It's all started again: Tiger Woods PGA Tour '08. Mike bought an iteration of this game a few years ago and we were completely hooked, and it's now time to take up the controller again for the latest version.

I've played in my first tournament and came in eigth place, which is not overly impressive. Is the game harder? It must be the level where my character is at: in the previous version (2005, I think) my fond memories come from a much later point in the game where my character could crush any ball and was scoring a birdie practically every hole. I really look forward to hitting that point in this game.

What really impressed me about the older version was the character creation and how much detail you could get in on your model. Mike and I made characters that looked exactly like us, which really helped our immersion and experience. Unfortunately I cannot get my new character to look exactly like me: as if there are fewer options for tweaking appearance in this game. While it's quite impressive, my Mii looks more like me than this character, and I've probably spent a couple of hours on him already.

And perhaps it's all because of a new feature they've put into place, which is the photo game face. This allows you to download two high resolution photos of yourself, mark it up and let the game model your face into 3D. Unfortunately the servers on EA have been down since the game came out so I haven't had an opportunity to test it out, but apparently it's quite slick. I'll post comparison images whenever EA gets their act together.