Tiger Woods 10 Demo Now Available
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The demo for Tiger Woods 10 is out today for both the 360 and PS3. It includes the ability to play two holes at Bethpage Black the site of this year’s US Open, and two holes at Turnberry which will host this year’s British Open. There is also the option to try the new Tournament Challenge mode with the 17th hole at Sawgrass playable. Making the demo even deeper is the practice round mode where users can place the ball anywhere desired on the course. No wonder then the demo comes in at over a whopping 1.5 GB. The difficulty level is set to beginner with no option to change it.
For those of you who have tried out the demo feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments. I’ll have some quick impressions and videos up this weekend.
May 21, 2009 at 6:50 pm
I have to say it's pretty cool. Tiger Woods has been a rental the last couple years, but I just may buy this one. I wish we could at least try the Tour Difficulty.
May 21, 2009 at 7:00 pm
getting this for the Wii when it comes out. Need a reason to dust off that pice of hardware.
May 21, 2009 at 7:01 pm
getting this for the Wii when it comes out. Need a reason to dust off that piece of hardware.
May 21, 2009 at 7:02 pm
unless the graphics and/or presentation are vastly improved, I doubt I'll even try it…it's one of those games where I'm happy with my older copies. This Tiger series is raping it's customers with the same game year after year…at least rosters change in other sports games.
May 21, 2009 at 7:03 pm
….waiting for Mo Diddley to flame someone……….waiting….ummm…hello Mo…I know your not doing anything!
May 21, 2009 at 8:34 pm
I love it… I'm not the only one who hates that douche!
May 21, 2009 at 9:07 pm
FLAME THESE, r00tahomo!!!!!!!!!!
May 21, 2009 at 10:14 pm
Ask and you shall receive! I don't have an issue with Tiger Woods golf as it's pretty much the same every year just as you have suggested. I do have a problem with the price. Tiger Woods is a millionaire going on a billionaire , EA is a billion dollar label yet they both like to squeeze the last drop out of the udder and starve us calves in the process. When oh when will there ever be a promotion? $35 bucks maybe even $20 for just 1 day or a week or whenever. Why oh why do they charge FULL PRICE for roster updates? Or in Tiger Woods case polo shirt updates. It's a decent game that can be made every 2 years just like MADDEN, THE SHOW, NHL etc etc. Just make a solid game then give us 1 year of roster updates then blow us away with the redefined version in year 2. They will still make their profits as the only competition EA has is basketball with 2K everything else they have on lock and MADDEN is the Michael Jordan of video games.
EA do the right thing 1 year roster updates, in 2 years redefine the game (I will count this year as the redefined game for Madden so next year just give us roster updates)
Mo Diddley has spoken!
May 21, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Did you happen to see the news lately? EA actually lost a lot of money last year, so the cost of business is quite high to release so many games. Not defending them, but just because they release a lot of games doesn't mean they are raking it in. As a gamer, you should want all the companies to succeed because that means better games for all.
Peace
May 21, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Do you know why a lot of these large empires lose money? Because of 3 things
1) employee labor
2) advertising
3)sponsorship deals
Yeah you can give me the cost of product to produce went up and economic times and yada yada yada but the fact is this current business template is why everything cost so much so quickly. Case in point gas prices fell last year but as soon as there was another possible conflict in the middle east with Israel gas prices shot up again . Everything is based off of speculation not current actuality. A business owner looks at it that their cost may increase soon so they raise the prices on current inventory (that was paid at the previous low price) and pass the buck onto the customer without chucking the fat. In layman's terms they would rather have you pay for their shortcomings so that they can still book that trip to Tahiti. So if they wanna reduce their cost and become more profitable they need to target these 3 things: employee labor, advertising & sponsorship deals.
Mo Diddley has spoken
May 22, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Going to actually agree to an extent with Mo Diddley on this one. The Tiger Wood's franchise is a good game, however, the game isn't as multi-faceted as other sports games. The game receives minor tweaking every year. This game should be released every two years with downloadable content in between. It's a solid game, but I won't be picking it up this year for my consoles. I did however buy it for my iphone.
May 21, 2009 at 8:25 pm
I agree with you Root- Tiger hasn;'t really advanced that much outside of online improvements (aside from the total disaster that was 08). If the PS2 version had true HD graphics, I may still be playing 05 as that one was outstanding.
I'll be picking up the Wii version this year. Motion plus is going to be great.
May 21, 2009 at 8:39 pm
Yea I agree. I can't justify buying this one unless there are drastic improvements over last year.
May 21, 2009 at 8:43 pm
There is no demo for PS3 …WTF
May 21, 2009 at 11:52 pm
It is now out on PSN. I'm downloading it right now.
May 21, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Not a big fan of the camera changing in the middle of your shot. You can't tell where the ball is going, which means you don't know what type of spin to put on the ball mid flight
May 22, 2009 at 5:19 pm
When you push the button (A on 360) to add spin, the camera automatically changes to the standard overhead view so you will know which way/how much to spin.
May 24, 2009 at 11:01 pm
THey should do away with spin all together. I know there is an option to turn off and on but spinning the ball in mid-air is not fun, that is arcadish…ugh this game still sucks
May 21, 2009 at 9:44 pm
yehh same here my ps3 demo isnt up yet
May 21, 2009 at 9:58 pm
The presentation is outstanding….I like the addition of the leaderboard and the stats for each hole….Also, the crowd is noticeable…
May 24, 2009 at 11:00 pm
The presentation sucks, they added a few more people big deal. The commentary sucks. This game appeals to the acadey people, nothing new here.
May 21, 2009 at 10:51 pm
found it in new releases not demo
May 21, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Not interested in Sabre tooth Tiger Woods 2010 , but I would like to know if the Infamoue demo is out.
May 22, 2009 at 12:34 am
Sports games in general have not been able to take full advantage of the current console's potential. I agree, in theory it would seem logical that if developers would take a year in between each installment of Madden or any other sports game it would create a deeper sence of improvement; however, it puts more pressure on them to make a better game because of the lapse. Consider how bad Madden 08 was. It wouldn't be very prudent for EA to have a piss poor product like that out for two years. At least 09 can hang it's hat on the best graphics in a football game ever.
There are way too many glitches typically found in sports games that having to live with them for 2 years would really be a detriment to the company and a pain in the ass for the gamers. I think it's possible to make subtle improvements where necessary and vast improvement in areas where a game is lacking. I will back your idea of EA giving gamers a break in price for once. They should give you half off on Madden 10 with your trade of any Madden from current gen systems. Unfortunately for me, I've already traded them in and currently don't own any EA sports titles.
May 22, 2009 at 3:50 am
I like the demo. I like the precision putting. And I'm very precise about that.
They didn't change the release date at the end of the demo. "In stores June 16". It will be there on June 16, but the release date was bumped up a week earlier, so it should say June 9.
May 21, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Not interested in Sabre Tooth Tiger Woods 2010. But I will play it on the Wii if my brother buys it for my nephew though
May 22, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Will try out later, i usually pick up TW whenever it drops to 30-40 bucks…people hate on madden for not improving (not me lol) but gawd damn these games have been the same since the first one it seems!
May 22, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Well, it is a GOLF game. What could they possibly change to make it a new game BESIDES graphics and roster. You hit a ball, then you hit it again, then you chip it, then you try to make it in the hole. Not much to work with it seems.
May 22, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Check out the EA TW Forums and you will see plenty of posts on how to improve the TW golf game to play more like the sport it represents.
May 22, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Presentation looks excellent…I love "real-time" updates during tournaments, changing weather and updating scoreboards. Live tourneys should be pretty fun as well.
Tournament Challenge, though, seems pretty blah for me…matching Tiger shot for shot on the 17th at TPC Sawgrass was kinda boring…just keep trying over and over until you do the exact same thing he did. If all of the challenges are done the same way, I might not spend too much time with that mode.
May 22, 2009 at 5:47 pm
you are a douche….. they wouldn't be ripping us off now would they if you keep buying their products right??
May 22, 2009 at 8:19 pm
You can add spin to the ball AFTER it is hit???
What kind of arcade game is this??
May 22, 2009 at 11:52 pm
Thank God there is another mode in the game (Tour Pro) that does not allow for that nonsense!
May 23, 2009 at 4:56 am
Shucks, I hope that the upper difficulty levels are harder. If they're really tough, then I'll be getting TW for the first time in a long time.
May 24, 2009 at 2:54 am
I think I'll stick with my hot shots now for my golf fis and wait until the next installment for my next golf purchase.
May 24, 2009 at 10:57 pm
The game is still horrible. The commentary sucks(nothing new in the commentary) The addition of some new courses is ok. Still no caddies in the game. Still the stupid rocket blast sound when I put power on the ball. Ugh its just a rehash from last years game, that why they had a short development. Can't any company make a REAL SIMILATION GOLF GAME? I will again be bored with this game, so I won't be buying.