Instead of re-inventing the wheel regarding gameplay, EA focused on the environment instead. In fact, the game itself is very much the same game all around. All the old modes return from previous installments, from Stroke Play offline to GamerNet community challenges online. Online mode is still the focus of the series, but unfortunately you'll still spend hours grinding your stats in a JRPG-like manner in order to get your golfer up to snuff for online tournaments. You can still use the focus meter to make your shots more accurate, and colored grid overlays help you line up where your shots go. The analog swing control scheme is still there, and if you prefer a more classic 90's golf game feel, you can still use the three point click meter system to more accurately determine the power of your shot. So the real question is: how does PGA Tour 12 set itself apart from the rest?Īt first glance, it doesn't seem all that different from previous entries in the series. If you trance out to one golf game, you've tranced out to them all. Sinking a perfect shot on a nice sunny day is almost meditative in how relaxing and rewarding it is, but regardless of its therapeutic properties, it still does manage to get repetitive. Regardless of my apathetic stance to the sport in real life, I keep playing the Tiger Woods game series because there is a strange Zen-like addictive quality to them. I'm not a big golf fan, but I do know that golf is one of the only sports that is more fun to watch in video game form.

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