	Everybody’s Golf: World Tour
	Developer: Clap Hanz Publisher: Sony Release Date: Out Now Players: 1-4 Players Offline, 8 online	Words By:
Everybody’s Golf was a favourite of mine back on the PlayStation but I lost touch with it on the PS2. It featured cute characters and a bright visual style along with just plain fun game play. It has to be said that it’s made the transition to PS3 well. The usual game modes are here; single play, multi-play and online. In the single player section you can choose from practice, challenge mode or just a single game. Challenge mode is probably the best place to start because at the beginning of the game you only have one course and two characters to choose from. I find that a bit daft really because if me and three mates wanted to just pick up and play we’d have to be the same characters and play on the same course over and over. To progress through the challenge mode you will have to play the same holes three or four times before you can progress to the Vs. challenge to unlock new characters. A good point is that you can unlock new clubs and balls as you progress, as well as sharpening up your game. EGWT features a new swing control called ‘Advanced Shot’. It’s pretty much exactly the same as the old ‘watch the power bar’ type of shot but instead you press X depending where your character’s club is during his/her swing. So if your character’s swing is right back, that will be full power (you also get a tiny coloured flash to represent half and full power). Once you press X a circle will appear and get smaller, the aim here is to press X again when it’s at its smallest - it’s a lot easier than I made it sound. Most of the other buttons on the SIXAXIS are used as camera buttons to fly to where you’re aiming or fly backwards. The game is very simple to play and you will be pulling off some great shots in no time. The online play has a rather strange lobby system (see screenshot above) where you create a small avatar and walk around with other players and talk to them (using text). From looking at the other players there seems to be a lot of outfits to unlock from playing the game. Once out on the course though, it’s just what you expect, the same as single player but with other players writing text to each other. No voice chat is annoying. Visually the game is very pretty, the courses and character models look really, really nice, a few jaggies about but that doesn’t spoil anything. The sound is decent but nothing special, very bubbly music and enthusiastic voice overs. Over all Everybody’s Golf is a great alternative to Tiger Woods. Easy to pick up and play, looks and plays great. It’s just a shame there isn’t more choice out of the box and voice chat online.

Best Bits
- Great looks
- Easy to get into and always fun

Worst Bits
- No online voice chat
- Only one course and a couple of characters to choose from at the start


by: SteMacD