I like golf video games but detest the actual sport of golf. And so here I am, very excited to see a game catering specifically to this set of interests.
The brief for WHAT THE GOLF? opens with “Golf is boring – Help us fix it!”, and I am 100% down for that. The game takes the absolute basic premise of golf – hit a thing with another thing to push it toward something else – and blows it up, with stages like this:
Valentine’s golf is tough! #gamedev
– WHAT THE GOLF? – Back us on https://t.co/gPH1evvC5C pic.twitter.com/80nbXjYX5f— Tim Garbos (@timgarbos) February 14, 2018
And this:
What is the difference between a Golf Club and a Golf Club?
At least you can play golf with both. #gamedev pic.twitter.com/zhOx3f0qa4— Tim Garbos (@timgarbos) January 30, 2018
And this:
Is soccer/football a golf game? Double YES!
All games are golf games and we’ll prove it! #gamdev pic.twitter.com/6EHX5ZV1b4— Tim Garbos (@timgarbos) January 30, 2018
Wonderful.
WHAT THE GOLF? is being developed for PC, and is currently up on fig looking for funding.
Below is one of the funniest video game trailers I have seen for a long time.
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10 responses to “A Golf Game For People Who Hate Golf”
HA! I thought I was the only one.
I love everybody’s golf and certain other golf games but dislike actual golf.
I don’t dislike golf, as such – I don’t watch it and don’t play it, but don’t hate it, either. But damn, I do love a bit of Everybody’s Golf. Awesome games.
Everybodys Golf is brilliant. NICE SHOT!
Yeah, there aren’t too many games that provide as much positive reinforcement as Everybody’s Golf 😀
WONDERFUL!
PangYa! was fantastic too. Nothing like a Happy Gilmore hole-in-one off a battleship.
A million times this, I loved PangYa!
Obviously never played 9 holes with a bunch of mates and a case of beer.
Only it’s a blow to the ego when the case of beer ends up winning the round.
or jugs of margheritas
I can’t play it or watch it – but I love Happy Gilmore and Everybody’s Golf.