OK, time to get off of my soapbox and back to the review. The really nice
thing about Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 beyond the fact that it plays a very capable
game of video golf is that it comes packed with a number of different game
modes. Gone are the days when golf games gave you 18 holes on the links and
nothing more. PGA Tour 07 gives you this of course, including stroke, match, and
skins play, but there are also a number of interesting variants as well. One has
you teaming with another golfer in a game of best ball against another pair,
while a variant lets you choose which shot the other team plays. One cool game
variant lets the winner of a hole select one club to remove from his or her
opponent’s bag for the rest of the game.
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| Watching the ball in flight. |
The game is fully integrated with Xbox Live to the point where you can stream
in audio sports news and highlights from ESPN while you play in single player
mode. Most of the game modes are available for play on Xbox Live in both ranked
and unranked matches, and the whole system for player matching and ranking is
well implemented. Games play nice and smoothly over Xbox Live, although you’ll
need to commit a nice chunk of time if you want to get through a full 18 holes
with other players.
If there’s a knock against the Xbox 360 version of the game, it’s that it
doesn’t include all of the courses that you get with current gen versions of the
game. This in and of itself is not enough reason to warrant choosing one of
those games over the Xbox 360 version and giving up on the stellar graphics
though. However, it would be nice if the era of missing modes in the Xbox 360
versions of sports games came to a close soon.
If you enjoy golf or have been a fan of the Tiger Woods series, then it is
easy enough to recommend the game to you. Even video golfing rookies should give
the game a try. It packs in plenty of gameplay and is easy enough to pick up and
play even for golfing novices.
In The End, This Game Hath Been Rated:
85%. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 is like a
drive that lands on the edge of the fairway. It’s a good shot and you’ll
certainly take it, but there’s still a little room for improvement.
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