What is GamerDad?
Games are fun and excellent bonding tools. At GamerDad, we believe in Gaming with Children.
Note: GamerDad is intended for Parents.
Email Us, Visit our FAQ, learn About Us, Bookmark us now and join our message board. We update daily!
|
Buy something from Amazon using this link, and GamerDad gets a percentage!
|
|
Home >
Review Archive >
Video Games
> Results: True Swing Golf
|
by Andrew Bub
May 20, 2006
Because nobody gets hurt when you throw your stylus after a missed 2" putt.
Reviewed for DS.
|
Format For Printing | Tell A Friend | Digg | Slashdot | del.icio.us
| Buy This Game
Scroll down for our Kid Factor.
Videogame golf once simulated swinging a club by hitting a button 2-3 times. Nowadays they use your mouse, gamepad, or gimmicky controllers to better simulate the difficulty and grace of the perfect tee shot or the nuance of a careful putt. Nintendo does one better by letting players use the stylus and touch screen to knock the dimpled ball around the fairway - and it works surprisingly well. True Swing Golf doesn't really simulate golf in a way that's true, and nothing swings, but the nuance is there and that makes it a great game for duffers, newcomers, and experts alike.
If dad or mom (or mom and dad) play golf, it's a good idea to get the kids into it. True Swing lets kids as young as six learn some of the most important things about golf, and that's how to play a course. Using the stylus to swing is easy - too easy really - but this lowers the frustration level a bit and backs it like a relaxing day at the fairway if it's raining or worse out there. Plenty of courses, decent graphics (EA's Tiger Woods game looks better but plays a bit worse), and that staid calm relaxing atmosphere golf is known for are all present (you can keep Hot Shots silliness, thanks) make this an ideal game for dads and moms who like the links - and kids getting started.
Comments? Chat about it in our forums!
Format For Printing | Tell A Friend | Digg | Slashdot | del.icio.us
| Buy This Game
Browse Amazon.com's selection of "true swing golf" themed games
Home >
Review Archive >
Video Games
> Results: True Swing Golf
|
Best Games of 2006!
Read the GamerDad 2007 Holiday Guide!
Visit the GamerDad Store and Buy Stuff!
Advertisement
|
|
