Once you hit this object you will have to complete a sort of challenge. These mostly entail hitting the ball into a hard to spot object on the course. The game has quite a few hidden holes that can only be unlocked if you find secrets hidden in other holes. On top of trying to reduce your score, carefully observing each hole can pay dividends by allowing you to find a number of hidden elements present in many of the holes. A lot of the holes have some well planned out puzzles where you need to carefully think about where you want to shoot the ball. I personally liked the change of pace though as I thought it perfectly blended a golf game with puzzle elements. If you are looking for a traditional golf game this may not be for you. This was a really interesting twist on your typical golf game. This is because while you are playing golf, each hole in the game is designed as a sort of puzzle where you have to figure out where to shoot to take advantage of shortcuts and the other quirks of each level. In fact in some ways I would say that A Little Golf Journey is arguably more a puzzle game than a golf game. I was a little surprised that they play a bigger role in the game than I was expecting. You can still finish the holes without taking advantage of the puzzle mechanics, but you will have no chance at getting more than maybe one or two stars.īefore playing A Little Golf Journey I was intrigued by the game due to the puzzle elements. To get the maximum number of stars for most of the levels it requires shooting the ball into the hole from a long distance. As you don’t have to rely on timing your shot perfectly, your success relies on finding the best path through a hole to reduce your number of strokes. Most holes have a secret path which you can shoot through which will save you a number of strokes. In most cases this is different than how you would approach a typical golf game. Basically to get the maximum number of stars from a level you need to figure out the best way to approach each level. The thing that I was kind of surprised by is the fact that A Little Golf Journey is just as much a puzzle game as a golf game. The ball will initially land on the spot indicated by the aiming arc and will then roll based on momentum and the slope of the land.
The game doesn’t rely on timing your button presses or using other mechanics found in most golf games. When you are ready to shoot you just press a button and hit the ball. You can temporarily press a button to steady this, but it wears off if you don’t shoot quickly after activating it. When applying more power to a shot your aiming will be unsteady. To shoot you just press a button to bring up the aiming arc which you can adjust to add more or less strength to a shot. These stars are used to unlock additional holes. You will receive a number of stars based on how well you do on a hole. The game is broken down into individual holes with the objective of each being to try and get your ball into the hole in the least number of strokes as possible. While it shouldn’t be much of a surprise based on the title, at its core A Little Golf Journey is a golf game. A Little Golf Journey is not going to convert anyone that doesn’t care for golf, but it creates a fun and relaxing game that is somehow also an interesting puzzle game. While it might look like a traditional golf game, I was intrigued by A Little Golf Journey as it looked like it had a puzzle element to it which is arguably my favorite video game genre. In particular I don’t care for realistic golf games as I prefer a more casual approach to the genre or something that actually tweaks the formula in an interesting way. I generally don’t play a lot of golf games though as it still isn’t one of my favorite genres. Despite this, I have always kind of liked the video game genre as I was a pretty big fan of the Mario Golf series. I have no interest in watching the sport and while I have enjoyed playing it, I have rarely played it. Golf is one of the sports that I have the most conflicting feelings towards.
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