This review contains spoilers

Excellent 2D golf game reminiscent of the Game Boy Color version of Mario Golf, and I like Story Mode's various minigames like improvised courses and frisbee golf. Different types of clubs allow for different playstyles too.

But I thought the story itself was incredibly cringe. Everyone is an asshole, anything good you do ends up being downplayed or cancelled out -- for examples:
- You seek out a golf coach but he finds any and every excuse to call your performance terrible even when his existing students are obviously worse than you.
- You win a longest drive tournament but because people expected your rival to win, the rival's name was already pre-engraved on the trophy so they still get it.
- You win a conventional golf tournament but you end up having to pay the earnings to various other people you owe money to, including your antagonistic wife (can we please stop with the portrayals of marriage as a life-ruiner...)
- You beat one of your peers in match play, but she only admits that you have better equipment, not that you're a better player.
- Despite winning the final tournament, you still get barely any respect or admiration from others, except maybe your coach.
Granted, the player character takes it all in stride by the end, but I just thought it's disappointing that the protagonist goes through all sorts of abuse by other characters and there's no payoff for him.

But hey, if you like RPG elements in your golf game and plot is not relevant to you, it's still a solid golfing game to pick up for your Switch.

Reviewed on Nov 12, 2023


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