Nintendo Wii Reviews

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All Play

Everyone Plays, Anyone Can Win

Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or hitting the links for the first time, now everybody swings on an even playing field in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09 All-Play. Your career begins under the watchful eye of Hank Haney, Tiger Woods’ real-life coach, who takes you under his wing, helps you tune your clubs, and provides training drills to help improve your game. With experience under your belt and confidence as your ally, take aim at family, friends, and rivals in fun and challenging game modes, including the new Golf Party mini-game mode. With improved swing mechanics, an all-new controller system, and tutelage from one of the game’s best coaches, play your way to the top of the leaderboard with Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 09 All-Play.

Key Features EA SPORTS All-Play-An all-new controller system allows golfers of all skill levels to play on an even playing field, removing the guesswork as the game shows you exactly where your ball will travel before every shot. All-New Golf Party Mode-Battle your friends in 15 fun and challenging mini-games that keep the competition fierce, long after you have finished your round. All-New Performance Coach-Tiger Woods’ real-life coach, Hank Haney, guides you through your career by assessing your performance and providing tips to increase your skills. Maximize Your Swing-Get the most out of every club with the Club Tuner, an all-new swing control feature that allows you to calibrate your clubs to fit your personal tendencies and preferences. All-New Online Simultaneous Play-For the first time on the Nintendo Wii, compete with a live foursome in the time it takes to play a single-player round. Ball trail visuals indicate your competitors’ shots, allowing you to swing whenever you’re ready. New Courses and Golfers-Test your skills on new courses, including Gary Player Country Club in South Africa, Wentworth Country Club in England, and more, while international stars Se Ri Pak, Darren Clarke, and others join the competition.

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User Ratings and Reviews

2 Stars ‘09 Drops the Ball
While the game overall is still fun, Tiger Woods ‘09 is definitely worse that the ‘08 version. I have no idea how you could take a perfectly good 2008 version and screw it up so badly. Putting has been completely ruined. Instead of having a single putter, there are at least 5 or more (haven’t gotten to them all). Each putter is for a different distance and plays a bit differently, and the software responds more slowly than ‘08, resulting in more problems measuring the back swing. In addition, the announcers are also significanly worse, with fewer phrases that are less entertaining. The addition of internet play is welcome, but it has a 30 second shot limit that is rarely enough time to set up your shot. You also don’t get the option of watching your opponent’s shot (you only see a blue ball trail and a marker of where your opponent’s ball is lying). Additionally, the option of manualy changing your club with the up and down buttons of the control pad is also gone. Now you have to point the Wii remote at the lower right corner of the screen and press a small arrow on either side of the club display to change clubs.

All in all, if you have Tiger Woods ‘08 don’t buy ‘09 unless you really, really must play online and would be satisfied with a lot of stroke penalties for taking more than 30 seconds to set up your shot in new slower interface. Maybe the game designers at EA will forget about Tiger Woods ‘09 and go back to the ‘08 game for the basis of the Tiger Woods 10 version due out soon.

5 Stars 2009 tiger game
Excellant game! I have been playing every day since i recieved it. Took some tries to figure everything out but it is a blast to play.

5 Stars Tiger Woods PGA Tour all-play 09
I bought this movie for my husband on his birthday! He loves this game, almost too much! If you love playing golf, then you will love playing this game!

1 Star Huge Disappointment! It’s Unplayable!
Tiger Woods All Play for the Wii is a major disappointment! As many others have mentioned, the putting is simply AWFUL! It’s unplayable in Career Mode. The short game, chips, bunkers, etc. are also terrible. Teeing off, and longer iron shots are great. The scenery is great. This game could be, and should be, great- but it’s not. The Wii should be perfect for a golf game. Overall, I’ve been disappointed in the Wii as a whole. The best game so far is Wii Sports that comes with the console. That’s pretty sad.

Back to PC gaming for me.

3 Stars TigerPGA09
Game is fun but putting is unrealistic and very difficult to get used to. Initial teaching intro is tough to get out of if you continually misfit a practice shot. It’s not intuitive.

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