Review CrazyCandle 4/5 · Feb 25, 2025
What if Golf was like actually cool and stuff?: What the Golf? in a sentence
You would think a short Indie game focused entirely around the concept of "Golf" would get boring after a while, yet this game constantly surprised me with its wacky humor and inventive ideas to keep the idea going. As someone who does not care for golf gameplay, mechanics, or even the real thing in the slightest, this game was a …
Read moreYou would think a short Indie game focused entirely around the concept of "Golf" would get boring after a while, yet this game constantly surprised me with its wacky humor and inventive ideas to keep the idea going. As someone who does not care for golf gameplay, mechanics, or even the real thing in the slightest, this game was a treat to coast through. You would think you had seen it all, then suddenly the game becomes a 2d sidescrolling platformer with golf mechanics, or a 3d shooter with a Western aesthetic, or when it became Guitar Hero??? What the Golf? keeps throwing banger after banger at you the whole playthrough, and it serves to be a nonstop joyride till the end, keeping its stay short and simple, which is the best outcome a game like this can hope to achieve, not overstaying its welcome. If you ever have an evening or two to really embrace the silliness of this game and just go golfing for a few hours (with plenty of surprises thrown in of course, I leave the best concepts for you to discover) then this is the golfing game for you, and that's not a sentence I would willingly state regarding any other game ever made. (Also the part of the game where you enter the bowels of the Frog King to save all of golfmanity in a tiny rowboat is fun, and no you don't get context to any of that sentence, go play it yourself!)
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