6.8 out of 10

True Swing Golf

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User Score (24)

8.5
Expert Score (16)

7.7
Gameplay (8)

7.2
Graphics (8)

5.9
Sound (7)

6.5
Control (3)

8.3
Addiction (2)

6.2
Replay value (2)

7.3

Freak Rank

888 of 1957 in Nintendo DS Games

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Score Distribution

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7-8		(12)
5-6		(3)
3-4		(0)
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Expert Reviews

Modojo

6.0/10

22 January 2006
When it comes to eating nachos, the Senor loves combining those tasty, brittle chips with some mango salsa because it's the perfect combination of sweet and spicy, orange and yellow, and whole bunch of other crap that would make this sentence better than it is. But Nintendo's is no mango salsa. I mean, it's decent enough, but it's also green and brown, boring and bland, and overshadowed by all of the titles. Read more
- Swinging the club with the touch screen.
- 's total lack of personality.
Game Boyz

7.5/10

26 February 2006
Developer – T&E Software Publisher - Nintendo Features Wireless DS Single-Card Download Play Wireless DS Multi-Card Play Touch Screen Compatible Some of my most memorable video golf gaming moments have been with a few of Nintendo’s handheld consoles. Mario Golf is what sticks out most in my mind, from the GBC version to the GBA version. I have been eagerly awaiting a DS version of this classic game but there has been no talk of it being in development. Read more
Snackbar Games

10/10

29 May 2006
Can a mish-mash title that steals from many different genres succeed in being better than the sum of its parts? Borderlands asks this question by blatantly borrowing the theme from Fallout , mechanic elements from Mass Effect , multiplayer aspects from Team Fortress 2 and character progression from World of Warcraft , all while being a solid first-person-shooter with role-playing characteristics. Read more
Nintendo World Report

6.5/10

26 January 2006
A simple golf game harbors the possible future of the DS. Read more
- In-game PictoChat, Excellent graphics
- It's boring
Game Freaks 365

7.7/10

6 February 2006
The DS has two golf games: EA's Tiger Woods PGA Tour that was released near the launch of the system, and True Swing Golf, published by Nintendo about a year later. Although Tiger Woods PGA Tour showed potential for golf games on the DS, True Swing Golf worked everything from the ground up rather than follow Tiger's system. Was the result a total bomb, or a game to be enjoyed by golf fans everywhere? Read on to find out. Read more
kombo

8.5/10

29 January 2006
I have been messing with various golf simulations on consoles, handhelds, and computers for around fifteen years and when it comes down to it, I’ve never played a more realistic simulation of golf to date. The smart use of the stylus to simulate both the backswing and follow through in smashing the ball with your club (stylus) was simply genius bringing a refreshing breath of air into the ever growing common way golf has been handled. Read more
Project COE

8.1/10

25 January 2006
However, while the gameplay is excellent, the graphics are butt-ugly. This is where Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 wins-out unfortunately. While certainly clean for the most part, there are times where you can see muddy textures and blocky looking trees and local environments. On the plus side though, it does run on a solid framerate and it certainly looks better than a lot of other 3D titles hitting the DS market. Read more
GameSpot

20 January 2006
For a game from a publisher and a developer that have both done some interesting and accomplished things with the game of golf, True Swing comes out surprisingly flat. Last year's Tiger Woods PGA Tour for the DS was admittedly a flawed product, but there's still no one good reason to pick up True Swing Golf instead of, or even in addition to, Tiger. Read more
- Healthy number of courses, Good use of game-sharing.
- Bland presentation, Meager feature set, Touch-screen controls devoid of subtlety.
Lawrence.com

7.2/10

23 January 2006
QuickView Good: Touch swing gameplay Bad: Graphics, lack of extras, presentation No, really, it's cool: Touch swing gameplay I certainly appreciate the amount of titles for the DS that build the core gameplay around the use of the stylus. Although it was once questioned, there is now no doubt that the DS has positioned itself away from the GBA as a third pillar. Read more
TheStar.com

8.0/10

26 April 2006
The list of reasons to own a Nintendo DS just got a little longer with True Swing Golf. Read more