| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1768 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2007-05-24 |
35,786,752 bytes |
72 |
7432 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
|
FICTIONAL |
WOODLAND |
Sagebrush-final.crz |
| Course ID |
Course Key |
| |
|
|
CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Fictional, parkland course |
Location
TBA |
Conditions
TBA |
Concept 4/10
The difficulty with Sagebrush is trying to work out where you are supposed
to be. It's clear from the off that the course is set among the eponymous
desert-like dry grasses, but there are very few reassurances, either on the
course or off, to confirm this. The fact that water comes into play
increasingly down the back nine is not particularly desert-like either.
Despite this, there's a good comprehension of effective golf here, and the
layout looks interesting from the target screen without ever being too
gimmicky. |
Appearance 4/10
Sagebrush isn't bad for a first course, but lacks seam blending and some extrusions would be better tidied up. The planting is
dreadfully sparse in parts, too. There's bits of pieces of elevational work to tidy up. Despite these problems, however, the course is
pretty coherent and good-looking. |
Playability 7/10
Whatever the issues with this course, the designer certainly has a well-rounded view of what makes good golf. There's a nice variation
in all lengths of hole (alternating between 2-shot and 3-shot Par 5s is an excellent idea) and very little seems contrived or gimmicky.
The course is lacking a few of the niceties that players might expect (Hole Previews and the like), but it's ability to engage is an
excellent foundation. |
Challenge 5/10
Even if you're playing well, birdies aren't easy to come by. The legion of bunkers will swallow up vast numbers of shots, and when
water comes into play after the turn then you might as well wave goodbye to any birdies you were hoping to get. The greens
occasionally become pancake-flat; usually the indication that a misjudgement has been made. |
Technical 3/10
While the designer has clearly played it safe by avoiding some of the more advanced APCD techniques, you can't help but feel that
this course is little more than a basic idea with a bit of planting sitting on it. There are quite a few errors with both surface and textures
on the way around, and the 'broad sweep' approach seems to have been the main tool here. I would like to see Sagebrush expanded
in the future, as it makes an involving round of golf and could be much improved from this frankly rather primitive state. |
| Overall |
Along with Growlinridge, a definite candidate for future greatness. A bit of an empty
shell at present, crying out for some time and fine detail. |
23/50 |
Please remember that Clipnote reviews are the opinion of one person and do not constitute an 'Official' Links Corner review of the course. |
This course is available as a FREE download.
|
|
Download course
|
Please support Links Corner
|
