Links LS 2000

by Microsoft

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00002NDSL
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 3, 1999
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,232 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #80 in Video Games > PC Games > Sports
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Access Software's Links LS golf simulation series continues its long-standing excellence with the release of Links LS 2000, another improvement with a wealth of new features and goodies for the computer golfing fanatic.

Growing accustomed to Links LS 2000's control scheme couldn't be easier. Links LS 2000 offers four different swing methods: the new PowerStroke swing, where you actually move the mouse left and right to denote backswing and downswing; the traditional two-click swing; a three-click swing; and a new Easy swing, where striking the ball is as simple as aiming and pressing the mouse button. Furthermore, Links LS 2000 includes many diverse training modes, such as the new "Links Lessons," that ease novice PC golfers into the interface, options, and controls.

With five brand-new courses, including the classic St. Andrews Old Course, as well as the ability to import any of the over 25 Links LS add-on courses, Links LS 2000 should occupy space on players' hard disks for many months. Additionally, players can hop on Microsoft's online gaming service, the MSN Gaming Zone, and complete against other online golfers. Once again, the proven Links LS gameplay doesn't disappoint with 35 different play styles, including stroke play, skins game, and a new wolf challenge mode. --Doug Radcliffe

Product Description

Experience realistic ball flight and terrain that separates Links LS 2000 from all other PC golf games. Includes: St. Andrews Old Course and five additional courses. Plus, you get Fuzzy Zoeller's Wolf Challenge and commentary from CBS golf analyst David Flaherty, and much more!

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Customer Reviews

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68 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Sim on the market...PERIOD!, November 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Links LS 2000 (CD-ROM)

I've been using LinksLS Golf for several years. I've had the opportunity to play a couple of the courses available for the program. The realistic graphics are excellent. Add on players are fun (Arnie, Davis Love III, and Fuzzy Z) and actual player voices are used. There are lots of options to customize the game to your liking. A must for Sim fans and ALL golf fans.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LS 2000 Is The Best Simulation Out There, January 5, 2000

By 

Seth Vaught (Brownsburg, Indiana USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Links LS 2000 (CD-ROM)

Links LS is a God send to golf fanatics of all ages. The realism is uncanny and the play is almost as good as being there. The game is easy to play and even offers lessons on how to play better. This software also has internet play built right in. You can play on-line tournaments or even one-one play at The Gaming Zone. Microsoft also sells add on courses that makes you feel like a pro. You couldn't get on these PGA courses in real life, but with Links LS you are there! Don't worry about the software going out of date. I previously owned LS 99 and decided to upgrade. To my surprise, Microsoft offered a $15 rebate if you owned a previous Links LS version. You will be amazed at this game. If you are trying to decide between Tiger's Game or any other sim game, wonder no more. This game is IT!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Continues to be the Purest and Best Golf Simulation, June 7, 2000

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J. Hardy IV (Snohomish, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Links LS 2000 (CD-ROM)

Granted, Microsoft, which recently purchased Access, was resting on its laurels with the release of this year's version. This is not the revolutionary update to the series that the 2001 version is purported to be. Still, with rebate and some new courses it's not totally devoid of charm. The more of the same you get, however, continues to be the strongest simulation in the computer golf genre. I have owned all the versions since its inception, along with all the courses, and have seen its sophistication and polish grow over the years. Many people approach the Links series from different angles with different goals in mind. What they should not approach thinking is that this is a shallow console game that you can control with a gamepad. I golf 3 of 4 times a week in real life at an 8 hcp and have not found a golf game that models the physics of putting and ball striking as well as Links LS does. Punches, flops, bump and run, pitches and chips are all represented choices your avatar/player can choose from. It's always interesting to find yourself moving back and forth between the simulation and reality, where you might tell yourself while on the real course `now make sure your swing is as smooth and controlled as LS' or inadvertently looking for the non-existent putting grid. LS also helps hone game time decisions such as when to punch out of a wooded area, or to declare an unplayable lie, etc. Each side of the game is helped by the other. In addition to liking the LS series because of its mental/situational parallels to the real thing, I appreciate the meticulously crafted courses. In this version one can actually detect increases in sharpness for many of the objects on the courses included. [The 30 or so other courses are still compatible] One begins to pick up little niceties over the course of the series, like the progression of the fairway and the rough designs and colors. The panoramas have also seen a sharpening; it's just a pity that we will have to wait until the 2001 version to finally progress past the current pixelated players and their square-ish shadows. The new clouds are also more realistic and lend a storm front atmosphere if you want it. Can't comment on the online/tourney aspect of this game, it's usually just me vs the course and my scoring histories. So, if you're upgrading from MS Golf, or entering the LS series completely, this is the appropriate on ramp. If you're a Links lifer you get more of the same strong product as you wait for the big update this fall. Things to look forward to there, the addition of a course designer, new sharply digitized golfers, a preparation for a 3-d world, new courses, and the ability to tune your PC golfer to your real life ball striking physical characteristics [7 iron, 130 yards, etc.]. It's a testament to the strength of the series and Access that it continues to find a home on my HD after more than a decade of constant play. Recommended.