Details on Tiger Woods 12 DLC Courses

by pastapadre
Posted March 30th, 2011 at 12:30 pm

A significant number of courses for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters have long been planned for downloadable content and now with the game out all the details are at hand. Those looking to have a complete package will be making a big investment, though the price per course is actually significantly lower than last year.

The “Eagle Pack” includes 13 courses and goes for 2800 MS points/$35. The “Birdie Pack” includes the set of five courses that were part of the “Collector’s Edition” on the PS3 and is priced at 1200 MS points/$15. If not buying the packs courses can be purchased on an individual basis for 320 MS points/$4 each.

One of the big additions to Tiger 12 involves the insertion of DLC courses in career mode. Unfortunately this also means those out there who don’t obtain the courses have the events essentially “skipped” along the way and that could even affect the rankings. 18 additional courses is a lot of content but still it is tough to look at $110 for the complete package as being justifiable.

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Anonymous

Thanks for looking into this.

There are three reasons I may buy DLC courses for TW 12:

1) they are cheaper
2) they can be used in career mode
3) I have $25 Amazon credit I could use on MS Points

But the fact that skipping DLC events in career mode can negatively impact your rankings in game is a slap in the face to those who choose not to fork over extra $$$. There should be no penalty at all for not buying DLC.
Gamerzz

Well what does it cost to have all the extra map packs in COD? $30? $45? That can also affect your rankings by not having all the opportunities available. Or the GTA extra episodes…you dont even get some of the ending of the game unless you buy them.

The good thing here is you can have as little or as much as you want and the main courses (Augusta) are on the disc anyway. No complaints.

Anonymous

The COD maps are a different story…that’s for online play only.

These courses are used in offline career mode. If you skip a DLC event in career mode, your career mode world ranking can go down. You shouldn’t be punished for not having DLC courses.

Gamerzz

well COD “online play” is the main draw, so i think it is comparable. Ad far as being punished, there is really no indication that you cant reach #1 or win the Masters without the DLC courses. In fact I’ll bet that you can still accomplish anything. Your ranking may dip a position for an event but im sure you can pick it right back up if that happens. It is not like it wont let you get past a certain level without DLC or anything.

Anonymous

I agree with you…it’s only a minor set back. But still, the way it’s set up and the fact you do lose spots in the rankings, it seems as though you ‘need’ the DLC to compete and have a complete game – whether that’s true or not.
Anonymous

I agree with you…it’s only a minor set back. But still, the way it’s set up and the fact you do lose spots in the rankings, it seems as though you ‘need’ the DLC to compete and have a complete game – whether that’s true or not.

Gamerzz

Fair point. In a way though it is realistic isnt it? In real life, a golfer who is unfamiliar with a course may skip the event to focus on the next one in which he is more comfortable….plus i like the idea of not playing every event in the PGA Tour season since not many guys really do.

But it is a fair point.

Gamerzz

well COD “online play” is the main draw, so i think it is comparable. Ad far as being punished, there is really no indication that you cant reach #1 or win the Masters without the DLC courses. In fact I’ll bet that you can still accomplish anything. Your ranking may dip a position for an event but im sure you can pick it right back up if that happens. It is not like it wont let you get past a certain level without DLC or anything.
Gamerzz

well COD “online play” is the main draw, so i think it is comparable. Ad far as being punished, there is really no indication that you cant reach #1 or win the Masters without the DLC courses. In fact I’ll bet that you can still accomplish anything. Your ranking may dip a position for an event but im sure you can pick it right back up if that happens. It is not like it wont let you get past a certain level without DLC or anything.

Anonymous

Any way to preview courses before you buy them?

Anonymous

Don’t think so…but that brings up another point.

A lot of the DLC courses have been in a TW game at one point. Most of the DLC available this year is even on the Wii version of the game – on the disc.

I guess if you really wanted to preview the courses, just go rent an older TW game.
Guest

http://www.ea.com/tiger-woods/videos/downloadable-courses

previews all of them real quick

Skott

So it costs $95 to get all of the content? Wow. Go to hell EA

Gamerzz

Seriously? Every other genre of video games and every company does this stuff. Heck it will probably cost close to that if i buy all the packs for You Dont Know Jack (trivia game)
Gamerzz

Seriously? Every other genre of video games and every company does this stuff. Heck it will probably cost close to that if i buy all the packs for You Dont Know Jack (trivia game)
Gamerzz

Seriously? Every other genre of video games and every company does this stuff. Heck it will probably cost close to that if i buy all the packs for You Dont Know Jack (trivia game)

Anonymous

As far as I can tell, YDKJ will have up to four packs, which will only cost 1600 total MS Points (400 pts. a piece). Considering YDKJ itself is $30 or $40 itself (I got it from Amazon on a Gold Box deal day for just $16), it’s still less than what TW 12 would cost you.

Steveparkfan1998

Wow!!! And if you don’t buy the game brand new you have to pay for the online pass as well. All these companies have gotten way out of hand. Just another reason I wont play online anymore and still playing my sports games from a couple years ago.
Anonymous

The lousy part in all this is that TW 12 is a fantastic game. I love the Masters and it’s a welcome addition to the series. It’s just that DLC and microtransactions are killing gaming, IMO.
http://www.thematuregamer.blogspot.com MattColby

So you have to skip a couple of events during the season. Big deal. Golfers don’t play every tournament in the season anyway in the real world so it’s not that big of a deal if you ask me. I still think it’s a ridiculous way to drain money out of the consumer, but they won’t be getting one extra cent from me, and that’s the only way to really complain. Just don’t buy the extra content. And somehow I think your PGA career in the game will still be a success.

Eric

…but in the game, the golfers DO play every tournament, including the ones you skip. It’s impossible to win the championship when you’re finishing dead last in over 20% of the season.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1652002333 Michael Fleet

Actually, they don’t.

Miguel O’Hara

I dont know whats worse, the fact that EA is PURPOSELY holding back IN GAME content to sell as an add on, or that some of you idiots actually don’t see a problem with that. You wonder why games like Madden and NCAA take so long to truly advance, its because EA realizes their customers are complete dips**ts and will buy anything they put on the market.
http://twitter.com/mcmax3000 David

I’m normally one of the last people to complain about DLC and I don’t want to knock the game because I think they’ve done a fantastic job from what I’ve seen so far but to have more courses available for DLC on day one of the game being available then there are on the disc is pathetic.

If they were able to have this much content available on day one, there’s no reason they couldn’t have had 25 courses on the disc so that you could fill the full schedule on the disc in career mode with no events being locked.

At the very least they could’ve allowed for DLC courses from previous years to work in this year’s game instead of forcing people to buy the same courses two or three years in a row.

Greg

Stop whining. If you don’t want to buy them, don’t. Is your life so pathetic that you have to whine about DLC courses…you people are pathetic.

Anonymous

Way to flex your Internet muscles, bud. Some people feel that $60 for a game is already too much. Wish I could have enough money to not complain when companies charge over $50 for extra content that they sell over and over again each year.
http://twitter.com/mcmax3000 David

Yes, my life is pathetic because of my “whining” about DLC courses. Your whining about my “whining” is soooooo much more productive.

I wasn’t whining as much as I was stating an opinion. It’s hard not to feel a little cheated when there are more courses available to purchase separately on day one then there are on the disc that I paid $60 for.

Despite what you’ve tried to imply, this will have no long term effects on my life and *gasp* I may actually buy a few of them because EA did a fantastic job on the game this year & I like the idea of getting more content for it.

Cleric Hajji

I agree with what you’re saying. I’m lucky enough not to have money issues so I can buy this stuff without thinking twice but that not the point.

If games were released ever other year, I could see having DLC during the off year. But they don’t. They make a game to hold back half the product to double the profits. Then ask you to buy a new game in a year.

Most of what we pay for is already on the disk. What happen to taking care of the customer? The worse part is we as sports game fans are loyal. We get these games ever year for what works out to a roster updated and a chance to be a “game tester” from the comfort of your home.

They make you feel like you’re buying a car and have to kick in extra for seats and seatbelts.

El13dm

they could of told us about this before we buy the game—with that said–we should be able to play are career modes without them.
El13dm

they could of told us about this before we buy the game—with that said–we should be able to play are career modes without them.

gunner

I went ahead and bought them all. I haven’t bought a TW game since 07. I am really pleased at how great of a game it is. I will probably not buy another TW game for at least 3-5 years, so a $100.00 in a 8 year stretch isn’t that bad IMO.

I understand everyones beef on here about DLC and its implimentation from day 1 and how it affects career mode. However gaming has changed, we can bitch and moan about how great 2k5 was and how great things were pre online updates/patches/DLC, but this way of business is here to stay. It’s all up to the consumer, you can buy it, or bitch about it and not buy it your choice.

http://twitter.com/Brett_M_Hoffman Brett Hoffman

Paying $50 is a hard pill to swallow for DLC, but I’m going to do it as I’ll likely play this version for 2-3 years.

More important – when is EA going to bring this game out in 1080p (or even 1080i)?? To me its a shame that I’m looking at Augusta in less-than-full HD