Desert Golfing for Pc

This game has been my literal no-brainer game for several years. It’s small and simple design has kept me coming back for more. The occasional changes in landscape, be it a cactus, a cloud, a color shift, brought an element of satisfaction simply because of their rarity. It was a joy to see something new. A reminder of how pleasant the simple things of life can be. However, upon reaching hole 10,000 today at 26,476 strokes, something new I did not expect occurred. Hole 10,001 did not generate. Instead I found myself on the shore of an endless ocean. Hmm, I thought. Perhaps it’s a fluke? So I rebooted the app and there was still no new hole. I hit the ball into the ocean, and the ball vanished beneath the water and did not regenerate again. I no longer have a ball to hit. Nor a hole to shoot for. The game promised infinity, but the game literally ending like this exactly at hole 10,000 seems like it’s an ending by design. If not, the game has broken at hole 10,001 and I’d like to keep playing. As far as endings go, I will say this does seem like a very appropriate ending for this simple game.

Read the reviews and tried it out. It's about what you expect, you know, just golfing in the the app. I’ve had the game for almost a year (maybe 10 months) and I finally made it to level 10,000. Then it ended. Didn’t have a “Congratulations!” message it anything. Just a giant lake where your ball will never return from. This was what I used to multitask and hold my ADD at bay during boring meetings / events. Totally worth it. Wish the levels lasted longer so now I have to go find a new time waster app. Previous review: So a month or two ago before I purchased, I read a review about a hole at 2800 that the reviewer couldn't get past because it's a hole covered by a plateau next to a body of water. I was worried about it and also thought I'd never make it that far. Well, I just ran into that hole. It's hole number 2866 and it's a doozy. However, there's a trick: you can't land it directly into the hole. There's actually a land mass to the right, just off the screen. I found it by accident. By sheer luck, on my second try, it bounced off of that land into the hole. As a tip, you can't bounce it off the side, you either have to hit it from the top or on the corner (which is what I think I did). Anyway, I plan to keep going until I get sick of it. Maybe I'll come update my review after I hit another significant landmark.

There are no achievements. The game doesn’t care if you get a hole in one or take 100 strokes for a hole. There is no tutorial, and no need for one. The holes have not been designed for a single solution, or even multiple solutions. The holes do not get harder. They do not introduce new hazards. You cannot acquire new skills, gears, collectibles, or power-ups. There is no story. There is no end. It is a toy for you to play with, a physical thing that is not trying to reward or punish or incentivize or otherwise engineer you. Just play with it. Enjoy the little sand splash and the click of hitting the ball. Of course you might feel happy when the ball goes in the hole, but that’s up to you and not the game. Have fun and enjoy being left in peace. I can’t be harassed by other games after this.

I’m at 10,500 holes and still love it. There are times that you believe that there’s just no way you can do this hole, but persevere, you can and you will. The number of strokes don’t matter, it’s a Zen kind of thing, just you and the the app. Yes, the sand and sky will change their tint after awhile, just like the sky above you now changes. Not to worry, it’s not a glitch. Just keep playing. Mind-soothing; let your troubles just drift away... just one more hole... Great game for when you’re at a Dr’s office, or waiting while your partner is shopping. Minutes or an hour or two, doesn’t matter. Just you and the the app... one of the best values in the App Store. Playing it for years and still doing demos of it for Apple User Group meetings! Very relaxing!