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#59 - Hot Shots Golf Fore! (PS2, 2004)


Hey, remember Jak and Daxter? Cuz Sony doesnt.

Anyway, as I said in my Out of Bounds write-up, I didnt get introduced to the series until HSG3, but right then and there, I was immediately hooked. However, I never actually got 3 myself; I just played it at a friends house. I made sure to pick up the next game when it came out, and it was an absolute masterpiece of arcade golf. It had an extensive single-player, introduced online play, and had a ridiculous TWELVE courses to play, all with mirrored and harder tee options. In comparison, Out of Bounds shipped with only 6 courses available from the get-go, and that was the next generation title. It also brought in Ratchet and Jak as playable golfers, along with Clank and Daxter as caddie options.

Beyond everything Ive said before, I cant state enough just how good Hot Shots Golf games feel to play. They appear very cartoony and play up the caricatures of their characters, but the golf itself is actually more realistic than the Tiger Woods games at the time, which labeled themselves as more of a golf sim kind of game. Not saying that they werent fun, but Hot Shots has always filled a major gap in what would otherwise be basically an empty void for golf games I truly love.

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