{"id":295,"date":"2009-06-11T16:16:47","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T23:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/?p=295"},"modified":"2009-06-11T16:16:47","modified_gmt":"2009-06-11T23:16:47","slug":"tiger-woods-10-your-cameramen-suck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytica.com\/?p=295","title":{"rendered":"Tiger Woods 10: Your Cameramen Suck"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last few months, I’ve played a LOT of Tiger Woods 09<\/em>, as I’ve been engaged in a rigorous exercise\/training program where I do a lot of stationary biking, and a non-twitchy game like Tiger Woods<\/em> is a great way to kill that time. So the release of Tiger Woods 10<\/em> \u00c2\u00a0<\/span>this week was just what I needed, as I was rapidly approaching my third full season in the previous game. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One of my small gripes with Tiger 09<\/em> was the fact that the camera that follows each shot would occasionally show some lame side angle where you couldn’t even see the ball. It happened maybe 1 out of 20 times, so it wasn’t a big deal. But for my first six hours with Tiger 10<\/em>, the game has taken this to an absurd degree, where almost EVERY shot is followed from some bizarre side angle. Not only is this not a terrible way to show the game from a presentation standpoint, but it also makes it impossible to judge what kind of spin you should put on a shot to keep it from rolling into a sand trap. The camera angles effectively render an entire feature of the game unusable. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So I’d like to congratulate the makers of Tiger Woods 10<\/em>. For years, you’ve had a great game, but in your ever-continuing struggle to make the game look different from last year’s version, you’ve taken a part of your game that worked perfectly and broken it. Way to go!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Otherwise, Tiger 10<\/em> isn’t that different from earlier games. There’s still a PGA tour, the Tiger Challenge has been replaced with “Tournament Challenges,” and there’s a new putting system which takes a little figuring out but actually makes putting easier. More thoughts on the new Tiger<\/em> later in the week as I whip through the game.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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