![]() It's no exaggeration to say that I'd estimate the time you'd need to finish all the game modes (stroke play and match play offer up dozens of tournaments and scenarios to use your tricked-out PangYa Festa characters on) at well over 300 hours, which isn't a typo, and that's not even considering the time it would take to get enough money to buy all the items and outfits (some of which even allow you into "bonus" PangYa Festa scenarios when worn). ![]() (You can even unlock an outfit and hair dye to make her the spitting image of that series' Kasumi.) All this unlocking might seem like a chore if there were no real enjoyment to be had in it, but it's always entertaining to play dress-up on your character and trick them out with all the fancy crap you could ever want. And the characters run the bizarre gamut from portly Uncle Bob, with an emphasis of force over accuracy, to the teenaged Pirate Queen Kooh, to the incredibly stacked Arin, who takes after the Dead or Alive girls in a way Tecmo most assuredly approves of. To get more characters you must best PangYa Festa storylines, unlocking new clothing, courses, and items, and enabling you to "purchase" the final player you faced in that round, who will then open up their very own PangYa Festa storyline. ![]() The beauty part of all of this is that you start the game with but a single character and a lone caddie. You can even buy new caddies to enhance your attributes (and even new outfits for your caddies). You can buy new sets of golf balls that give you more Pang for good shots, new clubs with ridiculously fantastic designs (like the "Household Tools" set which allows you to golf with a right-angled yardstick), and consumable items for use during play which will temporarily increase your chances for hitting a perfect shot or maximize your spin skills. But these augments aren't just superficial: each item also contains a particular stat increase when worn, with the more expensive items allowing you to permanently upgrade your base statistics for when you decide to move on to that new v-neck and jeans combo that's oh-so-fetching this season.Īnd that's just only divoted the surface. This Pang can then be spent to outfit your characters in a manner unseen in games other than Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball-pants, skirts, shirts, swimsuits, dresses, shoes, hats, accessories, even hair dye can all be purchased for your stable of characters. Beat them using your most perfectly lined-up shots, your longest drives, and your furthest putts, and you accumulate "Pang," the game's form of upgrade currency. But the most "central" to the game is PangYa Festa, a character-centric story mode that takes each character through a series of Match Play rounds of escalating length against other characters of increasing skill. The basic gameplay makes for one of the most addictive, frustrating, and rewarding games in recent memory.Īnd you'll golf, just like that, through a variety of game-modes. And the more "PangYa" (or perfectly executed) shots you pull off, the more times you can use special shots that extend your swing power or cause crazy effects like making your ball rocket out of the air and land to the ground with an explosion, stopping spin in its tracks. Slope of the current resting surface for your dimpled orb comes into play in the amount of hook or slice that will natively be put on the ball after the shot. ![]() Wind is a heavy factor this time, with harder courses having "wind tunnels" that you need to watch for. You've played this game before-select a club, line up the shot, start your slider with a press of the button and stop it just right for power and accuracy, with maybe a well-timed directional press for spin-but strict imitation this ain't: gone are the days when you're particularly sure exactly where your ball will land even if you hit a perfect shot. Super Swing Golf is at its core a refreshing nod to the playful golf games of yore Hot Shots Golf and Mario Golf developer Camelot might remark that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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