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Rory McIlroy PGA Tour PS4/Xbox One First DLC Announced TPC Scottsdale & East Lake Courses!

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Channel: Rock N' Roll True Stories · 2015 · Gaming

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EA Sports' new professional golf game Rory McIlroy PGA Tour launched with just eight courses, but the lineup is expanding soon--and it won't cost you anything.

The developer on Monday announced the first round of free DLC for Rory McIlroy PGA Tour. It comes in the form of two new courses: TPC Scottsdale and East Lake Golf Club.

PC Scottsdale will be available for free on August 11, while East Lake Golf Club arrives at the end of September. EA notes that both courses will be playable in Play Now, Tour Pro career, and online modes.

Scottsdale is famous for its stadium-style Par 3 16th (pictured here), while East Lake in Atlanta, Georgia is home to the FedEx Tour Championship. It's not Augusta National, but it's a start.

Rory McIlroy PGA Tour launched earlier this month and is available now for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The game's current lineup of courses includes:

Wolf Creek (Mesquite, Nevada)
TPC Sawgrass (Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida)
Royal Troon (South Ayrshire, Scotland)
TPC Boston (Boston, Massachusetts)
Bay Hill (Orlando, Florida)
Whistling Straits (Sheboygan, Wisconsin)
St. Andrews (St. Andrews, Scotland)
Chambers Bay (Puget Sound, Washington)
GameSpot's Rory McIlory PGA Tour review scored it a 4/10. Critic Josiah Renaudin called it a "swing and a miss." - Gamespot

Read Our Full Xbox One Review Here!
http://canadianonlinegamers.com/review/rory-mcilroy-pga-tour-review/

Read the Full 4 Things I Love and Hate Article Here!

http://canadianonlinegamers.com/feature/4-up-4-down-four-things-we-love-and-hate-about-rory-mcilroy-pga-tour-on-the-ps4/

What I Love 

1. Quick Rounds

If you're like me and don't have time to play 72 holes in a single tournament, then quick rounds is the perfect solution for you. The game chooses the best five or six holes per round and lets you complete a single tournament in under half an hour. The game even does a pretty good job of simulating the holes you skip so their isn't a drastic shift in score between rounds.

2. Core Gameplay 

At its core, PGA Tour is a solid game of golf. The game allows you to choose between three different swing styles: arcade, three click and tour. During my hands-on time, i felt right at home with the arcade swing style, since it utilizes the analog sticks and allows you to manipulate the balls power and spin. 

If you're looking for more of a challenge, the three click and tour swing style will be right up your alley. The game even gives you the option of creating your own swing style drawing on elements from the above mentioned styles to create your own hybrid. 

3.. Nightclub mode

When I think of nighclubs and golf, it brings me back to the escapades of Tiger Woods. Apparently EA and myself had different thoughts of what to expect with this mode. I didn't think of an old guy trying to complete golf challenges on a neon lit course late at night.

Aside from that, the nighclub mode is actually pretty fun. There's dozens of challenges that can keep you busy for hours. You are ranked on a scale of one to three stars and I frequently found myself going back to past challenges in an attempt to three star them. 

4. Baba Booey!

You knew this was coming! Baba Booey shout outs at televised golf tournaments seem like a common occurrence these days and they are not just limited to this side of the pond. Even the recent British Open saw a live Baba Booey shootout on TV as well.  It shows just how powerful the reach of the Howard Stern Show is, even if Howard is long past his creative prime. 

It would have been nice if the commentators had some reaction to the baba
booey shout outs like acting annoyed with it or giving Howard their own shout out with a "Hey Now!" 

4 Things I Hate

1. Lack of Courses, Golfers & Game Modes

What happened EA? This always seems to be the case with next generation sports titles when they make their console debut. I still remember NHL 2001 for the PS2 lacking a lot of the basic features its PC counterpart had. Maybe a lack of development time is to blame for the lack of features.

PGA Tour ships with only 13 courses and 12 golfers. To top it off, The Masters Augusta National course is not playable in the game either. Popular modes like Skins and Best Ball are nowhere to be found either.

EA no longer plans to release yearly PGA Tour titles for the foreseeable future. Their new focus is to have PGA Tour serve as a platform by which DLC will be continually added, similar to what was done with the publisher's other title, UFC.

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