Written by Bernard Julius Paje
Title: Golf Story
Developer: Sidebar Games
Publisher: Sidebar Games
Price: $14.99
Genre: Adventure, RPG, Sports
Back inward the twenty-four hours Nintendo together with Camelot Software Planning co-developed a fan favorite golf game slash purpose playing game called Mario Golf for the GameBoy Color. In my recent memory, this is the firstly game that has managed to successfully get hitched alongside these 2 game genres into a fun, company package. I withal possess got a re-create of this game via the 3DS Virtual Console, together with it is withal a boom to play until this day. And now, several console generations later, a daring two-man indie evolution squad past times the squall of Sidebar Games is intent to replicate the fun gameplay of Nintendo's flagship golf game together with RPG mash-up alongside their Nintendo Switch exclusive game—the aptly titled Golf Story.
Golf Story is inward its substance a traditional RPG alongside most of the required gameplay elements of the genre: Talk to diverse NPC's to possess got on quests, consummate said quests to gain experience points, exercise those experience points to grade up, together with therefore amend your statistics together with abilities via points yous acquire when yous grade up. The chain of game mechanics I described higher upward volition definitely audio familiar to anyone who has played an RPG. Golf Story's twist to the genre is how it has integrated golf game into the gameplay—instead of normal battles alongside monsters introduce inward most RPG's, golf game replaces these encounters inward full. I definitely possess got to state that the RPG side of Golf Story's gameplay is really fun, together with the golf game experience encapsulated into the game is too really enjoyable every bit well.
And right away allow me tell yous nigh the golf game mechanics of the game. First off, I should cite that the golf game gameplay inward Golf Story is generally an arcade-style experience rather than a simulation-style one, therefore those looking for a realistic golfing experience should await elsewhere. Hitting controls are similar to most old-school golf game games every bit well: Aim your shot (make sure to possess got Federal Reserve annotation of the direction of the air current of course), press the activity clit to acquire ready, press the activity clit over again to laid the ability of your shot together with finally, press the activity clit i finally fourth dimension to striking the ball. There are markers inward the shot bar that yous must striking inward a curt fourth dimension boundary every bit yous practice the higher upward steps, therefore precision together with timing are of import to acquire a prefect shot. Anybody who has played a golf game game volition sure experience at domicile alongside the higher upward mechanics, together with anybody novel to playing a golf game game volition definitely honour the higher upward slow to acquire but difficult to master.
As yous explore Golf Story's diverse environments, yous tin really driblet a ball together with tee off but nigh anywhere. This game mechanic is vital to completing quests inward the game because yous are oftentimes tasked to striking switches together with objects or shoot the ball to a specific expanse past times the diverse NPC's yous run into. Certain environmental hazards tin too either interfere or assist alongside your shot, similar moles or birds that motility your ball elsewhere inward the course of educational activity if it lands on their turf or turtles that bounce your ball to around other expanse using their shells. Some of the to a greater extent than clever quests are too fun, similar i where yous tin only province your ball on a sure terrain type on the agency to the green. The game volition truly surprise yous alongside the weird together with creative quests it comes upward alongside at times. Also, inward improver to golf game at that topographic point are too several golf-related minigames yous tin play inward the game, similar miniature golf game together with frisbee throw... errr, I hateful disc golf. Do non tell that weird gang that I referred to disc golf game every bit frisbee throwing, haha! :D
Golf Story's... uhhmm, storey is too really funny every bit well. The game's slapstick humour volition sure convey a grinning or 2 to your human face upward every bit yous progress through the game. I constitute the game's exercise of spoken language bubbles at times really silly—the text spoken past times around characters are really erased after they possess got already said it, signifying them taking dorsum what they but said. This certainly cracked me upward the firstly fourth dimension I experienced it in-game. The game is too going for a retro, SNES-style (16-bit) look, therefore graphics-wise the game is sort of underwhelming when compared to most modern games. Don't acquire me incorrect though, for the graphics withal await skillful together with colorful despite existence rather simple. The game's music together with audio effects are sort of skillful every bit well, together with the game's swell exercise of the Switch's hard disk drive Rumble characteristic definitely enhances the overall experience. In improver to the original RPG/Story Mode, yous tin too pick out Quick Play from the carte to play a 9-hole tally anytime on whatsoever course of educational activity yous possess got unlocked. You tin too laid diverse game modifiers, similar air current speed together with hole sizes. The farther yous possess got progressed into Story Mode, the to a greater extent than courses yous tin play on inward Quick Play.
Golf Story may last a lot of fun to play but it certainly is non without its faults, every bit I encountered around bugs during my initial playthrough. There are instances when the photographic idiot box camera gets weirdly out of focus, together with at times your grapheme tin acquire only off-screen. I had to reload my saved game to create this light-headed glitch. In i instance, I too managed to skip (and win) a hole! This really threw me off, therefore I decided to restart the course of educational activity together with thankfully everything worked fine after. Do Federal Reserve annotation that I experienced the higher upward prior to installing the game's 1.0.1 patch, therefore I highly recommend yous to update your game earlier teeing off. :)
Overall, Golf Story is a really fun game geared towards both RPG together with golf game aficionados. But yous don't demand to similar both genres to acquire into Golf Story—liking only i of the 2 genres volition suffice, together with the game tin most probable clit yous into liking the other. Despite the game looking together with sounding rather uncomplicated when compared to other newer games, it is withal a really fun game that volition claw yous from commencement to end. This is indeed a swell novel entry into the golf/RPG mash-up genre that really rarely has mainstream appeal.
YAY!
- Very fun together with company combination of RPG together with golf game mechanics.
- Lots of courses alongside dozens of optional sidequests.
- Excellent implementation of hard disk drive Rumble.
NAY!
- Graphics together with audio are rather uncomplicated when compared to other games.
- Has around really weird bugs (make sure to banking concern check if your game is updated to minimize bugs).
- The game's feel of humour may non appeal to everybody.
REVIEW SCORE: 8/10
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