Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004

"Sand Wedge or 8 Iron? Purple Hair of Red? So Many Decisions!!11!1!"

What a wonderful tee shot! Amazing!
That's gonna find the rough.
It's gonna take a drop into the water hazard.

These are just some of the phrases you'll hear while playing Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004. Hours upon hours of different golf activities await you in the lush, realistic courses here. You could find yourself up at two in the morning, swinging your driver for a 300 yard drive.

Story: Blank, 10
Okay. There's really no story to it. It's more of a bunch of scenarios and tournaments to pick and earn money from. Is there anything better than making money by doing something that only involves pushing buttons?!?!11! There's also the choice to practice and hone your skills as much as possible. The best part: crushing real-life golfers in private matches. You get to unlock them as playable characters and earn even more money. Tiger Woods, I'm going to take you down!

Audio: 10
I swear that if I hear those commentators one more time, my head will explode! But still, anything audio in this game could be mistaken for real life. So crystal clear. It's like actually being there... At the course...... Everything from the cracking of the foliage after hitting a ball in there to the first drive... Whoosh!

Graphics: 10
Look at that fairway. So green. So flat. The rough looks just as memorable. Everything in this game is as realistic as it could have been made. The shine made by the sun on a water hazard's surface. So realistic. The wind blowing the outfit of the golfer looks so authentic.... It's jawdroppomatically* great! Graphics at its best.

Freedom: 10
Finally. A great game that lets you make your own decisions. You pick a golfer to train and "use throughout the ranks." Make him/her better by purchasing attributes(yes, you can indeed buy talent). But wait! That's not all. You can customize everything on your golfer from the color of their skin or hair to what their teeth look like. Is that freedom or what?

Controls: 10
Could it be any harder? Just aim, lift the club up, and swing. Even a chimp could play this. Not one of those genetically-engineered, super-genius chimps, though. They would master the game in a matter of minutes. Trust me, though. It's easy to get the hang of.

Difficulty/Replay Value: 10
This game looks simple at first glance, but trust me. Taking on over 20 golfers, completing even more scenarios, mastering many tournaments, and collecting tons of trophies takes time and patience. You can't start screaming at the tv every time you forget about the wind speed or aim in the wrong direction by accident. Anyway, this game is no pushover. It will take time and skill to finish this game.

All in all, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 is one of the best sports games out out there. It looks great, sounds great, doesn't take a genius to play, offers many challenges, and allows you to make many, many, many, many, many choices of your own. Worth the buy. Take it. Now.

*word I made up

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 07/25/04