An extremely high quality golf game for Apple Arcade. It uses some of the more unique controls that I've seen for golf as a whole, and especially on a mobile platform. On controller you're using a 2-analog stick setup not unlike skate and with touch controls, you're setting your power after setting up your shot.

I think some of the UI betrays what you'd expect from your shot, which is a bit of a downside meaning you have to put more abstract thought into the guesswork of where your shot would go. Like a more standard golf game, when you set up your shot you then input the timing minigame and aftertouch to execute your shot, but in this it's mostly based on where your finger is on the track from where you first touch it, or a similar concept based around analog sticks depending on how you play it.

I think it's pretty satisfying, and there are a lot of courses and variables that make for some great gameplay. Some fairly expressive and fun characters that you collect and level up, with alternate pallettes and costumes. The downside is that since you're grinding stars, it becomes a bit tedious after a bit. It's extremely well stocked in the feature department, but the grind makes it hard to want to continue after a point.

If I wasn't playing this on what is primarily a drawing tablet iPad, and had it on a phone it would be my go-to mobile game, but as it is, I think I'm a bit done with it for now.

Reviewed on Dec 07, 2023


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