Dangerous Golf Review

<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Golf can be a bit of a dull sport&period; I really can’t be the only one that thinks that&comma; right&quest; I mean&comma; I don’t mind playing it every so often&comma; but I totally see why other people don’t like it&period; Well&comma; it would seem that Three Fields Entertainment share that same popular opinion&comma; and they’ve gone ahead and made a game that shows just how much more exciting golf can be if they have anything to say about it&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Who exactly are Three Fields Entertainment&quest; Well&comma; they’re a small indie team consisting of 11 humans and a dog named Piper&period; The majority of the humans on the team have experience with developing the extremely explosive <i>Burnout<&sol;i> series&comma; which is important because <em>Dangerous Golf<&sol;em> is essentially a spiritual successor to the Crash Mode that was so very popular within those games&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">As I’m sure you’ll remember&comma; <i>Burnout<&sol;i> was a series that was defined not just by its driving mechanics but by its strong sense of personality and undeniable love for demolition and destruction&period; <i>Dangerous Golf <&sol;i>follows in the footsteps of the beloved <i>Burnout <&sol;i>series<i> <&sol;i>with your most common goal being to cause as much destruction as humanly possible&period;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1"><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;108970" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-108970" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-108970 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;image1-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Dangerous Golf&comma; Three Fields Entertainment&rpar;" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-108970" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Dangerous Golf<&sol;em>&comma; Three Fields Entertainment&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">The best way I can describe <i>Dangerous Golf <&sol;i> is this&colon; imagine setting up a driving range in your house&comma; local petrol station&comma; cinema bathroom&comma; restaurant kitchen&comma; and various other everyday places&comma; and just smacking the ball as hard as you physically can so that the ball spontaneously sets itself on fire&period; If that doesn’t sound absolutely ridiculous&comma; I don’t know just what your idea of absolutely ridiculous is&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1"><br &sol;>&NewLine;As I’ve said&comma; your main goal in <i>Dangerous Golf<&sol;i> is causing a tremendous amount of destruction&comma; and that’s really all you’ll be doing&period; <&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1">The game takes place over 10 tours&comma; spanning 100 different holes&comma; in a variety of locations across 4 different countries&period; In other words&comma; there’s 100 levels that all take place in different locations&period; At least&comma; that’s how it goes for the single player&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Each level&comma; or hole&comma; starts with a flyby view of the location which gives you a good idea of what to pelt your golf ball into to begin your rampage&period; When the camera swoops down behind the ball&comma; you’ll know it’s your time to strike&period; In the bottom left hand corner of the screen is an indicator of how many things you need to hit in order to trigger the activation of your Smashbreaker&period; When enough damage has been dealt&comma; the Smashbreaker can be launched&period; This is where the real fun begins&period; Using your Smashbreaker&comma; which is very similar in name and nature to the Crashbreaker in the <i>Burnout<&sol;i> series&comma; allows you to control your &lpar;somewhat sentient&rpar; golf ball to smash in to as many things as you can before the time limit runs out&period; You might be expecting it&comma; but this aspect of <i>Dangerous Golf<&sol;i> is the part that really makes the game stand out as what it is — an absolutely ridiculous&comma; over the top game about golf that really brings back fond memories of hours spent within the Crash mode of <i>Burnout&period;<&sol;i><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;108971" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-108971" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-108971 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;image2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Dangerous Golf&comma; Three Fields Entertainment&rpar;" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-108971" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Dangerous Golf<&sol;em>&comma; Three Fields Entertainment&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1"> While the concept of <i>Dangerous Golf<&sol;i> might sound enjoyable&comma; and it really is&comma; it lacks the depth and variation required to give the game the longevity I expected&period; Now&comma; the Crash mode in <i>Burnout<&sol;i> was awesome&comma; not just for the actual crash and destruction part&comma; but for the whole feeling of anticipation &&num;8212&semi; making sure you hit the right thing or launch off of a ramp at the correct angle at the correct speed so that you could absolutely nail the crash and cause as much havoc as you can&period; Y’see&comma; even though <i>Dangerous Golf<&sol;i> follows very much in the same footsteps as <i>Burnout<&sol;i>’s Crash mode&comma; the main thing that it lacks is the level of excitement and character that made <em>Burnout<&sol;em> so great&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">I know that this isn’t a sequel to <i>Burnout<&sol;i> but&comma; with the majority of the team being ex-developers of the series&comma; the fact that this game has been strongly influenced by it is undeniable&period; Being a lone golf ball bouncing around a variety of locations sounds exciting&comma; but when it comes down to it&comma; it gets old pretty quickly&period; The reason for this being that&comma; even though there are various levels to play&comma; there’s no variety to what you’re actually doing&period; The Crash mode in <i>Burnout<&sol;i> was enjoyable mainly because it was an optional mode whereas&comma; in <i>Dangerous Golf&comma;<&sol;i> this is literally all there is to do&comma; which is fine in short bursts of about 30 minute time slots&comma; but playing any longer than that really does make the experience feel more repetitive&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><span class&equals;"s1"><br &sol;>&NewLine;To add some variety to your explosive experience&comma; you have the option to play through the game in its entirety with a co-op partner&period; Whilst this does add more of a party game feel to <i>Dangerous Golf<&sol;i>&comma; it also feels like a bit of a wasted opportunity&period; The two-player mode plays out exactly the same as the single player in almost every aspect&period; Seriously&comma; the only difference here is that instead of one score appearing at the end of the level&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s two appearing simultaneously&period; Player one has their go at wrecking the place&comma; the room resets and then player two has a crack at it&period; The drawback to the two player mode here is that&comma; just as I said&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s literally the same thing as playing the game in single player&period; You&&num;8217&semi;d get the exact same experience if the two players played through the single player portion separately and just watched each other do so&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Another thing that bogs down the experience that <i>Dangerous Golf <&sol;i>has to offer is the visuals&period; The visuals in <i>Dangerous Golf<&sol;i> are great&comma; they really are&comma; but the realistic visuals supplied by the Unreal 4 Engine do feel a little bit out of place for just how ridiculous the game is&period; The visuals really aren’t bad by any means&comma; but I just felt that the game would’ve benefited from having a less realistic graphical style&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;108972" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-108972" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"wp-image-108972 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;06&sol;image2-1-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Dangerous Golf&comma; Three Fields Entertainment&rpar;" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-108972" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Dangerous Golf<&sol;em>&comma; Three Fields Entertainment&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1"> I played <i>Dangerous Golf<&sol;i> on the PlayStation 4&comma; so I’m not sure about the PC or Xbox One versions of the game&comma; but the version I played was incredibly unstable&period; I couldn’t go for more than half an hour&comma; or sometimes less&comma; without the game crashing out on me&period; I get it&period; Games crash&period; But the amount of crashes that I experienced whilst playing <i>Dangerous Golf<&sol;i> has to be near the top of my list&period; When I said this game was similar to the Crash mode in <i>Burnout<&sol;i>&comma; this isn’t exactly what I meant&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1"><i>Dangerous Golf<&sol;i> is a fun game&comma; but only when played in short bursts&comma; which makes me doubt that it warrants the asking price of &dollar;19&period;99&sol;£14&period;99&period; Even though the game boasts its various 100 levels&comma; that doesn’t detract from the fact that the bulk of this game is just the same thing over and over again&period; If you’re a fan of the <i>Burnout <&sol;i>games&comma; I’m sure that this game will really bring back memories of all the mindless destruction experienced in the classic Crash mode&period; However&comma; when it boils down to it&comma; <i>Dangerous Golf<&sol;i> feels more like a filled out tech demo that just doesn’t live up to what it’s trying to follow&comma; yet showcases just what Three Field Entertainment could do with their next game&comma; which I’d personally hope was a true spiritual successor to the series we all know and love&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><em><strong>A PS4 review code for Dangerous Golf was provided by Three Field Entertainment for the purpose of this review<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;