The "innovative" part of the game appears here with the advanced swing controls. You can shift your weight forwards and backwards, change the angle of the club face, and move your feet to change your swing plane. While all of this sounds fancy, a couple of issues keep this from being truly "innovative." First, if you have been keeping up with the previews or checking out screenshots of the game (like the one below), you'll notice a neat first-person view of your golfer looking down at the ball as he sets-up and swings.

Unfortunately, what Oxygen Interactive has conveniently forgetton to tell everyone is that you need a gamepad to use this view, which is fine for the consoles, but not so much for the PC version. You see, if all you have is a mouse and keyboard, you see the standard third-person view common in all golf games, the one from behind the tee that looks out onto the course. The first-person view that is so "innovative" only appears if you have a PC-compatible gamepad.

The reason for this is unknown, and as far as I know, not explained anywhere. At least you do get the advanced swing controls with a mouse and keyboard, but the omission of the first-person view without a gamepad is odd. Another thing is, you don't even really need the advanced controls. During my time playing the game, I was able to consistently finish under par without shifting my weight, or moving my feet, or using any of the advanced stuff. All I did was aim and swing, and had no problems getting Birdies and even a few Eagles. This makes the game feel like more of an arcade-type golf game than a realistic one.