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TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 2004
A golfing purist might be happy with Nintendo's surprisingly complex Mario Golf, but if you don’t feel like playing any courses that force you to avoid evil piranha plants, the better choice is Tiger Woods. EA's game offers real-life players, real courses, a variety of intriguing trouble scenarios, better camerawork and a more nuanced control scheme that allows players to manipulate Tiger's swing with the intuitive push and pull of the control stick. As an added bonus Tiger Woods boasts the most detailed create-a-player mode yet seen in video games.