power alone should mean it goes 100%.

Basher,

You bought the game from GameStop, right? Then take your Wii Remote and MotionPlus to the store and try it out on their system. And if they won't accommodate you, then ask for an even exchange for a new Tiger Woods bundle. Time to get to the bottom of this so we can get you on-line...and beat you.

I'm aware of that. I'm saying that since you're still having trouble it seems pretty likely that your problem is still in your form, which people here might be able to help you with.

Or y'know, maybe just practice.

And really dude, come on. You telling anyone else here to "read" is big-time pot/kettle/black business.

can I say again how much I love the putting on this? just feels light years ahead of '09. it's challenging yet feels natural.

Thanks for all the 1st impressions. Very helpful. I picked the bundle up on Tue. but I have been to busy with work to even open it yet!

Quick question...can you "pass one controller" on multiplayer?

I'm thinking about buying a Wii+T10 for my Father (Father's Day) since he plays Tiger on the PC almost daily. Need to keep set-up costs at a minimum, don't want to buy/transport controllers.

Yep. You can even pass the controller if a righty and a lefty share it.

Well I am now hitting with a lot of power mroe often than not at least. It still seems to me that sometimes I will get different results with what I believe is the same swing I had used on the hole before though.

But anyway I just played 27 holes. Three times playing the back nine on the default course. On my final 9 holes I had 4 pars, 3 birdies, 1 bogie, and 1 double bogie.

I think what's been happening is I've been told so often that it's my form that then I was concentrating "too" much on it and forgetting to go back forward hard enough. The only way I can seem to get it 90-100% power AND hit it straight is for me to have both of my thumbs side by side on the top of the controller, pull back smoothly and straight, do my wrist as mentioned earlier, come back forward fast AND I end up with the sensor part of the remote pointing at the tv by the end of the swing though. So that part makes no sense... it's not level with the side facing the screen, but somehow it's making it go straight. Maybe it's actually making contact before that part is pointing at the tv.

edit: 2 more points:
1. I also looked down as I started my swing and kept looking down as I brought it forward again to try to help me keep my hands straight.

2. The hole that i got the double bogey on it was actually DUE to me hitting 100%. lol It's hole 10 on the default course. I usually had been going in the water due to not enough power. Well this time I hit it 100% and it actually went in the water all the way down close to the green. lol So if not for that odd irony I would have had par or better on 8 of the 9.

edit: by the way I meant to mention that this game is a good example of EA sports vs. the crappy 2k sports company. Did EA have to add all of this? NO. Adding disc golf and new online modes probably didn't add many purchases. They want to make good product and it shows. They put in so many features it's practically overkill and they could have just released it half-assed and said "wii motion plus" and sold plenty. On the other hand 2k sports has put out two crappy baseball games because they won't sell to EA the licensing rights.

I received TW10 with the WM+ yesterday and played it for a little bit, mainly going thru the tutorials. Overall, I didn't notice much of a difference on tee shots between this and TW09 other than draw and fade shots being much easier to implement. I was able to consistently swing at 80%-90% power and controller response felt pretty consistent from shot to shot for me.

I'm relieved to see that the putting game has been fixed and that the broken implementation from TW09 is no longer mandatory. WM+ does seem to make the putter a little more sensitive than last year's version and requires a slightly more delicate touch.

Graphically, the game looks a little better than last year's version with some good looking courses and improved menus. Over 480p however the jaggies can get really really bad, especially on the player and flagstands in the distance.

Overall, this seems like a more fun and polished version than what we got last year. Its marred primarily by some visual shortcomings but the control seems to offset that so far. I hope to put in more time with it this weekend and see if these initial impressions bear out.

I don't have the game yet, but this whole not being able to hit 100% on a regular basis may be the most realistic thing I've heard of the game. It isn't any flaw, humans can't go 100% for every single shot.

For instance in real life I can hit my 8 iron 175 yards maximum if I hit it 100% (this is if I hit it perfectly). That is a beastly shot and not the distance the club was built for, but that happens to be my max on the club. Now do I hit it for that distance every single time, hell no it isn't realistic for me to bomb it to perfection every single time. The majority of the time I hit in the 150 - 160 range which the club is designed for, that means I'm hitting consistently in that 80% - 90% range which has been mentioned here.

My total range with an 8 iron is probably 140 - 175 which goes from a mishit to a perfect swing. That is actually bad to have that large a gap in yardage. Pros have much tighter ranges, their variance would probably be only 5 yards total. I know you have to level up a bit in this game, maybe as you level up your character to closer to pro levels you'll see a more consistent swing and percentages.

First round at Banff 89, 2nd round this morning, same course, 71. I was one over on the front with only one par, then started the back bogie, bogie, triple bogie, but finished with a run of 4 birdies and an eagle. This is so close to the way I score in real golf it's scary. Big scores, then low scores. I usually get tons of birdies and bogies, but only a few pars.

The different I could see between the 89 & 71 is for the 89 I spent most of the time looking at the screen. For the 71 I kept my head down, just like you should in real golf. Also instead of trying to gauge the meters in putting I kept the head down and went more on feel, just like real life.

As for the distance I think that's where things are a bit wonky. More than once I've had a shot where the club & distance were just about same if hit at 100%, but then I'd miss hit the shot with only 50%-60% and still get pin high. Maybe it was factoring in a scull, but it didn't fly that way. As for the draw/fade, in this and all TW games I've drawn the ball, even though in real life I can draw, but really have to bare down to do it, for the most part I'm a power fader.

What B&M stores have the motion plus add on for the controller in stock so far? I've read that Gamestop has it but what about Walmart, Target, etc? I'll probably buy the bundle but still want to get an extra controller add on for the kids.

maybe a decade ago he could attempt 100% all the time and we all saw the result of pushing that hard, repeated blown out knees

All I have to say is, FINALLY. Putting works and is done right. Any putts that I've missed have been my fault, not a glitch in the game. I can't just bomb shots at 100 (or 110)% anymore and just have like 20 under par per hole. I'm a horrible golfer in real life, and this seems to replicate my results very well now. I mean, I'm better at the game than real life, but it finally just feels right.

I'm using MotionPlus, Precision Putting, and Advanced Swing.

Have only tried disc golf for a hole or two so far, but it seems pretty neat. I was 16 shots over par on the second hole on that one, I have some trouble getting past like 30% power on that accurately.