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The FGC Course at Spikel's Paradice
by Mike Giblock
| Links Corner Course Database ID Number - 1435 |
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| 2004-05-02 |
3,230,047 bytes |
70 |
6762 yards |
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MOUNTAIN |
The FGC Course At Spikel's Parad.crz |
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LINKS CORNER REVIEW |
Designer: Mike Giblock is a newcomer to the design community, with his only previous design being The DOH Course at Willow Lake, which was released as a completed design, then classified as a beta and then discontinued.
Course: The course itself is in no way a traditionally designed golf course, with bunkers seeming to be placed in areas for the sake of it, and the elevations used being to the point of extreme severity. The FGC Course at Spikel's Paradice is not that long, but many of the Par 5's are difficult to get to in two, let alone three shots. Many pins are unreachable, while even if you can manage to actually hit the greens in regulation, due to the severity and the drop-offs near them, getting the ball in the cup is extremely difficult. If you are looking for a relaxing round of golf, or something that is realistic, then this isn't the course for you, however, if you like ripping your hair out and shooting high scores, then The FGC Course at Spikel's Paradice is the course for you.
Favourite Hole: My favourite hole would have to be the Par 3 Hole 5, as it is by far the worst hole I have ever seen. Technically it hasn't been designed very well at all, it looks really bad, and is to the point of being near impossible to play, which actually made it the hole I remembered the most.
Playability: In terms of playability, if you complete 18 holes, you should be proud of yourself, as there are areas which you can find yourself stuck in, such as the fairway on Hole 13, that will require you to pick up the ball, therefore shooting under par on this course would be a miracle. Trees interfere with tee shots, and force you to lay-up on many holes, as normal distance play will see you stuck behind trees that won't actually allow a shot to the green in anyway. The only realistic eagle chance is on the Par 4 Hole 3 which is drivable, as besides that, the Par 5's are much too long too reach in two shots, or let alone at all. It is somehow hard to believe the AI Golfer 'Simon' shot a 71 after taking a 12 on Hole 4, as in its entirety, I personally believe this course is unplayable.
Technically: In terms of technical work with the APCD, this is by far the worst course I have ever seen, and as there are so many mistakes, it seems unfair to even mention them all. The planting throughout the course is cloned, while the palm trees don't even match the rest of the course. The panorama is too close to where you have to play, as in some cases, if you hit the ball too far or offline, you'll hit the panorama itself, which in many cases, can cause computers to crash with balls constantly reaching the edges of the course. The majority of holes have severe drop offs with vertical bunkers and water, which if you find yourself at the bottom off, makes the course unplayable. The bunkers have no lips, the edges are not clean cut, the elevations in some areas make it impossible to actually hit the ball, and on many holes, you cannot even see the hole. Hole 6 has the middle tees behind the back tees, many textures were not named properly, while the course uses a set of textures on the front nine that are different to those used on the back nine. The trees on the back nine had severe glitches in them, with parts of the trees not actually showing up. If the designer wishes to continue designing more courses in the future, I would thoroughly recommend he read tutorials, participate in the designer's corner, and get his courses beta tested.
Other: The course doesn't include a cameo, custom flags or tees, handicaps, hole previews or a splash screen, while the name of the course is actually different to the course file, which shows that not even spelling mistakes were noticed when finishing the course. The zip file contains a read-me, but it only has the designers email address on it, so in terms of added extras, this course contains none.
Download Value: This course is incredibly small at just over 3mb, and unless you wish to help the designer by beta testing his designs, I would not recommend this download. Releasing designs so quickly shows that the designer has not taken the time to design anything of substance, and I will not be keeping this course on my hard drive or burning it to CD.
Information:
Course Statistics:
2003 - Imaginary Mountain - Par 70 - 5 Tees
6782yds (Back) - 6220yds (Forward)
Par 3's: 6 - Par 4's: 8 - Par 5's: 4
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