![]() Yes, the eons-old sport is Golf Story's focus, and nearly every inch of its overworld (for lack of a better word) is a fairway or green or bunker, but you spend a lot less time making your way through multi-hole courses than you might think. Also, it would be a stretch to say it forces you to play gobs of golf. To begin with, it's a fairly silly take on the Scotland-born pastime. ![]() Warning: this is not a golf simulator-Do you love serious golf games? The kind that mimic the club-and-ball sport down to a T (or, you know, a "tee")? If so, you might want to avoid Golf Story for the time being. To figure out if you're more likely to be in the yay or the nay camp, read my impressions of Golf Story's first eight or so hours. Would anybody become as engrossed as I have with this game if they were given a chance to play it? I think a good percentage of folks would, but not everyone. (It wouldn't be an overstatement to say Square Enix adding this bite-sized version of its upcoming, Romancing SaGa-esque RPG to the Switch eShop is what pushed me to buy the system now rather than early next year.) After all, like this post's header makes clear, I've already spent more than eight hours playing Golf Story-and at the expense of the recently released Project Octopath Traveler demo, no less. It's certainly done its job in that regard. So, I guess what I'm saying here is: I doubt there could be a better game to ease me into Switch ownership. Don't worry, I'll likely buy a physical copy of it down the road.)Īs for why it's so funny this was my first pick-up for Nintendo's latest console, I sort of have a reputation for liking old and quirky games, right? Well, Golf Story has quirk to spare, and there's no doubt it looks like something that could've come out of the 8-bit or 16-bit eras. (Yes, a digital copy of Splatoon 2 came with the system, but I quickly sold it. ![]() I don't know about you, but I think it's almost comical that the first game I played on my new Switch was Golf Story.
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