Product Description

Play the world's most challenging PGA courses and compete with the pros in Tiger Woods 2008 from Electronic Arts. It's the best golf game, short of being there yourself. In some ways even better. No need to deal with sweltering heat. No tee-off charges. No fumbling for partners. Play against the stars from the comfort of your own home - come rain or come shine - with your Sony PS3.
Take on the world in Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 08. For the first time ever, every portion of your game is recorded?from the first tee box in Play Now mode to your final putt in a FedEx Cup tournament. Post your most amazing?and unthinkable?performances on EA SPORTS GamerNet, a revolutionary interactive gaming hub that hosts user-created content online. Set the bar high by posting your top moments or take on challenges set by others to determine who truly is the world's greatest golfer. Whether you're uploading an unbeatable round or the craziest shot, take the world by storm with GamerNet and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 08.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5895 in Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Model: 15782801
• Released on: 2007-08-28
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Dimensions: 3.00 pounds

Features

• All-New EA SPORTS GamerNet—Online interaction has been taken to the next level. Record everything from your greatest rounds to crazy, awe-inspiring shots, then post each challenge on EA SPORTS GamerNet for the world to beat.
• Put on Your Best Photo Game Face— Put yourself in the game like never before. Upload real-life photographs of yourself, friends, and family to create in-game characters that look just like the real thing. No artistic skill required!
• Confidence Is a Factor—All-new Shot Confidence tracks your performance on every hole. Analyze past performance with the Confidence Meter to identify strengths and weaknesses before every shot.
• FedEx Cup Playoff Courses—Experience the all-new FedEx Cup championship format by playing a dream round at Westchester Country Club, TPC Boston, Cog Hill, and East Lake.
• Take on the Most PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour Pros—Featuring the greatest PGA TOUR and LPGA Tour pros, including Tiger Woods, John Daly, and Vijay Singh, plus Annika Sorenstam, Natalie Gulbis, Christie Kerr, and Morgan Pressel.

Amazon.com

Play the world's most challenging PGA courses and compete with the pros in the newest installment to the Tiger Woods franchise. In Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 08 every portion of your game is recorded, from your opening drive on the first hole in Play Now mode to your final putt in the FedEx Cup Championship. Post your feats on EA SPORTS GamerNet, an interactive gaming hub that hosts user-created content. Post your top moments or take on challenges set by others.

Features:

• EA SPORTS GamerNet
• Photo Game Face allows you to put yourself in the game by uploading real-life photographs of yourself, friends, and family to create in-game characters
• Shot Confidence tracks your performance on every hole. Analyze past performance with the Confidence Meter to identify strengths and weaknesses before every shot
• Experience the new FedEx Cup championship format by playing a round at Westchester Country Club, TPC Boston, Cog Hill and East Lake
• Features Tiger Woods, John Daly, Vijay Singh, Annika Sorenstam, Natalie Gulbis, Christie Kerr, and Morgan Pressel

Customer Reviews

DEnatives
Have been playing Tiger Woods Golf for years. This year was such a disappointment from the play aspect. My husband and I played together, being a guest on each others careers. The only way to play together is the play now option. This makes it a singular effort to complete your career matches. It seems to me all ps3 games are more geared to playing online instead of playing with friends. Why do we have to loose that aspect just to get better graphics? The game face has been overhauled and is more realistic and you can even load a picture of yourself. Change the way modifers are applied to your player. They brought back the 3 click (when you had the bar to swing with)

Not as good as TIger Woods 2007
This game was rushed.

I've played every version since 04, and this one is the first that didn't improve from the previous version.

Pros:
1. Improved graphics
2. Improved sound
3. Improved Tiger WOods CHallenge

Cons:
1. Slowdown, inconsistent frame rate
2. Controls are horrible unless you are on the easiest difficulty setting
3. Commentary has nearly the same dialogue as 06 and 07.

Here's hoping TW09 isn't rushed, too.

Problem with yearly releases
We should probably stop supporting EA's yearly release schedule. At least with TW they added new courses instead of just new players (which seems hardly a big incentive to me). But, if it weren't for the red shirted Tiger on the front I could have sworn this was TW2007.5 instead of an actually game. They could have just sold it for 20 bucks for add on courses and that would have been honest business at least.

The PS3 version is terribly slow. You can tell this was an Xbox 360 port to PS3 instead of the other way around. In the end I just couldn't keep playing it with the horrible load times - just to boot up the game and get in and play took entirely to long, then if you made a mistake and select the wrong option in your hurry to actually play - it's time to do it all over again.

I think the biggest tell tail sign is when they moved the same commentary from 2007 to 2008. This is what happens when you must get a game out each and every year.

I'm going to get Hot Shots: Out of Bounds - which at least looks like they tried to create an actual game instead of $50.00 expansion pack. Don't buy (at least not for $50 dollars).