![]() In the game he appears as a sullen latex-skinned robot in a pair of high-waisted grey slacks. Given the absurdly exacting build-up, it's a surprisingly low-key entrance from a sharp-dressed and unbranded Mr Woods, who ambles in unannounced, pours himself a glass of water, sits down and introduces himself as "Tiger" through unfeasibly white teeth. Luckily, I'm shod in the Swoosh, otherwise the interview may have had to take place barefoot. Furthermore, I've been instructed to remove my Puma top for fear of offending the Nike representatives. Exclusive that is apart from at least a dozen interested parties analysing every word, each ready to blow a metaphorical whistle should the quadruple-checked questions veer off topic. It's A Muggy Monday morning in New York's Central Park -which actually features in Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 as a fantasy course - and I've been granted an exclusive audience with the great man himself. Actually on merit Will wonders ever cease? In short then, the best golf game currently on the PC and for once in EA Sports' history, not simply because of a lack of competition. Stupid it may be, but it's enormous fun and provides as much structure to your golfing 'career' as the standard tournament mode. Cue lots of silly period costumes, moustaches, hairstyles and an odd reluctance by the Victorian slave owners to lynch the dazzling urbanite for setting foot on their greens. Or, brilliantly, you can try the Rivals mode, in which you decide to follow Tiger Woods as he, ahem, travels back and forth through time in an effort to be the greatest golfer of all time. Take a traditional PGA career, starting as an amateur, playing in tournaments and challenges, and slowly working your way through the world rankings to take on the best Solid, entertaining and providing a decent sense of structure to a usually pretty random game. I actually know what I'm talking about So my pleas for some sort of career have been answered. About bloody time too: I didn't get this job for my sparkling good looks you know (That helped - Ed). What is new is that someone seems to have been listening to my usual rants and raves over what should be done to this series. TrueSwing is present and correct the graphics are as shiny as ever, the create-a-golfer tool allows for the usual circus of imagined grotesques to have their day on the links of the world and the officially licensed music is, as usual, designed to annoy anyone with an actual interest in playing golf. The core of the game is pretty much as was. After all, EA Sports appears to have made a proper attempt at changing things with this latest version of the popular golfing sim, so it's only fair. And Cut And paste and find/replace 2005 with 2006.
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