The sheer variety of Ace Cards give you many, many different ways to approach each shot, and make some of the game's more daunting levels more approachable. Meanwhile, you can set up portals, which yes, work just about the same as they do in that Portal. One Ace Card turns the ball into a matterless object, so it can pass through walls and other obstacles. You can stop the ball in mid-air so it drops immediately, as well as make it act like a lead weight to stop it from rolling when it touches down. Scattershot lets you press a button in mid-air to break the ball into three, and lets you pick which one to play afterward.
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Multiple different rocketballs give you free control over your shot in the air, some of which go faster and farther and others that are better at cutting corners. You can turn the golf ball into a drill to dig through walls, coat it with ice to freeze ponds, electrify it to destroy vines that otherwise eat the ball and give you a one-stroke penalty, and redirect the shot with the U-Turn card to get a hole-in-one (hopefully). Most of them, however, affect the golf ball and its flight. Some of the cards provide basic perks, such as taking a mulligan (repeating the previous shot), adding strokes to your par count, or taking a practice shot. Cursed to Golf has more than 20 different Ace Cards. In some ways, Cursed to Golf resembles precision platformers thanks to its tight controls that provide depth and reward mastery.Īce Cards turn levels into clever puzzles to be cracked. Due to the sheer chaos of the levels, spin is monumentally important. Rapidly pressing a button in the air and then pointing the D-pad or stick in the desired direction creates spin on the ball when it lands. On a shot by shot basis, Cursed to Golf is a lot of fun, even when you're not using Ace Cards, the power-ups and perks you collect throughout each run that can modify shots.
Your bag consists of a driver, iron, and wedge. A shot preview shows you the path the ball will take, so you always know where it's headed.
The direction of your shot corresponds to your click timing. You set your power using a meter and your aim by pressing the button again. On the surface, Cursed to Golf has simplistic gameplay mechanics. Gameplay is the focus here, but Cursed to Golf has witty dialogue, a rather heartwarming story, and a lighthearted tone despite the fact you're essentially trapped in hell. A roguelike structure sends you back to the beginning of the course if you fail during any of the levels. To escape, you have to finish all of the 18 side-scrolling holes in a row without running out of shots. The freedom you're given to experiment throughout each level makes subsequent runs through the very same layout feel entirely fresh.ĭuring the final round of a tournament, you're killed by a lightning strike and sent to Golf Purgatory, an underworld with a diabolical golf course operated by the Greenskeeper. Like real golf, each and every shot feels different, and, most importantly, the only limitation you have is your creativity and ingenuity.
Even though Cursed to Golf allows you to send your golf ball through portals, turn it into ice and thunder, or even transform it into a rocket, it captures the beauty of actual golf in a way that very few golf games have in the past-even "realistic" ones. The magic of Cursed to Golf comes from the moments when you figure out entirely new ways to finish levels more efficiently and in mechanically interesting ways. The first two times I played this hole, it took me around five minutes and more than a dozen shots. A hole-in-one-my first in Cursed to Golf. The ball soars through the small opening, bounces twice on the island green, and falls into the cup with the help of a bit of spin I added. Then, I fling it backwards at the bumper, which allows me to redirect the ball for a third time. Before it drops into the water below, I redirect the ball through a narrow passage and into a small nook filled with spikes and a handy ricochet bumper. I take out my wedge and pitch the ball into the newly created opening behind me. There's a column of TNT directly behind me that I blow up with a card before equipping another one that lets me change the direction of the shot in mid-air. But now that I have a variety of Ace Cards, I can follow a wildly different path. A booming drive will fly over ponds, bunkers, and spikes before colliding with a golden idol to add four shots to par. I'm standing on the tee of a familiar hole.
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