Ramsour: We want users to have the personality of their character in alignment with it. ![]() ![]() How nice is it to have some of these prestigious amateur tournaments in EA Sports PGA Tour? Mieczkowski: You guys talked about the amateur side of golf in the game which is very important in the history of the sport. And each of the courses have their own personality as well and so the marrying of that and the experimentation will be very neat. I’m excited for people to get into the sandbox and experiment with the different shot types and we’re all video game nerds and introducing this RPG element that’s rooted in authentic golf and seeing how people experiment and create their own personalities in their characters. It’s, not just having the Shot Link challenges but the challenge system in general but we have the online tournament system as well where you can drop in and be the top player in the world on a Daily Tournament or Weekly Tournament and then of course, being able to play with your friends there’s a lot of ways to experience the game different modes and of course we have the classic career mode where you can grind your way and qualify for The Masters like in real life and experience the amateur tournaments. Ramsour: This gives players some bite-sized things to do as well where it’s not just players grinding solo in career mode over and over again. So I’m really excited about that and to have players have those continued experiences throughout the PGA Tour season. Penner: Yeah so, one of the great things about our partnership with Shot Link is that we have access to know exactly where all of these players are going to be, playing certain shots and so we have the ability after a PGA Tour tournament finishes or even while it’s happening we can start crafting challenges based on an amazing shot that a player hits like a dramatic recovery shot over a bunker and so we’ll be able to create challenges that are reflecting what’s going on in the world of golf and really put the “live” in “live service” and make it feel fresh so we’re really excited to deliver some of those experiences to players and have them be updated the Monday right after a tournament. Mieczkowski: You guys mentioned the live challenges think you can elaborate on them a bit further? And we’re just getting started in the old days it was like, once the game is out, you’re at the finish line but we have a whole suite of stuff coming out over the Summer leading up to the Ryder Cup so if we thought it was busy now, it’s going to get busier. I’m also excited with The Masters coming next week, and our live service the challenges we’ll be able to create based on what’s going on at The Masters, using the data feed that we have from Augusta to create the best shots of the day or iconic moments from the tournament. They’re all excited to get in and start jamming away and playing after putting the kids to bed to come and have a couple of hours and chill and play the game so I’m excited for that. With our 16-player, MMO space of playing like, I moved from Chicago and I got my dream job here but it was really hard to leave my friends. On a personal note, I’m excited to play it with my friends. We got robots testing the game, we have a giant testing crew all over the world and you just never know until you get millions of people playing it. And the exploration we have 100s of 1,000s of playable area in the game for them to go and discover. This game is our baby, we put so much time, effort, and passion into so I’m just so excited for everyone to play it.īen Ramsour: Yeah, I’m with Craig, I’m excited to see the experimentation that people will do in the game. We’ve been working on this game for so long that it’s that ‘pinch myself’ kind of thing and I can’t believe we’re almost here. We appreciate both Ben and Craig’s time giving info on the game and telling some fun stories.Ĭolin Mieczkowski: How does it feel being so close to the launch of EA Sports PGA Tour?Ĭraig Penner: For me, it’s surreal. Again, this was conducted around the week of launch and The Masters. This interview was with Ben Ramsour, who is a producer for EA Sports PGA Tour, and Craig Penner, a gameplay designer on the team. Around the time of launch, we had a chance to catch up with a couple of developers to talk further about the courses and the career mode. ![]() So all in all, EA definitely wanted to spray to all fields with this game. The LPGA Tour also makes a nice return, featuring the Evian Championship for the first time. Famed amateur tournaments also make their way to the game such as the U.S. The new golf game features 30 officially licensed courses, an RPG-style career mode, and several new shot types among other things. This also means that Augusta National and The Masters Tournament make their long-awaited return. EA Sports PGA Tour is here and features all four major championships for the first time since Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14.
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