

takes place in a tropical rainforest, and as you might expect, it has very dense vegetation scattered about, very lopsided, uneven greens and rivers and bodies of water scattered about several holes, making it difficult to avoid taking penalties if you haven't mastered the Super Backspin mechanic. Also, all the par 5 holes have very roundabout and specific setups you need to take if you want to reach the green under regulation, as opposed to other courses where simply driving the ball far enough usually gets you within a reasonable distance to the green on your second shot. If the fairways aren't oddly-shaped or don't have obstacles and bunkers scattered about, they're likely on very small cliffs with steep drop offs, increasing the odds you'll hit the ball out-of-bounds and have to take a penalty stroke. Silk Road Classic is where the course difficulty really starts to ramp up.Bunker +2 can also be a very frustrating stipulation on the latter courses, or courses taking place in arid climates and deserts such as Al Arabian Golf Club from World Invitational. 'Rough +2' is easily the worst of these - rough terrain is everywhere compared to other terrain types, and even barely skirting onto the semi-rough is grounds to be penalized, making slicing or hooking the ball much more damaging to your score. Some of the games feature tournaments with extra rules, including ones where you receive penalty strokes if the ball lands on specific terrain types. Most of the latter titles after this, while generally still seen positively by critics and players, are somewhat victims of Capcom Sequel Stagnation, with only a few major changes to the formula. Hot Shots Golf 3, in particular, is far and away the most critically-acclaimed game in the franchise, due to its complete visual overhaul into full-on 3D graphics, characters that are fully-voiced and have much more personality, a selection of caddies to choose from that actually appear on the course, a nice selection of unique and varied courses, and the introduction of flashy special shots.

Hot shots golf crowns ps2#
With the first two sequels during the PS1 and PS2 era, the games kept getting better and better - Hot Shots Golf 2 injected some personality into the character roster, had better graphics and smoothed out the gameplay. Even Better Sequel: The first Hot Shots Golf game was a respectable - if not a bit bland - golf simulation.
