Golfinity

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Golfinity
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Developer(s) NimbleBit
Publisher(s) NimbleBit
Platform(s) iOS
ReleaseNovember 12, 2014
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player

Golfinity is a 2014 golf game developed and published by NimbleBit. It was released for iOS on November 12, 2014.

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Gameplay

Golfinity tasks the player with making the ball go into the hole of a randomly generated level. To shoot the ball the player taps and drags their finger across the screen (with the power of the shot represented by dashed lines). Once the player gets the ball into the hole, the player moves on to the next level. [1]

Golfinity was released for iOS on November 12, 2014. [2]

Reception

On Metacritic, the game has a "generally favorable" rating of 75 based on four critics. [3] [4] [1] [5]

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References

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  2. Slater, Harry (November 12, 2014). "Out at midnight: Golfinity is a golf game that lasts forever for iPad and iPhone". Pocket Gamer . Retrieved October 4, 2024.
  3. "GOLFINITY - An Endless Free Golf Game". Metacritic . Retrieved October 4, 2024.
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