Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13: Masters Collector Edition Xbox 360 Game EA

Pros: Great to have Augusta. Career mode and Tiger Woods features are great. Graphics look good for the most part, until camera movement is involved.

Cons: Glitches!!!! Video regularly freezes and jumps when zooming in on the ball moving on the green. As the other review says, you often have your aiming marker way off into the crowd just to get enough power on some putts. The physics of a ball hitting trees is absolutely appalling! Often the ball will be missing the tree but hit something and fall straight down. hitting trunk or small branches always makes the ball fall straight down. The Masters clubs are too good - there is no need to ever change from them....

Pros: I've been playing the demo while waiting for the game to arrive, but here are my thoughts so far:

- decent graphics (but not superb, textures could use some work and better detail)
- better/more realistic swing mechanics
- Kinect works quite well for full swings
- Augusta National (this is the only way I will ever get to play the course)

Cons: There are a few issues:

- some bugs/glitches with gestures and camera views (at least on the demo)
- putting is difficult, and I've had the opposite problem that reviewers on other sites have had...I think the greens are too slow and require ridiculously long/forceful putting strokes, which isn't realistic. PGA course greens are typically 12-14 on a stimp meter and should be lightening quick.
- being able to adjust ball spin during flight is dumb

Other Thoughts: Casual gamers may not like this version of PGA Tour, due to the increased realism and difficulty introduced with the new swing mechanics. But those that actually play golf will probably like this game, as it is the closest thing to a full-blown golf simulator that an ordinary bloke can buy.

I will update my review if I find significant changes after I receive the retail version of the game.