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Ho-Hum
I've been an avid fan of the Tiger Woods series, on a variety of platforms, for the last 5 years. <
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>The 2008 edition seems to be missing something -- I can't quite put my finger on it, but it doesn't have the heart and soul of previous editions. The PC edition of TW 2008 especially suffers, because there are only 3 or 4 "new," real courses. I'm not sure what other people enjoy, but I certainly like courses that are modeled after actual courses, and while TW08 has kept the staples -- Old Course at St. Andrews and Pebble Beach -- in tact, the only interesting new courses are Firestone and Doral. The rest are either made up by EA ("East Lake Country Club," etc.) or are boring repeats. <
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>Finally, as a game-pad user of TW08, I have one final gripe that I think most people share who play on the Xbox and PS2. Essentially, if you play at a skill level higher than "Novice," it is damn near impossible to make a put without hours and hours of practice. Also, if you play at Intermediate or Expert level, your shorts are radically affected by the wind, rain, etc. -- even more so than in real life. There is a difference between genuinely difficult and just "stupid" difficult, and played at Intermediate or Expert level, TW08 is the latter.

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A great golf game but similar to its predecessors
First let me say that this is one of the best golf games you can buy for the PC. If you don't have any other TW title and money isn't the deciding factor then this is the one to get. If you do have some of the more recent titles you may want to sit this title out. If you are looking to enter into the TW universe and money is a factor you would probably be better off picking up 06 or 07 as the last three incarnations have been very similar and previous versions can be picked up at a much cheaper price. <
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>For those that have some of the more recent PC versions of TW... they have made slight improvements over previous versions but I'd be hard pressed to say that they are anything that warrants buying it at the current full retail price. In some ways this is a good thing. They didn't "fix" anything that wasn't broken. Oh the other hand they didn't do much to merit the full retail price of a new game either. They've mixed up the presentation of the scenarios a bit this year but it really amounts to the same scenarios of the last 2 or 3 versions of the game. <
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>I believe it was 05 when they had the scenarios separate from playing the legends (which were arranged in a pyramid). The next version still had both but they were mixed together. Things really haven't changed since the version where they mixed them together... it's just that they update it with a new interface each year. One year it was time travel. This year it's a honeycomb. <
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>The graphics have improved a bit but following in Maddens footsteps EA didn't take the PC version of the game to the next generation's level. My now somewhat dated PC can still run the game quite smoothly so I can only assume that they are doing this to ensure that those of us with older computers can still play the game. I guess I have somewhat mixed feelings on this. It would be nice to have next gen graphics but not at the expense of not being able to play it without massive upgrades. It seems like they could have developed it with paths for older systems to run it at reduced levels while giving those with better rigs the ability to take it to the next level. <
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>I haven't noticed any difference in the game face character design going on a 3rd year now. I don't think they've even so much as added a new hair style or single piece of extra clothing. I haven't seen the new feature that allows you to import your face yet. I believe it is absent from the PC version. That and the absence of next generation graphics may push many to opt for getting one of the console versions of this game. <
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>Experience points develop your attributes using the same system as '07. <
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>Sad to say that the commentary is the exact same as the previous 3 or 4 years. "You've gotta be happy with that birdie, you've got to be happy with any birdie" "What do you see? I see a straight shot, 150 yards to the hole, and I see dead people" (yes, they've probably been doing that one since the movie came out in '99). It's pretty bad when they don't even update the commentary parts that date it to a movie that came out 8 years ago. <
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>They've changed the on course HUD to match the game's honeycomb motif. One improvement that I did like was the honeycomb that is dedicated to telling you the current distance that your club will hit the ball. In previous versions you had to mouse over the club selection, adjust your shot, re-mouse over the club selection to see what your adjustment did, and repeat until you got it right. Now when you adjust your shot the distance is updated right on the screen. No more back and forth. This is the only feature that really made an improvement on the game for me. <
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>The other new feature is the confidence meter. I haven't found it to be very useful. The HUD seems to be just as touchy as it has been in previous years. When using the click golf swing method you have to take extreme care to make sure you don't accidentally initiate your golf swing when doing things like changing clubs, adjusting your shot, or changing the shot type. <
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>You also have the ability to jump right into the FedEx playoff. That didn't appeal to me too much since you play tournaments all the time in PGA mode. It didn't really add to the game. <
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>This is a fun game for me. For those that haven't experienced TW, pick it up. For those that have you'd probably be better off waiting for a price drop. If next gen graphics are your thing, definitely go with one of the console versions.

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Not much diffrent than previous versions
I like others ran out hoping that this would be a lot diffrent from 07, but it turns out its not much different. My advice is save your money,stick with 07 (& if your lucky enough 06 which was perfect) 7 if you have to get this, wait til next year when you can probably get this for under 20 bucks. My computer is pretty strong & it was crashing all afternoon while tried to play an entire game. Very dissapointing. It will keep me from buying 09 next year. Oh & the Photo game face is not in the game itself like they were touting for months, its an online addition & so far it's been inundated with people this week, so they are having problems with it. Save your money.