Hot Shots Golf Fore

by Sony

Product Features

• Compete in head-to-head competitions, real-time tournaments, and the Hot Shots Golf online community
• Several exciting game modes - Tour, Tournament, Vs. Mode, Training, and Online Play
• Enjoy 15 different courses, ranging from challenging 18-hole layouts to demanding par three executive courses
• More golfers and caddies than ever - 34 off-the-wall new characters, from returning favorites to popular PS2 characters
• Touch-sensitive controls that respond to golf's many variables - wind, ball lie and course elevation all play a part

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00020LZC0
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 15, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,896 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #1 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Sports > Golf

Product Description

Hot Shots Golf Fore! is the fourth installment of the golf game that changed the way you play. It has provides breathtaking graphics and true-to-life golf physics, along with new golfers, caddies and courses. There's even a great new miniature golf and unique online gameplay mode. It's more of the fast-paced gameplay that fans of the franchise have grown to love! Unlock more prizes than ever - advanced golf equipment, new courses, characters and tons of wacky golf gadgets Miniature golf returns with a wacky new twist, and against thousands of Hot Shots Golf fans from across the nation

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Just Gets Better!, August 25, 2004

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K. Palmer (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hot Shots Golf Fore (Video Game)

I was a big fan of Hot Shots Golf 3. Given a choice, I'd play it before I'd play Madden or Grand Theft Auto. It wasn't perfect, but there was a lot there to keep you busy and challenged.

Now comes Hot Shots Golf Fore and a great product gets even better! Some of my favorite characters from HSG3 return (although I mourn the abscence of Blue, my best power and control player in HSG3) with many more courses added (all of the full-sized 18-hole courses from HSG3 return as well). Miniature golf is added (I guess this was a feature that was on versions before HSG3, but eliminated in that game), which is a nice change of pace, although I doubt I'll spend much time there.

I'm still in the early stages of play, but there appears to be more clubs and more golf ball options in this game and play is much much tougher. I seem to remember zipping through the first ten or so "VS mode" matches in HSG3, but I've already lost my first match in this new version (one big change is that "VS mode" matches - where you play against another character and if you beat him/her, you unlock the character for yourself - is now 9 holes in length instead of 18 holes). So, if you lose, you won't have spent as much time in that loss and can try again.

There's a lot more, but it looks like Sony did it right again! Although, like a previous reviewer, I want to know what the creators were thinking with some of the comments of players and caddies ("I love show tunes")!

Get it!

PS - By the way, the strategy guide for this game (sold separately) is a very attractive book, but is pretty much useless.

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Way better then your average sequel..., June 30, 2004

By 

Mike "the evil sponge" (VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Shots Golf Fore (Video Game)

Some people would think any series would die out after four titles, especially a golf game with two titles on the same system but after playing a demo of this and reading about it, its almost like a whole new game with many features makeing it worth buying. First of lets get started with the graphic/sound improvments. Hot shots golf three had great picture and sound but hot shots golf fore has considerable imporvement over those. The graphics are stunning with beutiful backgrounds and well drawn characters. The caracters are a little cartoonish but thats the way there supposed to be in hot shots golf. The sound is great from the plop of the ball when it hits the water to the bounce of the ball when it hits the fariway.

Now lets talk about the new things they added. The most considerable notice is the much more wide selection of courses and characters. Theres an upgrade from the five courses in hot shots golf three to thirteen thats right thirteen courses (includeing the five from hot shots golf three revamped a little of course). Also theres a huge new selction of characters theres now 24 golfers to choose from (one is an animal the rest are humans) and theres now ten diffrent caddies (two are animals i know one of the animal caddies is a panda bear but im not sure about the other). Thats a HUGE new selction compared to what there was to choose from in hot shots golf three. Also new and one of the most exciteing features is the online tourniments were you can test your golfing skills with up to 31 players in an online tourniment exciteing eh? Also another big new feature, the return of putt putt golf. But its not your normal putt putt your up in the air or in crazy locations shooting shots that ricochet off of rocks or haveing to hit over narrow bridges with no rails on the sides! Your rewarded points in putt putt for the length of your shot and how many shots it takes to get in the hole. You can also play two player putt putt witch will be fun to challenger your putting skills.

Lastly ill discuss the improvments in gameplay. The gameplay is enough the same to please old time players but slightly different to please them as well. It still goes by the three click method (press to get started press for length and press again for how straight and how much of the ditance youll get, easier done then said) but has different characters with different ways of hitting and new items to buy to customize the way you golf to make things different. Also theres a new easy mode where theres no third click so you always hit what you mean to for those newbies comeing into the game. Although it dose take a major challenge out of the game. With the new courses and characters it makes it a little funnier to play on new courses that present a new challenge or play as a different character to make a course easier or harder. With so many characters theres a character thats just right for one course and another just wrong for that same course. The gameplay is great maybe the best in any golf game and must be expreinced at least by renting the game. All in all this game is great it manages to keep its old glory that people love yet add new things people are sure to want to see improved or added in yet another sequel.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeping the faith of the series, it's good fun., October 21, 2004

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John M Spangler (Bryan, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Hot Shots Golf Fore (Video Game)

Up front I will tell you I'm 32 years old and I have not been so addicted to a cheesier title than Hot Shots Golf 4. Call me a kid, but I'm not sure why I like this game so much. The characters are zany, the graphics are kiddie, but under all that, this is one serious golf game and I highly recommend it.

Hot Shots Golf 4 looks signicantly better than 3 due to the better looking courses but unless you really pay attention, your average Joe won't notice the difference between 3 and 4. There are some magnificent use of photo backdrops that mesh with the golfing environments perfectly though and look better than ever.

This is one of the better looking PS2 titles (in a cheesie sort of way). As you progress through a round of golf, you'll notice little added touches like day turning into dusk and dusk turning into day. Clouds move through the sky and rain starts to pour. The water holes, ponds, lakes etc...looks pretty darn real and it might want to make you want to take a swim. While not a huge deal, the trees also look much better than they did in 3. They actually move to the wind and they can actually affect your gameplay depending on which way the wind blows. You will also notice some other nice eye candy such as hot air balloons floating in the sky, bears chillin out near the fairways, planes whizzing through the clouds, ducks going south for the winter, bugs buzzing around the fairway and even an occasional rodent scurrying around the trees. And as always, you can change the time of the season which also offers a significant variance in visuals. Playing both in winter and summer gives you some serious variety. Although i wish the zany characters would dress appropriately for the different times of the season. What is with Tiffany keeping to her skimpy black dress and nylons in 20 degree weather?

Enormous replay value with the addition of new courses, new mini-golf mode, and the biggest addition, online play. I only wish the online part was more robust, you can only do one on one play and when you play in a tournament, you can only view your opponents scores rather than see them actually play.

Be that as it may, this is a must have game for PS2 owners, don't hesiste, get a hole in one and buy this.