Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000

by EA

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004DITA
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: February 29, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,294 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #7 in Video Games > PC Games > Sports > Golf
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: PC | Edition: Standard

Amazon.com Review

Just as Tiger Woods continues to win tournament after tournament, EA Sports continues to release excellent computer golf simulations year after year. What's most impressive is that EA Sports not only improves upon previous versions, but also ups the technology ante with each new release.

The best new feature is "Play Against the Pros": gamers can participate shot for shot against nine different PGA Tour members in selected tournaments. On tournament day, simply join EA Sports's free online gaming service and select the round you wish to play (for more information, visit the Web site at http://www.playagainstthepros.com). It's a clever bridge between real life, the Internet, and computer gaming.

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 offers three new courses (TPC at Herron Bay, TPC at Piper Glen, and TPC at Prestancia) to EA Sports' usual slate for a total of eight exclusive courses; furthermore, all courses from the 1999 edition are compatible. If that's still not enough to satisfy, EA Sports has included "Course Architect," allowing users to create their own golf courses from the ground up.

Even with an emphasis on new features, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 still plays an excellent round of golf, exemplified by an intuitive interface, beautiful graphics, and several gameplay modes, including skins, match play, shootout, fourball, and foursomes. Nine PGA Tour members are represented, to either play as or against; EA Sports has even included famous golf amateur Michael Jordan, a first for the series. Multiplayer also doesn't disappoint; players can hop on EA Sports Net, EA Sports's free online service, and challenge human players worldwide in a single round of golf or even organized tournaments.

In retaining its crown as the most complete golf simulation on the market, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 refines minor nitpicks from last year's version and adds revolutionary new features. --Doug Radcliffe

Pros:

• Groundbreaking "Play Against the Pros" feature
• Extensive (and free) multiplayer features make online golfing a breeze
• Beautiful graphics are brought to life through dynamic cameras
• Course designer ensures unlimited replayability
• Compatible with last year's courses

Cons:

• Only offers three brand-new courses to the series

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good golf simulation!, April 30, 2000

By 

Mike Powers "mkp51" (Woolwich, ME USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 (CD-ROM)

"Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2000" is a worthy successor to last year's "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 1999," although I found it doesn't quite live up to its predecessor in a key area. The game itself hasn't changed a lot. The menu interface has a completely different design. It's still easy to set up and get started, and loads of fun to play. Graphics are still superb, and ball physics appear slightly improved. Three new courses (TPC at Piper Glen, TPC at Heron Bay, and TPC at Prestancia) are now offered, along with 8 new professional golfers and one surprise amateur. The big change is the addition of a course building utility which you can use to design and build your own dream course. I've only tried the course builder a couple of times, and at first glance, it appears fairly easy to use.

The problem with "Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2000" is that, as happens frequently with newer versions of software, system requirements have gone up significantly from last year's version. (Minimum requirements: a 166MHz Pentium class computer and 32 MB RAM; recommended: a 450 MHz Pentium III computer and 128 MB RAM.) I was quite surprised at how slowly on my 466 MHz/64 MB RAM Celeron machine.

"Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2000" is a fine golf simulation...for those with computers that have the "horsepower" to run it. However, the few substantial improvements in the game from last year's version, and slower than expected performance due to increased system requirements, means that for now, I'll stick to my tried and true "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 99 Collection." for my computer golf.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very interesting simulation, with a few flaws overall., November 2, 2000

By 

Shorebird (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 (CD-ROM)

Although Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 may have more courses, more golfers, and Course Architect 2000 to build your own customized course(s), there are still a few flaws in the game that don't make the simulation as good as it really should be, or aren't better than Tiger Woods PGA Tour 99. Ball direction for one thing, can become VERY annoying at times. Sometimes, even if the backspin level is a slight off to the left or two the right, causes a draw or fade. Downloading and after installing the Patch including a Swing Meter fix from EA Sports' website only lowered the chances a slight amount, but still doesn't draw or fade as much as it would before I downloaded the patch, but still didn't solve the problem completely. A few of the courses included are a pleasure to play. TPC at Heron Bay I highly recommend playing. The graphics have improved and the 3D graphics are slightly better compared to 99. Course Architect 2000 is a very nice program to design and create your very own dream course(s). Unfortunately, the program is not that user-friendly and could be improved. And as for system requirements, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 can take up a lot of hard disk space. If installing both Course Architect 2000 and the main program, it takes up more than 800 MB, and with courses that are saved can take up another 210 MB at the maximum. If you have enough hard disk space and RAM available, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 is still a very interesting simulation in the series and is still worth buying.

5.0 out of 5 stars extremegolfer, April 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000 (CD-ROM)

I personally enjoy this game very much and i think that it's not the best game out there but, i don't play enough games to ever find out what the real best game actually is. The graphics in this game are the best i've seen when it comes to golf simulation games, the realism, of every shot, the realistic nature of the distances that the clubs are capable of hitting is very good, all be it there are a few minor( emphasize minor ) glitches in the i still think that it is an excellent game it was worth every penny. I especially like the added bonus of Micheal Jordan in the game it gives a certain virtual reality to it.

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