After taking 2014 as a gap year, EA Sports’ PGA Tour series has returned with a new cover athlete, a rebuilt game engine, and a more flexible approach to its control system. Unfortunately far too many concessions appear to have been made in order to accommodate these changes, and with its flimsy career mode, malnourished roster of licensed players and courses, and a glaring absence of fundamental game types, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour is a disappointing release that just barely manages to make the cut.
It’s a shame too because Rory McIlroy PGA Tour gets off to a great start. The Prologue that opens the game does an excellent job of introducing the three new control systems. You’re given the option of choosing between a classic ‘three-click’ swing timer, and two variants on the more contemporary analogue thumbstick-based setup – one a simplified system augmented with arcade-style power boosting and aftertouch spin controls, the other a more realistic method with all assists turned off and a more sensitive reception to the aim and velocity of your swing.
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It’s a shame too because Rory McIlroy PGA Tour gets off to a great start. The Prologue that opens the game does an excellent job of introducing the three new control systems. You’re given the option of choosing between a classic ‘three-click’ swing timer, and two variants on the more contemporary analogue thumbstick-based setup – one a simplified system augmented with arcade-style power boosting and aftertouch spin controls, the other a more realistic method with all assists turned off and a more sensitive reception to the aim and velocity of your swing.
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