Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3957 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2008-03-28
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Customer Reviews

Sorry Tiger, but this has gameplay in buckets!
I've been a fan of this type of golf for sometime now. I owned the PS1 and PS2 versions and so naturally purchased the PS3 one.

1. This isn't TIGER and was never meant to create anything similar. The physics and graphics are not supposed to be 'lifelike'. EGWT has always been cartoonesque. This makes it both fun and interesting.

2. The online mode is done very well. The only drawback that I found was that some of the tournaments (up to 50 players) can take sometime in slow and very slow mode. This allows a certain amount of time for each hole played and in these modes you can finish the hole and be sitting doing nothing for a minute or two. It certainly makes things interesting when you trying to beat a player from the other side of the world, or your mates sofa!

3. Playability is now available in either the traditional swing bar at the bottom of the screen or by using advanced swing, which allows for a slightly more realistic take on a golf swing.

4. The graphics are superb. The grass looks real (even to the extent of sun browning) and the environments are top notch. The safari course is worthy of mention.

5. The sound is by far the only let down. Plinky plonky tunes that get on your nerves and voice overs that sound cheesey and vague. This is understandable as the port comes from a well known series of Japanese golf games and it's developed with that market in mind in particular. The longevity is harnessed to this market, with rewards and costumes being given for good gameplay, allowing extra characters and courses to be introduced over a steady period of time.

If you are heavily into TIGER or want to experiment with a different type of golf game, then EGWT is a worthy addition to your PS3 collection.

It tames the tiger
Ok no past experience of Everybody's Golf (so can't compare to previous incarantations), I used to always get Tiger Woods series until I felt the changes each year didn't justify the outlay. I also thought it was a bit too easy.
So I decided to try this out and its hooked me. The gameplay, the humour, the graphics (I'll explain later). Its been many a year since I've had marathon gaming sessions spent on one game.
Its such an easy game to play, with many different levels of difficulty - if you can't nail a straight shot each time-just go for a set of clubs that guarantees perfect impact every time- however you won't hit it as far.
The graphics-yes the players are cartoony, but the courses are lush, the water effects are superb (reminded me of the water in Drake uncharted). The trees are lush with different foliage, colours and types of leaves are very crisp and much more detailed than Tiger Woods. The bunkers again display great detail. As the sand comes up and hits my player in the face in the follow through, I almost find myself wiping my face.
My experience of online -so far - has been very enjoyable- very intuitive user interface. The tournament golf online has up to 50 players-great fun- and quickly found out I'm not very good- but even if your last- you can get your name up in lights for a long put or chip in.
I also played an online game with 6 other players- you all play at once with your opposition semi-transparent-great fun.

Whether you take golf seriously or not, i think this is a must have addition to anyone's game collection.

It's still the game for Everyone!
I'm normally skeptical of PS One remakes; their seems to be a vast array of games that just haven't worked in the current generation of gaming, namely down to over-production. However, I was taken completely by surprise as to just how good this Playstation 3 version is!

I've been a huge fan of E.G 1 and 2 for years and, luckily, could still play them on my Playstation 3. Needless to say though, after a round of golf on World Tour, I've been addicted since. The game amazes me in that while it seems to have become simpler, it offers bundles more options than the originals, and if you've played the originals then many of those standard features, including the two-click Power Bar, are still present.

The fact that this game includes new features which actually work are an example of how to improve an already great product. One such feature, 'Advanced Shots', offers an incredibly more in-depth way of producing different shots from just a few clicks if you fancy a real challenge! Not forgetting of course the Online mode, which is a radically different experience from the norm.

It's not short on content either. The 1 GB installation proves a point on it's own, but the number of courses, challenges, and tournaments available make this something you'll be playing for months and still needing to unlock/complete everything. And that's not forgetting the amount of Downloadable content too - a favorite of mine so far is a Prehistoric-Dinosaur themed course pack! You can even download Sackboy (LittleBigPlanet) as a character!

Graphically, I've saddled this up side-by-side with Tiger Woods PGA at a friends and World Tour wins hands down; something of a big surprise. The attention to detail, from individual blades of grass, perfectly formed golf balls, dirty/worn pot-holes and even ladybirds landing on the ball, this is a truly amercing game. The physics are fantastic too, which I couldn't really say even for Tiger Woods. Maybe its just me, but the ball just didn't seem to roll very realistically when it landed...

An unusual criticism I have, though it's becoming ever more common with games these days, is the amount of Downloadable content or Updates required that are not on the disc. As an example, the Online mode currently requires two 1.2 GB updates upon first playing, which took me almost 4 hours for both. The only other niggle is that theirs no Trophy support, because this game was made before the support was really perfected in terms of programming (according to a spokesman).

Summing up, I think this is the best value Playstation 3 game on the market when it comes to the entertainment factor, content, and simplicity. I even took it round to a friend who owns Tiger Woods PGA, and he admitted himself that this is a much more entertaining game.


(P.S - Multiplayer mode still offers the funny 'voices' by pressing buttons on your pad when someone else is taking a shot!)