If you're a Tiger Woods veteran, I'd recommend jumping into this mode right away since with very few mechanical gameplay changes, you'll be playing much of the same game. You "master" the challenge if you do exactly what the golfer himself did. You get different medals based on how well you follow the objective.
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Here, you're faced with the task of taking your created golfer through a series of scenarios from actual Masters tournaments of the past, from Arnold Palmer's surge through the 1958 leaderboards, to Tiger Woods' masterful chip-in in 2005. With regard to gaming modes, one of the cooler additions is the "Masters Moments" game within a game. Layered bunkers and meticulously groomed fairway patterns are definitely the way of the golf gaming future. Hopefully as years go by, you will start to see much more detailed golf greenery. There's just so much more to be done with the graphics that EA is more than capable of doing. I understand that the game is completely about golf, and never graphics first and golf second, but the uninspiring backdrops coupled with bright golf courses make me wonder if I've suddenly regressed into a golfing version of Streets of SimCity. I still wonder, however, why they continue to make much of the background characteristics very hollow and one-dimensional. EA decided to institute what appears to be a more 3-dimensional grass texture than past years, which makes fairways look tidier, and rough look rougher than ever. The players look even better than they did last year, the sun glistens brightly off even the smallest of ponds, and even the grass textures look better than last year. Graphics have always been solid in the Tiger Woods series, and this is no exception. Following this, you're taken to the main menu to begin your career, or play around with the different game modes. This time around, however, the Vision cam works faster than just about all the games, and no longer do you have to wait half your weekend for your character's face to be generated. Here, you can import your golfer from TW11, or create a new one with the assistance of EA's standard creator you now see in all their games. You're then swooped into congratulations, 5 achievement points and into the create a golfer screen. The 18th isn't very difficult, and you should be able to stick your 2nd shot close enough to the hole to take home your 5th green jacket. You've then got to birdie the par 4 18th to win. When you jump into the game, you're placed right on the last hole of the 2011 Masters where Tiger Woods is tied for the lead with Anthony Kim.
Thankfully, EA recognized the two go hand in hand and brought him onboard. Nowadays, a Masters without the voice of Nantz would be like the Superbowl without at least one scandalous lawsuit-inducing commercial. Joining the announcing fray this year is the legendary Jim Nantz, perfect considering Nantz has been the voice of the Masters for well over 20 years. It's hard to say, however, whether EA wanted to downplay their association with Tiger this year a bit, or upsell their new addition, but the packaging of this game very clearly painted a picture that this game was "THE MASTERS: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12" and not just the latter, though once you pop the game in, you see that it is still very Tiger heavy.
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The game released March 29th, a full 9 days before the annual tee-off in Georgia. This is the year that the Augusta National Golf Course is included, as is the Masters, and there was no way EA would release this while the tournament itself wasn't fresh in everybody's minds. You see, this is the year Electronic Arts finally scores a huge boom for golf gaming, and they didn't let you, or Tiger Woods himself forget it. Barely into the year 2011, we're to say hello to the first 2012 EA Sports title before the first quarter is over. After striking a major deal for the Tiger Woods franchise, EA made the business decision to release their newest title a bit earlier this year. Gifts for golf nuts came early this year from our friends at EA.
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