Links E6
Enjoy that this is basically the old LInks game. I prefer the 3-click to mouse movement for golf games and don’t care about ability to control ball movement / spin after shot. I don’t have issues with speed / flow of swing meter). I like the simplicity, but, wish there was an avatar and ability to select different clubs in the bag (swap 4 hybrid for 3-iron, etc). I miss the commentary during play (Nice shot!, Great Eagle!, etc,.). Would like to see other E6 golf courses other than the current selections. Thought that the graphics could have been a bit better, but, that may be due to reusing old scans. Others have had issues getting the game to play or crashing during the game - I have not experienced any of those issues, but, I’m playing a relatively new, modest gaming PC (i5-10400 - 16GB RAM, NVME SSD, 1660 Super 6GB video card) running Windows 10 21H1. Did not expect it to be a free game which was nice, of couse, the additional course packs extra, but, reasonably priced.
– Real player with 15.9 hrs in game
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First impression review. Let me preface this by saying I am not a tourney or group player. Strictly a come home after work and play a relaxing round of PC golf type of player. I have been playing Links series 2 click and 3 click for years. Don’t care for true swing type golf games. That being said I loaded this up and headed to the Range. No adjustments, all default settings. Hit about a 100 shots and I have to agree with the folks about a swing model flaw. In the first 15 minutes I completely duffed the ball about 50% of the time. Okay, need to practice. After 30 minutes I had that down to about 15% of the time. Better, but after 43 minutes I still duffed the ball around 10-15% of the time and did not see myself improving and I had to concentrate so intently on trying to hit the swing marks I was getting a headache. At this point I could not imagine playing a round without duffing the ball 4-6 times. Not fun and not to realistic for an experienced golfer. The swing formula is very unforgiving. If you over swing at all to get power the down swing is so fast you duff the ball most of the time. In earlier Links games an over swing would result in a nasty hook or slice, in E6 you duff the ball. In fact I found that I rarely hooked or sliced at all and when I did they were mild, right on the edge of the rough. Which brings up another flaw in that whether I hooked, sliced or hit straight many of the balls were going to the exact same spot, not to realistic. UPDATE: After 2 hours of play and playing 36 holes, the game is playable but I stand by my unforgiving swing comment. I can get pars and birdies but I completely duff the ball 4-5 times per 9 holes. You can use mulligans for those but it takes away from the realism and feels like cheating. Other observations are that the auto caddie makes things pretty easy and all that’s left is the clicking. Also auto caddie was not always accurate especially on chipping and made putting too easy. I made too many 50ft + putts. Also as someone else mentioned, the environment is a little sterile. You have birds and wind but no clapping or comments. Last, really irritating to have to log in and enter a password for solo play, I wish there was an offline component. Overall game can be fun with practice.
– Real player with 2.7 hrs in game