Simon Lucas 

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 – review

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 is little improvement on the previous iterations of the franchise, writes Simon Lucas
  
  

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Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13: 'infuriatingly thick'. Photograph: PR

As commercial comebacks go, it's not quite up there with Lazarus, but Tiger Woods's image returning to the cover of the game that bears his name does at least indicate a degree of rehabilitation. While TWPGAT13 slavishly follows the template set down by the first Tiger Woods games more than a decade ago, there are some updates and changes.

The swing system, for instance, has been tweaked and if you're using a control-pad, the changes are helpful. Iffy swings are highlighted and they're easier to identify thanks to a more logical presentation of both the on-screen swing arc and the thumb-motion on the pad.

Kinect control is a less precise affair, as it's ill-suited to the sort of tiny adjustments required to finesse a swing from "so-so" to "outstanding". And it's infuriatingly thick when it comes to interpreting menu-navigation gestures. Which is a pity, because gesture control is the only compelling reason to buy TWPGAT13 if you've any of the other Tiger titles from the last five years or so.

 

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