Cursed to Golf

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  • Summary: Cursed to Golf is a golf-like adventure where every shot counts. Players are tasked with making it out of Golf Purgatory to become a Golfing Legend.

    With insane hazards, otherworldly power-ups and tons of replayability, will you make it back alive or will you forever be... Cursed to Golf!?

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Hey Poor Player
    Aug 30, 2022
    90
    Cursed to Golf is a brilliant little golf game. Its smart design encourages creativity, and its roguelike elements, while harsh, aren’t brutal enough to derail the experience. It’s astonishing how well the individual parts from different genres mix into a cohesive whole—or should I say “hole”? More than anything, though, it’s just fun. That’s all there is to it: it’s just a fun game that deserves your attention.
  2. TouchArcade
    Aug 24, 2022
    80
    The general course layouts may lose their shine after a while, but the core gameplay and fun tricks you can pull off with Ace Cards ensure that the moment-to-moment action rarely lets you down. As long as you’re fine with the heavy cost of failure, you’ll likely get hours upon hours of joy from this curse.
  3. Nintendo Life
    Aug 25, 2022
    80
    Cursed to Golf is an interesting and enjoyable golf game, mixing creative power-ups and roguelike game design with tried-and-true golf gameplay. Though we felt the roguelike elements held this one back a bit and the soundtrack can sometimes get irritating, the polished gameplay, appealing art style, and high replay value make this one an easy recommendation. If you’re at all a fan of golf games, we’d suggest you pick this up immediately, but even if you’re just looking to try something new, we’d encourage you to give it a shot.
  4. Starbit
    Oct 25, 2022
    80
    Obviously based on golf, the platforming, puzzle and roguelike elements make a very creative twist on the sport of stroking a ball towards a hole. The difficulty level is high, the ball gets additional properties, the game's ambient is comically sombre, and the soundtrack is exquisite. All this put together creates an original and very rewarding experience for all Nintendo Switch players.
  5. Nintenderos
    Jan 22, 2023
    80
    Its artistic section is really nice. Pixel art is already something very common among indie titles, but this one, with this chibi protagonist, has made us fall in love. The title works really well.
  6. Pure Nintendo
    Aug 22, 2022
    70
    Cursed to Golf is a wholly unique golfing experience that is well worth checking out. The mechanics shake up the golf formula, allowing it to stand out among its peers and breathe new life (ironic, huh?) into this sports genre.The visuals and sound design across the board are a marvel, yet its frustratingly difficult gameplay can deter certain individuals from the key replayability this golf-roguelike offers.If you’re anything like me, your little golf would-be champion will be spending more than eternity in purgatory. If that’s even possible.
  7. Slant Magazine
    Aug 27, 2022
    50
    The cutesy art style of Cursed to Golf obscures just how punishing the game can be.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 2 out of 5
  1. Ozagamer
    Nov 5, 2022
    10
    A difficult but wildly fun game. Mechanics are fair and the levels have some surprises that keep you on your toes. All in all a great game toA difficult but wildly fun game. Mechanics are fair and the levels have some surprises that keep you on your toes. All in all a great game to play on the go.… Expand
  2. zanders
    Aug 28, 2022
    9
    Fun, challenging and unique roguelite golf game with great 2d design and music.
  4. Elite_Institute
    Sep 5, 2022
    9
    "Cursed to Golf is a surprisingly relaxing experience considering the difficulty of the game. It’s beautifully presented, and the Ace Card"Cursed to Golf is a surprisingly relaxing experience considering the difficulty of the game. It’s beautifully presented, and the Ace Card system helps make the game entertaining, even for people who don’t care about golf. Whilst it could do with a cursed multiplayer mode, the game is still an easy recommendation for fans and non-fans of golf alike."

    https://theeliteinstitute.net/2022/09/05/cursed-to-golf/    … Expand
  5. Robertinho123
    Feb 18, 2023
    4
    Cursed to Golf is a fun game that ruins itself with one fatal flaw. You can't save between holes and it takes too long to reach its difficultCursed to Golf is a fun game that ruins itself with one fatal flaw. You can't save between holes and it takes too long to reach its difficult bosses. It took 2 hours to get to the second boss, and that's too much for a roguelite run. The first levels are great, but the second set of levels are way too long and that's when it stops being fun.

    I really want to love this game, but not being able to rechallenge bosses unless I play another 2 hours, is just not enjoayable.    … Expand
  6. Spassbremse
    Feb 26, 2023
    3
    I wanted to rate this game higher. I was loving it until I got to the second boss and then everything went to (golf) hell. It seems to meI wanted to rate this game higher. I was loving it until I got to the second boss and then everything went to (golf) hell. It seems to me that the latter third of the game just was not tested properly, as it is riddled with bugs. I had multiple instances of the game softlocking itself during The Explorer bossfight:
    - Terrain deformations mutating and leaving my ball in a place that it couldn't be hit
    - The Explorer hitting her ball into a water hazard and it bouncing in the water indefinitely
    - The Explorer moving to hit her ball at a new location only to have the terrain reform around her in such a way as to prevent her from moving.

    I eventually after much trial and error was able to get past The Explorer boss fight, but the area afterwards, The Caverns, was riddled with more bugs. Fire balls don't ignite vines like they are supposed to. The HUD and ball shot tracker disappeared for a round. The ball spin on certain types of terrain just flat out didn't work.

    The music, pixel art, and presentation are all top notch, but I can't award many points beyond that because I literally cannot complete the game due to the bugs. I reached out to Chuhai Labs on social media and asked if they were working on a patch and was promptly ignored...    … Expand

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