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That could be taken many different ways depending on your preferences. If a feature packed game filled with multiple game modes, lots of unlockables, and a simulation feel is what you want. Well then Rory McIlroy PGA tour won’t impress you much. Since it’s initial release back in the summer of 2015 EA sports hasn’t added anything new to the mix either. Now if an impressive looking golf game, that feels quite like the difficult challenge of the real thing appeals to you. Well then you are probably very happy with Rory McIlroy PGA tour. What it lacks in features, it gains in actual gameplay. What i enjoy in a Sports Sim falls a little between the two so Rory McIlroy PGA tour is a little hit and miss for me. Of course this being Masters week I couldn’t resist revisiting this game.
Career Mode
This is generally the mode I’m most interested in when playing Sports Sims. Designing your golfer is a little disappointing. Character customization is extremely limited so don’t expect to create a digital version of yourself unless you are the most generic looking person ever. Instead of working your way up through the ranks on the amateur circuit. You begin the game by playing in the amateur championship. Finish high enough and voila! You’ve earned your tour card. Obviously you won’t become to attached to your avatar early on. Fortunately every hole of golf you play earns you experience. After a few Rounds you will be able to begin to shape your Golfer into the type of Player that you would like to be. As your career advances you will unlock Player boosts that can dramatically alter your characters skills. I found this to be one of the most interesting aspects of the game. Would you like to bomb it like Dustin Johnson, putt like Jordan Spieth, or hit your Irons like Rickie Fowler? Well select the right combination of boosts and you can mimic the play style of your favourite professional Golfer. Just don’t expect to break into the Top 10 overnight. It takes a lot of Rounds to develop into a top contender. Although playing the tour is a blast. Quite a few of the most famous courses are missing, and EA wasn’t able to secure the rights to the Masters so that’s left off the schedule as well. Still I didn’t miss it nearly as much as I thought that I might.
The thrill of the game
What Rory McIlroy PGA tour does best is re-create the excitement of making the cut on Friday, and fighting for the win on Sunday. Realizing that you are in contention gets your heart pumping. Every shot becomes your path to victory, or reason for defeat. You pay extra close attention to the leaderboard. Recognizable names like Scott, Rose, and Kuchar are right there challenging you for the victory. You suddenly realize that your two stroke lead might not be enough, and then just as quickly you remember that it’s only a game. It’s at that moment that I realized that despite it’s shortcomings, Rory McIlroy PGA tour is a fantastic game. It does the one thing that Sports Sims and all games are meant to do. Allow you for the short time you spend playing it to feel like the character, not the person controlling it.
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