I love golf. One small problem: I sort of suck at it. I wasn’t bad when i was younger, but good golf clubs are expensive and it’s not like i can afford to join Bushwood anytime soon. So, playing real golf, outside of drunken par 3 at a pitch and putt place was put to the side. That is until Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All Play came along. This is the closest thing to real golf I have ever played and for the first time in, well, ever, my Wii is getting some much needed use.
A gamer posted a YouTube video last year where Tiger shot a ball out of the water, while standing on it. An obvious glitch in the game right? This new viral ad shows just how good Tiger is. Now if he can only turn some water into some purple kool-aid. Kidding.
Well now is your chance. Looks like Kim K. is lending her likeness to EA and their new Facebreaker game along with Peter Moore. Kim is a playable in game character and helps promote the new “Photo Game Face” mode that lets players use their camera to import their faces into Facebreaker although I am very skeptical as to how well it will work since the face scans using the camera Tiger Woods were horrible.
Facebreaker is scheduled to drop for the Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3 on September 5. So get your pimp hand ready for Kim K. and no you can’t hit her with anything else in the face, shame on your for thinking it.
Hit the jump to see what she will look like in game.
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When Tiger Woods first hit the scene, the game not the golfer, people were instantly hooked. Since then, it has become a staple of the EA Sports family and every year we are treated with a new release. Like many of EA’s sports games, not much has changed from year to year and gamers are not as quick to grab the latest version. This video comparison is of last year’s and the current versions. The 09′ looks much better, but will their be any new features instead of a view new courses and original characters?
I’ve been a big fan of the Tiger Woods series for years. I’m an avid golfer, both in real life and in the video game realm. There’s been times when I’ve been known to play Tiger Woods for 36 hours straight. This year delivers a solid gameplay experience, but falls short of expectations. Here is a breakdown of some of the facets of Tiger Woods 08 for the PS3:
Presentation and Graphics: Tiger Woods 08 is not much of an improvement over the 07 iteration. In fact, minus some minor character model tweaks, I don’t see much different from last year’s title in terms of graphics. I understand this is a yearly title, but I expected a bit more refining done in this area. The overall presentation of the game has been changed dramatically, which is a plus. When you first start up the game, you’re taken to a lobby with giant screens, similar to EA’s offerings for other sports games this year. It would have been cool if each area of the game brought you into a different room, as there’s no much there in the main menus. Contrary to other EA titles, the giant room and screen are just for show. In NBA Live and FIFA games, you can run around and practice. This isn’t the case in Tiger Woods 08. Hopefully these small presentation tweaks are incorporated next year. The last big new feature is the Photo Game Face, where you can take your picture with a USB camera and map it onto your character’s face. In multiple attempts both on the console and EA’s website, I have little luck in getting my Game Face to look anything like me. The process takes a good 10-15 minutes to complete, and sitting for that time and getting poor results on multiple occasions is very disheartening. It’s a great concept, but doesn’t deliver how it should. 3.5 of 5
I got a copy of Tiger Woods 08 for the PS3 to play around with and I’m pleasantly surprised with the game. Sure, it’s another year without major improvements, but EA refined the title in ways to make it more fun.
The graphics aren’t much different than the 07 edition, other than addition of more courses and golfers. The biggest additions come in the Tiger Challenge and the swing mechanics. In the Tiger Challenge, you no longer just go from one golfer to another in match play. You now have to complete 6-8 mini challenges before facing off against one of the game’s major golfers. With each defeat of each major golfer, your skill potential will increase (usually 10%), which you need to train your golfer to get their stats to that level. Thankfully there is no cheat to buy on the PS3 to max the stats of your golfer. Who knows if and when that will change. A new addition to the swing is the ability to draw or fade the ball easily with the L1 and R1 buttons. This makes it easier than trying to aim properly and swing at an angle with the analog stick.
So I got a copy of Tiger Woods 08 for PS3 and have been playing around a bunch today (thanks to getting the flu). I tried to get my photo game face on, but there’s been some issues.
First off, I tried using my Xbox Live Vision camera plugged into the PS3. After the console sat and computed stuff for over 20 minutes, it spit out an image that looked like Sloth from The Goonies. Yeah, that didn’t work out too well.
So then I set out to get it working online. EA has some of the worst servers I’ve seen around, and it’s been pretty much down whenever I’ve tried to go on today to get it setup. If you try to upload a photo and it just sits there forever.
Anybody had any luck getting the Photo Game Face to work well and have some tips for for setting up the placement dots when using a USB Camera on the system?
Another year, same story. Today on the Xbox Live Marketplace you can buy yourself a cheat to max out your golfer’s stats in Tiger Woods 08. The price, 200 Microsoft Points ($2.50).
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 Maxed Out Player (200 MS Points) - 8/31
Max out your original game face golfer’s skills. Save yourself the time of building up your golfer, and instantly set all skills to 110%!
Just like last year, I’m willing to bet this sells a bunch. Seriously, why as gamers do we let this stand? Everyone needs to speak up and tell EA that selling cheat codes isn’t going to fly.
I’ve put in a lot of time with both the PS3 and Xbox 360 demos of Tiger Woods 08. My average score is 5 under for the 3 holes (I did get a 7 under once). Comparing the two, I personally would have to side with the Xbox 360 version.
The 360 version clearly looks better. I have both my PS3 and 360 hooked up with HDMI and to my 1080p DLP. The 360 version looks sharper with better colors. The PS3 version seemed a bit washed out with less defined lines and edges.
I personally prefer the PlayStation controller for my Tiger Woods gaming, because that’s what I’m most used to. However both controllers felt layed out properly and the controls were tight.
So if you’re debating, based on the demos, I’d say get the Xbox 360 version. EA has stated they don’t put much effort into the PS3 versions, which explains the graphical differences.
Fire up your Xbox 360 if you want to see the minor changes to this year’s Tiger Woods 08 game. Since the first “next-gen” golf game came out, EA has put very little effort into making it better. The graphics haven’t changed much, and feature additions have been sparse.
I’m a huge golf fan, and love golf games. Hell, I play 3-4 times a week. But I don’t really plan on picking up Tiger Woods this year. It looks to be much of the same. Thanks EA for little to no innovation. You’re doing really well with those exclusive licenses.
The demo weighs in at 733MB and is available everywhere except Austria, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Mexico or New Zealand.
