Ludography
Actua Golf 2 cover

1998 · Gremlin Interactive · 3D computer graphic · Sports

Actua Golf 2

Fox Sports Golf 99 features six 3D courses for up to four players to compete on: Forest Downs, Orange Rock, Sunny Green Country Club, Kiawah Island (site of the 1997 World Cup of Golf), Oxfordshire in England (Benson & Hedges International Open), and Carnoustie Golf Links (home of the 1999 British Open). Players can also practice their pitching and putting techniques or work on their long game by having a whack at the driving range. A traditional triple click interface is used to execute each shot, and two commentators will call the action as you progress through the links: choose legendary announcer Peter Allis, Fox Sports Net's John Walls, or have both analyzing your game.

Released
31 May 1998
Platforms
PlayStationSega SaturnWindows
Genres
3D computer graphicSports
Developers
Gremlin Interactive
Publishers
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Series
Actua Sports
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Third person
Country
United Kingdom
Age ratings
ESRB E
Languages
English

About

Actua Golf 2 (Fox Sports Golf '99 in North America) is a sports video game developed and published by Gremlin Interactive for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows. Development of the game was underway as of August 1997, and it was released in September 1997 in Europe, and in June 1998 in North America. A Sega Saturn version was planned, but eventually cancelled.

Keywords

  • golf
  • tennis
  • instant replay

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The Windows version of the game has eight golf courses, and the PlayStation version has six courses. Both versions include three real courses: The Oxfordshire, Carnoustie Links, and Kiawah Island Ocean Course. Both versions of the game use a traditional click-based method to perform golf moves. The Windows version also includes a method in which the movement of the computer mouse is used to simulate the golf club. The Windows version has several multiplayer options, including modem and LAN.

Game modes include match play, skins, stroke play, four-ball, and foursome. The player can customize the golfer's appearance with selectable clothing, and can also choose a name for the golfer. The game features Peter Alliss and John Walls as golf commentators.

Reception

The PC version received above-average reviews, while the PlayStation version received unfavourable reviews, according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Many critics felt that the game was inferior to golf game series such as Links, Jack Nicklaus, and PGA Tour. Gordon Goble of CNET Gamecenter reviewed the Windows version and wrote that the game, "for all its charms and potential, feels unfinished. And this sense of incompleteness does not confine itself to the periphery--it will often impact the quality of your play."

Jason Zimring of GameRevolution considered the PlayStation version to be a poor game, writing, "The graphics are weak, the gameplay moves slowly, and the putting is sure to give you high blood pressure." Scott Alan Marriott of AllGame gave the same console version two-and-a-half stars out of five, writing, "In the end, it's just too hard to ignore the game's flaws despite some of the more promising features." Michael E. Ryan of PC Magazine called the game "a bit rough around the edges" and stated that it "lacks the realism provided by most of the competition, but it's a real bargain and can be lots of fun."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
PlayStation1 September 1997Europe · North America 30 June 1998
Windows31 May 1998North America · Europe 31 December 1998
Sega SaturnCancelledUnreleased

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