PocketGamers, 8/15/2007
"Tiger's latest mobile outing is polished from start to finish, not least because it's a great
mobile golf game, as opposed to a great console game squeezed unhappily into a phone. The whizzy 3D version has just one course, but it's a lush-looking Pebble Beach. Most impressive are the one-thumb controls, though, enabling you to blast through a round in minutes. Just the game to help you get in the mobile swing of things."
Starting the game First, highlight the "Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 07" icon in the game menu on your phone. Once the game is highlighted, press 'Select' (OK) to start the game.
Main Menu - Resume Game - Highlight this option and press 'OK' to re-start your previously saved game. This option only appears if there is a previously saved game in progress.
- Quick Start - Highlight this option and press 'OK' to select to play a single game. Highlight this option and press the right softkey to adjust the Quick Start settings. Select your golfer, course, difficulty, and holes to play (Full Round, Front 9, Back 9, Random 3, or custom). Press the right softkey to begin your game.
- Tournament - Highlight this option and press 'OK' to enter the Tournament Setup screen. Select your golfer, course, and difficulty, and press the right softkey to begin your game.
- Challenge -- Highlight this option and press 'OK' to enter the Challenge Setup screen. Select your golfer, course, challenge, and difficulty level. Press the right softkey to enter the challenge mode, where specific challenges are set on various holes, and courses to test your skill.
- Practice - Highlight this option and press 'OK' to open the Practice Setup menu where you can select your golfer, course, difficulty level, and specific holes that you would like to practice.
- Records - Highlight this option and press 'OK' to open the Records menu. From here users can track their Statistics, Trophy Balls, Challenge Trophies, and Reset all their records.
- Options - Highlight this option and press 'OK' to open the Options menu to adjust sound and vibration settings, toggle on/off tap-ins, and change the measurement units from yards to meters.
- Help - Highlight this option and press 'OK' to view instructions on Controls, Game Modes, How to Shoot, Shot Factors, How to Putt, Difficulty Levels, and a Glossary.
- About - Highlight this option and press 'OK' to read: legal, credits and customer support information.
- More Games - Highlight this option and press 'OK' to display an address leading to More EA Games for your phone.
- Exit - Highlight this option and press 'OK' to exit the application.
How to Play CONTROLS: AIM:
Left: D-Left/4
Right: D-Right/6
Further: D-Up/2 (Aim View)
Closer: D-Down/8 (Aim View)
SWING:
Back Swing: Hold OK/5
Follow Through: Release OK/5
Draw Back Swing: Hold 7
Fade Back Swing: Hold 9
SPIN Direction/Power: D-Pad, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
Reset Spin: 0
PUTT Back Swing: Hold OK/5
Follow Through: Release OK/5
Hide Golfer: *
Hide Grid: #
CHANGE CLUB Up: D-Up/2
Down: D-Down/8
CAMERA Toggle View: Right Soft Key
MISC Pause Game: Left Soft Key/Clr
MINI-MAP Toggle On/Off: 0
SWING Aim your shot in Map view by pressing the MAP softkey. Use the D-pad or number keys to adjust your target. Taking wind, lie and power into account, adjust your swing to achieve the desired distance. The black cursor shows the maximum distance for the current club. The white crosshair shows the finer aiming and the swing power associated with it. To take shot, press Shot view softkey to open third-person Shot view.
In the Shot view, you may press the left and right keys to rotate the direction in which the golfer will shoot the ball. Hold the "OK' key to begin your backswing and release it to continue with your foreswing. You can also do backswing/follow-through using 7 and 3 keys for Draw and 9 and 1 keys for Fade. Up and down also work to add spin.
PUTTING Adjust your target in Map view using the D-pad or number keys taking into account the on-screen putting grid. The grid will display inclines in the green as different colors ranging from Red to Green. There will also be slope indicators which will move along the grid down the slope.
GAME SCREEN The Heads Up Display (HUD) on the Game screen displays the following information:
- Wind - wind direction and speed.
- Hole - current hole number.
- Par - par for current hole.
- Shot - number shots golfer has taken.
- PIN - distance of ball to PIN in a straight line (does not calculate distance around obstacles).
- Club - selected club and range of club.
- Lie - image of type of lie (sand, rough, fairway, etc.) and percentage of quality of lie (higher percentage is a cleaner lie from where you can hit a greater distance).
- Golfer Name
Views The Game view has multiple views:
- Map View - overhead view of course where user can move cursor to aim shot.
- Shot View - third-person view behind golfer from where the user takes their shot. Also displays a mini map (scaled down overhead view of hole) where user can also aim shot.
- Ball in Flight - after shot is taken, camera follows ball trajectory.
- Green Shot view - while user aims shot, the camera goes to this third-person view where user aims and executes his/her putt.
- Hole Close-Up - as ball rolls near hole the camera auto-cuts to a close-up of the hole.
Levels Players can set difficulty according to skill level. In addition to that, Players can choose to play Challenge mode, where challenges are progressed through one by one by accomplishing game tasks, such as finishing a hole in a predetermined number of shots.
Q. What game modes are there? A. EA SPORTS™ Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 07 allows players to select from Quick Play, Tournament, Challenge Mode, and Practice mode. Quick Play selects a tournament game with pre-selected settings. Tournament Mode allows a player to play as one of the six golfers, on one of the six available courses in tournament play. Practice allows the player to select specific holes on any course to practice. Challenge mode provides specific challenges for the player to accomplish on predetermined holes on different courses.
Q. How do I save my position in the game? A. Your game status is saved at the completion of each stroke.
Q. How do I choose which player I control? A. Prior to entering gameplay, settings such as Golfer, and Course are provided for the user to select one of 6 courses, and one of 6 golfers.
Q. How do I swing? A. Press and hold the OK key to bring the club back to the desired apex, then release the button to allow a follow through.
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