GC Wasteland

This game just completely caught me off guard with its unbelievably insightful (and all too real and relatable) story of our current political climate. Oh, and it’s a game about super sweet golf trick shots. The golf part is a blast (and trust me, I don’t like golf or play games like this), but the beautiful art and sound design sucked me in. There’s a radio that acts as the music in the game which is great, but also has moments of a dj coming on to talk about the current predicament they are in which gives more and more information to the story as you play golf. It’s really quite ingenious. And if you score under par fir each course you are rewarded with more pieces of the story from the character perspective. I don’t want to ruin anything, so I won’t say more on the story other than it was really well-executed, and beautiful and depressing at the same time. This may very well be the sleeper hit of the year. And for only $2.99 that’s a STEAL. There’s plenty of replay value with the zen-like, fun golf courses that allow you to try and beat your score and pull off some cool shots. And with the intelligent story, this is a no-brained purchase. Thank you, to the dev for making such a game and bringing it to iOS.

While I’m literally only 5 minutes into this world (and desperately need to get some sleep tonight), I had to leave this positive, albeit incomplete, review before I drop off. I don’t think I’ve ever been so profoundly influenced by a 30-second game clip before. My very first impressions are Fallout Golf in Wall-E’s backyard; I’m sure the dev has much more to say and I can’t wait to delve deeper into this vision. I’m quite happy to spare a mere $3 to support a labor of gaming love, as opposed to a carefully-calculated algorithm designed to drain me of money and enjoyment.

As a Russian-American, this game left me in tears. I have no idea what to say. The art of this game is impeccable, and the commentary on the current political environment left me speechless. The gameplay is incredible, frustrating in a way dark souls is frustrating; incredibly rewarding once you get the hang of it.

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Let’s call this game what it is: it’s a social statement, a mindless golf game with no challenge set to an anti-Trump radio show. I don’t have any issues with the political nature of the game, I agree with their statement. But the game itself....it’s basically just a mindless golf game. It’s two dimensional, no score, unlimited balls. You are just whacking a ball left and right around a course which gives you something to do while you listen to a radio show about how the world was ruined, with neon signs like “Drumpf hair products” and “Covfefe” in the background scenery. And between stages you get one line story bits. Again, amusing-if-it-weren’t-depressing political viewpoints aside, the game is just simply not challenging and not particularly fun.

I pre-ordered this I really can’t my teaching because I kind play golf and I really love playing fallout and the story so far is really intriguing.