9. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 was a very good game that nailed gameplay and a number of other bonus features.
Developed: EA Tiburon
Published: EA
Release Date: June 2009
When I was thinking about making this list, one of the games that popped into my head was this one. I wrote this down on paper thinking, “Okay, this one is going to be in the top five somewhere.”
After thinking back to previous games and doing my research on games I may have missed or forgot about, when it was all said and done, I have Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 coming in at nine.
Now, this shouldn’t be an insult as this is an extremely enjoyable game. The gameplay is great, especially the putting which may have been the best in the series.
The online and online features were the best in the series at the time, before they were outdone by next year’s iteration.
The best part about the online play was that you didn’t have to play online in order to be rewarded with the online features the game posses. I know that sounds a bit weird, but let me give you an example.
If someone drove the ball 330 yards on the first hole at Firestone you had a little side challenge to outdrive that person to get atop the leaderboard.
It wasn’t required at all, you could completely ignore it, but if you did go for it and top you would be on top of the leaderboard and get a little reward and what not. Just a fun little side mission you could call it.
The best feature though was implementing real-time real life weather conditions. This was powered by the weather channel so that if you had this feature turned on and it was raining in St. Andrews, Scottsdale you would be playing in the rain.
If there were gale force winds at Pebble Beach, you would be playing in gale force winds.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 may have come in at number nine, but this is a very good game and I wouldn’t argue if you said this was a great game.
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