Tiger Woods Shares Cover of Tiger 11

by pastapadre
Posted March 9th, 2010 at 12:27 pm

EA Sports has posted a blog detailing many of the additions and enhancements coming to Tiger Woods 11. Tiger Woods shares the cover with Rory McIlroy, intended as a representation of how the game will allow players to choose to captain the Americans or Europeans in Ryder Cup play. Much of what else is discussed in the blog are changes made in an effort to produce a more sim experience.

It remains interesting considering the circumstances that for the first time ever the cover of the Tiger Woods franchise features more than just Tiger Woods. It would be remiss to pass this off as a coincidence just attributed to the Ryder Cup addition. This is one way to begin a transition, or prepare for the possibility of it, by gradually leaning away from reliance on a single entity as the face of a franchise. There is just too much risk involved by hitching a franchise to a single person these days. Even the idea of a cover athlete on a yearly basis is becoming more dangerous, let alone reliance on one individual over the course of their career as has been the case with Tiger Woods.

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Ohzone

it is starting to look like eventually the game will just be PGA Tour. makes sense, keep Tiger for now and if things turn around for him then great. but if not they are in better position to make that change next year or whenever
http://twitter.com/Shaunheiser Shaun Heiser

Where's the womens at?
gomagic

although its not entirely a coincidence…i think its much more of a coincidence than people will tend to think. obviously the ryder cup is something that was planned before the tiger mess so they were obviously looking for ways to promote golf's biggest competition on the cover and the most logical way is to literally show the competition of US vs. Europe.

Plus, remember that Tiger's name isnt the only one on that cover. PGA TOUR has probably wanted for years to promote other golfers in the video game space.

if the tiger situation had any impact on the cover, its that EA and the PGA have probably wanted for years to put someone else on there and the current situation just made that decision easier since before Tiger's end of the deal probably held all the leverage.
skihawks

The addition of the Ryder Cup to the game is awesome. I could care less what the game is named or who is on the cover. Gameplay is the only critical component of any game….
Nameacreyman

I just hope you can imlement the downloaded courses into the season mode. Then I would buy it again. If not im holdin, off but Raczilla did mention they were throwing that idea around last year.
newtonfb

Forgot to mention that its going to use the ps3 motion controller. Im not that big into the wii tiger woods cuz its just motion and doesn't take into account anything but i believe that with the ps3 motion controller as it will be wayyy more precise than the wii it'll take into account club speed and alot of other things
t. daley

The Tiger Woods golf franchise IMHO will never turn the corner until three things happen:
1) Focus needs to be on the tour players and not just Tiger ( need to include all the golfers on tour)
2) The inclusion of Augusta National is a must. At this point EA needs to do what ever it takes to get this course in the game even if they have to fictionalize and rename it.
3) At this point with all the courses that TW has in their developmental coffers, they should be able to offer a full pga season on the actual courses they are being played at.

When these 3 things happen, TW golf will be the most solid experience available and one I feel fans will really want to sink their teeth into.
t. daley

I totally agree. I actually feel that Tiger's being the coverboy for this franchise hinders this game from growing. If memory serves correctly, I believe Tiger has a hand on what other PGA/LPGA professionals are included in “HIS” game. Michael Jordan was arguably the greatest sports figure and basketball player that ever lived but you didn't See EA calling there game “Michael Jordans NBA basketball.

The same thing should be said of TW golf. The game doesnt need to Focus on Just Tiger and they should feature a cover athlete just like all of their other sports games. There is alot of sparkling young talent on the tour from the likes of Camillo Vejegas, to Ricki Fowler.

EA needs to make golf more like “REAL GOLF” and less about Tiger and his coach. They need to have all the courses in PGA season and they need to have a my player mode that includes Qschool and trying to keep your tour card. NEXT gen is here and we need golf to move into it.
t. daley

That would be a step in the right direction but honestly, don't you think after all these years that EA could give us a complete PGA season with ALL of the scheduled courses on them. Most of the courses that the pros play on are played every year and many are already in various TW golf games.

I am seriously thinking of holding out on buying anymore EA golf games until they give us a TRUE PGA Season.
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We still dont have a release date on the motion controller though. It will probably be around the holidays so its still a ways to go. I was thinking about doing an article on the subject though.
woohoo

Why don't they put Tiger's 13 hoes on the cover? That would be awesome!
slacker 77

The motion control could be a huge deal for ps3 though. I could easily see a situation where EA ports over some controls options into Tiger, Madden, and Fifa. Which would be cool with me. I could also see EA porting over Grand Slam Tennis. Again that would be cool. I am not trying to start a flame war. I think Natal could be sweet also. It just seems extremely easy to me to port over the good ideas on the Wii to PS3. Time will tell.
woohoo

Why don't they put Tiger's 13 hoes on the cover? That would be awesome!
slacker 77

The motion control could be a huge deal for ps3 though. I could easily see a situation where EA ports over some controls options into Tiger, Madden, and Fifa. Which would be cool with me. I could also see EA porting over Grand Slam Tennis. Again that would be cool. I am not trying to start a flame war. I think Natal could be sweet also. It just seems extremely easy to me to port over the good ideas on the Wii to PS3. Time will tell.
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