Some of the facial expressions and mannerisms are superb. To begin with the characters look amazing, ranging from a selection of crazy creations (that would slot nicely into a Tekken game), to the life-like representations of top stars including Justin Leonard, Colin Montgomerie, Mark O’Meara, Jesper Panevik, Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods and many more.
Having been unimpressed by previous PS1 games in the PGA Tour Golf series (maybe the original back in 1996 was groundbreaking) I was eager to find out if EA Sports could move even further up the handicap table with their second attempt on PS2. The cartoony Hot Shots (or Everybody’s Golf) proved that the gameplay format need not be so regimental, now all we needed was a something that was fun to play AND looked realistic. In fact I would still recommend checking out those second-hand stores for a rare gem in the form of Actua Golf 3 (regardless of any following comments). To date the finest example of simulated golf appeared on the original Playstation and came from the now disbanded team of British developers, Gremlin. Being someone who would find nothing wrong in taking five minutes to line up a four-foot tap-in on a polygon putting green I obviously fall in the first category, however it has been many years since I have experienced a console title that was as addictive as the real game. Every drive, pitch and putt is either drooled over with the utmost concentration offering a lengthy but thoroughly absorbing encounter… or the gameplay simply bores the pants off you. Video golf games are a strange batch of titles to comment about, as there is rarely a fence down the middle to sit upon.
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