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Basically, as far as the game goes, if you've played 2010 or 2011 Tiger Woods, you've played this game. The only real differences are the yearly "gimmick" feature (caddy recommended shots this year), improved graphics and a different course mixture. The caddy feature is golf on training wheels. I'm just going to come out swinging with that. Its kind of unnecessary. You're able to turn it off, and I understand why its there, to help newer players not get so frustrated but I just don't think its very necessary. Game looks great, I won't knock that. It gets better and better looking each year. Also, the gameplay is great, as it always has been for this franchise.

Its just too bad that there is literally no competition in the golf game space on Xbox 360. It might actually force EA to appreciate their customers a little bit more. Regardless of whether you paid $35, $45 or $60 for this game new, you shouldn't be supporting a publishing company that does this to its customers regarding this DLC situation. I'm sorry, but releasing a game 75% complete as a full priced game and then having to buy the remaining parts of the completed game as "DLC" is nothing short of a slap in the face to a loyal fan and there is no justification. Unless you are an absolute diehard fan, with a disposable income willing to shell out over $100 to get the complete experience as it SHOULD HAVE BEEN by buying all these stupid courses they strategically set aside to squeeze more money out, then I would recommend a pass. To give you an idea of what I am talking about, the $60 game you buy has 16 courses total in it. At launch, 19 courses were available as DLC for $50+ And to add insult to injury, these courses appear during your career. You are given the choice to buy the course to play it, or skip that part of your career. These couldn't have been included in the game I just bought, seriously? Or, if it was a disc space issue, as free DLC to the person who just shelled out money to get a new copy of this game instead of grabbing it used from GameStop? Shame on you EA.

I am not purchasing EA products from here on as a result of this year's offering. Its just thrown up a red flag for me that this company is not to be trusted to provide a full and complete game at $60.

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Best Tiger Woods I have played in a LONG time. But, seriously, come on. How do you justify charging $50.00 dollars for DLC courses that were done when the game came out? Some courses that you NEED to own in order to play a season.

Think about it that is $110.00 dollars if you want a "complete" game.

It's really unfortunate the developers made such good game and EA SPORTS has to go and screw over everyone who buys the game.

5 stars for Tiburon. 0 stars EA.

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If you expect to get a full game for the $60.00 price, then you should pass on this game. EA has decided to pack this game with "micro-transactions". In past Tiger games, you would have options to purchase additional courses that were separate from the overall game. This was a nice option for some people that wanted to try out some new courses. In this years Masters Edition, they have incorporated several courses into the game that you need to purchase in order to play through the PGA season. You can 'skip' these events, but you will miss out on several events in the PGA season that the CPU players are able to play in. This will be the last Tiger Woods game I purchase until EA gets their act together. This game should not be sold at full price and EA knows it. You would need to pay $100.00 (maybe more) to get the courses that are inlcuded in the regular season events. The way EA is going, I would not be surprised if the next Madden game has you paying to unlock teams, playoffs, or whatever else they can come up with.

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The game overall is very good, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. $50 for the game and $50 for the dlc golf courses is ridiculous. I loved this game in the past, but I do not enjoy EA screwing us by charging for the game and charging for the golf courses which are used during the career progression. I think I am finished with EA sports...

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Gotta say I love just about every feature of the new Tiger Woods, and I too have played almost all of em.

Obviously Augusta is the huge hook, and I'm looking forward to getting there, but so many other elements are far superior, including:

1. Sponsors -they bring back the sponsor system they abandoned years ago, where winning tournaments allows you to align yourself with a new sponsor and thus a whole new set of clothes & clubs to buy; meaning you actually care when you get prize winnings. Even has individual challenges to unlock 3rd tier sponsors (like Oakley watches, Footjoy gloves, etc).

2. Enhanced graphics engine -just better & better each year.

3. Jim Nantz over that Kelly chick from last year -she wasn't bad, but this is the PGA, not the European tour; I need Nantz.

4. The intertwining of the Sponsor challenges, Pro Challenges (called Training) & the tournaments themselves is so engrossing, it no longer feels like you're playing 3 isolated mini-games like in year's past

5. Q School & earning your Tour Card -just kinda cool to earn your stripes

But despite all that awesomeness, there's one glaring detractor that undermines the entire gaming experience....the Caddy.

The Caddy is there to give you shot advice. This means he lines up 2 shots for you to hit, you pick one, swing, and all skill is instantly removed from the game. When you get to the green, he puts a little circle where you should aim your shot.

This idea belongs aside the Microsoft Office Clippy & Fox's glowing hockey puck as technological insults to our collective intelligence.

To make matters more annoying, the game has a feature where as you get better at courses, your caddy circles & shot ideas become more accurate...meaning that initially his circles are a bit off. Try to keep that in mind when you're trying to line up your putt amid the distraction of a flashing green circle directing you to a putt that will most likely be 6 inches outside the cup.

It's a nice novelty for about half a hole...then you just want him to go away. But you can't. You can silence him via the Audio settings, and you can hit B to make him hang out off camera, and you have the option of picking your own 'custom' shots (custom -like it's outside the box to wanna do more than just move the left stick up & down)...but the shot selection options & the awful putting circle won't go away.

Again, EA did a fantastic job with most of the game, correcting all the errors of the past. Unfortunately they tried to get too cute.

Let Lego release a Tiger Woods game if you want to take the skill out of it. In the meantime, please EA, release a patch that lets us turn the Caddy off...