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Outlaw Golf 2 Review - Xbox

Golf is a gentleman's game, and rarely is one aroused when playing the game in real life. Luscious lawns as far as the eye can see is what lures most men to play a game of golf, knowing their lawn could never look as smooth and spending half the time playing golf trying to work out how they get it to look so good. Along come the strippers, the criminals, and the sex slaves. Yep, you heard it right, Outlaw Golf is back again, and Donna, Suave and Trixie want you to come have some fun.

Released in November all around the world, Australia finally gets Outlaw Golf 2 mid December. At just $39.95 why not check it out? We'll tell you why.

Gameplay

Many people play golf every day. Some people play golf on a video game machine, some people even play golf online. One must ask, why? to get the ball into the hole of course. Outlaw Golf listened to this answer over and over again and said no. This is not how we are going to play golf. We're going to break all the rules, set new boundaries, and create a game that still has the technique, but appeals to the sort of audience that might think Golf is about watching grass grow. If you've played the original, you'll find that Outlaw Golf 2 has everything the first one had, and then some making it a good unrealistic golf game. Does it have enough to rival with the Links and Tiger Woods games? Maybe not but it offers some laughs, and a different kind of game.

If you've ever played a golf game before, Outlaw Golf 2 will not take long to learn. To play a shot, you line it up, press A, and then pull the analog stick back until the moving line reaches its mark, then press forward quickly. If done correctly, the ball can be set on fire, or even go off like a rocket as it travels hastily down the course. You can speed up the ball in motion too, so don't worry about having to watch every single ball travel like on TV.

Outlaw Golf has its problems however. A poorly designed putting system will see you getting angry at unpredictable slopes, and impossible to comprehend putting bars which may seem overly powerful occasionally, and very weak on other occasions. You can turn on a grid, and you can see the path of the ball a maximum of three times as you adjust yourself, but opposed to Links 2004, it's almost impossible to put an Eagle unless you've played some mighty fine shots beforehand.

When playing through the tournaments you will be against another golfer/prostitute/jail inmate, etc. This is another frustrating part of the game, as you can't skip your opponents swing. Every single turn you (continued next page)