SNES Game Review: True Golf Waialae

The SNES was full of sports games.  Golf was no exception to this, as many different companies in one sequence or another tried their hand at a golf game throughout their time on the SNES.  However, most were pretty rough at this.  If you count Kirby's Dream Course, which is far and away then the best golf game, then the rest of the games are at best below average and at worst just terrible.  True Golf Waialae is one of those that goes in the bad pile.  There are some upsides to it, but overall not enough to shake the label of being bad.

Positives:
1. Graphics of the course- This is actually a good plus side to it.  Waialae's golf course was very finely done.  This is true for the other True Golf games of Pebble Beach or Wicked 18.  So they did well with the layout of the course and showcasing it.

2. Four player compatibility- This is also another plus.  The game has four-player compatibility.  However, that is pretty much where the positives end.

Negatives:

1. Frame rate- Yeah, this game is awful for frame rate.  It is so slow, so choppy that good luck if you get anything done in a reasonable time.  One hole can take upwards of five minutes if you are lucky to get it done by then.

2. Hitting is nearly impossible- You can't hit the ball seemingly without it slicing all over.  I mean I know I am terrible at golf in real life, but this is just brutal from a video game.  That is just something that drags this down so much.

3. Same thing goes with putting- First you have a 100 foot putter.. for like a 3 foot putt.  Yes that doesn't make sense.  So regardless putting is a disaster anyway.  You will not make many and when you do, you should celebrate it greatly.

With that, and there aren't many on each side due to it being a golf game, that recaps True Golf Waialae.  The best rating I can give it is 2.2 out of 10.  When you have a graphically sound game, that gives you plus points, but when the main things of frame rate, hitting and putting are just so bad, it won't give you a great game.  If I had an overall rating going for the 721 games on SNES, I'd have a hard time going anything higher than 620th.  It's one of the bottom 125 games on the SNES.