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Article #56Re: Links
From: whit... Scott E. Whitsitt
Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 11:13
Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 11:13
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In article <1992May13.2...@talon.ucs.orst.edu> van...@kepler.ME.ORST.EDU (Eddie Munster) writes: >In article <1992May13....@cs.brown.edu> j...@cs.brown.edu (James Durkin) writes: >> >>Anyway, to the point. There is one (apparent) feature to the the game that I >>don't like. It seems to add a "momentum" factor to players under certain >>circumstances. After making a good putt for a birdie, I notice that that >>particular player seems much more likely to sink long putts, chip in from the >>rough, etc.. This could be a completely subjective impression on my part > >I've been playing Links for quite some time now and I have never >noticed this "momentum" factor. I think that the peson making >these long putts simply got the hang of it a bit more than others. > >Links *looks* great, but it has some flaws... I wish they had >computer players that you could play against. Also, I don't like >the fact that you can take mulligans any time you want. There should >be a way to turn off that feature where it can't be turned back on. You can turn mulligans of for the duration of a round by clicking the right mouse button while the arrow is in the viewing area, before you select continue. This will turn the mulligan box red. > >For all you golf game fans out there, there's a fairly new golf >game called Jack Nicklaus Golf - Signature Edition. I've tried >this game out and if you've played the previous version of Nicklaus >Golf, this one is a BIG improvement. It still isn't as pretty as >Links, but it has some great options like playing against the computer >(who's skill you can modify). You can pick from several body types >to represent yourself (male, female, tall, short...). You can play >different games or a tournament and mulligans are a little more >realistic, you only get one per game and it can only be used on a >tee shot. If you have a sound card, there's some great audience >sounds if you make a good shot or come close. > >--Traig > -- **************************** Scott Whitsitt (708) 632-4433 whit...@void.rtsg.mot.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ftpbox!mothost!white!rtsg.mot.com!whitsitt From: whit...@rtsg.mot.com (Scott E. Whitsitt) Subject: Re: Links Message-ID: <1992May14.111338.16796@rtsg.mot.com> Sender: ne...@rtsg.mot.com Nntp-Posting-Host: khaki6 Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group References: <1992May13.194222.5529@cs.brown.edu> <1992May13.230758.28083@talon.ucs.orst.edu> Distribution: usa Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 11:13:38 GMT Lines: 44 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit