Pebble Beach Golf Links
Genre: sports - golf
Publisher: Sega
Year: 1994
System: Genesis
Gameplay Score: 2
Gameplay Notes:
It runs at 1.5 FPS but actually plays pretty well. It's designed well anyway. Changing direction causes the screen to redraw, like the Jack Nicklaus game, but its faster and mlfar more tolerable here. Uses the power + dot on ball means of hitting. I prefer this over the single meter mechanic used on every nearly every other 16-bit golf game. I could consistently hit it just as I wanted to. Putting also uses a grid which takes FOREVER to load but easily shows the slopes. It's tough to sink a shot but looks great. Unfortunately the game is just really slow as a result of the horrible frame rate and long load times. This counteracts all the good things I've just mentioned.
Level Design Score: 3
Level Design Notes:
All the modes.
Theme Score: 2
Theme Notes:
Minimal menus or options. Just pick up and play.
Art Style Score: 2
Art Style Notes:
Clean graphics. The only downside, and it's a big one, is the atrocious framerate. I'm not kidding when I say it's barely more than 1 FPS on the flyover, the ball cam, or when the grid is loading.
Audio Score: 1
Audio Notes:
A groovy song that's straight out of Pilotwings. Unfortunately you can't disable or change it. It plays continuously whether you like it or not.
Overall Score: 43
Review ID: 1144
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