Tiger Woods 13 PGA TOUR and CE Info

[orthostud23]

When does this go up on season ticket? Saturday morning?

Friday at around 6pm EST

[dbdynsty25]

Yeah, where the hell did Divot go...nice tease bro!

[DivotMaker]

C'mon Divot you have to have some impressions on the full version by now!! Dont hold back!

I am working on it guys. Got GameFace done and now playing Career Mode. Have played the first Training event in the Amateur Tour 15 times and have yet to beat Justin Rose using Kinect.

Game is gorgeous....huge improvement from 12. Playing with Kinect is TOUGH, but fair. Will take some time to get used to it.

Will post more impressions later today.

[fsquid]

Do they still have that easy to play mode? All-play or whatever? Would be fun to let my 6 year old create a player and use the Kincet to play. I'm guessing there is a very easy mode she can play on where she basically just hits the thing?

[DivotMaker]

Amateur mode using Kinect is about as easy as it can get.

[J_Cauthen]

Have played the first Training event in the Amateur Tour 15 times and have yet to beat Justin Rose using Kinect.

Are you using a cut down club for your Kinect swing now? I know you mentioned a while back you were going to do this eventually. I'm just curious to see what sort of impact that has on the Kinect experience, and perhaps in Tournament difficulty, the performance.

I have the Season Ticket, but due to my extened work schedule, I won't have a lot of time to spend with it or the game until next Wednesday. I'm anxious to read some Kinect impressions since I don't own a Kinect. I'm leaning toward buying the PS3 version next month since the Move did so well for me in the demo. I just can't swing it by itself for long because I just can't handle empty handed swings for long. I'll either have to spend $110 for the PS3 CE version and a SimStix (the Move golf club attachment) or $150 for a Kinect, depending on which one delivers the best feel in motion control experience... but I'm game

[DivotMaker]

Have played the first Training event in the Amateur Tour 15 times and have yet to beat Justin Rose using Kinect.

Are you using a cut down club for your Kinect swing now? I know you mentioned a while back you were going to do this eventually. I'm just curious to see what sort of impact that has on the Kinect experience, and perhaps in Tournament difficulty, the performance.

Played with and without a cut down club and TBH, I score better without the club. Finally got past the first Training event, then won the Sponsor event and the first tournament. On to the 2nd event with the Training event...lost the first time. Putting the game down for a few hours to rest (Kinect is a workout!) and take in a sneak preview of the Hunger Games....

[Diablo25]

When does this go up on season ticket? Saturday morning?

Friday at around 6pm EST

[J_Cauthen]

Played with and without a cut down club and TBH, I score better without the club.

Really? That's a little bit disappointing to hear because I've got something funky going on with my physiology and can't perform too many empty handed swings before I develop a painful hitch in my lower right back. I can swing a golf club all day long without having this problem. It's something about needing that extra mass of a club to help me turn through with my hips. I have the same problem with the Move, which virtually has no mass and certainly isn't golf grip friendly.

Finally got past the first Training event, then won the Sponsor event and the first tournament. On to the 2nd event with the Training event...lost the first time.

I take it you're doing this in Tournament difficulty? If so, have you turned the putting grid off? I see that adds .2 to the rewards multiplier.

[J_Cauthen]

When does this go up on season ticket? Saturday morning?

Friday at around 6pm EST

Which is about 45 minutes after I have to leave for work I'll see if I can get my son to tear himself away from League of Legends, long enough to initiate my season ticket download of Tiger 13. That way I can dive right in when I get home on Saturday morning

[J_Cauthen]

Tim, have you tried playing True-Aim with the pre and post shot animations enabled? I ask because you have to enable them to get a cut-view of the shot's finish in the demo. I wasn't exactly thrilled with the production qualities of the cut-views in the demo when using True-Aim. I was hoping to hear that they've got some camera angles for these cut-views that use more reasonable camera angles and zoom levels to convey the results better.

[DivotMaker]

Played with and without a cut down club and TBH, I score better without the club.

Really? That's a little bit disappointing to hear because I've got something funky going on with my physiology and can't perform too many empty handed swings before I develop a painful hitch in my lower right back. I can swing a golf club all day long without having this problem. It's something about needing that extra mass of a club to help me turn through with my hips. I have the same problem with the Move, which virtually has no mass and certainly isn't golf grip friendly.

Finally got past the first Training event, then won the Sponsor event and the first tournament. On to the 2nd event with the Training event...lost the first time.

I take it you're doing this in Tournament difficulty? If so, have you turned the putting grid off? I see that adds .2 to the rewards multiplier.

No way can I turn grids off at this point. I am going back to TOUR PRO to complete these as they are VERY difficult to win. Another thing I am finding out, do NOT swing too hard or you will either top the ball or if you lower your hands too far in the impact zone you will pop the ball up. Hit the AN Training Facility and groove your swing because it will help alleviate alot of frustration once you start playing.

[DivotMaker]

Tim, have you tried playing True-Aim with the pre and post shot animations enabled? I ask because you have to enable them to get a cut-view of the shot's finish in the demo. I wasn't exactly thrilled with the production qualities of the cut-views in the demo when using True-Aim. I was hoping to hear that they've got some camera angles for these cut-views that use more reasonable camera angles and zoom levels to convey the results better.

Have not touched TrueAim yet as I am coming to grips with the Kinect swing. I have enabled 1st person view and I am getting Presentation cameras for that and they really act like TrueAim cameras in that they sometimes zoom in to the ball landing area, but not enough and too randomly. Getting ready to go back to West Africa on Saturday so I do not know how much more time I will have with the game before I leave, but I will play once I get there as I brought a 360/Kinect with me last time to stay there so I can play when I am out of the country. Kinect is going to take quite some time to master as it stands now in the higher difficulty levels....

[10spro]

Kinect is going to take quite some time to master as it stands now in the higher difficulty levels....

That's good to know. I know personally I will be playing that mode a lot before I switch back to the controller.

[DivotMaker]

Kinect is going to take quite some time to master as it stands now in the higher difficulty levels....

That's good to know. I know personally I will be playing that mode a lot before I switch back to the controller.

I don't see myself going back to the controller anytime soon...I am determined to master the Kinect swing...

[Diablo25]

I am currently downloading the EA Season pass full version of TW

[dbdynsty25]

I am currently downloading the EA Season pass full version of TW

Thanks for the update.

[Aristo]

I'm not downloading yet. I probably won't get to it until later.

[Diablo25]

I am currently downloading the EA Season pass full version of TW

Thanks for the update.

Thanks for noticing.

Anyways, I played 9 holes at Pebble on Tournament settings with Luke Donald and was pleased to see the game plays better than the demo. I think it looks better too. I was only +3 going into 9 but then hooked two balls OB. Im really getting good results with putting with the Kinect. I was draining 8-12 footers consistently. My "system" seems to really work well. For every inch up or downhill add or subtract a foot (average conditions). I then just use my same putting stroke I use on a real course...gauging the distance on my backswing. Just inside my back foot is about a 5 foot putt. Just outside my back foot is about 10 feet...etc. Like I said, I'm pleasantly surprised at how fun it played. Making my golfer at the moment. Then I'll hit the range possibly.

[Gangrel]

I'm currently generating my gameface. At least the music is better then the stuff you hear on hold all the time.


Can someone send me an invite to the country club? I had made up my mind not to bother with Tiger this year, but something tells me playing all weekend will make me break down and get it anyway....... I'm a sucker like that.

[Diablo25]

Played 9 at Sawgrass with the controller and had fun. Still getting used to the new swing stuff but I like it. I'm going to be gone all day tomorrow and a good bit of Sunday so i won't be able to play anymore until Sunday afternoon. I can definitely see a lot of time with this game. I'm excited about the Kinect stuff..I just want to get on the Augusta practice facility and, well, practice

[10spro]

Generating your own mug face takes so damn long. I wished there was just a direct transfer from the previous versions as I do this every year.

[TheTruth]

Generating your own mug face takes so damn long. I wished there was just a direct transfer from the previous versions as I do this every year.

Yeah this is rediculous. Mine has been running over an hour now - won't go past 45%. Never had a problem in previous versions.

[10spro]

Generating your own mug face takes so damn long. I wished there was just a direct transfer from the previous versions as I do this every year.

Yeah this is rediculous. Mine has been running over an hour now - won't go past 45%. Never had a problem in previous versions.

Be patient. Mine was also stuck on 45% for about 55 minutes and I was about to restart the game thinking that the game was frozen. After I clicked on B, it asked me whether I wanted to quit so I said NO and now finally it seems to be moving again. Slowly but it does pass over the 45% mark eventually.

[TheTruth]

Generating your own mug face takes so damn long. I wished there was just a direct transfer from the previous versions as I do this every year.

Yeah this is rediculous. Mine has been running over an hour now - won't go past 45%. Never had a problem in previous versions.

Be patient. Mine was also stuck on 45% for about 55 minutes and I was about to restart the game thinking that the game was frozen. After I clicked on B, it asked me whether I wanted to quit so I said NO and now finally it seems to be moving again. Slowly but it does pass over the 45% mark eventually.

Yep, right after I posted it moved to 46%- then it stopped at 65% and stayed there for about 20-25 minutes. Just finished and doesn't look anything like me. Wow. Crazy bad.