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solid game of golf but find myself leaning towards 2k more often, visually EA pretty much nail it, players could be improved but they are not bad. sound wise its a little less impressive, i feel like drives sound off in particular, 2k drivers sound more authentic but then every driver is different in reality so maybe its just down to differences in clubs but yeh for me just sounds how i expect it to in 2k and off in EA. There seems to be a false contact issue in EA too, in particular while putting, often there seems to be a fraction of delay between you hitting the ball and it getting going, it may be the camera angle i use or something but it feels off, again 2k seems to look and feel a bit more solid in this regard, its very very minor but its about immersion right and this kind of thing takes you out of it.
Both games give you great flexibility in setting the game up how you want to play, as easy or as tough as you like but for me using swing mechanics i find EA to be wildly inconsistent, shot shaping is just a major fail with you relying solely on the accuracy of your controllers sticks to track in a straight but diagonal line and often through little fault of your own its off the mark and it has a huge impact on your accuracy. You can switch shot shaping to straight up and down swing while still applying fade or draw which helps you be more consistent but its still far too sensitive to your sticks not being perfectly accurate so far too often you miss hit the ball, its like some kind of cracked RNG where regardless of if you feel like you played it well its blind luck if the game considers it well struck due to the sticks needing to be pin accurate. It could be confused with difficulty and i guess if you put hundreds of hours into it rather than tens it will just click but it feels off and pushes me towards the other option, 2k.
Game is packed reasonably well with content, career has some depth (although unlocking shots you KNOW you should be able to do from the off is just A$$), It does give a path for progression which is nice and encourages you to work towards that progression.
The game could run better, i use a 4090 equipped pc and framerate is generally solid at 4k max settings but i have far too many crashes, its unstable to say the least. I also have a steam deck and asus rog ally and this game underperforms on those devices, particularly when compared to 2k which can double the framerate of this in those situations, but more importantly 2k is far more stable. No FSR for AMD handhelds is a missed opportunity to make this game very playable on the go but 30 plus is still easily achieved on deck, 45 plus on ally just about.
If you like golf and want to sit back and play some while not on the range or course yourself, still worth a buy.
EDIT: good to see regular updates to the game and how it plays, small tweaks and improvements are welcome and needed, 2k on the other hand are not updating their game and just updating the money grabbing season pass. a notable positive here.