PuttPutt Pro Tour Demo

Mini golf may look like a pretty simple sport, but it’s anything but that once you start playing. Thus, the courses are usually riddled with all sorts of traps and obstacles, all of which are designed to make it as hard as possible for the ball to reach the hole in safety. In order to do that, the players must make use of some pretty wild moves and a good understanding of physics.

PuttPutt Pro Tour is an arcade sim that allows you to enjoy the sport from the comfort of your own home, yet with the same level of enthusiasm as the real thing. Hence, it’s a pretty simple game overall, in the sense that it features basic graphics and even simpler gameplay mechanics, but then again there are not many requirements for a successful mini golf game.

As it’s only normal, the levels are arranged in such a way as to allow you to learn the basics before they get difficult. Thus, the first couple of courses are pretty simple to figure out, while the rest get harder and harder. Naturally, more obstacles are added along the way, including hills, valleys, or all sorts of moving objects that prevent you from making a simple shot.

The one thing that may be kind of annoying is the way you take the shot, because you can only use the mouse. As such, you have to click in the opposite direction of where you want to hit, and depending on the length of the line, the power of the shot is then calculated. This is a bit counterintuitive, and the system is too rudimentary to allow for precise shots, mainly because there’s no power gauge.

As for the graphics, the low-poly style is perfect for the genre, and the fact that there are so few environmental objects is actually a good thing. However, the static camera is not a brilliant choice, even if you have two different angles to choose from. On top of that, the direction line is not visible if it falls over an object, so it can be pretty frustrating.

In the end, PuttPutt Pro Tour could easily be improved in the future, especially since this is a demo version. Hence, you can follow the project along and hope that the developer adds more features along the way.