Adelade wrote: ↑March 6th, 2021, 3:49 pm
Course evaluations are subjective though...
This became apparent to me while working my way through the 286 courses I have installed in Links at the moment (which doesn't include the many dozens/hundreds of others on my backup drive). I randomly picked
Briarwood by Ross Anthony and found that I really liked it. Is it a thing of beauty? A work of fine APCD craftsmanship? Maybe not. Did I enjoy the challenge of playing it? Yeah. Did I like the variety of shot options and pin positions? Sure did. Would I play it again? Yep, no hesitation.
Looking up the review in the Clip Notes (p. 78 in version 3.02), it was given a 29/50 rating. If I had read that before choosing to play this course, I might have skipped it and went on to another one instead. Glad I didn't.
While this guide might be helpful in finding some gems (anything, say, 35/50 or higher) in the gigantic database of Links courses, I think it can be misleading for anything deemed the lesser of those. The topic
Rolling Contoured Courses of Unpredictability has done a pretty good job of documenting some wild, but fun, courses. Links is just a golf computer simulation game, it's not the real thing. I don't expect that playing a course on the computer via Links is anything whatsoever like actually playing a real course with real golf clubs. So, I like playing some crazy stuff (
Devil's Island,
Piazza Metallica,
Rivendell,
Rocky Nuts,
The Crusoe Course,
TRON,
Hilina Pali,
Nurubian Nights,
5 Lakes Barrage) just as much as the beautiful/perfect courses too.
In the meantime, I'll keep working through the list, there are a ridiculous number of courses available here at Links Corner. Thank god!