Reply To: Pix’s Golfing Grand Tour
35 World Cup Golf: Hyatt Dorado Beach (1994) – Arc Developments Limited
Just when all these games were starting to look the same we get US Gold’s effort which does it’s own thing. First off it comes on 2 CDs. I’m preparing myself for TV presenters doing terrible acting but no, this is implemented with prerendered 3D covering the entire course Myst style. This can result in situations where you are off in the distance taking your shot, but presumably less so if you are actually hitting the fairways. Prerendering means we can have things like complex tree shadows but it doesn’t honestly look much better than some of the other games. I’d have gone for photos of the real thing if I was attempting something like this back then I think.
The control system is unique as well, you pre-select shot power and have to try to click in the middle of a zone on the way up and down a bar to decide how purely you hit the shot. There’s extra features for ball spin which I didn’t explore too much. You get FMV of the ball going down the fairway – I expect they just have one of these per course as it didn’t seem to relate to where I was hitting it all the time.
I can’t say I found this one easy to master but that’s probably just because it’s not what I’m used to. Not the worst playing game still and worth a look if you want something a bit different.
