Super Swing golf is a game you will love or hate almost the second you start playing. You MUST be able to tolerate the most cutesy of cutesy anime so be prepared. The gameplay is very close to the standard golf game with the execption of how the swing is preformed. You pull back to adjust power and press A when you're ready for your downswing. This is wonderful and truly revolutionizes the golf genre. It feels accurate and provides a way of improving through practice, and it becomes very rewarding once you have the swing down. All is good and fine in this department. There are complaints about the putting system but it feels fine to me. Good golf skills will reward you with Pang, the game's money which lets you buy a huge variety of item in the shop and boost your stats. The system works very well and is rather addictive.The problem that bothers me with the gameplay is the constant waiting. Around 40 percent of your time in story mode is spent watching the CPU take its turn. This turns the fun experience into something a liitle yawn worthy. It would have been nice to atleast have an option to change this. Story mode or Pangya Festa mode is something that could have been more fun with some higher production values and a more rpg like experience. Voice acting would have enhanced these characters personalities and its would have been better to follow a large story centering around one character and keep on building on that one characters stats and have an opportunity to play the minor characters in the other modes. This makes more sence because the game has some deep customization that feels lessened when you are only using one charater for afew rounds and moving on to the next. You are looking at a good 50 hour story mode and countless hours for spending on other modes so this is a huge game that could of felt more epic with a persistent story. I know im being very critical, but I assure you this is a good game and I still feel content with the story mode despite my complaining. This is my review and I rather say things that I havent heard anyone else say.
The presentation in Super Swing is below average. The menus could have been more manageable and less complex. The visual look rather bad. I would say Hot Shots on PSP looks better. The game is has horrible jagged edges everywhere and the textures look like they are from an early gen gamecube game. At least the game is pretty artistic and colourful. The biggest dissapointment of the presentation is no 16x9 support. Ok, so ive already said it, this is a good game. Nothing exceptional in my opinion, but if you like quirky golf games, and you want another wii game then take a look. There are many people who have fallen in love with it and there are people who have hated it. I definately like the a gameplay but after playing gears of war the presentaion was hard for me to swallow. If you are a next gen virgin (have not seen XBOX 360 graphics) than you'll get by, and get much more into it.
This is my first review so bear with me.... Super Swing Golf is a great game for anyone who appreciates the sport of golf. Yes it is "quirky" and set in a fantasy land, but once you get past that, it is really ... Read Full Review
Note: This is a fairly long review. If you don't want to read the whole thing, jump to the bottom for my conclusion. Super Swing Golf is the Wii version of Albatross 18, an online golf game known as Pangya to the rest... Read Full Review
