HBO Studios today officially announced 'The Golf Club 2019', which is once again in development for PS4, Xbox One and PC.
The sequel promises another authentic and realistic gaming experience, combined with a powerful and comprehensive course creation tool that allows players to create brand-new courses and share them with other players across platforms. The Golf Club 2019 also offers a wealth of new content and features in all aspects of the game, from single-player to online play, aiming to become the most comprehensive golf game ever.
Here's an overview of some of the features:
- A completely new, deep and challenging single-player career mode.
- In addition to the library of 170.000 existing, user-generated courses that anyone can play, The Golf Club 2019 will include a selection of real-world courses that have been painstakingly mapped with detailed terrain data.
- New game modes: Alt-Shot and skins were added by request.
- Online matchmaking brings a new, optimized experience to the golf club franchise for competitive matches.
- Private Matches offer all the advantages of matchmaking with control over who is invited to play, the course played, the round format used, and additional conditions for each game.
- Massive expansion of the Character Editor. A wide range of new character customization options, including licensed clothing and brand integration for the first time in a TGC game, new clubheads, and adjustable character height and weight options.
- Improved online and solo societies.
- A completely revamped user interface that offers a whole new look for the gaming experience.
- The award-winning course designer just got bigger and better! Design, build, and share your courses online using advanced procedural generation or powerful terrain editing tools. New features include improved autofill options for drawing splines and surfaces, tree rotation, and many new objects in the extensive library of over 400 props.
- Cross-platform sharing of custom courses remains a core feature. Design on your preferred platform and share your courses with your friends on another platform.
- The integration of SpeedTree technology for the first time in a TGC game ensures even better gameplay in visual quality than before.
- Many rendering and special effects updates, including optimized dynamic shadows, many more visual details between racket, ball, surfaces and much more.
- Further improvements to the ball physics for greater realism and accuracy.
- Improvements to the crowd system, including seated spectators for added authenticity.
- Improved swing mechanics and user feedback. The swing feedback has a completely new look with clearly defined and informative details about what happens during each shot, divided into a series of feedback mechanisms.
More new features and surprises from The Golf Club 2019 will follow in the coming months.
