New Links course for download!

Ansatsu · 20-02-2004, 15:47

This just in from a games industry press site:

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BREATHTAKING KAPALUA GOLF COURSE NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD FOR LINKS 2004 ON XBOXÃ‚Â®

LONDON, 20th February 2004 - XboxÃ‚Â® today announced today the arrival of new downloadable content for the popular Xbox golf series, "Links 2004." Beginning today, European golfers will be able to download the Plantation Course at Kapalua via XboxÃ‚Â® LiveTM for Ã‚Â£2.47/Ã¢â€šÂ¬4.99 ・a great (and economical) way to leave chilly European winters behind and indulge in some tropical golf, Hawaiian-style.

The par 73, 7,263-yard Plantation Course at Kapalua in Hawaii, the opening event on the professional tour, joins a host of free and premium content already available on Xbox Live. Each January, the course hosts an elite field of the previous year's winners. The grand scale of the course designed by Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore unfurls across natural geographic formations and pineapple plantation fields that take your breath away. The addition of Kapalua brings the total number of courses in "Links 2004" to ten. "Links 2004" also features real international courses like St Andrews, Loch Lomond, Grey Wolf, Four Seasons Resort Aviara and New South Wales just to name a few.

With the cold weather keeping most golfers in doors for the winter, "Links 2004" offers a variety of exciting options for play. Gamers can compete in Stroke, Match Play, Nassau, Skins, Stableford, Best Ball and even Alternate Shot matches. Players can also select the player count, course and course conditions for their match. In addition, "Links 2004" offers online play via Xbox Live. Golfers from all over the world are coming together for a round of golf and "Links 2004" now offers a new "Fast Play" mode, where golfers play simultaneously (not turn based) and a full round can be completed in a fraction of the normal time. And, as part of the XSN Sports brand, "Links 2004" offers gamers the ability to create and compete in their own online golf tournaments via Xbox Live while keeping track of hard-earned stats on their own virtual sports page, the centralized website XSNsports.com.

NEONKNIGHT · 20-02-2004, 19:30

Excellent - I'll be 'downloading' this later this evening.

Reddevil63 · 20-02-2004, 21:09

Have downloaded it and looks good.

Don't think it can be used as part of your career but ok for single round and Live.

Took ages to DL...6300ish blocks...about 15-20mins!

Tricky · 20-02-2004, 21:27

Where do these downloads sit? - I assume on the HDU, are they the same .CRZ files that the PC version uses - I wonder?

Reddevil63 · 20-02-2004, 23:42

Yep, they are downloaded onto the Hard Drive.

As to second part of question.....no idea!

Nor · 21-02-2004, 00:08

Said Ã‚Â£2.99 on my screen I'm sure, not Ã‚Â£2.49. Not thats theres much in it.

NEONKNIGHT · 22-02-2004, 22:39

Just downloaded the course and it took 55 minutes !!!!

Cheers to borntobeslicker (Mark) for the game - sorry I was unable to chat with you on the game but I couldn't find the xbox headphones/mic anywhere !

Ansatsu · 23-02-2004, 15:25

Is it worth the download? My only complaint about the game is that the courses are all very mundane and samey. I'm working through the career and not too far from 'completing' it, because I want to unlock the 'fantasy' Ocean Mill course, just for a change.

donald · 24-02-2004, 13:38

course is good, long drives are possible (330 meters on average for me) greens can be tough with hills ect well worth Ã‚Â£3 IMHO

chambece · 25-02-2004, 22:13

I got it yesterday - not played on it much, mind. I could really have done with completing the rest really!

donald · 27-02-2004, 16:33

well got an email from MS congratulating me for buying it at Ã‚Â£2.47 but my Online Bill says I was charged Ã‚Â£2.99 oh well, Maybe they will credit me the 52 p

NEONKNIGHT · 27-02-2004, 16:51

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Originally Posted by donald

well got an email from MS congratulating me for buying it at Ã‚Â£2.47 but my Online Bill says I was charged Ã‚Â£2.99 oh well, Maybe they will credit me the 52 p

Maybe M$ are getting confused with GBP and the Euro ?????

kRAyZZed · 05-03-2004, 20:58

Have you guys tried the new free directors cut course yet too?

its rock hard lol, its pretty much just been designed to be the most evil course in the game but great fun to rip your hair out to whilst trying to get out of the bunkers :P

Reddevil63 · 06-03-2004, 01:15

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Originally Posted by kRAyZZed

Have you guys tried the new free directors cut course yet too?

its rock hard lol, its pretty much just been designed to be the most evil course in the game but great fun to rip your hair out to whilst trying to get out of the bunkers :P

They took the fantasy course Ocean Mill and make it more fantasy....hence the rock hardness!

And its free!

NEONKNIGHT · 07-03-2004, 09:13

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Originally Posted by Reddevil63

They took the fantasy course Ocean Mill and make it more fantasy....hence the rock hardness!

And its free!

Cool !