Long time Everybody's Golf and Hot Shots Golf Player, just curious what people's favorite games in the series were and their opinions of each! Just wanted to give some deep written out thoughts on the games, the beautiful golfers, if u guys have time for a good read, check this out!

Hey gamers! So I'm not a huge reddit user or anything but, I do like to hear opinions from people who enjoy the same things I do.... so here I am. Like the subject said, I'm just wondering what everyone thinks of each game in the series. Like your favorite games and characters, why you love the games, etc. I wanna share all my opinions on the game, and I'm also really sick recovering from surgery so, I really like writing and I hope you all don't think I'm weird for writing so much. Ill share the ones I felt were the best games in the series! For me personally, my first Everybody's/Hot Shots Golf game was 3 for the PS2. I found it much more difficult than Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour for the Gamecube but, I still liked playing it, and enjoyed the goofy characters of the game.

The 2nd I got and perhaps still my all time favorite, Hot Shots Golf Open Tee:2 for the PSP. There's a lot of reasons for this, I mean first off this is up there among the best games on the entire PSP! The item's system was just so fun, all the cute outfits, the little dogs/cats/cars, all the special clubs and whatnot, the stat boosting items with special combinations that further boosted you, All of that just added so much to a genre of games that at times, people talk about as simply just a relaxing casual but sometimes boring experience. On top of that, the special challenges to get some of the items and characters added a lot of replayability! The challenge mode was just so damn good... 12 courses! 18 characters! It had everything from the first Open Tee 2 game, all 6 courses 9 golfers, plus a new 6 and 9! I mean I could go on all day about this one, the 12 courses is still the most ever in one of their games. The style and graphics/sound were excellent, not as great as later releases but, still, this is the one that I put the most time into. It's been a while since I played this so I can't even remember the character names... but there's definitely some great ones! The game also plays pretty well. Not as many features as later titles but, still plays great.

Now onto the PS3 games.... first, I wanna talk about the characters here. let me just say that 1 of the things I like most about the more recent games is getting to golf with, well, beautiful female golfers lol! Who wouldn't like that right? I mean Clap Hanz always does such an amazing job at designing various characters, but they always add at least a few aesthetically pleasing ones to play as. Hot Shots Golf Out of Bounds had this for sure. I've heard people commonly say that Alex is the hottest video game character they've ever seen... or the hottest character in the series. That kind of thing adds something to the game for me. Playing these games to relax and unwind yet still have a good challenge is why I play them. The aesthetics of the characters is very important when you're creating all new golfers every time. It's not like Nintendo where they just throw on the same people every time. Both of the PS3 games seemed to have female characters that were all quite attractively designed... especially World Invitational where its 10 female 6 male. Out of Bounds counting the DLC was what,, 8 female, 10 male, and the 2 lil Sony characters. Clearly they knew what they were doin! :)

Now I understand not everyone gives a crap about this but, from the people I talk to who play the games, this is also one of the main things they enjoy about the Clap Hanz games, so I can't help wanting to ask everyone who there favorites are especially from the more recent games. In Out of Bounds, Alex for sure isn't just beautiful, she is the best character stats wise. She's so perfectly balanced... but I also liked using Gloria of course, Sasha, and Sophie. It's a shame we didn't get customizable outfits there though. In World Invitational however, they really took the design and the graphics to the next level! Customizable outfits were back! Characters look more real instead of cartoony. I mean gosh, this was for sure the game with the best roster as far as looks lmao. Yuni is adorable, Isabelle has such a great accent, Lani is super adorable, Grace (My fiancee's name so that's her favorite haha) is strong and powerfully beautiful, Amy is lovely as can be, Erika is like that bratty hottie we knew in high school lol, Xiao is like the beautiful Japanese goddess, Gloria is of course legendary, Kat has such a great design, and probably my favorite, the Greek Goddess Pandora,,, has the legs that never end! Plus I'm 1/4 greek so I LOVE her costume! They're all just so well designed too, including some of the male characters like Yamato and Max. Let me know what your guys favorites are I'm super interested to hear.

Onto the gameplay of each PS3 game, so, obviously Out of Bounds has just 6 base courses so the challenge mode gets repetitive and it's shorter than other games. There aren't items or points etc, you're just playing golf and leveling up. BUT, because of this, I found this to be the most casual fun of the games. The advanced hitting system feels so real and I loved learning the timing. Once you get that down, this is a pretty easy game! The DLC courses are pretty nice too.

World Invitational goes the other way however... It's by far the hardest golf video game I've ever played. The crowns, oh my god. I played every day for about 4 hours for 2 months before I finally beat the game and got the final costume from Izzak. I still never got ALL the crowns since you can skip a few to beat the game 100% essentially. The many hitting modes also are what makes this the best game ever in the series, you can swing with so many different styles! The points make it feel worth it to have some for fun rounds outside of the challenge, and the new colors and costumes made me feel like it was really worth it to 100% this game. They gave us everything here, better graphics, more features, amazing character voices and animations, more courses, new ways of challenging ourselves, beautiful golfers, a whole new system of getting items, for that reason I think this is the best game in the series but,,, for nostalgia sometimes I feel Open Tee 2 on PSP still is the best.

Anyways, if anyone managed to read all of this and wants to share your love of these games, I really appreciate it. These games kinda saved my life when i lost my first fiancee several years ago, especially when winter time came and I couldn't hit the links and golf for real. I'm hoping at least 1 person feels the same way and the legacy of these game are just as important to them as me. I never played the PS4 one cause I never got a PS4, mostly a pc gamer now but, luckily I have a switch and love the Easy Come Easy Golf, but I'm not 100% done with it so, can't fully judge. But I'd put it as maybe the 4th best one, right above Everybody's Golf 3, and right below Out of Bounds.