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Outlaw Golf (Xbox)

An incredible golf engine, stellar physics and excellent graphics combine with fierce competition, mortal danger and shapely women in this no-holds barred game of golf. Play 7 games for 1 to 4 players on 3 unique courses where some hazards have 2 legs! Remember, Outlaw Golf is a full contact sport! [SSI]

Simon & Schuster Interactive
Sports
Players: 4
T (Teen)
Developer: Hypnotix
Released June 11, 2002

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

72 / 100

Critic Reviews

90 TotalGames.net
A very fast arcade-style game that is positively overflowing with character.
90 GamePen
Not only is it very realistic in it’s approach to the game, it is, hands down, the most fun and funniest golf game I have played.
83 Gaming Age
The most innovative and clever thing to come to golf video games in a long while is Outlaw Golf's Composure Meter.
80 Electric Playground
The major factor holding Outlaw Golf from being a top tier golf game is its unforgiving control system.
80 Maxim Online
Sure, most of the game is from left field, but there’s actually enough realistic action to satisfy golf cart owners.
79 Official Xbox Magazine
Imagine if "Hot Shots Golf" had been developed by Larry Flynt Publications, and you might have an idea of the humor and content included in this otherwise sharp-yet-strangely-normal golf game. [August 2002, p.81]
78 Game Informer
Although Outlaw Golf isn't on the same level as "Hot Shots 3," It's about 10 times as funny. [July 2002, p.87]
77 Operation Sports
Outlaw Golf is a golf game that relies too heavily on gimmicks and forgets about simple things that should be standard in a golf game (simulation or arcade) like the lie affecting the ball.
75 XenGamers
Outlaw Golf's attitude lies solely in presentation, and while some may initially be turned off by the title's seemingly juvenile humor, the game's personality quickly grows on the player.
72 TeamXbox
A great golf game that actually has pretty impressive physics and realism.
72 GameSpy
Difficult to learn and a little gimmicky, but an enjoyable golf game nonetheless.
72 IGN
Featuring a cast of outrageously lewd characters, Outlaw Golf has humor in bunches, but doesn't manage enough solid golf gameplay to make it a true winner.
71 GameSpot
Don't be fooled by its outward appearance: Outlaw Golf is still a surprisingly realistic golf game, complete with spins, hooks, slices, and breaks and the sort of complexity you might expect from a straightforward golf sim.
70 Yahoo! Games
There's a detailed enough golfing sim hidden underneath and one that is likely to be long-lasting as a competitive game, relying as good cutthroat titles do on balanced amounts of skill and luck.
70 Electronic Gaming Monthly
What took me by surprise was the rather deep, involving golf game that lies beneath the crass interior. [Sept 2002, p.152]
70 Game Over Online
I know that a large amount of people will pick it up merely for the sex and violence the game portrays. But I think that a lot of golf enthusiasts or curiosity seekers may actually enjoy taking a look at this title.
70 Gamestyle
It makes you laugh and frustrates in equal measure and that is surely the games main problem, for every yin it has a yang and never reaches the sum of its parts.
70 Adrenaline Vault
Funny, witty and cool, Outlaw Golf also manages to be a bit on the shallow side and wear thin too easily.
70 Xbox Nation Magazine
Outlaw Golf can be played and thoroughly enjoyed on the couch. [Fall 2002, p.121]
60 G4 TV
Once you know all the jokes in Outlaw Golf, it starts to lose its appeal. If you take away all of the game's "Smackdown" humor and attitude, all you're left with is a decent golf title.
60 All Game Guide
The golf engine is solid, the visuals are striking, and the play modes are impressive. A few tweaks to the interface, more courses, and less reliance on scripted cut-scenes would put this title right in the same league as "Tiger Woods PGA Tour" series, which is great company to be in.
60 Play Magazine
While I really like beating the crap out of my caddy (girl on girl never looked so good), I wish the interface had a few more nuances and a more comphrehensive putting mechanism. [Jan 2003, p.78]
50 Game Revolution
A very mediocre game. The actual play mechanics are solid, but the abundance of white-trash gimmickry gets in the way.

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