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This is a simple and funny game, I bought it for my son, but I'm more than my son love to play it :)
If you really want to play the new 5 courses, wait a year and buy it used for $9.00 at Game Stop. The "special rules" like adding 2 strokes for hitting in the rough are especially aggravating. The caddies are both useless AND annoying. It's not like they're paying a licensing fee to Pebble Beach.What's new. I don't understand why they couldn't create all new courses. Well, then save yourself $30 and play it again instead of flushing your money on this title. Did you like Hot Shots Golf 1. It was a nice change of pace from Tiger Woods and easier to pick up and play.
Unfortunately, these type of tournaments are much too numerous.I gave the original HS1 a 5 star rating. I loved HS1. If you follow their advice regularly then prepare to fish your balls out of the ponds on a regular basis. Fun and easy.
I mean, who wouldn't want to golf in a nun's habit that doesn't do anything to increase your golfer's attributes. Well, there are new characters (yipee). The problem with HS2 is that it is almost the exact same game, with half of the available courses repeating from HS1. There are new unlockables like the oh so funny nun's habit.
This version is just a reheat of the original with the annoying factor amped up to "11".
and if you think you have what it take, go online play people from all over the world. i completely agree with the other reviewers. this game is super fun, super addictive, cant put it down. great casual fun.
Back me up if you hear this, too. You're putting and suddenly, you hear a recorder. It's fun to try to beat your high score and you win items for reaching certain scores. Also, for the first time, you can have a fat character or an anorexic one if you raise their loyalty high enough.Even though it's similar to HSG1, HSG2 is such a good investment if you really enjoyed the first one.
I also found the game to be way more refined than HSG1. Or it's a character from HSG1 who wants to be your friend. After playing this game for 40+ hours (not consecutively)., I give it 5 stars. And I swear I can hear the Combine mumblings from Half Life 2 in the background on certain holes. In HSG1, you were putting on the green into holes of different distances with a single stroke. I hope you like this game, too.
I played Hot Shot Golf 1, which is the first HSG for PSP, for hours. But don't worry, there's new golf courses to explore and even new pretty video sequences at the end after it saves your game. Good luck doing that.Other weird additions include "sound effects" and I've got to say they're a little annoying. It was one of my favorite games and when Hot Shot Golf 2 came out, I was ecstatic. I logged in lots of time on both games and I don't regret it one bit. The minigame in HSG2 has you chipping into different holes, but they're at the bottom of deep wells that your ball lands into and finally (hopefully) rolls into the hole. Here's why:Yes, HSG2 has many of the same items as HSG1 and it even includes many of the same golf courses.
When you're playing in Challenge Mode, sometimes you'll see a little sparkle on the course.zoom in and ta-da, it's a present. In the previous HSG1, it only applied to the character you were playing at the time.I also enjoyed the "presents" feature. However, it seems to be the same golf course no matter what.maybe you can unlock a new minigame course if you get all 50 points in all 9 holes. I think it's a fun addition, although I've experienced times where the present has been smack dab in the middle of my screen, full zoom, and it won't give it to me.I've found the minigame to be quite entertaining. I was glad that they finally fixed the way leveling power and spin to apply to all the characters you end up earning. Obviously, the longer the distance, the more points you received. It's a great game and good for both long periods and short periods of playtime.
Multiplayer online via WiFi is a very welcome addition. I have never in my long life as a gamer seen a game copy it's predecessor so closely. That's right, South Alps CC. My main complaint, if you can call it that, is that this game is so similar to the first that it's almost an insult. I guess they figured if the formula works so well, why mess with it.The main difference, to be fair, is a good one though.
Shouldn't a sequel advance the title, not clone it. I played the original on PSP for hundreds of hours and could not put it down, in fact I've been playing HSG since PS One. This is a difficult review for me to write, not because the game is complicated, but because I have never seen a sequel to a game that is so close to the original in just about every detail. There are 12 courses in this one, up from 6 in the first, and they grow increasingly more difficult as you progress through various "challenges" (tournaments), earning new clothes, gear and players along the way. Recommended to new players to HSG, but veterans may want to wait and get it on sale. For those that haven't played it, it's a simple to learn, fun to master golf game that doesn't take the game too seriously, yet can be very challenging at times. This is what makes this review so difficult to write: It's still a great game in itself, but if you've played the first one you might be a bit annoyed to have to start all over and unlock the same courses you have already played.
Appealing to kids as well as adults for a light hearted round of the great game of golf. An exact clone, right down to the yodels from the hills. You start the game and see the girl waving to you from behind a desk with the EXACT SAME ANIMATION as the first game. The controls are very simple, as not a lot of adjustments can be made to pull off unusual shots, but there are enough options to satisfy experienced golfers.The graphics are bright, clean and colorful, the music is peppy (almost to a fault) and overall the production is flawless. Then you pick your character, start the first round on, believe it or not, the SAME COURSE AS THE ORIGINAL. Hopefully enough players will log on to make it worthwhile, as a 16 player tourney, as advertised, would be awesome.Granted I'm only a few hours into the game, but here's hoping some new surprises pop up to make this a truly new adventure in video gaming golf.
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