| Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 | 
 enlarge | From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $8.22
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (36 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4451
Platform: Xbox 360
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 15214
Model: 15214
UPC: 827307947810
EAN: 0827307947810
ASIN: B000GPXS7Q
Release Date: October 17, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Tiger Woods Comes Alive - See and feel every emotion in complete detail with the introduction of all-new Universal Capture (UCAP) technology. The world's No. 1 golfer seems so real you won't believe your eyes | | • | Play under pressure, with bigger galleries, mass crowd movement from hole to hole, and cheers from nearby greens | | • | From working on your driving to mastering your putting skills, craft your game with training challenges in the Practice Facility | | • | Take on the world's best golfers on the World Tour | | • | All-new championship courses, including Firestone Country Club, Glen Abbey, Princeville, Spyglass Hill, St Andrews, and Bandon Dunes |
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Product Description
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 takes golf gaming to new level of realism. Experience the next generation of technology as Tiger Woods comes to life -- you'll see and feel each emotion in detail, as it's displayed onscreen in the faces and movements of the golfers. Play under pressure just like pros, and go further in your game with the enhanced career mode. Featuring 15 of the world's top players, including Tiger Woods, John Daly, Vijay Singh, Ian Poulter, Michael Campbell, and Annika Sorenstam, the most decorated golfer on the LPGA Tour New Gameface tool with deeper modifications, more apparel, equipment licenses, and specialty items Challenge up to three players in five new game modes, or play in online tournaments complete with money lists, full stat tracking, league leaders, and more Work on your game or take on a friend in Match Play, Battle Golf, 21, OneBall, and more
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| Customer Reviews: Read 31 more reviews...
The King of Golf Games February 27, 2008
Tiger Woods golf is one of those inconspicuous games that really doesn't seem that fun. However, despite the fact I have only played a real game of golf once and loathe watching it, EA's version of golf is really quite brilliant.
Gameplay
As you'd expect there are tons of different ways to play and different types of games on TW07. I believe there are 12 different kinds of traditional games ranging from stroke play to a game called Bloodsome. There are also about the same amount of mini games in which you can test your skills against an opponent such as the long drive contest, rough timed challenge, putting contest, seven as well as many more. There is also the Tiger Challenge in which you face 25 opponents and then Tiger himself. If you've created a character this is your best bet to level up so to speak. The more people you beat the better your skills become. In fact, if you make really great shots while playing them your skills also go up.
I'll give a walkthrough of a normal hole. You are able to pick from only a few golfers to begin with or your created golfer and learning to play the game is quite easy. The learning curve is only a few minutes. Playing it well takes quite a bit of experience. You are given the option of seeing an estimation of where the ball is going to land in the form of a large circle.
Then to drive the ball you just pull back on the left thumbstick and push forward as fast as possible. Just like in golf there are many variables and ways to hit the ball. In TW07 you have a very precise method of swinging and the thumbstick will register how fast, how far back and if you deviate from the center axis at all. You are also able to change the angle of attack or what part of the ball you hit, i.e. hitting the bottom of the ball will loft it. Hitting the top will create a large amount of topspin and ultimately prevent the ball from arcing. You are able to hit fades as well, which allows the ball to curve around an obstacle. Wind is also something that has to be taken into account, especially when driving the ball.
Graphics
The graphics are really unremarkable. The people's faces look very good and accurate as well as the bodies. The balls, clubs and other moving parts so to speak are very detailed. However, the rest of the game is rather lackluster. The clothes are very two dimensional and lack shading. By far the worst part is the actual golf courses. The trees are 3-D only on the trunk and large branches and the bushes are merely layers of 2-D art. The grass and water looks pixilated. Clearly, the graphics system is dated and hopefully was overhauled for TW08.
Music / Sound Effects
As usual EA added what they thought gamers would like to listen to. Most of the music is better suited for a dance club than any EA sports game. This is mostly inconsequential though because of the music player on the xbox 360. Sound effects seem to be realistic. How much sound is there really in golf? One really interesting thing is the golfers will yell at the ball if it was hit poorly. Also, while multiple golfers are competing they will taunt the other golfer or boast about what they are going to do.
Features
-Character Creation: the ability to create your own unique looking golfer and start from scratch. The number of facial features that can be changed is astounding. You also get to choose height, body type, gender etc.
-Difficulty Setting: all kinds of aspects about the difficulty can be changed including: starting tee, hardness of fairway, putting cam, spin control, wind level and many more.
-Mini Games: this was something TW06 was really lacking; here you can make your character better by completing competitions or practices like the long drive contest, rough save, sand save, closest to pin or putting. These all improve your skill as well as your characters.
-A deep list of pro and imaginary golfers
-Tons of traditional games
-The full PGA Tour Season
Downsides
There are not many negative aspects to TW07. In fact if it wasn't for one in particular I'd give it a near perfect score. I bought the game used, so I cannot be sure about this, but I've had the game freeze up on me everyday I've played it since it was purchased. I checked the back and there doesn't seem to be any scratches. I've only had one other game on the 360 freeze up this often. It ruins the experience and you lose valuable time you put in. The only other downside is the graphics are really not up to par (no pun intended). As mentioned before, they look dated and need to be reworked.
Great Game; Gets Old February 9, 2008
Don't play this game for two weeks solid. It WILL get old. It's fun while it lasts, though. 4/5 stars.
Awesome game January 2, 2008
One of the best games I've ever played. Graphics are superb with its moving galleries and lifelike player models. Love the game face option. Only criticism is the fact there aren't more golf courses. Still the many gameplay options more than make up for that; from skills competitions to playing the actual tour schedule to the many ways you can improve your golfer. There is a world of value here.
 VERY GOOD GAME January 1, 2008
ME AND MY 11 YEARS SON HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS GAME FOR A WHILE NOW AND I HAVE TO TELL THAT WE FEEL BY FAR MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE REALISM AND THE GRAPHICS, NO DOUBT TO RECOMMEND THIS AS A GOOD GAME.
Tiger Fans December 24, 2007
If you are a fan of the Tiger Woods series you will love this game. I got it as an Amazon deal of the day for $20 and have not stopped playing it since I recieved it.
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