Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (PS3) (Video Game)

tiger 2009 PS3...much better than first impressions. Tiger 09 has a nice control system with an option of a 3-click swing for beginners. The harder levels are challenging with the wind making a big impression with difficult pin positions. The attribute system where you increase your skill by improving areas of your gameplay over the rounds can be frustrating, but encourages and rewards calculated accurate play. The shortgame attribute is particularly difficult to maximise on the harder difficulties and I think EA has this element wrong. Putting is interesting and fluent and fun as is hitting a big one off the tee. Courses and graphics are good (better than first impressions, the lighting etc is fantastic). Online play is hit and miss, there is alot of connection issues with the servers etc with this PS3 game. When you connected in to other players ok then it is great fun with 4-ball, simultaneous stroke play etc etc. This is one to get if you a tiger game fan...beware of loosing all your money in the online mode...theres sharks out there.

Great game but still could be better! Once again EA have delivered a very realistic yet fun golf sim game with new added features, however, I can't help but feel that once again it comes up short of what it could be. I played (and reviews) TW08 when I bought that and befoe I played this I rented and tried...and decided not to buy on that basis. The game itself is very good and fans of the franchise will still be able to pick up and play and newcomers will have coaching in the game to get them up to speed. The customisation of clubs looks nice and several old features are there again for us to enjoy. However, while the game is good, it isn't anything new or different. Sure there is a little bit of window dressing to justify another version that is the must have latest and greatest, but at it's heart it is not really any different than the last 2 or 3 versions. My biggest problem though, is the graphics and choice of courses. Call me selfish but I expect to have something on my wizz-bang machine capable of running the deathstar that is a little bit different and extra than what I could have had on my PS2 before I upgraded. I have been left with a hollow feeling that this is simply the same game ported over to a different platform witht he pologons turned up slightly. There is no feeling of 'WOW - this is great', the graphics still look OK don't get me wrong but not the wonder of HD that I thought I would be getting with my PS3. And no extra courses, golfers or anything different despite having all that extra space to utilise on the Bluray disc?? I guess the next gen consoles are either going to have to make do with companies taking the easy option until the PS2 and original Xbox go so out of fashion that they aren't making the games for those any more before we truly get manufacturers making the most of the new technology. Maybe next years will be better???

Ok but more of the same really Ok there's the new features like the club-tuning, coaching & simultaneous on-line play and these are all good but other than that the game is basically the same as ever. No noticable improvement in graphics for me, game play exactly the same including the clumsy system of gauging distance ("so should I set this putt to 10 feet & add 50% overspin(?) or 20 feet & hit it 60% power or...."), the funny little chip shot option that feels like it's been imported from an entirely different golf game, the miraculous ability to control the flight of the golf ball AFTER you've hit it. Also (I could be wrong here, maybe it's just my perception) the thing that made TW08 an improvement over previous versions is that they'd made it more of a challenge to hit the ball straight (you know, like in real golf) but it seems that they've reverted to the TW07 "every-tee-shot-predictably-straight-down-the-middle-yawn" model, even on the hard levels. I still think TW is a good game but I'd like to see them develop and experiment with the actual on-course gameplay a bit instead of putting all the innovation into gimmickey aspects like club-tuning etc. I'm not comparing like-for-like obviously but a sports-sim like Top-Spin tennis has got it spot on, gameplay is intuitive, simple but still challenging with all the subtleties of the real game. TW feels a bit clumsy by comparison.

Great game, easy to pick up and play This is a good game, better than last year and seems to be easier to play. There are more courses and innovative new features like the club tuner. This is one of those games that's easy to pick up and play and also very addictive. Recommended.

On the prow again Ok here we go again tigerWoods 09 is again trying to create the most realistic golf sim out their, i have to say i have not seen any better, but when you have the biggest name franchise its easy to stuff the competition. Ok lets start with whats new , you now have the advice of tigers real life coach hank henney, who is quite useful maybe to new comers of this game but old hands know what it takes to progress their golfer to full potential. New to the game is the way you can now customise your clubs, you can go for all out power but this gives you less control or you can set them so you hit the sweet spot evry time , i went for a power over precision set up myself, Graphically there is very little inprovement to 08 which is kind of disapointing as i wanted glorious HD to be pushed to the limit but its not,the commentators have also changed, no more D Faherty but Sam Torrance and kelly are ok,courses are pretty much a mix of fantasy and real live events, the tour is the best feature off line, but changes to online now mean you dont have to wait for others to play there shots you can simultaneously play so thats good, online is great by the way if you have an ethernet account, Tiger challenge is simple to complete and is the best way to get your stats up, anyhow overall i think the changes to learning and increasing stats is good, hank henney is tiresome after a while constantly saying the samething over and over, yes its still the best golf game but its really a disapointment in the way its not improved since 08, thats why i can only give it 4 stars.