It’s nearly impossible in some situations to see the neon yellow-green meter fill up. I also wish there was an option to change the color of the initial power circle. It didn’t ruin my experience, but it’s a trade-off that’s certainly worth noting, I think. As someone who generally prefers a higher frame rate to resolution, that isn’t an issue, but PGA Tour 2K23 is already looking pretty dated, even on Quality mode. I was playing in Quality mode on the Xbox Series X (higher visual fidelity at a lower framerate), but when I switched to Performance mode (higher frame rate but lower visuals), that made a huge difference. Especially when it came to the backswing, the game registered my input a noticeable amount of frames after I pressed the button. One issue I initially had with the 3-Click Swing was that I was experiencing horrendous input delay. If you want a challenge, you can up the difficulty level and really test your reaction speed, too. I now feel like I can tackle any tournament on any course and succeed, and I’m much more inclined to revisit the game more often for a casual round or two. If HB Studios’ intention was to make PGA Tour 2K23 more approachable for casual players, that’s exactly what it’s accomplished. Even at the pro difficulty level, I already mastered the timing to the point where I was shooting sub-59 easily. The complete opposite is true of the 3-Click Swing. It’s not like I play these games every day (or even more than a few times every year), but I still can’t just pick up and play with the swing stick mechanic and expect my ball to go where I want every time. While I’ve played every iteration of HB Studios’ golf, I’ve never fully mastered the swing stick. If that sounds easier than the standard stick swing, that’s because it is. Then you have to time two more button presses, one for the backswing and one for the downswing. Rather than perfectly timing two clicks, you start the swing by holding and letting go of the button within the power range that you want to hit the ball. Instead of timing a swing, you have to time button presses, though PGA Tour 2K23 twists the formula ever so slightly. I put that “new” in quotes because the 3-Click Swing is definitely reminiscent of the kind of gameplay mechanic that golf games used for ages until the popularization of dual analog sticks. That’s changed with PGA 2K23, which introduces the “new” 3-Click Swing. That’s the one where you mimic the actual swinging of a club with the left joystick, making sure to get both the timing and direction as close to perfect as possible. 3-Click Swing changes everythingĮver since it was known as The Golf Club, HB Studios’ series has exclusively used a “swing stick” mechanic. Because some features of PGA Tour 2K23 were not available at the time of writing this, and because I don’t have enough time to fully complete a M圜areer run, I’ve decided that, in lieu of reviewing PGA Tour 2K23 and taking the chance of giving it an unfair score, I would just write up the five most important things to note about the game.Īll told, HB Studios still has a solid core in PGA Tour 2K23, but after three years with the license and 2K’s backing, I expected a lot more out of this game.
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