Hey JD. The gameplay is very very close to real golf, meaning there are not dart shot drives or woods...the ball keeps rolling like in real golf even if u play full back spin shots. There's no reference on the strokes, no ding. You can have 100 strokes and i can assure u that 99 of them will give a different outcome cause mouse movement cannot be 100% the same on every stroke you take. On the other hand, you can fade, pull your stokes with no problems. You have a variety of options and settings on every shot and of course no limitations to hit out of the rough or bunkers. The job that they have done is pretty pretty fine although everything is based on computer graphics (no real pics of the courses in it). There are several difficulty levels which make the game hard to master. On the downside, PC graphics require a fairly decent system to play meaning that many 15'' laptops with i3 won't handle it. Another thing that annoys me is the fact that there are not various cameras to change while you are playing alt or mps (same as the launcher) and of course the usual lack of a transparent window to chat with your friends (they use the same system as the launcher with opening and closing the chatbox). However and overall, i would give an 8,5 to the new game.