Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 Demo

Golf is not a sport for everyone, especially since it requires a pretty decent income in order to be able to afford the equipment. The courts are also quite pricey to rent and you cannot really practice anywhere else, due to the fact that the holes must have a specific distance between them and the grass must be well groomed.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 is a a golf simulator that allows anyone to enjoy the sport from the comfort of their own home and with minimum financial investments. You also get to see how the tournaments look and feel like at the highest level, by participating against the best players in the world and doing your best to outplay them using your own tactics and skills.

However, there is much more to the game that just that, since a lot of elements can influence your ability to perform well throughout the tournaments. Beside the abilities that can be increased whenever you manage to score a win, there is also the “Confidence Meter”, which decides your ability to execute the desired hits. Moreover, in case the bar drops way too low, the game can even spawn training sessions and ask you to practice a bit before moving on.

In order to make you feel like you really are part of the competition, all the real names of the players, courts and tournaments have been acquired and used in the game. Hence, you can match your skills against the legendary Tiger Woods, as well as wear polo shirts with the Nike logo on them, which is always a nice thing to see. The detailed graphics allow for very detailed player faces and courts, as well as quite the dreamy environments.

One interesting component that's part of this episode is the Photo Game Face feature, which allows you to introduce yourself as a player into the game. However, rather than having to create the facial features from scratch like until now, you are able to automatically generate them, by simply providing the editor with a few photos of yourself.

In the end, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 is definitely the most compelling golf simulator out there, especially since it also holds the official licenses for every major player, tournament and sponsor. The gameplay is intuitive and realistic, not to mention challenging once you reach a certain point.