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Dangerous Golf is making the world’s most boring sport fun

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A few years ago, I was sitting inside a hall, watching EA’s annual press conference – I can’t quite recall if it was E3, or Gamescom, as they all sort of blur in to one event in my head. Anyway, EA showed off a trailer for a new golf game, that somehow involved battleships and wanton destruction – and I laughed. That derisive laugh that mostly happens in your head, and sometimes exits your nose as little more than barely audible puff of air.

I thought the idea of an off-centre golf game was, frankly, stupid. It seems EA eventually did too, because that gamer never really happened. EA and I? We were both wrong.

There is a game of that sort coming, from a new studio made up of former Criterion developers; Three Fields Entertainment. Called Dangerous Golf, it fuses Burnout’s general design ethos with what may be one of the world’s most boring spectator sports on the planet – and by golly, does it sound like a lot of fun.

“Smash a priceless chandelier, set fire to a gas station and destroy a kitchen full of china — this isn’t your average golf game,” says the press release.

“Available for download at the Xbox Store, PlayStation Store and Steam in May 2016, Dangerous Golf is an irreverent, silly, fun approach to golf games that challenges players to break the rules and wreak havoc on more than 100 holes in four unexpected locations.

It’s as serious a golf game as Burnout was a serious simulation to driving games. We wanted to mix the attitude of Burnout with the destruction of Black whilst setting the golf ball on fire — a nod to NBA Jam. This type of gameplay is part of our DNA, and something we think our fans will truly enjoy.”

I hate racing games – but Burnout is one of my favourite franchises ever – and anybody who’s able to take something I actively dislike and make it unbelievably fun has my interest piqued.

“In Dangerous Golf, players aren’t striving for Par or aiming for Birdie — they’re playing for dollar damage as their high score. As they progress throughout the game, players will not only be awarded points for trick shots and ricochet techniques, but they’ll also get rewarded for destroying stuff by turning their golf ball into a bomb and setting off their SmashBreaker. Destructive powers increase as the ball heats up, ensuring that the most elaborate shots are not only the most rewarded, but the most impressive to watch.

The action takes place in a series of elaborate indoor and outdoor locations including a hotel kitchen, a glittering palace ballroom, a rural gas station and a stately medieval castle. Featuring turn-based play in both on and offline multiplayer, Dangerous Golf awards points based on destruction, encouraging players to get creative as they wreak havoc in an effort to increase their score.”

And while the game itself may be irreverent and silly, the underlying technology is anything but. The game is wholly physics based, and will leverage PhysX, Apex Destruction and Flex to create the very destructible world its set in.

Last Updated: January 27, 2016

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  1. Original Heretic

    January 27, 2016 at 10:36

    But will you get to destroy Tiger’s wood? Wait, I think perhaps his wife already did that.

    Reply

    • HvR

      January 27, 2016 at 10:55

      Somebody should really make South Park’s version of Tiger Woods Golf

      Reply

  2. VampyreSquirrel

    January 27, 2016 at 10:38

    I… I… I want this

    Reply

    • RinceThis

      January 27, 2016 at 10:57

      Remember all those games of golf in GTAV! SOooo much fun!

      Reply

      • VampyreSquirrel

        January 27, 2016 at 10:58

        Yeah, that was great fun, and sometimes the most frustrating golf ever.

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        • RinceThis

          January 27, 2016 at 10:58

          Anything with OvG in is frustrating!

          Reply

          • VampyreSquirrel

            January 27, 2016 at 11:12

            Oh so true… especially shooters.

          • RinceThis

            January 27, 2016 at 11:16

            Lol, he wasn’t that bad in Borderlands… REVIVE ME!

          • VampyreSquirrel

            January 27, 2016 at 11:19

            “Where’s oVg?”
            “Up ahead… dying”
            “Oh ok”

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 27, 2016 at 11:25

            That’s something I like now in the game which shall not be mentioned. 4 revives per mission. Revived a guy twice in less than a minute yesterday in a low level mission. 3rd time I thought, fuck it I’m not his babysitter – he can die & revive his own ass. And I didn’t feel the slightest bit guilty.

          • VampyreSquirrel

            January 27, 2016 at 11:29

            LOL! That’s sad… not even I go down that often in that game.

            I actually need to try get back into “the game that shall not be named”, but I just don’t have a lot of gaming time at this current juncture… which will change quite soon.

          • Ottokie

            January 27, 2016 at 11:43

            How is the new alert, are you getting any of the new mods?

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 27, 2016 at 11:55

            I’ve got 5 of the new ones after 12 runs & a bunch of duplicates. None of the rares.

            It’s not bad, kinda easy though. First thing you do is 2 spy missions & 2 mobile defenses – all very low level. That unlocks the acolyte missions, have to defeat them 10 times to complete that part of the event. They run on timers so aren’t always available, they just pop up on a random planet node. You run the normal mission and as you go along they’ll warp in for a minute or two, do enough damage & they’ll drop a mod when leaving again.

          • Ottokie

            January 27, 2016 at 11:59

            Okie dokie, thanks for the info. Hopefully I can kickoff tonight and not miss out on too many mods

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 27, 2016 at 12:05

            Oh, and you get the special enemies again in the spy & md missions, like bailiffs and whatnot. Nice to see them again, even if only for a second because they’re lvl 7 huehuehue.

            Should have plenty of time, when I left last night the one acolyte was on 75% health or so, the other 2 were still in the high 90’s, others had even made an appearance. Each one has their own drops too.

          • Ottokie

            January 27, 2016 at 12:10

            Shyt. The one is at 7% after checking the tracker… work is always in the way of gaming!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 27, 2016 at 12:14

            They’ll still drop in the final part of the event once that kicks off.

  3. Alien Emperor Trevor

    January 27, 2016 at 10:40

    Like a Tiger in a china shop!

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    • RinceThis

      January 27, 2016 at 10:56

      NO!

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      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        January 27, 2016 at 10:58

        YES! Also, shut up!

        Reply

        • RinceThis

          January 27, 2016 at 10:59

          No, minus, open down!

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 27, 2016 at 11:00

            Oi! No cheating!

          • RinceThis

            January 27, 2016 at 11:04

            Teheheh ><

  4. Ottokie

    January 27, 2016 at 10:42

    Adding this to my wishlist 😛

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    • VampyreSquirrel

      January 27, 2016 at 10:52

      I can’t find it on Steam yet 😛

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    • Jan Prins

      January 27, 2016 at 11:08

      Read that as wristlist.

      Reply

  5. Hammersteyn

    January 27, 2016 at 10:42

    Pfffft you should see me at a mashie course with a six pack of beers. Now that’s dangerous golf.

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    • VampyreSquirrel

      January 27, 2016 at 10:53

      Adventure Golf (putt-putt), beer, hot day… that ends up being dangerous golf.

      Reply

  6. HvR

    January 27, 2016 at 10:54

  7. RinceThis

    January 27, 2016 at 10:57

    Cool, another sports game OvG can bear me at…

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    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      January 27, 2016 at 11:01

      Like this?

      Reply

      • RinceThis

        January 27, 2016 at 11:05

        HAHAHAHAHAH! I said bear, not lose another Oscar 0_O

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    • miaau

      January 27, 2016 at 13:05

      Fallout 4 version of baseball, perhaps?

      Reply

  8. RinceThis

    January 27, 2016 at 11:06

    I bought a pool game the other day and it’s oddly addictive as heck, so this could work.

    Reply

  9. BakedBagel

    January 27, 2016 at 11:18

    I come here posing the REAL questions.
    Is Geoff a fan of the front or back 9?

    ( ?° ?? ?°)

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    • Geoffrey Tim

      January 27, 2016 at 12:29

      the 19th hole. Nothing else.

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      • miaau

        January 27, 2016 at 13:05

        totally. Played golf once or twice, some corporate day stuff. Did not leave me wanting anything more than a good scotch on the rocks for afters.

        Also, I strongly suspect @BakedBagel:disqus is making a very dirty reference with the comment, but I fail to understand it.

        Reply

  10. Dane

    January 27, 2016 at 13:35

    Want.

    Reply

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