| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1132 |
Release Date |
CRZ Filesize |
Par |
Course Length |
| 2002-07-30 |
86,664,033 bytes |
72 |
7596 yards |
| Type |
Style |
CRZ Filename |
|
IMAGINARY |
TROPICAL |
skeleton.crz |
| Course ID |
Course Key |
| 13b50c86f2cd41ecb8359ab363bf14db |
007b337703f93601910313aef12300c0 |
|
CLIPNOTES by Ben Bateson (ousgg) |
Description
Imaginary, tropical course. |
Location
TBA |
Conditions
TBA |
Concept 4/10
As an illustration of what Links 2003 is capable of, this fails miserably. The
designers appear to have gone to town with some (admittedly impressive)
rock work, and left the advanced APCD techniques out in the cold. The
course itself starts well, but rapidly becomes unoriginal and derivative
(does the screenshot remind anyone else of Pebble Beach?). The course
is allegedly set on the African coast, but the design does little to convince
me of that. Not a great attempt. |
Appearance 6/10
I will certainly concede that the rockwork looks very impressive and the elevations are neatly done, but the course radiates artificiality.
The grass is much too bright and too green for these latitudes, and the wide open and sparsely-planted areas do not impress. The
ocean mapping has been superseded many times since by part-time designers. Skeleton Coast, in effect, just falls back in amongst
the crowd. |
Playability 6/10
The novelty value of playing a fantasy course quickly fades, as the designers have really not stretched themselves enough. Because a
lot of holes are stretched to unnecessary length, and because - ridiculously - there is only one set of tees, there is insufficient variety
here, and it has little repeat playability value other than to take in the nice scenery. |
Challenge 7/10
Unusually for a fantasy course, this is pretty easy. Although the hazards are well-placed, the fairways are wide open and it's hard to
find deep rough. The elevations often run across fairways and make approach shots tricky, but the greens are not severely sloped and
will accept putts. Overall, it's a very fair round of golf. |
Technical 6/10
The seam blending is a joke. As this is one of the main selling points of APCD 1.5, much more should have been made of it. Planting is
not always typical of the course, and seems to be a jumble of different plants with little reason to them. While the rocks are
spectacularly carried out, there are still too many flaws here, and we should be expecting better things. |
| Overall |
A playable course, and one that offers an un-Microsoft-like very fair challenge, but
with little sense of its environment. Misses out on some of the technical importance
of its release time too. |
29/50 |
Please remember that Clipnote reviews are the opinion of one person and do not constitute an 'Official' Links Corner review of the course. |
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