I wouldnt call new club sets /brands and a course junk. If that's junk, what would not be junk?
I'll agree, it is irritating when updates mess up core gameplay functions.
I agree, it is not necessarily junk, but it is irritating that adding functionality to charge people more money is prioritized over the actual game/gameplay. Welcome to the land of 2k Sports Micro transactions. At least the pay wall is not pay to win, with the Mizuno clubs giving extra distance, or better accuracy. The Mizuno's have similar stats to clubs already available. They sure do look nice though! :-) The other items...not interested. But I am sure others can't wait to play in an solid gold disco suit.
I played one round, online private match, and the scorecard simply did not work. On a par 5, going for Eagle (3rd shot) while chipping from the fringe, the scorecard shows bogey. Now I don't care about winning/losing when playing against a friend in a friendly match, but in golf the score is paramount. This happened multiple times showing the wrong score for me, and also for the person I was playing against.
Also played the Detroit Golf Club. Nice Course, and a nice addition to the game. Without a course designer included with the game we would be salivating for new DLC courses like this...but with dozens of excellent courses by talented designers since release this is not as a hit as it would normally be. I am still happy to see it added to the solo career mode! More quality courses is always appreciated!!!!
Agree with everything you've e said here with this thought though. We got a complete game out of the gate and the fact that we're seeing season pass#1 of how many?? Is welcome news for a game that I love/is my favorite of all time. More reasons to level up, another sponsored tour stop, clubs and new apparel. Without dlc none of this would be happening. I'll gladly give a meager $8 for these extra treats. That's a giveaway compared to today's dlc rates.
Now, if I didnt like the game so much I might not choose to expand on it but most of what I buy I really like and want as much content as possible.
All of this being said, the scoring HAS TO be corrected. If this happens in single player I will not continue with the game. Golf is all about scoring. It cannot be messed up. If I were an online player this would be a dealbreaker until I've read that it's been patched. (Seriously) this cant be left unfixed.
Well it kinda does happen in PGA TOUR mode but was before the update last night. 2 things:
1) the final standings change over time for some events already finished. Don't know exactly why (possibly server speed issues) but 1 minute you have a certain finishing leaderboard, the next after an event or 2 or 3, that same event leaderboard has then changed so someone else has won.
2) the PGA pro highlights! Will they get it right. Current state, the shot counter top left is now in line with the highlight's shot BUT the commentary is not at times. Chip in for par but Luke and Rich are screaming Eagle.
Not massively game breaking issues as number 1 doesn't happen too often but still, these things are the things that should be prioritised IMO over adding cosmetics.
I totally agree also with what Johnny has said. I don't hate the pass idea (it's quite well done and like some of the free clubs on offer actually - if I like the M-Craft2 silver putter then I'll pay to unlock the blue version), I hate things behind pay walls but as these are cosmetics I'm fine with as they are optional, but what I can't get on board with is adding this while ignoring known issues in the game AND then breaking other stuff in the game in the process. That's unacceptable.