PGA TOUR Golf Shootout

I've been playing this game for months now and it keeps me coming back. The game play is very straightforward and simple to learn, the graphics are stunning (but adjustable depending on your device and bandwidth), advancing within the game is challenging but hasn't ever felt insurmountable, the in-game rewards for regular play are generous, the ads (if you choose to watch them to expedite play without having to spend your own money) are short and sweet, and the developers are constantly working to improve the game, all while being receptive and responsive to issues raised (as a regular user, I have corresponded with them on a few occasions about issues and/or opportunities for improvement). I give PGA TOUR Golf Shootout an unqualified Five Star rating.

If you are someone who is looking for a golf game to play for 10 minutes a week then this is a good choice. However, the logic of the design is deeply flawed. The object is to level up so you can obtain new clubs, courses and so on. In the beginning it is fine. You level up by getting coins that are obtained through opening card packs which are won in solo challenges, Dailey challenges and heads up play. In order to level up your golfer, you must level up your clubs. The developer says each level should take 3x’s as long as the previous to advance. Here is where the problem starts. There are only so many clubs available to level up. You receive about 70 points for leveling up a club when it cost 1000 coins. The next level is 4,000 then 10,000 and then 25,000. Logic would follow you should receive 1750 in points for spending 25,000 coins. Nope you get 200 points. So it took no more than a week to move a level in levels 1-5. However, I have been on level 6 since March. I have never missed a daily challenge, always finish 1-3 in my clubhouse (rankings from heads up play), and have completed ever solo task except two which I do not have the correct club to do because I can’t reach level 7. I am only about half way through level 6. I feel like I have invested a bunch of time and can’t move any further. Hopefully they update the app and improve on this silliness. If they do I will change the review.

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This game is a lot of fun to play. I golf I play video games so it’s a good fit. Having said that save yourself the time and money and do not download it! My first account was accidentally deleted by concrete during their issue in July that deleted several players accounts. I sent them screen shots and a walk through of what I was doing so they could see what I was running jn to and what I got back was zero help from concrete help desk, their answer was to continue to try and make sure my Facebook was connected. I had invested over $20 into it at that point. But I still liked to play the game so I started another account and then spent the gold to start my own clubhouse, after 6 weeks our club finally leveled up to level 2. With that level up our clubhouse was supposed to go from 20 to 30 members, this has yet to happen. I contacted support to find out why we can’t add any additional members and their response was “we know this is an issue and we are set to correct it in the 1.7.0 update, they are currently in version 1.6.4 so it will be atleast a couple of weeks”. It is very clear that concrete as a company doesn’t care about you as a player they only care about your money and collecting it while not delivering on some very basic features THAT PEOPLE PAY ACTUAL MONEY FOR THAT THEY KNOW DO NOT WORK! Do with this info what you will but if I had to do it all over again I would have rather downloaded ANYTHING other than this game or any game by Concrete.

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I like this but it’s not PGA at all. I believe it must be programmed by non golfing Golf Glash software guys because you all just make the same nonsense changes at the same time and today is among the worst. The unpredictable results may be your golf score result but in a year of play you’ll see how unfair and unreasonable your design is. Each club has a predictable good hit to bad hit of only 10 yards. The game make sand and rough like mud taking far too high a percentage off the shot. A good shot out of rough or sand can be near normal. Also in sand an iron or wood is used with reasonable results. One big problem is the visibility of where the hall is going relative to the hole can’t be easily seen. On a course the line and distance is reasonably know and the flight distance is close to expected with some direction imperfection. In the game plan on hitting the green, I hit a great shot and expect to be on the green then land 15 yds shot in rough or sand that wasn’t seen in flight path planning. In fact the tree was intentionally avoided but I landed next to it. Yuk. Thanks

The game has a ton of promise and could give Golf Clash a run for their money. I love how you can pick which clubs you want in the bag and when you want to use them, unlike GC. The daily and solo challenges are a neat idea. However, there are several inconsistencies that need to be addressed. First, the ads. Lose them. If you want this to be a top tier game the ads serve no purpose and will cause several to uninstall. Graphics both in menu and in game could use A LOT of help. The roll of ball on the green is misleading. I do like how you can curve the ball, but the ball guide should a little more helpful where the ball is going to bounce depending on club. The aim guide is probably your worst design. Make the area a little larger rather than a small green dot you can barely see. Until you have these areas figured out, I would hide the clubhouse and meaningless other areas. Like I said, it is promising but needs a lot of work.