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Ok but still BAD

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I find this game interesting but not that fun. Activition did a great job on other games, but on this one crashed and burned. Activition found a fascinating topic but no real story line. I played Ski Resort Tycoon before but this one was different. I don't know why but I found that Ski Resort Tycoon more interesting. You don't see Golf Tycoon having Movie Theaters. I think this time Activision. was focosing more on the elderly folk. Other than that I think this game was..........ok.

Not Bad

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Interesting concept. Great graphics. My only problem is the game tends to run a little slow and freezes up every so often.

Ok Game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The games is ok but for some reason it runs very slow. If you have a fast computer you will enjoy it but if you have a slower computer you may not enjoy it like me!.

A Good Serious Review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: May 29, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is very fun. When you first get it I would suggest leaving it on the first night to get a lot of money because each item is obscenely expensive. Also, I recommend the island course.

A very very bad game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: June 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

...This game is very boring, it is the worst game I have ever played, the money is so slow. The people so weird, and the graphics are the worst in the world.

This is fun!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 20
Date: May 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome. You can build anything to do with golf. I recommend this game.I hope to get it maybe possibly.Hope this was useful.I don't have it though.

THIS GAME ROCKS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 11
Date: August 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

THIS GAME IS THE COOLEST ON THE PLANET. U SHOULD GET IT I REALLY RECCOMEND IT. HAVE FUN GOOD LUCK.

Too sloooow, too repetitive

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The concept is interesting, but the application falls far short of the mark. The gameplay is very slow on an older machine, and even on 1.6 Pentium is poor. The golf course design applications are vey crude, especially in comparision to the golf architect functions in golf simulations like Jack Nicklaus golf or Tiger Woods. In addition, those products give you the opportunity to play the course.

The challenges are very easy provided you have the patience to wait for enough money to come in for building the course, and you don't mind endlessly chasing gophers. This is a poor imitation of good products like Roller Coaster Tycoon and Zoo Tycoon.

Head across the street for something better...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This title came out about the same time Sim Golf appeared. I went with the latter, but always wondered what this game was about. Years later, with the revival version, I decided to find out. Needless to say, I was not impressed.

The main focus of the game is money and how to make it off of the course. That would have been great, if there were pre-made holes you would add on to the course rather than being forced to make half-baked ones. Just drop in a design, starting with a cheap but boring one, and move up to copies of the greater holes in golf, which cost more or require more status to earn. Would have been fine.

The only thing you can do with course construction is lay out fairways, tees, and greens according to a limited set of options. Hazards amount to bunkers and ponds. There is no real way to use the terrain that is present when you start a game, because it won't let you build a fairway over existing terrain features. It will also level out a sculpted terrain at times.

If you can turn a blind eye to this, you are left with a basic business sim. In short, the whole thing about this being a golf business sim is essentially meaningless.

If a remake is ever made, consulting even the most rudementary book on golf course architecture might be a good idea rather than just pushing some idea of what a course is supposed to be like on the player.

Golf Resort Tycoon, not for laptops!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: June 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

We tried this program on both a DELL and a COMPAQ laptop. The mouse control was miserable on both computers making course construction very difficult. The game video was extremely poor on the COMPAQ HPA screen and not really good on the DELL TFT screen. The setup video was bright and clear. The instructions are very poor.

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