OK Golf

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OK Golf
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Developer(s) Okidokico Entertainment
Publisher(s) Okidokico Entertainment [a]
Platform(s) iOS, Android, tvOS
Release
  • iOS
  • February 9, 2017
  • Android
  • May 9, 2017
  • tvOS
  • June 28, 2017
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

OK Golf is a 2017 golf video game developed and published by the Canadian studio Okidokico Entertainment. Gameplay follows the player shooting a golf ball to a hole through a golf course in the least amount of shots, similar to actual golf. The game was released for iOS in February 2017, followed by a port for Android—published by Playdigious—in May 2017, and a tvOS version in June 2017. OK Golf was met with a mixed reception, with praise for its graphics but criticism for its gameplay and controls.

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Gameplay

In OK Golf, the player must complete courses by shooting a golf ball to a hole while keeping below par. Gameplay screenshot of OK Golf, 2017.png
In OK Golf, the player must complete courses by shooting a golf ball to a hole while keeping below par.

Set in Aberdeen, Scotland, [1] OK Golf tasks the player to hit a golf ball across four different courses with nine holes each in the least amount of shots. [2] [3] To make a shot, the player pulls back on the screen; [3] pulling farther will result in a stronger super shot. [4] The player must evade hazards such as trees and sand, [5] and they are given no golf clubs. [3] Each course contains a secret hole that is situated at a hidden point. [3]

The game has three modes: championship, time trial, and freeplay. Time trial mode requires the player to complete all courses in the least amount of time, [3] and freeplay mode allows the player to go through each hole of the course at their own pace. [2]

Release

OK Golf was developed by the Canadian studio Okidokico Entertainment. [6] It was released for iOS on February 9, 2017, [7] [8] and for Android by Playdigious on May 9, 2017. [9] [10] [11] A port for tvOS was released on June 28, 2017. [12]

A new golf course named Miami Palms and two new modes—online and pass and play multiplayer—were added to the game in May 2017. [9] [13] New England and Paris courses were added in June and August 2017 respectively, [12] [14] along with another course titled Lapland and iPhone X compatibility in December 2017. [15] Another course, commemorating the game's first anniversary, was added in February 2018. [16]

Reception

On the review aggregation website Metacritic, OK Golf has a "mixed or average" score of 65 based on six critics. [17]

The gameplay received mixed opinions. While some critics found OK Golf relaxing, [4] [19] others felt negative towards its oversimplified style of gameplay. [2] [3] [4] 148Apps writer Campbell Bird and Nik Ives-Allison of Gamezebo criticized the game's limited amount of shot capabilities, [2] [18] the latter of whom thought the game had "unrealistic" par ratings and inaccurate golf clubs. [18] Additionally, TouchArcade 's Carter Dotson noted the game's "rather punishing" hazards but praised the time trial mode. [3]

Conversely, the graphics were praised; reviewers appreciated the game's minimalist art style. [19] [18] Dotson described the graphics as "immediately striking" and stated that the game's choice to be set in a "sterile abyss" was "rather cool". [3] Bird highlighted that the variety in finding a solution to complete a course helped to increase replayability. [2]

The game's controls were negatively received for their poor performance. While most reviewers found them simple and easy to learn, [4] [19] others found them imprecise, [3] [18] pointing out issues in rotating the game's camera. [4] [19] Ives-Allison remarked that the controls were "sticky", drawing attention to the inconsistent speed at which the screen and projection lines move. [18] Additionally, Dotson criticized the game's "annoying" shaking effect, the "imperfect" shot controls, and the "random" super shot. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Published to Android by Playdigious.

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