Hot Shots Golf is a series since the days of Playstation that brings fun, arcade-like golf to the player. Nothing like World Cup Golf, Tiger Woods or anything, Hot Shots is just that, hit the ball like crazy and hope it lands in the hole. It has a variety of courses, none of which are licensed or brought on by real life. Open Tee is one of the Hot Shots Golf games that was on the PSP. Today I will review it and say what is good, what is bad and my overall rating.
Positives:
1. Course creativity- I like how they designed all of these courses in terms of difficulty, layout and just overall fun. Yes some courses are easy and some difficult but that's golf really in a nutshell anyway. I admire how they made the courses and the creativity that went into them.
2. Challenge Level- It's a nice thing to have. I understand this game and series isn't going to have a career mode, so the challenge level is good too. To win on courses and then face an opponent to get items or a character for later is a nice thing to do.
3. Surprisingly Smooth- It honestly runs smooth for a game on the PSP. There's not a lot of lag, not a lot of dragging moments and you can get a full 18 holes done in less than half an hour. The pace is pretty good and not like a Tiger Woods game today.
Negatives:
1. Limited Scope- I've said this for a long time with the Hot Shots series, but until they make a game with a lot of online challenges or a career mode.. it's going to be very limited in scope and it isn't going to be more than a niche stuff. That's just how limited the game is.
2. No Career Mode- This is where it would be great to have. The challenge mode is all well and good, but the stroke play feature is just.. not needed. A career mode would be really cool to have and likely would have been good to have for replayability.
3. No Replayability Factor- Which speaking of the replayability factor, there honestly is none. There is no career mode or online to go with so that's already making it limited. Once you beat all the stuff on challenge mode, there's nothing left to really do but either let the game collect dust or sell it.
Overall rating:
This game is limited in scope but does do well in a lot of factors. A lot of these Hot Shots games are fun, but don't score more than a 7.5 or 8. That's essentially where I will put it, a 7.5 out of 10. Until they would get one that has a lot to go with and be super ambitious, that's where a game like this would rate.
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