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Smash everything in Dangerous golf

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Golf is easily the dullest spectator sport on the planet. I’d sooner watch 11 straight hours of curling than watch two hours of Golf – because the weird satisfaction and determination you see on people’s face as they competitively sweep is a delight on its own. Watching people take a leisurely walk on same finely manicured grass? No thank you.

Why then, am I so mesmerised by Dangerous Golf? It’s probably because it has very, very little to do with the sport, other than the use of those incredibly aerodynamic, dimpled balls. It’s more like Burnout’s Aftertouch, replacing cars with balls.

That unmistakable Burnout DNA makes sense when you consider that developer Three Fields is made up for former Criterion heads – including creative director Alex Ward. And in Dangerous Golf, they’re making something that’s both clever and silly, taking the world’s dullest sport and giving it an irreverent jolt of life.

“We’ve been creating gameplay that’s never been done before, guided by our own sense of stupidity,” says Alex Ward, creative director at Dangerous Golf developer Three Fields. “Until you’ve smashed up some toilets and jumped a golf ball out of a mop bucket, I guess you haven’t lived.”

Like me, Ward isn’t a fan of the sport. “I think golf’s boring, golfers are boring, and golf games made for golfers are boring,” he notes – adding that he does enjoy a bit of mini golf, which is decidedly sillier stuff.

Dangerous Golf is coming next month as a downloadable title on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Steam. I can’t wait to break stuff.

Last Updated: May 4, 2016

43 Comments

  1. Mistake Not...

    May 4, 2016 at 10:02

    This game looks so stupid. I need it.

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    • Admiral Chief in New York

      May 4, 2016 at 10:16

      Your comment, magnificent!

      Reply

      • Captain JJ vs ..............

        May 4, 2016 at 10:21

        Your comment, so meh.

        Reply

        • Admiral Chief in New York

          May 4, 2016 at 11:08

          So, my comment is like your face?

          Reply

  2. VampyreSquirrel

    May 4, 2016 at 10:05

    I might just get this… depending on the price.

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  3. Pariah

    May 4, 2016 at 10:15

    Is that a rebel flag? Federation?

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    • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

      May 4, 2016 at 10:16

      Maybe, but there used to be a portrait of a fruit bowl against the wall 😛

      Reply

      • Pariah

        May 4, 2016 at 10:17

        O_o

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        • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

          May 4, 2016 at 10:20

          (F5)

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          • Pariah

            May 4, 2016 at 10:23

            Ok so what did he replace it with? Looks like. Well. I don’t know.

          • Geoffrey Tim

            May 4, 2016 at 10:25

            MEESA THINKS YOU SHOULD LOOK CLOSER, OKEYDAY

          • Pariah

            May 4, 2016 at 10:26

            Really? Really really?

            Corner. Off you go.

          • Captain JJ vs ..............

            May 4, 2016 at 10:27

            It’s like staring satan in the eyes.

          • Pariah

            May 4, 2016 at 10:35

            I think Satan would be a way, way more pleasant fictional character to stare at.

          • Captain JJ vs ..............

            May 4, 2016 at 10:36

            Definitely less scary. XD

  4. Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

    May 4, 2016 at 10:16

    • Pariah

      May 4, 2016 at 10:18

      It is just one of those days.

      m/

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      • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

        May 4, 2016 at 10:20

        XD

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    • Pariah

      May 4, 2016 at 10:24

      Wait why is this the clean version?

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

        May 4, 2016 at 10:27

        Yeah, listened to it after posting. Left a dislike

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        • Pariah

          May 4, 2016 at 10:28

          Defeats the point of the entire song.

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          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            May 4, 2016 at 10:28

            It does, it really does.

        • Captain JJ vs ..............

          May 4, 2016 at 10:29

          Wait, what is it? Or should I just dislike it anyway?

          Reply

          • Pariah

            May 4, 2016 at 10:29

            Just dislike it. On the YouTube channel.

          • Captain JJ vs ..............

            May 4, 2016 at 10:30

            Yea, no, can’t do that.

          • Pariah

            May 4, 2016 at 10:30

            HEATHEN

          • Captain JJ vs ..............

            May 4, 2016 at 10:30

            I don’t have access to YouTooob. That’s why.

          • Pariah

            May 4, 2016 at 10:31

            HEATHEEEEEEEEN

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            May 4, 2016 at 10:32

            Filthy casual

          • Captain JJ vs ..............

            May 4, 2016 at 10:33

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            May 4, 2016 at 10:34

            XD

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            May 4, 2016 at 10:30

            Fucking sucks

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            May 4, 2016 at 10:29

            I can’t wait to break stuff. – Geoff
            So I posted a link to Limp Bizkit – Break Stuff

          • Captain JJ vs ..............

            May 4, 2016 at 10:30

            Ah. I see.

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            May 4, 2016 at 10:32

            And now you can hear it as well (filthy version XD)
            https://www.song365.name/track/limp-bizkit-break-stuff-1307494.html

          • Captain JJ vs ..............

            May 4, 2016 at 10:34

            I find it interesting how 90% of the people who thought this was the best thing ever back then now thinks it’s the biggest insult to music ever. I think they’re trying to hide that they actually used to like it by overcompensating for it now. 😀

          • Pariah

            May 4, 2016 at 10:35

            O_o

            I love it. I am not ashamed.

          • Captain JJ vs ..............

            May 4, 2016 at 10:36

            Me too. Takes me back to when I was young.

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            May 4, 2016 at 11:01

            I still love it and that will never change

          • Admiral Chief in New York

            May 4, 2016 at 11:09

            Slap Koekie, Breek Goed

  5. Captain JJ vs ..............

    May 4, 2016 at 10:20

    This is just like the destruction mode in I AM BREAD.
    Good fun.

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  6. DragonSpirit009

    May 4, 2016 at 10:56

    Taking don’t play with the ball in the house to a new level I see!

    Reply

  7. HairyEwok

    May 4, 2016 at 11:47

    That spherical object has a lot of bounce for a golf ball… Maybe it was dunked in flubber?

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