Tiger Woods 10 a hole in one for Wii
I have had a Wii for over a year now, and have had over 15 different games, and I have got to say Tiger Woods 10 is by far my favorite – and I’m not even a golf fan! Everything is great about it: The graphics, the sound, creating characters, the new game modes, the three different types of career modes, load times, driving, putting, and even water hazards! Ok, maybe not water hazards.
I will start with everyone’s favorite, the graphics. AMAZING!! (for the Wii, of course.) I saw an earlier reviewer who wrote this: “Great golf game, but the graphics didn’t quite make par.” That is BOGUS. I guarantee that you will be happy with these graphics. That person was obviously just trying to be cute with the golf par pun, and didn’t care about writing an accurate review. Obviously, the graphics of Tiger Woods 10 on the Wii aren’t “par” with what they look like on the 360, but no Wii game ever will… but let me tell you, this one comes close. Anywho, the landscaping, while not exactly perfect and smooth, is still attractive and at some times pretty. The crowd is fine, but again, pretty good considering this game is for the Wii. The characters look realistic and their movements seem flawless. For the graphics, I give an A+.
To me, the most important and amazing part of Tiger Woods 10 is the controls. Flawless, perfect, amazing, www.thesaurus.com help me find more adjectives! This is why you must get this game. I got the bundle with the MotionPlus accessory, and I have to say, I am in awe. I have played a little (real) golf, and I can tell when I have a good swing or a bad one, and I swear that translates into the game. A nice smooth swing will get you much better results than some fast, jerky vertical type of baseball swing. And while driving, you actually do have to swing fairly hard. I tested many different swings (in their new club tester mode, hooray!) and if I swung a little too softly, I didn’t get 100%. And even putting is great! I use the precision putting mode where you get only one putter and the size and power of your swing determine the distance the ball travels, as opposed to classic where you choose from different putters with different strengths, which just isn’t realistic. Anyway, precision putting IS realistic. It’s very realistic – except when you miss that par putt you don’t feel like throwing your golf club (aka your Wii remote) into the lake (aka your TV screen). It’s so realistic, I sometimes have the urge to put on my golf shoes before starting up my Wii. For the controls, I give ten A+’s and a million friggin’ gold stars.
Multiplayer and online – again, amazing. I have only played with a friend at home (we had to get her the MotionPlus accessory as well), but it is addictively (this game inspires me to make up words) fun. There are online modes where you can play in daily tournaments or weekly four round tournaments against your friends or the rest of the world. I didn’t even know the Wii had online capabilities, but I am going to hook mine up just so I can play in these tournaments. There is even what they call “Dynamic weather”, which takes the weather forecast from each course and integrates it onto the course in your game. Overall, multiplayer and online get yet another A+
Game modes. I have only tried the career mode and a quick game against a friend. The career mode seems to be long, and it definitely doesn’t lack in detail. While you play, you gain experience depending on how well you are doing throughout a course. If you have a great drive, you gain experience in the “power” category. If you get 10 feet away from the hole off a drive on a par 3, you get power and accuracy, and if you sink the putt you gain focus and putting, and because you got a birdie your receive a x2 multiplier. After the course, it will show you how much you’ve gained in each category, and if you have accumulated enough points you can distribute it in the “skills” section. During my career, I have played courses where whoever has the lowest after 18 wins, and some where you are playing against another golfer, and whoever wins the most holes is the winner. If you win, you get more money. Everyone loves money. You can then visit the pro shop and buy new clubs, or even balls, that give you different skills boosts. And you can, of course, buy new clothes – man those polo’s are expensive! Overall, A+
If I haven’t convinced you to buy the game yet, let me go through some extra things that I loved.
-First, I don’t think I have ever (seriously, ever) played a game with this quick of load times. You turn your Wii on and less than a minute later you are already on the tee.
- There are 27 courses (10 of which are new), and that means 486 holes. Wow, am I seriously never going to get bored here?
-The character creation is great, too. You can make so many different types of people: from men and women, fat to thin, young to old, Asian to country, ridiculously cartoonish and hilarious to just plain boring – whatever you want, basically! It’s all there.
I guess that just about sums it up. If you get this game, which you seriously need to, then get the bundle with the MotionPlus. If it seems like $59.99 is a little much, then just think: Tiger Woods 10 blows any of your old Wii games out of the water, so you’ll just be selling them all anyway. Thanks for reading, now if you’ll excuse me, I’m putting for the birdie that will put me 6 under for the day.
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