A fun golf game bogged down by rough touch controls and a repetitive campaign

The fundamental gameplay and systems in Clap Hanz golf are unsurprisingly great given the history of this team. I don’t think the controls ported over to touch all that well, though. Not only are the techniques not explained well, but the touch controls are generally extremely imprecise, making it difficult to do well at higher levels of play.

The game really feels like something ripped out of the late 90s or early 2000s. Not only because of the visuals and menus, but for the collection of stereotypes that serve as the playable cast. There’s literally one black person in the entire game and his name is “MC Daryl”.

I was having a lot of fun with the game at first but it gets repetitive incredibly quickly. The game length is padded pretty heavily by simply making you replay the same handful of levels over and over again to earn stars and progress to the next rank. That’s the whole game. I made it to Rank 6 unlocking all the characters and outfits along the way before bouncing off. I’ve seen everything the game has to offer. I’m good.

+ Fun golf game

- Poor explanation for any sort of technical or advanced golf controls
- Touch controls are imprecise and finicky
- Embarrassingly non-diverse cast filled with stereotypes
- Repetitive

Reviewed on Jun 02, 2022


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