Outlaw Golf 2
Posted by: Howard Brown on 2004-08-27 (edit)
The raunchy cast from Outlaw Golf are at it again. As the inaugural title of the Outlaw franchise, Outlaw Golf brought a sense of humor to the usually calm and stoic sport of golf. In addition to having great graphics, what surprised most was the very competent gameplay and golf engine behind it. One of the biggest things of Outlaw Volleyball was the Xbox Live gameplay. Both Xbox owners and PS2 owners can look forward to online gameplay which should work wonders for the replay value.
This time around gamers can look forward to playing with 11 characters ranging from ditzy sorority girls to an S&M couple, strippers and everything in between. With all these varying types of characters in game, tension is sure to be high. For this reason, the fighting system has made it's return. Releasing your anger on your caddie increases your Composure Response meter. Composure Response affects your shots. When your composure is higher, you make better shots much easier. Likewise, if you lose your composure, even the simplest of shots will be harder for you to control.
Three of the courses from the original game have been redesigned along with five all new courses. They range from extremes such as the artic to jungle environs. This time around you'll be able to do more than just golf on these courses. Sporting pimped out golf caddies unique to each character, gamers will be able to perform all manner of tricks while racing on the courses and increasing their Composure Response.
This time around players will have 13 different play styles available to choose from. Ranging from your standard match and tournament play, time attack and training modes; you'll also find more unique modes of play. You'd only see something as crazy as baseball golf in Outlaw Golf. Hypnotix has released details on two of these special modes of play.
Baseball Golf
Play a round of golf with baseball rules and up to four players on the course. Instead of the usual stroke-based scoring system, in this mode, a picture of the four bases determines how well you’re doing. How you play on each hole will decide the type of hit you get, and to score, you’ll need to get one of your men to round the bases back to home. Here’s how your strokes translate into baseball rules:
Triple Bogey = Triple Play
Double Bogey = Double Play
Bogey = Out
Par = Single
Birdie = Double
Eagle or Better = Home Run
Each time a man gets on base, he will advance one base for each hit made. So, if you have a runner on second and on the next hole you hit a single, your man will only advance to third base. Breaking it down even further, if you have a man on second and you hit a double, the man on second will round third and head home. The positions of your men on the bases carry over from hole to hole, but if you get three outs, however many runners you had on base will be lost and you’ll have to start from scratch again.
Bingo Bango
For many people, the most frustrating part of golf is putting. You can do everything right up until that point…beautiful drive, nice approach shot, be putting for birdie, then fall apart with a three putt and end up with a bogey. In this game mode though, the end result isn’t the only thing that matters.
Two to four players can get it on in Bingo Bango. There are three ways to score in this game:
A) Be the first player to reach the green and you will get a point added to your Bingo bank.
B) Be the closest player to the pin when reaching the green and you will get a point added to your Bango bank.
C) Be the player with the lowest number of strokes and you will get a point added to your Bongo bank.
Add all of these points up at the end of the round to determine the winner.
We'll keep you updated with more information and modes of play as they're released.












