Tiger Woods 14 thread, part II

[Danimal]

Honestly I don't even care anymore.

I'll play the game from time to time but I've lost interest already with so many other more entertaining products out right now and our club basically consisting of 4 or 5 people playing rounds. I think the season long thing we did last year was a major draw for activity I just didn't have the time to run it again.

[J_Cauthen]

There are a lot of good games right now. I just rented F1 2012 from Gamefly and I bought the digital version of MLB 13: The Show. I've got steep learning curves with both of those!

As for our club's participation level with Tiger 14, I think it will pick up some after the patch is released. If I get inspired enough with the gameplay after the patch, I might take a shot a starting a season along the lines of what you did last year. It does help give some weight to playing club tournaments when it's in the context of a structured season.

[Danimal]

You know what is really missing a post tournament results email or SMS or something. I can't get a text with every frickin score in my Madden league but I have to dig to find out who won the last daily tournament.

[pk500]

As for our club's participation level with Tiger 14, I think it will pick up some after the patch is released. If I get inspired enough with the gameplay after the patch, I might take a shot a starting a season along the lines of what you did last year. It does help give some weight to playing club tournaments when it's in the context of a structured season.

It looks more and more likely that NCAA 14 will be released before this patch moves for the 360.

[J_Cauthen]

It looks more and more likely that NCAA 14 will be released before this patch moves for the 360.

I'd respond to this, but there's no way I can do so without giving the appearance that I'm complaining about the patch
I'll just have to live vicariously through the experiences of PS3 users until the patch arrives for the 360. Meanwhile, I'm enjoying the heck out of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 in career mode, now that I've got my CAG's clubs tuned to the extent it makes finishing in the top 10 a real accomplishment in season tournaments.

[J_Cauthen]

I'm a bit curious to see how many of you actually change the swing interface to the "chip shot" and use it instead of the default setup the game gives you? I haven't played the game in the last 10 days, but when I was playing it, I found that it was actually easier to play the shot the game had already set me up for in chipping and pitching situations. More often than not, the setup would be for what performed more like a pitch shot, when in real life, a chip shot would have been more practical. Even when I'd play the pitch shot in a chip shot situation, it would seem to sort of dial itself in to what I needed.

I'm not really sure what to make out of this. I would like to play a chip shot when a chip shot would be the best shot in real life, but the game just seems to make it too easy to be lazy and pull the trigger on the setup you're given. Then again, I might have been missing something by not opting for the chip shot and learning the difference in the roll out.

[MERACE]

John,

I'm also finding that I'm having an inordinate amount of hole outs with the pitch shot just off the green.

I think I rank 2nd in our CC.


-MERACE

[DivotMaker]

I'm a bit curious to see how many of you actually change the swing interface to the "chip shot" and use it instead of the default setup the game gives you? I haven't played the game in the last 10 days, but when I was playing it, I found that it was actually easier to play the shot the game had already set me up for in chipping and pitching situations. More often than not, the setup would be for what performed more like a pitch shot, when in real life, a chip shot would have been more practical. Even when I'd play the pitch shot in a chip shot situation, it would seem to sort of dial itself in to what I needed.

I'm not really sure what to make out of this. I would like to play a chip shot when a chip shot would be the best shot in real life, but the game just seems to make it too easy to be lazy and pull the trigger on the setup you're given. Then again, I might have been missing something by not opting for the chip shot and learning the difference in the roll out.

Just lower the loft on the shot the game gives you and it becomes a chip shot in the process......

[J_Cauthen]

Just lower the loft on the shot the game gives you and it becomes a chip shot in the process......

Makes complete sense... this is what I do now when I'm playing Tiger Woods 10, where what's called a chip shot performs what looks more like a scuffed punch. I really have to deloft the club to do it in Tiger 10, but I can imagine I wouldn't have to go to those extremes in Tiger 14. I'll give it a shot and see what happens. Thanks for that tip!

[DivotMaker]

I mis-spoke....it is actually moving the ball back in your stance which I guess is the same as de-lofting the club....

[J_Cauthen]

I mis-spoke....it is actually moving the ball back in your stance which I guess is the same as de-lofting the club....

I follow you... I just tried it and it works. There are all sorts of combinations you can come up with in doing this, but when I change from the lob wedge to which the game defaults near the green to a pitching wedge or a 9 iron, move the ball back to the middle of my right foot, it produces something that performs like a chip shot. I find this easier than cycling through the shot options until I get "chip shot" though.

[Danimal]

That's one thing that bugs me about this game and maybe I am doing something right but if I set my shot to pitch and then switch clubs it defaults me back to normal. It's aggravating

[J_Cauthen]

Tim, in the course of testing your method for getting a chip shot, I accidentally discovered a way to get a representative preview on what a long putt will look while in game, after the patch restores the original Follow putting camera.

1.) I'd recommend going into practice mode with mulligans enabled because the preview method is going to adversely affect your scoring average to make it happen.

2.) Select any course you'd like to play and reach the first green. I'd recommend targeting a section of the green that will leave you with an uphill putt, but will have plenty of green behind or to the side of you. The ball will need to be within 10 feet of the cup for this to work, even though it will be out of view.

3.) When you're in position to hit the putt, rotate your golfer so that they're aiming in a direction that's away from the hole. I aimed to a spot that was 10 feet off the green and in the fairway, a good 60 feet from where I stood. I hit the putt as though I was aiming at the spot I'd targeted off the green.

4.) The putt will roll out to its finish and you'll see it in its entirety from what will amount to the new Follow putting camera perspective.

I found using the method described above to be more representative of what gamers like me, who use the head-high swing view camera (one level up from the default waist high view), will see when playing the game using Follow cam, post-patch. The camera shift is still sudden, but it doesn't have to move as much to go from the head-high swing camera to the "follow" position, as it would in shifting from the waist-high swing camera position.

[J_Cauthen]

That's one thing that bugs me about this game and maybe I am doing something right but if I set my shot to pitch and then switch clubs it defaults me back to normal. It's aggravating

It does do this and it always makes me question what setup do I really have. Using the method Tim described, there's less second guessing.

[Wilk5280]

Tim, in the course of testing your method for getting a chip shot, I accidentally discovered a way to get a representative preview on what a long putt will look while in game, after the patch restores the original Follow putting camera.

1.) I'd recommend going into practice mode with mulligans enabled because the preview method is going to adversely affect your scoring average to make it happen.

2.) Select any course you'd like to play and reach the first green. I'd recommend targeting a section of the green that will leave you with an uphill putt, but will have plenty of green behind or to the side of you. The ball will need to be within 10 feet of the cup for this to work, even though it will be out of view.

3.) When you're in position to hit the putt, rotate your golfer so that they're aiming in a direction that's away from the hole. I aimed to a spot that was 10 feet off the green and in the fairway, a good 60 feet from where I stood. I hit the putt as though I was aiming at the spot I'd targeted off the green.

4.) The putt will roll out to its finish and you'll see it in its entirety from what will amount to the new Follow putting camera perspective.

I found using the method described above to be more representative of what gamers like me, who use the head-high swing view camera (one level up from the default waist high view), will see when playing the game using Follow cam, post-patch. The camera shift is still sudden, but it doesn't have to move as much to go from the head-high swing camera to the "follow" position, as it would in shifting from the waist-high swing camera position.

Dude, really???

[Wilk5280]

Tim, in the course of testing your method for getting a chip shot, I accidentally discovered a way to get a representative preview on what a long putt will look while in game, after the patch restores the original Follow putting camera.

1.) I'd recommend going into practice mode with mulligans enabled because the preview method is going to adversely affect your scoring average to make it happen.

2.) Select any course you'd like to play and reach the first green. I'd recommend targeting a section of the green that will leave you with an uphill putt, but will have plenty of green behind or to the side of you. The ball will need to be within 10 feet of the cup for this to work, even though it will be out of view.

3.) When you're in position to hit the putt, rotate your golfer so that they're aiming in a direction that's away from the hole. I aimed to a spot that was 10 feet off the green and in the fairway, a good 60 feet from where I stood. I hit the putt as though I was aiming at the spot I'd targeted off the green.

4.) The putt will roll out to its finish and you'll see it in its entirety from what will amount to the new Follow putting camera perspective.

I found using the method described above to be more representative of what gamers like me, who use the head-high swing view camera (one level up from the default waist high view), will see when playing the game using Follow cam, post-patch. The camera shift is still sudden, but it doesn't have to move as much to go from the head-high swing camera to the "follow" position, as it would in shifting from the waist-high swing camera position.

Dude, really???

[J_Cauthen]

Dude, really???

Seriously, it works! No, I get your drift... it's a bit embarrassing when I look back on it, but that was this afternoon. I'm over it now... forgot to take my Prozac this morning

[J_Cauthen]

That's one thing that bugs me about this game and maybe I am doing something right but if I set my shot to pitch and then switch clubs it defaults me back to normal. It's aggravating

What I've found is that I could pretty much go with the setup the game gives me and it will work out pretty good on what amounts to pitch shots. Sometimes I'll pull the targeting cursor back a yard or two because I tend to overswing, but it usually results in an easy up and down, if I'm not in heavy rough.

To your point though, I think what happens is that even though you've switch clubs, the game will still have you in a pitch shot setup, it just won't show it as a pitch on the shot type window. It still makes you wonder though?

[Wilk5280]

Dude, really???

Seriously, it works! No, I get your drift... it's a bit embarrassing when I look back on it, but that was this afternoon. I'm over it now... forgot to take my Prozac this morning

JC, I'm just bustin balls man. I understand you obsess... frustration completely

[J_Cauthen]

JC, I'm just bustin balls man. I understand you obsess... frustration completely

I know you are, but even in the space of 6 hours, I can look back on how passionate I was about something as relatively silly as putting camera cuts and wonder... WTF were you thinking!?, all the while realizing that when it does get fixed, it's going to radically change the way I see and play this game

[Wilk5280]

No follow-up to Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 next year

http://www.pastapadre.com/2013/04/28/no ... -next-year

Guess they're going to wait for 16 on next gen hardware

[Danimal]

No follow-up to Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 next year

http://www.pastapadre.com/2013/04/28/no ... -next-year

Guess they're going to wait for 16 on next gen hardware

I just don't think golf games have much of a future anymore. I know someone who bought a simulator and I'm seriously considering making the same investment in one. Not that one has anything to do with the other considering the cost of a simulator but someone needs to get innovative with the golf games and make an actual online tour.

[Inuyasha]

After the Masters, I haven't really touched the game much. I did a full season but like all the other Tiger games, after I do the first year, it's hard for me to keep going. It's the best one out for offline console players even with it's bugs.

[Aristo]

There was never a need for an annual golf game, and TW suffered because of that schedule.

[J_Cauthen]

I was actually pleased to read the news that there won't be a Tiger 15, especially on the current-gen consoles. It's pretty obvious to me that the game engine they're using now has run its course. They need to take a couple of years and nail down a solid game for the PS4 and 720/Durango. A hidden bonus to this is it might give EA Sports an opportunity to make two patches for Tiger 14. I'm reading some glowing reports on the PS3 patch, but there are also some new issues that require specific workarounds to deal with, with regard to resetting your clubs to a default set after playing an online match.

There are also scattered reports of parts of the putter missing. Imagine swing a putter without a putterhead, or even the putterhead and shaft... some are saying they're only able to swing a grip Those are critical images in a meterless putting interface! The reports vary on this so there's no telling what conditions create it; but there are enough reports of it to confirm that it's not just an isolated problem.

I've seen some videos of the patched Follow camera and it appears to deliver beyond expectations. Not only do we have a "fixed" putting camera, which allows you to view the entire putt from a quasi-behind view, it doesn't rewind the camera back toward the point the shot was struck on tee shots and approach shots. The game looks and flows so much smoother now!