Still Playing: Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee
Platform: PSP
Publisher: SCEA
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Retail
The fact that Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee remains one of the most compelling games for the PSP says as much about handheld's software catalog as it does about the game. Its been a slow summer for new PSP releases, leaving most of us to revisit the games we picked up at launch in May. Along with Lumines, this modest golfing port continues to grab my attention.
I've been painstakingly unlocking every item and character in the game. Just this week I made it to the Gold level tournaments, the highest and most challenging tier of matches in the game. The climb to the top has been a difficult, sometimes frustrating, but ultimately rewarding. This formula makes for a fairly successful embodiment of Nolan Bushnel's game design credo -- make games "easy to learn, difficult to master." This game accomplished that goal. It's simple swinging mechanic sucked me in and the gradually rising difficulty kept me hooked.
I was never a fan of real-world golf, but there's something about the level of strategy, precision, patience and precision required to score under par in Hot Shots: Golf Open Tee that's starting to change my opinion of the sport. You won't be seeing me out on the links anytime soon, though. I've got too many video games to play.
Recommended
Publisher: SCEA
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Retail
The fact that Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee remains one of the most compelling games for the PSP says as much about handheld's software catalog as it does about the game. Its been a slow summer for new PSP releases, leaving most of us to revisit the games we picked up at launch in May. Along with Lumines, this modest golfing port continues to grab my attention.I've been painstakingly unlocking every item and character in the game. Just this week I made it to the Gold level tournaments, the highest and most challenging tier of matches in the game. The climb to the top has been a difficult, sometimes frustrating, but ultimately rewarding. This formula makes for a fairly successful embodiment of Nolan Bushnel's game design credo -- make games "easy to learn, difficult to master." This game accomplished that goal. It's simple swinging mechanic sucked me in and the gradually rising difficulty kept me hooked.
I was never a fan of real-world golf, but there's something about the level of strategy, precision, patience and precision required to score under par in Hot Shots: Golf Open Tee that's starting to change my opinion of the sport. You won't be seeing me out on the links anytime soon, though. I've got too many video games to play.
Recommended
1 Comments:
I, too, love this game. One thing I can't figure out, though, is that I've unlocked 'homing' and 'rising' shots, but I have no idea how to use them and can't seem to find any onfo on them.
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