Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 All-Play (Wii, 2008)

Latest update...9-20-08 After playing with this for about a couple of weeks now, my anger is just as it was when I wrote this...I cannot go past 9 holes without grinding my teeth at EA for the frustration that they have sold to us all...This has not improved, and I honestly cannot enjoy playing this on the Wii...Those that rave about this game, I am very happy for them...but for those who understand what I am talking about, will find themselves selling the game to get back as much $ as they can get back.

So 08' was a patch for the 07' and yes, they did make some improvements that made the game worth getting. However, this 09'...ya would think that EA would of taken the feedback from the customers and incorporate them into the 09' right? nope. Let start with the positives...yes, ya can now play online, and it's ok to be able to play around at the same time, and the graphics are good...the same old characters are there...the distance adjustment is good with the the club choice is changed for you as you change the distance while your placing the shot...sigh...the one thing that pissed me off to no ends is the putting...it is just unrealistic to choose you 10' 20' thru 100' putter to guage the putt...It just grinds me every time I play this game...This is such B.S. that I am so angry with EA...who in the hell thought of this brainfart? obviously this person doesn't play golf. This is such a drag, it just ruined the whole game. In 08' you find the line, and your effort in putting is near the same as if you are out the the greens...you have the ability to utilize feel in the putting stroke...but, in 09' you can toss that away...there is no feel and the worst part of it all...when your 1ft. away, you still have to take the controller back far enough for the device to register, then you see your ball fly over the hole, past 15 ft...then you will say to yourself...WTF? ok, I see what he ment in his reviews...Therefore, there is no feather touch to tap it in the hole...this is so disgraceful, they really need to hang the project manager who was responsible for this FUBAR. I cannot imagine EA having the guts to be proud of this release...it's just a matter of just getting the game out to make the $ and disregard the feedback of customers. If they would have just left the putting alone. It wasn't broken...they just reinvented the wheel in a shallow attempt to try to improve on something that didn't need improving...If you are passionate about the game of golf, and esp. this TW series, you may end up very frustrated with this release...Someone has to hang for this screwup, and Im afraid that it's the paying customers...In all honesty...if you can do without being online to play, you may be better off playing the 08'. This is so dissapointing, and you think I'm kidding...nothing is going to ruin your trust than a product that robs you of one of the most important part of the game...putting. May EA go broke, belly up, and be flushed down the toilet for doing this...Tiger would not back such a misrepresentation...maybe he sold out too, and he doesn't even know it. Perhaps T. Woods should evaluate the game before it is released with his name on it...