"I also Play JN6, which runs perfectly in Win 11, but I would be happy if someone created a better looking JN6 to be 2nd to Links 2003 or, maybe, a better looking Links 2003 with improved sound and animations (trees moving and leaves rustling in the wind and animated crowds etc.), and maybe adding the shot shape arrow from JN6."
I also played JN6/GBC and LOVED it! What a great fun game. I was able to play the funnest tour of anything I wanted. I played a long Legends Tour with players from any era and you could actually assign a number of quality to them. Jack and Arnie and Gary would be the best of the best and given ,say and 8 as their level then you could have Byron Nelson, Sam Snead, etc etc at 7 all the way down to what ever. I had all the greats and favorites alike in my tour from The Big Three to say, Davis Love and Peter Jacobsen and Curtis Strange and my favorites of the 60's, 70's and 80's and even the greats and favorites from the 20's,30's, 40's and 50's. I had a ton of courses and it was funner than anything Links ever had. JN6 was a great fun game and playing online was great fun also. Very few tweaks and I meand very few tweaks and that game would still be on my computer. It's I just read this cuz 2 days ago I had got my JN6/GBC back out. At the moment I play Links but I play WGT, the one that plays on the actual real courses but the games has too many bugs and there are only like 8 courses but playing on the real course itself is awesome. I played the real Pebble and it's being there again. Anyway, Good Health & Good Music.
Is EA getting things right? - Links 2k3 Threat Alert !
Re: Is EA getting things right? - Links 2k3 Threat Alert !
How much is JN6 paying you? ![No No :nono:](./images/smilies/nono.gif)
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Re: Is EA getting things right? - Links 2k3 Threat Alert !
I may be wrong here....but...I watched some of those vids again last week...and tbh...the ball seems not to CONNECT with the surface correctly...its like its landing miniscually ABOVE THE surface...like it does on FIFA games...and low and behold ...i think this latest iteration of ea golf games is coded with the FROSTBITE engine....reckon Link23 ...is still leader of the pack..when it comes to physics....still envious of those swanky looking shadows though....Augusta looks fanatsic...in fairness to them(EA)....this may sound bitter here....but shame on you EA ....for greedily buying up official football licenses for the last 10 yrs ...and nearly destroying football gaming....thank you KONAMI for producing PES 2019.....the only football game worth playing IN THE LAST 10/12 yrs....went off in a tangent there...apols....lol
Re: Is EA getting things right? - Links 2k3 Threat Alert !
So has anyone played this game on Steam in the last year? It caught my eye when I logged back into Steam after quite some time.
Is there anything similar to our RTS method?
FWIW, that other competing 2k23 product is on sale for $15.
Is there anything similar to our RTS method?
FWIW, that other competing 2k23 product is on sale for $15.
Re: Is EA getting things right? - Links 2k3 Threat Alert !
Dont take my word for it because I have neither played them nor heard much about them lately, but I've read reviews and seen vids and such longer ago and the general consensus seemed to be that 2k21 was a lot better than 2k23, not sure if I remember why but I think mostly 2k23 is set up to make you pay for a lot of little things within the game (microtransactions).
Main reason I was never interested in them personally was because the ball physics - like in basically all other golf games - were nowhere near as good as in Links. The 3D and graphics improvement compared to Links doesnt really do much for me, gameplay is whats important. Another big thing for me is the selection of courses, which I believe was really good in 2k21 since it pulled from the earlier TGC series user-made course library. but Im not sure if it is as good in 2k23? It wasnt when it came out anyway.
Dont know about RTS, Im pretty sure they have a version like it?
Main reason I was never interested in them personally was because the ball physics - like in basically all other golf games - were nowhere near as good as in Links. The 3D and graphics improvement compared to Links doesnt really do much for me, gameplay is whats important. Another big thing for me is the selection of courses, which I believe was really good in 2k21 since it pulled from the earlier TGC series user-made course library. but Im not sure if it is as good in 2k23? It wasnt when it came out anyway.
Dont know about RTS, Im pretty sure they have a version like it?
Finished Courses - Main: Amedal (fictional), Nine Bridges (real)
Other: Austin, Sheshan, Kauri Cliffs, Le Golf Nat. Updates: Whirlpool, Royal Lytham, Royal St George's, Chicago, Chambers Bay, Munchen Nord E
Working on: 2 fictional courses + a couple things...
Other: Austin, Sheshan, Kauri Cliffs, Le Golf Nat. Updates: Whirlpool, Royal Lytham, Royal St George's, Chicago, Chambers Bay, Munchen Nord E
Working on: 2 fictional courses + a couple things...
Re: Is EA getting things right? - Links 2k3 Threat Alert !
I've played Real-life golf for 50+ years, Links 2-click for 10 years and Links RTS for about 16 years. I managed to come up with a way to chart RTS putts, chips and pitches, and add draws and fades. I find RTS to be the closest thing to the real game that I've ever found. In all that time, I've tried every other golf game I could find, but nothing has ever equaled Links 2003.
As far as improved sound and animations (trees moving and leaves rustling in the wind and animated crowds etc.), that's a "nice to have" kind of thing, but I'm not willing give up the playability features of Links in order to have it. With sounds, I turn off everything except the ball, cup and swing sounds. And I turn off excessive player reactions by using animations that don't include them. I find myself using the same thought processes that I use in playing the real game - and that's the way I want it!
And I'm not even touching on the super benefit of having the APCD to do new courses! Played Ballyhack or Tobacco Road lately? How about the 2024 Augusta National or the new Winged Foot West? And participating in the competition over at LSPN.Net. Where else am I going to go to find so much golf fun at age 78?
Pete
As far as improved sound and animations (trees moving and leaves rustling in the wind and animated crowds etc.), that's a "nice to have" kind of thing, but I'm not willing give up the playability features of Links in order to have it. With sounds, I turn off everything except the ball, cup and swing sounds. And I turn off excessive player reactions by using animations that don't include them. I find myself using the same thought processes that I use in playing the real game - and that's the way I want it!
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And I'm not even touching on the super benefit of having the APCD to do new courses! Played Ballyhack or Tobacco Road lately? How about the 2024 Augusta National or the new Winged Foot West? And participating in the competition over at LSPN.Net. Where else am I going to go to find so much golf fun at age 78?
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Pete
Re: Is EA getting things right? - Links 2k3 Threat Alert !
Adelade, I think this sounds like you're describing PGA Tour 2k21 and its update PGA Tour 2K23 (built on the old TGC engine). I was curious about the newer-ish EA Sports game 'EA Sports PGA Tour' and if anyone has played that. It's the 2023 $70 one w/ all the majors in it. Their similar names muddle the process.Adelade wrote: ↑April 27th, 2024, 7:40 am the general consensus seemed to be that 2k21 was a lot better than 2k23, not sure if I remember why but I think mostly 2k23 is set up to make you pay for a lot of little things within the game (microtransactions).
Main reason I was never interested in them personally was because the ball physics - like in basically all other golf games - were nowhere near as good as in Links. The 3D and graphics improvement compared to Links doesnt really do much for me, gameplay is whats important. Another big thing for me is the selection of courses, which I believe was really good in 2k21 since it pulled from the earlier TGC series user-made course library. but Im not sure if it is as good in 2k23? It wasnt when it came out anyway.
Pete, agree w/ everything you've said re: Links 2k3. Been playing the series too since the Access days, and always return to it after dalliances w/ other golf sims. :) Guess I'll keep an eye on EA Sports PGA Tour for a sale down to $20 or whatever. I've got about 550 Links 2k3 courses I cycle through, I'll hit Tabacco Road and Ballyhack on your mention since it's been a few years since I last played them. Cheers -
Re: Is EA getting things right? - Links 2k3 Threat Alert !
And amusingly enough a few days after my post, it's gone on sale from 70 to 10 bucks, laugh. I think I'll pick it up and take a look.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677 ... _PGA_TOUR/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677 ... _PGA_TOUR/
Re: Is EA getting things right? - Links 2k3 Threat Alert !
Oh oops my bad sorry. Yeah I dont know anything about what happened with it since launch except that the Steam review score sure aint looking good.
Finished Courses - Main: Amedal (fictional), Nine Bridges (real)
Other: Austin, Sheshan, Kauri Cliffs, Le Golf Nat. Updates: Whirlpool, Royal Lytham, Royal St George's, Chicago, Chambers Bay, Munchen Nord E
Working on: 2 fictional courses + a couple things...
Other: Austin, Sheshan, Kauri Cliffs, Le Golf Nat. Updates: Whirlpool, Royal Lytham, Royal St George's, Chicago, Chambers Bay, Munchen Nord E
Working on: 2 fictional courses + a couple things...
Re: Is EA getting things right? - Links 2k3 Threat Alert !
I dropped the ten bucks on it today out of curiosity and also out of the fact that for some reason recently I can't get Links to load on my W11 machine. It used to play fine on W11, then after a while it became harder and harder to boot up, then after a while it stopped booting up completely. I've even deleted and reloaded the entire Links game and followed the instructions on these forums to a T ( at least I think I did) and it just refuses to boot up. After countless attempts at getting it to boot up once and only once did it actually boot up. It let me go through the menu pages but the second I tried actually playing the game it crashed.john_iv wrote: ↑April 29th, 2024, 10:35 pm And amusingly enough a few days after my post, it's gone on sale from 70 to 10 bucks, laugh. I think I'll pick it up and take a look.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1677 ... _PGA_TOUR/
Anyway, I'm getting off track here, sorry ...
So, as for the EA sports PGA Tour game, I played one round at Pebble Beach. The game is ok so far, but still way to "arcadish" for my liking. Maybe I'll like it better after playing it some more. But I can already tell it's never going to replace Links as my favorite golf game. If I could just get Links to work again I'd probably put this PGA Tour game to rest. Wish I still had my old XP computer. Oh well, the game was only ten bucks. Can hardly get a burger and fries for that these days.