| 100 |
GameSpy
How exactly did they manage to make Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 a better game? By making it more varied, and thus, more replayable. By far, the biggest upgrade to the game is the new GameFace II system, which allows you to create a player who looks like just about anyone you could possibly imagine.
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| 100 |
Times Online
The courses are stunningly handsome and the golfing action and ball physics are true to life. The game has an almost limitless replay value.
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| 100 |
Play Magazine
Together with a deep career mode, eight new courses (14 total) and, of course, online gameplay, this latest Tiger Woods is as good as it gets. [Oct 2004, p.88]
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| 100 |
AceGamez
I am a changed man after playing this game and I think anybody who hasn't bothered to play golf games before should really give this a try; you'll be surprised, I promise.
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| 93 |
Official Xbox Magazine
Expertly balanced, with tons of options to keep you improving either your golfer or your wardrobe or your course. [Nov 2004, p.80]
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| 91 |
Gaming Age
Even though the overall look and presentation has not received a glowing amount of attention, it is what EA has done as far as tweaking the controls, A.I. and adding a monster amount of modes and options that will keep fans of the links playing for another year to come.
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| 90 |
GamerFeed
Hands down the most features-packed golf game ever, as well as the best golf game of the year.
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| 90 |
IGN
A polished, yet expected, upgrade to last year's version. It's got some awesome new features that go a really long way -- like GameFace II and TigerProofing -- and there's just ton of other options.
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| 90 |
Team Xbox
Sure, the game is more unrealistic than not, and it doesn’t look that pretty, but for outright console fun, the game is way up there. The combination of an endless supply of cool unlockables and semi-challenging gameplay is hard to discount, and makes it far easier to look past Tiger Woods PGA 2005’s flaws.
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| 90 |
GamePro
The kind of huge game that's easy to lose yourself in for weeks and months on end, sparkling with a ridiculous array of ways to play, great controls, and more unlockables than you can count. [Nov 2004, p.138]
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| 90 |
Yahoo! Games
Tiger Woods 2005 is a birdie to "2004's" eagle, but that doesn't change the fact that it's one of the best sports games out there.
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| 90 |
PGNx Media
A great game of golf with enough depth to please simulation fans while making things accessible to newcomers to the series. The game’s Game Face II feature is quite fun and will take up a few hours of players’ time on its own.
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| 87 |
Game Over Online
The inclusion of GameFace II, Tour Difficulty mode and Tiger Proofing provides plenty of player customization options that fans of the sport will enjoy. Plus, the inclusion of Tiger Vision allows people who've never picked up a club to feel like a golf pro.
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| 87 |
Electronic Gaming Monthly
The foliage resembles that found in a pop-up book, the mingames are growing old, and though "2004" revolutionized the game, 2005 is mostly spit and polish. [Nov 2004, p.138]
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| 87 |
GameZone
Like your local golf course. It’s still fun to go out there and tee off, but haven’t we played this 18 before?
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| 86 |
Next Level Gaming
The controls are easy to learn but hard to master. I say hard to master because you have to not only know the club you want to use for the placement of the ball, but you have a number of different types of swings to consider.
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| 85 |
Game Informer
After last year's revolutionary success, this game - like "Madden" - is slowing down with age. [Oct 2004, p.125]
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| 84 |
GameSpot
The game seems dead set on making new players comfortable--but this inadvertently sucks out a lot of the challenge.
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| 83 |
TotalGames.net
There is now a level editor named Tiger Proofing where players can customise their own greens and add naff little gimmicks to impress their mates and try to convince themselves that it's not exactly the same game as they all bought last year.
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| 83 |
Game Revolution
The new features are generally welcomed but don’t change the fact that this is largely the same game you probably spent way too much time with last year.
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| 80 |
MS Xbox World
A fantastic game.
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| 80 |
games(TM)
It’s debatable whether or not this is worth buying if you own last year’s game…it comes down to how rich you are and how much you like golf. [Nov 2004, p.118]
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| 80 |
Operation Sports
Though the engine itself doesn’t match some of the better games in the genre on both the Xbox and PC, it certainly plays a passable game of golf. It’s got an arcade flavor, but definitely delivers a fun game.
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| 80 |
Sydney Morning Herald
Best of all, the ball physics and controls are excellent.
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| 80 |
Xbox Nation Magazine
If there's any reason to buy 2005, it's for the 10 new courses, which look beautiful (as always) and offer enough challenge to keep most players whacking around for weeks. [Nov 2004, p.99]
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| 79 |
Ferrago
If, however, you already own one of the previous versions, then the reasons to consider an upgrade are negligible.
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