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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07
- February 16, 2007 00:22 AM PST
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Tiger Woods has finally come to the Wii, and Wii are hooked...and sliced.
- Sandwich: $4.99
- Juice: $1.79
- Extra Wii Remote: $39.99
- Tee-time in the demo room: priceless
Sup? Golf?
Tiger Woods golf for the Wii has recently become a lunchtime staple for some of us at the GamePro office; we can usually get in nine holes before returning to the ho-hum of office life. The Wii is a perfect platform for golf games, but after mediocre golf outings from Super Swing Golf and Wii Sports, we weren't quite convinced that a solid golf experience was right around the corner. But Tiger is quickly proving us wrong.
I am overpowered, cheaters use me.
Gone are the days of doing the one-two button mash to get your golf shot just right. Instead, you can step up to any hole at TPC Sawgrass and slice your way to failure just like in real golf. The gameplay mechanics are fairly accurate and much better than both aforementioned Wii golf games. There are still a few bugs here and there, but this early build of Tiger Wii got the point across that, barring any obscure occurrences, this game will prove a great substitute for those $80K virtual golf rigs at Copeland's Sports (R.I.P). The visuals are much like that drive you hooked so hard it ended up two fairways over, but then again, the fun is in the swinging of the Wii Remote (in actually, the graphics aren't that bad, but nothing to write home about).
I just escaped my NES 8-bit prison whee!
Grip It and Rip It
From somewhere overhead, you hear the faint buzzing of a small plane and birds quietly chirping; it's time to hit the tee. On each shot, pressing the A button gives you a preview of where your pre-selected shot is determined to go. From there you can adjust your club length and direction; it's all very intuitive. The gallery quiets down, so there's only one thing left to do. Pressing the minus button will enter a practice swing mode complete with power and ball direction, but as we all know true pros don't need practice, so it's bombs away. Choke up on the Remote, hold down the B trigger and swing away. Congratulations, you just hit a 250 yard extreme slice right out of bounds, your ball coming happily to rest at the feet of an 8-bit squirrel that must have escaped its NES torture chamber and somehow snuck into Tiger Wii. And that's basically it--just line up shots and swing through.
Need Some Hater-ade?
On occasion, your golfer will disobey you and go ahead and swing away in the middle of your backswing. But avoiding this problem can be as simple as holding the B trigger for a second before starting your swing. You'll get more problems when you try to rush things. Although inherently humorous, it can get frustrating when the in-game commentators spew so much hate in your general direction you would think they were going for the "Hater of the Year" award.
In my humble opinion, Tiger Woods for the Wii is one of the most fun console sports experiences to date, and definitely worthy of any golfer/gamer's attention. Hopefully the finished version tightens it all up even more.
