In this mode, your golf ball is also replaced by a hockey puck, although in practice, this makes little to no difference. The other as its namesake of ‘Hockey’ suggests is just that, in which the hole is instead a hockey net complete with a cardboard goalie cut-out moving left to right in an attempt to block your shot. One mode – Dunk – replaces the hole with a basketball net, requiring you to bounce the ball before the final shot so that it drops through the net. It isn’t all just your typical mini-golf action, as there are a couple of other modes that can be played to switch up (pun intended) the traditional golf play. The goalie moves side to side at random, adding a surprising amount of challenge. This also slows down the pace of action, having to wait for each player to take their turn, which can seem like an age when you just need to make a small tap to pot your ball. In practice, the multiplayer really is no different to that of playing single-player ultimately, it is just about who can get the best score (remember with golf, the lower the score the better). This by no means a deal-breaker, but it is disappointing. That’s not to say that it’s bad, but it is surprisingly simplistic.
Despite the title teasing playing with friends, the local multiplayer component of the game feels overstated compared to its functionality in practice. Instead, I was able to try out the local multiplayer, which only supports one controller, resulting in some hot-seat action of passing around the controller. Unfortunately, I was unable to find a single game to join, nor did I have any online friends with the game to try it out. There’s also an online mode, which is possibly the intended multiplayer experience. The other major element that the games’ title emphasises is the multiplayer functionality so that you too can play golf with your friends. Wouldn’t be a game of mini-golf without a windmill. This results in a variety of different challenges that will test your golfing skills, as well as your patience. Each course is unique, ranging from a highly impractical (and frankly dangerous) museum to a desert oasis complete with pyramids. What this means is you are presented with 11 different themed courses, each with 18 holes that will challenge your putting skills. Taking out the walking between holes and speeding up the transition between shots, golf video games often manage to maintain the essence of the sport but from the comfort from your home – or wherever you are given the benefits of the hybrid nature of the Switch.ĭespite the comparisons to golf – and the title of the game – Golf With Your Friends is actually a recreation of mini-golf. Out of all of the sports to receive the video game treatment, golf is surprisingly one of the better digital recreations.
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