Golf Club: Wasteland

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User Score
6.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10

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  1. teatom
    Oct 5, 2021
    2
    A great premise and fantastic presentation, utterly ruined by the worst implementation of controls I've ever seen in a golf game.
    It might as well be a dice roll, if you're using a control pad, as the pitch and power controls (yes, the same basic control scheme you've used in games like Worms and Angry Birds to great effect, for decades) here are deemed to be too easy, so the developer    A great premise and fantastic presentation, utterly ruined by the worst implementation of controls I've ever seen in a golf game.
    It might as well be a dice roll, if you're using a control pad, as the pitch and power controls (yes, the same basic control scheme you've used in games like Worms and Angry Birds to great effect, for decades) here are deemed to be too easy, so the developer has taken this tried and true system and added random glitching to the controller action to make playing a purposefully vague and frustrating experience, rather than a challenging and rewarding one.
    It's as if, playing Angry Birds, someone was grabbing your arm and shaking it fifty times a second, because they think it all adds to the fun of the experience.
    They are wrong and so is Untold Tales.
    It's a baffling decision to purposefully sabotage a games controls, simply to add difficulty to a game, rather than having better level design, but unfortunately it's also the kind of decision that tells you, no matter how good the overall presentation is, the studio has a bad game designer at the helm, who doesn't really understand the user experience, and who doesn't hold enjoyment as a core principle of a games appeal.
    'If you want an enjoyable game, don't bother with Golf Club: Wasteland, that's not what it's here for.'
    Unfortunately that's a message the developer is transmitting loud and clear, and it's one people looking for fun should heed.    … Expand

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. CD-Action
    Jan 19, 2022
    70
    It could have been a relaxing game about playing golf on the ruins of our civilization, but its whole sporting aspect is subpar (due to poor physics, among others), sometimes frustrating, and makes it harder to appreciate the story. However, Golf Club: Wasteland definitely has its unique flavor and the in-game radio station is fantastic. [12/2021, p.67]
  2. PLAY! Zine
    Nov 16, 2021
    90
    Impressively interesting title which takes you golfing in a dystopian wasteland called Earth. While golfing your way through abandoned cities and listening to a Martian radio station, you will discover what had really happened to our once great society. Golf Club Wasteland is using nonlinear storytelling to a great extent and it is a truly amazing experience.
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  3. CGMagazine
    Sep 17, 2021
    85
    There’s no shortage of story in this golf adventure around a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
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