
you can do it exact the same way multiple times and it will differ every single time. the bar where you can set the power to shoot is completely random. you shoot in an 45 degree angle on an even boundary and the ball doesn't only NOT bounce in the same angle, it just bounces 90 degrees in the wrong direction. you shoot in an 45 degree angle on an even boundary and one of the worst games i've played in the last few years!! the physics are SO off. One of the worst games i've played in the last few years!! the physics are SO off. DO NOT BUY unless you are just dying to play a mini-golf game, and have no other options. Everybody's Golf is also $20, and is LEAGUES better than this game, in every respect. one shared controller for local multiplayer? Blows my mind. The par suggestions for each course seem designated by super-nerds who played this crap nugget for weeks and weeks, then decided their VERY best shots on each hole should be considered par. the menu screens seem somewhat convoluted and clunky. there goes my ball without me properly lining it up.

You quickly realize that during the hole preview (where you hit triangle and are free to move the camera around the hole), you can STILL wind up adjusting power, adding spin, and even HITTING the ball! Several times, I've been mapping my path to the hole, when I accidentally tap X and "whoosh". IF you decide to suffer through this game, take my advice - turn the hole time limit up to the max (5 minutes, or infinity), and don't run out of time! Plenty of other little hiccups run rampant.
It's ridiculous, and quite frankly amazing how someone could screw up simple math (and a simple explanation) like that. In other words, EVERY hole you time-out on counts for 14 strokes. So, if you have it set to a 12-stroke-per-hole maximum, and you run out of time on your 6th shot, you would assume your score for that hole is an 8, right? NOPE. It adds 2 strokes TO YOUR MAXIMUM ALLOWED SHOTS. The game says it will add 2 STROKES to your score if you run out of time on a hole. The clincher so far has been the penalty strokes. There are plenty of little hang-ups and issues that plague the game, like glitchy walls suddenly disappearing. (A little bit, at least) To start, local multiplayer can only be achieved by taking turns, and SHARING the same controller. First of all, I'm surprised - Team17 games usually seem a bit more polished than this. not dealing with physical copies of games is nice, but when you run into a title like Golf With Your Friends, and wish you could return it. not dealing with physical copies of games is nice, but when you run into a title like Golf With The digital age is a double-edged sword.
