The same swing type is used for putting as is used for regular shots, but reading the break and speed of greens is more frustrating than it has ever been in an EA golf game. Where the game falls apart is in its putting mechanics. All three play as you would expect, offering risk and reward to power up shots and, for the first two styles, the ability to apply spin to the ball in mid-air to compensate for mistakes or fine tune your aim and landing area. The game offers three mechanics to chose from: the analogue stick "pull back, push forward" mechanic used since the Xbox days, a "three-click" swing meter style, or a more advanced version of the analogue stick style where speed of your motions is factored into the shot as well as direction. More ability to plan your next shot would have been a welcome use of the new console's power as opposed to having foxes appear on the title screen that look like poor animatronic interpretations of life-like wildlife. The game does a great job of showing how your current aim and shot type will translate into a landing spot for that shot, but the limited camera makes it almost impossible to understand if you're setting yourself up properly for the next shot. While you can and do move seamlessly from hole to hole, there's no fly-over the next hole that was previously used to mask loading times but also presented the player with some context to be used in upcoming shots. The power of the new hardware is being touted as enabling load-free rounds, but even this advancement seems to come with a cost. Rory McIlroy PGA Tour is the forst EA Sports golf title on current generation hardware and also the first EA golf title since 1998's Tiger Woods 99 PGA Tour Golf to not feature the now disgraced (and floundering on the course) Tiger Woods. Rory McIlroy PGA Tour plays acceptably well but offers a paucity of features and options that would appeal to people invested enough in the sport in question and provide a reason to come back to the title after a disappointing first impression. EA Sports returns to golf this week with its first offering on current generation consoles (XBox One and PlayStation 4), and the results are predictable based on EA's track record with previous sports.
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