Golf with Your Friends

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Golf with Your Friends
Golf With Your Friends cover art full.jpg
Developer(s) Blacklight Interactive
Publisher(s) Team17
Director(s) Kevin Karthew
Producer(s)
  • Chris Chester
  • Daniel Martin
Designer(s) Matt Burnill
Programmer(s) Andrew MacKinnon
Artist(s) Phil Brown
Composer(s) Kriss Wiltshire
Engine Unity
Platform(s)
ReleaseWindows, Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • WW: 19 May 2020
Google Stadia
  • WW: 14 April 2022
Genre(s) Casual, sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Golf with Your Friends is a golf video game by Australian developer Blacklight Interactive and published by Team17. The game started in early access on Steam on 30 January 2016 and fully released on 19 May 2020 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and on Google Stadia on 14 April 2022. [1]

Contents

A sequel, Golf With Your Friends 2, is scheduled to be released in early access in 2025. [2]

Gameplay

A screenshot from the game. GWF screenshot.jpg
A screenshot from the game.

Golf With Your Friends allows up to 12 players to play in 13 challenging levels containing 18 holes each, 234 in total. The game features a level editor and ball customizations. [3] A featured The Escapists and Worms map are available in the game. [4]

Development and release

Golf with Your Friends was developed by Brisbane-based video game studio Blacklight Interactive, which consists of three people, and published by Team17. [5] The game started in early access on 30 January 2016. [6] It fully released on 24 May 2020 for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. [7]

Reception

Golf with Your Friends received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

The game scored a 9 out of 10 from Lyle Carr of GodIsAGeek.com, which was the highest score the game received. He thought that golf fans would fall in love with the game, especially with "outlandish levels" and "chaotic game modes". [14]

J. Brodie Shirey of Screen Rant gave the game four stars out of maximum five, "Excellent". While he admitted Golf with Your Friends might have "minor faults", he described the game as "fun" and "colorful". He also praised the in-game physics was "quite well for the most part", feeling satisfied with the varieties in terms of courses and game types. [15]

Richard Dobson of The Xbox Hub sent out a 3.5-star review. He praised the game presented a new experience with "tons of customisation" and "very well-designed courses", as well as excellent to replay. However, he felt the game had some camera issues and small bugs to be fixed. [16]

A.J. Maciejewski wrote a review at Videochums.com based on his knowledge of the Xbox One version, rating 4.9 points of possible 10 to the game, which was the lowest score the game received. He thought the game was "promising", but he criticised the "extremely barebones" gameplay, a lack of characters and glitches the game had. [17]

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References

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  2. ↑ Romano, Sal (11 December 2024). "Golf With Your Friends 2 announced for consoles, PC". Gematsu. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "About the game". blacklightinteractive.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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  9. ↑ "Golf with Your Friends PlayStation 4". Metacritic . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "Golf with Your Friends Xbox One". Metacritic . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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  14. ↑ Carr, Lyle (26 May 2020). "Golf With Your Friends review". godisageek.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  15. ↑ Brodie Shirey, J. (3 June 2020). "Golf With Your Friends Review: What Friends Are For". Screen Rant . Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  16. ↑ Dobson, Richard (21 May 2020). "Golf With Your Friends Review". The Xbox Hub. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  17. ↑ J. Maciejewski, A. (19 May 2020). "Golf With Your Friends Review". videochums.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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