I don’t get golf. I honestly don’t. It’s nothing like Happy Gilmore, except for the time that I got into a fight with former Telly Fun Quiz spin-dryer Eddie Eksteen on the green and had my ass handed to me six ways from Sunday. But to me, it is the most boring spectator sport ever invented that somehow still manages to draw crowds. What golf hasn’t really done of late however, is to churn out new video games. That’s all changing though, as EA has ditched their long-running deal with Tiger Woods for a new star, in Rory McIlroy PGA Tour.
Currently in development at EA Tiburon for PlayStation FOOOOOOOOOUUUUR and Xbox Hole-In-One, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour will use the Frostbite engine for what looks like some perfectly maintained grass and the added bonus of having an entire course rendered in one go, thus killing off any loading screens between holes.
It’s also EA’s first announced game since 2013, so here’s a trailer to get you up to speed. Visually, it looks almost as amazingly boring as the actual game, which is a compliment from me, believe it or not:
I still don’t get golf. For a sport that is meant to be relaxing, it happens to have the side effect of making your blood pressure shoot through the roof when you miss a stroke or when Leon Schuster tries to steal your balls for a candid camera gag. That being said, it’s hard to argue that the results from the latest PGA game don’t look good. They look rather sublime in fact.
The game will be out in June. Meanwhile, I’ll be waiting for someone to make a proper Putt-Putt game, which is somehow far more attractive to me.
Last Updated: March 17, 2015
Admiral Chief
March 17, 2015 at 11:03
You know what, I might just get this
#BlatantExcuseNotToGoOutside
Chaos Lord Norm
March 17, 2015 at 11:05
#DoesAnyoneGoOutsideAnymore
Admiral Chief
March 17, 2015 at 11:06
I do actually, heh, but yeah, I get what you are saying
ReaperOfSquirrels
March 17, 2015 at 11:13
It’s a way to make me feel really bad about my own ability to play golf.
RinceThis
March 17, 2015 at 11:25
Even in GTAV? 🙂
ReaperOfSquirrels
March 17, 2015 at 11:37
I haven’t played golf in GTAV since September (I think). I’ll probably SUCK! lol
RinceThis
March 17, 2015 at 11:43
Ahhh, good times!
ReaperOfSquirrels
March 17, 2015 at 12:15
Yeah, lots of luck involved on that golf though. Maybe I’ll get Werner (Spiller) to play a game with me lol.
RinceThis
March 17, 2015 at 12:33
Please, his kid is better bwahahahah!
Chaos Lord Norm
March 17, 2015 at 11:04
I’m too busy with Super Stickman Golf.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noodlecake.ssg&hl=en
ReaperOfSquirrels
March 17, 2015 at 11:06
the 1st or 2nd one?
Chaos Lord Norm
March 17, 2015 at 11:06
Second one 😀
ReaperOfSquirrels
March 17, 2015 at 11:13
That game actually gets hard as hell.
ReaperOfSquirrels
March 17, 2015 at 11:04
I’ll totally go for this, been a while since I’ve bought a golf game.
Also… Decent + Putt-Putt game = Does not compute + will probably never happen
Ryanza
March 17, 2015 at 11:05
http://cdn.meme.am/instances/53385925.jpg
Ryanza
March 17, 2015 at 11:15
Hammersteyn
March 17, 2015 at 11:22
LOL inb4me
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 17, 2015 at 11:05
I don’t see how you can say golf is boring Darryn, have you never watch AB de Villiers batting?
Chaos Lord Norm
March 17, 2015 at 11:06
BTW… Those tags, LOL.
Ryanza
March 17, 2015 at 11:06
What happened to Tiger Woods?
http://www.quickmeme.com/img/be/be84d5d7804cc4af590ae6ce1b974fbd5c02a7303d17d1460d70f16fb3a03c4d.jpg
Chaos Lord Norm
March 17, 2015 at 11:06
HAHA!
Admiral Chief
March 17, 2015 at 11:07
XD
Admiral Chief
March 17, 2015 at 11:07
His game was DENIED!
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 17, 2015 at 11:07
He should have thought about that before using his wood.
Brandon van Reenen
March 17, 2015 at 11:29
TAKE MY F***ING UPVOTE!
RinceThis
March 17, 2015 at 11:37
REALLY?!
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 17, 2015 at 11:58
It had to be done.
Hammersteyn
March 17, 2015 at 11:22
Too much wood.
hairyknees
March 17, 2015 at 11:07
Header WIN!
Chaos Lord Norm
March 17, 2015 at 11:08
Doesn’t every EA golf game in history feature St. Andrews?
ReaperOfSquirrels
March 17, 2015 at 11:14
Ummmmmm… yes.
Jac7
March 17, 2015 at 11:16
Favorite moment in that movie…
Hammersteyn
March 17, 2015 at 11:20
XD
Jonah Cash
March 17, 2015 at 11:18
Just a quick thank you to all who gave me some advice yesterday! It is much appreciated! It has been paid for and now I wait to get my new toy 🙂
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 17, 2015 at 11:28
Cool man! Set yourself up with Steam, GOG & Humble Bundle (to start) account & you’ll be good to go.
FoxOneZA
March 17, 2015 at 12:57
Awesome!
CAE9872
March 17, 2015 at 13:12
So I take it you have turned to the dark side of PC gaming…
Jonah Cash
March 17, 2015 at 16:58
Not quite!! Just had to get a new computer for my business so I decided I would rather have my 4 year old Samsung Series 9 laptop get some love and then splurge the cash I would have paid for a new one on a desktop instead… Best of both worlds me thinks!!
Jonah Cash
March 17, 2015 at 17:05
Oh and now I won’t need an Xbox ONE…
Majik
March 17, 2015 at 15:48
What did you end up getting if you don’t mind me asking?
Jonah Cash
March 17, 2015 at 17:03
Z97 motherboard, 650w power supply, i7 4790, GTX 970, 128 SSD, 1TB SATA, 23″ LG HD monitor….. Oh and I get The Witcher 3 for free… So Ryanza will be happy that I have to play that one!!
Ryanza
March 17, 2015 at 17:24
Ryanza will only be impressed when The Witcher 3 is bought from GOG.com.
And on that note, The Witcher 3 for free, noce one. 50gigs download though. But free.
Nice PC. Should last a couple of years. Get Witcher 2 and test with ubersampling. If you get 60fps then it’s good.
Would be interesting to see what the Witcher 3 will do with that 970.
Jonah Cash
March 17, 2015 at 20:59
Now for the fun part of owning a gaming PC: how to optimize it to play a certain game and then again for the next one…
Ubersampling??
Ryanza
March 18, 2015 at 09:59
Ubersampling is like a forced anti-aliasing that renders each frame multiple times. Making sure the frames are accurate.
Ubersampling takes a hit out of performance. Half of the frame rate will be gone when you turn on Ubersampling.
Jonah Cash
March 18, 2015 at 13:19
Cool, now I know one more thing!! Thanks man!
Majik
March 17, 2015 at 17:24
Awesome, I’m sure you’re gonna have loads of fun! I would love to upgrade my old desktop but I would never be able to play it as I’m out of the country most of the time. Ah well at least I have a decent laptop to keep me busy. Hope you enjoy your new beast.
Jonah Cash
March 17, 2015 at 20:56
Thanks man!! Travelling sucks, I hate flying and I still get extremely tired when I do!!
Hammersteyn
March 17, 2015 at 11:20
Will it have this?
CaptainNemo42
March 17, 2015 at 11:56
Will it have “Sudden loss of form because I started dating Caroline Wozniacki mode”? If you know what I mean?
Hammersteyn
March 17, 2015 at 13:47
Guinness sign in the header!