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Worsht... game... ever

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: July 31, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Only 3 course, no real practice sessions, only extremely annoying tutorials. Grating commentary........ Too difficult at times to be enjoyable. Do yourself a favor and go outside and play a regular game of Golf. This game is the worst I have played on the Xbox next to Azurik. Buyer beware.

a waste

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

i dont know y folks like this game enough to make a og2 but it sucks there is little consistency with shots too much lands on chance with makes for a hard silly game

This game is terrible

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: September 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Hopefully, Microsoft will port Links to the XBOX since this golf a game is terrible

An otherwise good game RUINED

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I've never seen a worse short game/putting system in my life. An otherwise GREAT and entertaining golf game completely trashed by the worst chipping and putting you will encounter in any video golf game for the rest of your life. EVER. I would buy this game if they'd have spent more than a day building the putting model. Completely inconsistent and inaccurate. RUINS the game.

terrible controls

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: September 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

the graphics are great. the jokes are great. the characters are great. the gameplay is great. BUT WHAT DOES THAT MATTER IF YOU CANT HIT A STRAIGHT SHOT! unless u move the joy stick perfectly straight up in this game u hook or slice

Horrible

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a horrible game. It has rather amusing characters but that's about it. Controlling the game is terrible especially the putting, which is almost impossible. Being able to fight with your caddy is amusing as well, but this game is not worth owning.

A Slightly Funny But Boring Golf Game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: July 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

It is really hard to describe a game like Outlaw Golf. At times it can be funny and great, yet then again in other situations it can be dumb and boring. In my opinion, Outlaw Golf isn't a good solid game. My advice is that you shouldn't waste [price] of your money to get a game like this.

PROS
+ Funny Jokes, Characters, Features -Some of the jokes in this game are great. Beating up your caddie when your [upset] (when your composure is low), is a terrfic feature which def. added to the positive side of this game.

+ Easy Controls -The first time you play it, I can almost bet that you will have the controls down in a matter of minutes.

+ Multiplayer -The multiplayer for this game is good. What I truly like about it is that you don't have to have 4 controllers to play against 4 people. All you need is one controller which allows all the players to use. Also, another good aspect about multiplayer is that it offers different types of golf modes to play.

CONS
- Funny Jokes, Characters, Features -Although I said these catergories were good in the game, there also bad. Alot of the jokes get old very fast after you have played it a couple of times. This, I think, will leave gamers bored and even to the point where the don't want to play it anymore.

- Only Three Courses -This has to be the most biggest thing wrong about the game, THERE ARE ONLY THREE COURSES TO PLAY! I mean come on, three courses for a [price] game, thats really pretty bad. After continuously playing each course... over and over again, it gets so stupid, boring, and pointless.

Although in the end, it may look like the PROs in this game out-do the CONs, that is def. not true. My advice is to save your money and wait for some better games to come out on XBOX. Believe me... you'll be glad you did.

Fun when it works

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: June 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game yesterday and I enjoyed playing until 30 minutes into the game it froze on me. A little box popped up in the middle of the screen that read, "Bad Game Disc. There's a problem with the disc you're using. It may be dirty or damaged." After this happened two more times in the next twenty minutes of play I went back to the store and exchanged the game for a new copy. The problem continued to occur with the new disc. What I was able to play of the game was fun, but being unable to complete a round is extremely frustrating. My opinion is to wait until the problem is fixed to buy the game. For a publisher (Hypnotix) that has only released one Xbox game this is not the way to start.

A decent first try, but not great

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 12 / 21
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game the first day it was released, eagerly anticipating a great golf experience in addition to some laughs. This is an obvious attempt to mirror Hot Shots Golf 3, a favorite golf game for the PS2, and I fully expected the people at Vivendi (or is it Simon and Shuester?) to have made Outlaw everything that HSG3 was and improve on it, using XBox's superior hardware. Unfortunatly, they failed in many ways...

The Good:

Golf engine - played and felt good, not remarkable, although I admit I prefer 'pressing the button 3 times' to 'pull back and push forward.

Characters - one main selling point of the game, the characters are very cool and of course very fun to look at, but this is a game you play, not just watch

Game Variety - play stroke, match, casino,timed, 1 club only play, and others. Multiple club sets and balls you can unlock.

Commentary - Good stuff from that comedy central guy.

The Bad:

Course Selection - This was one of my biggest gripes. I can turn off the annoying annimations and commentary but with only 3 courses to play, the longevity of the game will surely suffer. (HSG3 has like 7 or 8 courses?)

Course Design - Their was no imagination in the layout of the holes, just hit it straight and you will be on the green in regulation every time. Not much strategy needed to hit a birdie/par. Nothing tricky or fun. Examples: No par fives you can try to reach in 2 shots that punish you if you miss. Nothing in the way you need to intentionally hook the ball arround. No 'shortcuts through the trees and then down a cart path,' that reward you greatly but are very tricky to pull off. Theirs tons of stuff like that in HSG3.

Ball Flite Indicator - As you line up your shot and choose your club, power, and point of impact, arrows show exactly where the ball is going to go and if you are going to hit anything. This takes all of the fun and skill out of figuring out if you can clear some trees or if you can curve your shot arround that dogleg. You dont have to figure out if your going to clear a water hazard or if you should just lay up short. You dont have to consider wind, or elevation or your lie. Just line it up and hit it exactly where you want it.

Putting - You line up the put and then it shows you exactly where the put is going to go, and you get 3 chances to move your target and then see the balls exact path. This takes all the skill out of reading the green and putting.

Strike Point - You set the point on the ball where you are going to strike it before you shoot. Its easy and you can do it every time. This isnt realistic (full backspin on every shot at the green.) HSG3 made it difficult to obtain 'super backspin' and it required a perfect hit. Another skill that adds longevity to the game that anyone can do on their first (and every) shot.

Caddy Beating - Another feature of the game that sounded great on previews but turned into another of the games flaws. Beating your caddy gains compusure when you arent doing to well. Your composure changes with every single shot. The problem is you end up beating your caddy every single hole. To beat the caddy just hit a button 5 times, timing your hits kinda like parapa the rapper. It's way to easy to get all 5 hits in, fully raising your composure. It takes about 30 seconds (but imagine 4 players beating their caddie 18 times each, way to much time sitting arround watching the same animations). Hit the fringe, water, or Out of Bounds, and your compusure drops all the way down, and then you have to beat your caddie again (or hit bad shots with your poor composure.) Im talking Major Annoyance here: Any shot in the fringe, even 2 inches into the fringe on what other wise was a perfect shot and your compusure drops completely (and then you have to beat your caddie again.) Good example: More then once I was like 10 under par beating my opponents by at least 5 strokes, attempting to reach the green on a par 5 in 2 shots and I roll up on the fringe for an easy chip on in regulation. In real life that would be a good thing, in Outlaw golf, I gotta beat my caddy for the 10th time. Dont get me wrong, I like the idea of caddie beating but make it special by only letting me do it once or twice a game. And have my compusure move slightly up or down with each good or bad hit.

Repititon - Each player has 2 animations, and they are long. The first time they were very funny and all that, but after 18 holes you have seen the same one 9 times each.

The verdict: Alot more bad then good. Wait for something better. So rent it, laugh at the funny stuff, master the 3 simple courses, get tired of the real repetitive 'funny stuff', look at the girls a few more times, then return game to rental store and be glad you saved [money]

Dan

Good play mechanics, but gets old quick

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: October 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

OG features some good golf mechanics and physics, but overall, the game becomes very boring after about 3 rounds of 18. Great rental, not a good buy.

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