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About Hot Shot Golf 2 PS
Amazon.com Video golf doesn't get any more casual (without being completely ludicrous) than Hot Shots Golf 2, an amusing mix of arcade-style gameplay and mostly realistic golf physics. Featuring six modes of play and seven courses, this offbeat sports title offers good single and multiplayer action for those who find the officially licensed golf titles a little too stiff. The golfers in Hot Shots Golf 2 are a motley lineup of cartoon characters with varying abilities. In addition to unlocking playable characters in the single-player versus mode, golfers can win balls, clubs, and other prizes in tournament mode. These equipment upgrades help boost your skill level during subsequent golf rounds. The 3-D graphics in Hot Shots Golf 2 are somewhat inconsistent. This game is littered with two-dimensional eyesores (such as the peanut gallery of onlookers) and sloppy animations (such as when golfers chase down balls). Equally spotty are the controls. The teeny-tiny swing meter makes your shot power hard to judge, and pulling off accurate or nonstraightforward shots with the game's control setup is much more difficult than it needs to be. --Joe Hon Pros: Good mix of arcade-style play with mostly realistic golf physics 6 modes of play with lots of secrets to unlock Highlights can be stored and replayed Cons: Inconsistent graphics and spotty controls Product description Review Until Hot Shots Golf came along, the world of video-game golf was split into two factions - gamers that preferred hard-core simulation-style golfing games, and those who wanted more of an unrealistic, arcade feel to their golfing experience. Hot Shots Golf successfully united both factions, giving sim fans the realistic golfing engine they desired but tossing in enough spice and simplicity to hold the interest of arcade fans. As the first game to follow in Hot Shot's footsteps, Hot Shots Golf 2 has some big shoes to fill. But not only does it fill those shoes, it also stretches them a little - as Hot Shots Golf 2 is more than a worthy successor to the original. From the get go, Hot Shots Golf 2 is easy to get into. You can simply launch yourself into a game, or you can explore the various menus, and you can even learn everything there is to know about the game with its detailed tutorial section. Once you feel like you've mastered the concepts of golfing Hot Shots style, you can choose one of six different games. There's a simple four-player stroke game, a par three nine-hole game, a two-player match play, and one-player tournament, training, and vs. modes. Beating the tournament mode unlocks new courses for you to play on, while the vs. mode lets you challenge one of the ten hidden characters to an 18-hole course of your choice. If you win the match, you'll unlock that character for play in all the other modes. Each character has his own strengths and weaknesses - from ball control to arc type - making a sizable difference between players' game styles. Like Hot Shots Golf, HSG2 uses an experience-points system - you gain a certain amount of points by playing in any game mode besides training. You can spend these points on unlocking various things in the game - from better equipment to secret modes. The gameplay is where Hot Shots Golf 2 really shines. Simply put, the golfing is spot-on. Everything that you would expect from a realistic golfing sim is here. Wind changes, ball spin, and the lie of your ball are all things to keep an eye on when planning your shot. When you can't read the wind by watching the clouds, you can toss up grass to help you judge from which direction and how hard the wind is blowing. Hot Shots Golf 2 lets you easily switch cameras, and it instantly lets you view the course from almost any camera angle - using a simple zoom-and-pan system that's incredibly easy to master. On top of that, with a single button press you can change to a bird's-eye view of the hole, letting you plan not only that one shot, but also a series of shots with ease. Ho
