Desert Golfing doesn't have a narrative, it doesn't even have a player that you control, there's no sign of the little golfing avatar man from the app's logo once you open the game. There's no tutorial or introduction either; the game just starts. There's a ball in a sand environment seen from the side on of various hills, ledges, and cliffs. Everything is made of straight lines, the only curve you'll see is the little white ball that you're aiming to get into a hole on the right-hand side of the screen. There isn't even a par as you would expect in a golf game. The game will tell you how many shots you've taken on that hole (+2 say) and add it to your total, but it's meaningless. You can't lose. I spent over 30 shots on one hole with no consequences except my own frustration of repeatedly shooting the ball off the screen, or being too tentative and watching it roll back down a hill. At the outset it's difficult to see if the game will even end. After around 1000 holes you might be rewarded with a slight shift in colour palette. You could set your own goals, reach level 100 with fewer than 150 shots say, but to start over you'd have to delete the app and its data since there's no options screen, no little cog sitting in any corners to take you someplace else. Just you, the ball, the flag, the desert and a hole. That's the game. The rest is up to you.
desert golfing
desert golfing
desert golfing
Desert Golfing doesn't have a narrative, it doesn't even have a player that you control, there's no sign of the little golfing avatar man from the app's logo once you open the game. There's no tutorial or introduction either; the game just starts. There's a ball in a sand environment seen from the side on of various hills, ledges, and cliffs. Everything is made of straight lines, the only curve you'll see is the little white ball that you're aiming to get into a hole on the right-hand side of the screen. There isn't even a par as you would expect in a golf game. The game will tell you how many shots you've taken on that hole (+2 say) and add it to your total, but it's meaningless. You can't lose. I spent over 30 shots on one hole with no consequences except my own frustration of repeatedly shooting the ball off the screen, or being too tentative and watching it roll back down a hill. At the outset it's difficult to see if the game will even end. After around 1000 holes you might be rewarded with a slight shift in colour palette. You could set your own goals, reach level 100 with fewer than 150 shots say, but to start over you'd have to delete the app and its data since there's no options screen, no little cog sitting in any corners to take you someplace else. Just you, the ball, the flag, the desert and a hole. That's the game. The rest is up to you.