Golf Clash - Golfing Simulator Reviews

by G Shearard

My dad is retired and disabled. My dad loves this game. It reminds him of when he was able to play golf. He even pays to play with the in app purchases. He does buy gems and takes advantage of special offers. He truly enjoys playing. But this game has doubled charged him multiple times. There have been in app purchases that he didn’t make or didn’t authorize. They charged him and never gave him what the offer was or gems, etc. When he has complained the company they said it’s not their fault it’s ITunes. ITunes says its not eligible for refunds. GolfClash has stolen money from him multiple times. He has used ITunes gift cards and also credit cards. The ITunes cards he is just out of luck with. He can go to the credit cards and get his money back. But honestly, what a hassle. He would have to get new cards and it affects his credit. But the moral of my rant is; This company is a bunch of thieves. It saddens me that this game brought him so much joy and he can’t play it because he can’t afford all the “extra” purchases. I really hope your company can figure out a better way and stop stealing from innocent people. Here’s a tip... maybe you could make it a subscription. Like $9.99 a month or something and you get a new course, a club, some balls, gems, and coins. In these trying times, for those sheltering in place, or my dad who can’t physically play and loves this game you can turn this into a positive.

by MMig444

After playing this game for several months at a friends request. here's what I discovered. gameplay is fun and easy and courses are very well done. Be warned , this is not a standard pay for play game... after the fourth series of golf courses you will be matched with players who are significantly better than you with much higher gameplay experience and better clubs . you will lose a considerable amount of games and be encouraged to spend money to of course better your golf clubs or buy golf balls to improve your chances . unlike other pay for play games you cannot do that you can only buy chest that give you random opportunities to get the best clubs which seldom pay off . The only way you can accumulate these clubs is to play a considerable amount of games . i've gotten a few customer service reps with a little character and integrity to admit that they don't gauge competition very well . This is where the majority of players fall off and stop using the game. Customer service is useless in this endeavor as they will read scripted responses to you in efforts to get you to continue to play and tell you that it will improve. My best advice is play the first few levels and then move on from this game the moment you need to spend money. I've watched a lot of frustrated players and young people spend money in the hopes of advancing and enjoying further gameplay through better courses unfortunately that is not the case.

by IcemanEvo808

It shocks me to see that this game has 4.5 stars. Now the game may or may not be rigged but I will say people who pay for better golf balls definitely have an advantage. Playing someone who has a 30+ yard golf ball makes so much of a difference when you are only able to a normal golf ball. So if you look to have a better winning change be prepared to spend. Of course creators of the game will say the game is free and you are not required to spend money but in reality if you want to be competitive you need to spend money or expect to lose most matches.

Tournaments are the worst 12 under in 9 holes is hard enough already but when you have players in you league or rank who shoots 14, 15, 16 under makes you wonder how placement is created. I’ve fluctuated in rank and have seen the same thing. It should be made if you above 13 under you cannot play in that league or rank for tournament or at least if you place in too 10 you cannot play in the league or rank. Because pretty much the same players just keep winning as long as they stay in the league or rank they win. I’ve played so many tournaments that I’ve make 12 under and still didn’t make the cut because other players were under more in the score.

All in all really if you look to be disappointed, frustrated, annoyed, angry, or broke this is the perfect game. If losing is fun to you this is the perfect game. But then again this game has a 4.5 star I’m pretty sure that’s a mistake also

by Tee Em Up

I feel it’s necessary to update my review of GolfClash after having several hundred dollars invested in it and numerous attempts to have the developers correct the “well known” problems. When you report an issue, you get a canned response and or asked to have patience. For now, I would NOT recommend GolfClash until its developers fix the issue making it crash. The ONLY exception to this recommendation is if you go into it knowing NOT to invest any money until again, they resolve the issues with it. I would have given zero stars but its not allowable. I will, come back and update this review if and when they fix the issues with it and they can figure out how to offer TRUE customer service and this especially to those who have supported them with our hard earned money. For now, my best recommendation is to look elsewhere for an app like this.

Further update to the above review after 9 months of attempting to play what could be a great game. I would HIGHLY recommend you LOOK ELSEWHERE for a game to play and where you will need to make in game purchases. You can ABSOLUTELY FORGET getting ANY response from their “help” staff unless you enjoy being called a liar or you like getting the same canned responses.

There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY Playdemic will EVER admit they are having either server issues or when there’s a glitch in the coding and even if you sincerely attempt to be helpful, you find yourself wasting your time. Good luck and hope to see you in another golf game.

by Akbowhunter

I read in one review that support wrote in a reply to a player that said there is some luck and some skill. I would have to say that it is all luck. I'm well over 500 trophies and have made it well over 600. But what happens many times is you may win about 5 or 6 in a row, then you'll lose about 10-12 in a row. I have other friends who have played this and agree with me that it is rigged. If you are one to take games seriously, then this is not the game for you. This is one where you will pull your hair out in frustration when you thought you hit a perfect shot and it does go in. Would recommend WGT Golf instead. Much better golf game and more realistic.
UPDATE: I have come back and really wish this had a zero star rating because that is what this game deserves. Definitely a rigged game. No question about that!! I have seen at least three or more shots that were fixed. It amazes me that when someone plays really good and for some reason can drop one hundred points in a couple of hours. RIGGED!!!!!! Several of my friends also have played this and all have said that it’s rigged. UPDATE AGAIN: Still a lousy, rip off game. Just went to play, tried to hit the ball and every time I did it would switch back to aerial view. I tried several times to hit the ball and it kept doing the same thing until I timed out. Rip-off!!! Don’t waste your time. This was the last straw. This was the last time I am playing. Warning to all: DON’T PLAY!!!!!

by Ryan5754

I was gonna give it 3 maybe 4 stars but the support system gives you zero answers. Matchmaking is terrible, I constantly end up playing people who have thousands of games of experience and have maxed out clubs and the best balls. Some of the courses are also just ridiculous to where an eagle is impossible and a birdie is almost guaranteed. It gets old after a little while, this game doesn’t favor skill and playing things the proper way. Like there’s apparently terrain in some maps that you can’t see unless you zoom in on it that will throw your ball all over the place. On most shots it’s really just getting lucky because you can’t be sure of where the ball is going. Has so much potential but they just make it to where you have to pay more to get a little less. You can’t just buy coins with real money, you have to buy gems to purchase more coins. Coincidentally the biggest gem purse you can buy is just not quite enough to get the biggest coin purse. Also clubs is just pure luck in what you get from a chest and upgrading them is expensive. Also there is no practice option in this game and with the way it works playing matches you and your opponent put up coins and the winner takes it all. One unlucky shot and you’re screwed. The developers seem to not have much interest in making it better for players, just adding more things you can buy

by Artigius

This game has great graphics. Unfortunately, that’s about it. There is no realism to the game play. Putting is easy, as are chip-ins (anyone that actually golfs knows a lot of practice and skill is required to improve odds, and it’s still not easy!). The matchup system is terrible; it huuuugly favors pay-to-win. First, the matchup system doesn’t compare you on skill, gear or experience, but rather just on trophies (which are easily manipulated). This means you’ll often get paired up with someone with clubs and gear that significantly outclass anything you have, making it impossible, even with perfect shots, to even tie your opponent. As if that wasn’t enough, they’ll sometime also pair you up against recorded games rather than a live opponent. No, they don’t put you against a recorded game where the opponent didn’t do well; usually one that eagles! Support, sadly, is equally bad. However, it seems to be the usual farmed our support that doesn’t actually read about the issue experienced, so it’s to be expected. Value for money is minimal. You’ll burn through a minor investment in an hour of playing, and then get matched up against a series of people that outgear you, or bot games, to conveniently strip away anything you’d gained unless you invest more. On the plus side, as long as you’re paying in, things seem to go well, and the matchups aren’t as bad. It’s a bad pay-to-win scheme covered by nice graphics.

by Balledout

Yes the game is great in the beginning but if your not willing to spend money to compete don’t play. The game will give these incredible losing streaks, and yes after you play for awhile you can tell the game plays different during these losing streaks. Shot adjustment for holes you have played 100s of times and perfect shots all the sudden land in the rough or trap. The wind adjustment all the sudden don’t work the same, also your opponents will make these incredible long shots in 10 plus winds I don’t understand why they put players on these losing streaks but it’s really frustrating. Also like I said be willing to spend money on power balls and wind reduction balls because your opponents will be you will be shooting against a 12 or 13 mile wind while your opponents use a wind reduction ball and shoot against a 6 to 8 mile wind. What I’ve noticed they will give you 1 or 2 days out of a week that you’ll win a good percentage but the other 4 or 5 days will be like pulling teeth they will take your coin and your trophies and make you spend diamonds I guess all to make you buy more and they will swear on a stack of bibles that the game is fair at all times trust me when I say you will know by the game play when they turn on the lose streak multiplier so be ready spend money and have aggravated fun I guess.

by RyanAldi2

I really enjoy this game a lot. It is fun lots of parts are realistic. Except when people hit out of bounds or hit it in the hazard. They don’t gain a stroke and it still creates an opportunity for them to actually win without the shootout. It happened to me and he hit out of bounds, I wasn’t able to hit the green on my second. He drove on to the green and made his put and I lost the round. AND HE HIT OUT OF BOUNDS. There should be a penalty stroke for that. That’s how golf is. And also, this game can’t give me an even matchup. I have no idea where your matchup system came from because I am rookie two, and I play people who have gold banners and blue banners consistently. Which is why I don’t stand a chance. Their clubs are such high level where they can hit the green in two with ease due to their very high upgraded clubs versus my low level clubs which allows me to not make it in too. The matchmaking is so unfair, and it makes me not want to play when I have to go up against people who have well over 3000 matches where I’ve only had maybe 300. The matchmaking needs to change and if I’m a rookie two it needs to match me with rookie 2 players. I could care less if the search takes longer because it will help make the game more fair and less stressful and annoying. Please fix your matchmaking! I cannot stand how unfair it is. Please I enjoy the game but not when it’s always against people who are three to four tiers ahead of me..... that isn’t FAIR.

by Whocaresabiutnicknames

I enjoy this game enough to have been playing about 3 years. Graphics are good and the game well designed… mostly. I do have one major complaint… and have since the beginning, but play anyway since I benefit from this design flaw sometimes. The person shooting first is always at a disadvantage because the next player can see the shot and ball placement and how the wind affected the shot. This is especially advantageous in shootouts. If I shoot first in the shootout and land out of bounds, like in the water, then my opponent sees this and just has to dink the ball 1 yard from the tee and they win. Shots should be simultaneous so no one has an advantage. I once asked golf clash what the win percentage is of people shooting second in shootouts and they would not give me the information. They have fixed some issues in the past, but this is big and I don’t understand why they don’t address it. A feature they installed a couple years ago is good… the ability to turn off comments. There used to be many players that would try to distract you from your shots. Golf Clash fixed that problem, so they are aware of issues. Customer support has always been responsive and prompt. If it wasn’t for the poorly designed mechanic of letting the second player see the first player’s shot, I would give
5 stars.

by Buchla Guy

I’ve sunk thousands of dollars on Golf Clash, I have my own clan, I have over 3,000 balls fancier than a kingmaker, tons of gems and cash but the bloom is off the rose. After winning 1,100 games, I feel these days as though I’m playing a computer bot and not another person. when I got to Master 2 level the competition was appropriately fierce and I got relegated back to Master 1 level where it’s been clearly easier for months. But now after losing 14 games in a row over three straight days to opponents who never made a mistake, and never made a comment, and I’m stuck in the relegating 90’s, I and others I play with now assume Golf Clash puts players against bots at leisure. Tonight I’ll let myself go back to Expert 3 and maybe, if I still get paired with fake great players who make zero mistakes, I’ll find myself dragged back to Pro and Rookie in protest. Golf Rival always puts me with human players, and I infinitely prefer that. Attention Golf Clash: give us the phrase “be nice”. All of us have played against real Clash opponents who use comments in a mean fashion, i.e. laughing hysterically after we miss a shot. We players could then actively flash the ‘be nice’ sign rather than passively turn the chat off. And if you want income from us, stop feeding killer bots to us high rollers, if we stop playing, we stop buying...

by Jcc2879

Where to start with golf clash? The game is great as a whole, but the overall blatant pay to play is absolutely ridiculous. Where in any ones mind is it fair when your opponent has a wind factor on the ball of 1.6 and when it’s your turn the wind miraculously went up to a 7? Was there a sudden summer thunderstorm that brewed in the 38 seconds it took for your opponent to take his shot? I have read and read reviews on here and they all say the same thing. GET REAL PLAYDEMIC!!!! We all know that the game wasn’t free to build, it costs money to maintain servers and ad updates etc. Regardless the game is “free” to download and “free” to play. Bullsh#t! I have purchased gems that one are absolutely ridiculously priced and played awesome for a few days, wind on my side win streaks, opponents randomly make bad shots. Then it starts, one loss, two losses, three losses. Coin is gone gems are advertised like infomercials on a Sunday! All I ask is level it out, make it fair, it’s a game it is supposed to be enjoyable. It’s not supposed to make you want to write a surreal review telling the makers of golf clash to.........well I will leave that for the rest of the 100,000’s of your customers that feel the same way! I would rate this game a 5 star on the concept of the game. I would give it a .5 on the management and disregard for fair play for in app games. It’s frustrating!!!!!

by Comet Golfer

I’ve had this game for a long time and I’ve enjoyed it, however there are some key issues I have with it that could cause me and my friends to delete this game if they aren’t resolved.
1. Overall performance/flow: I really loved when they added tournaments and they’re definitely my favorite part of the game. In this week’s tournament I was doing pretty well, then my app froze while loading a hole and caused me to disconnect and take a bogey, costing me at least two shots. Then on my last hole after trying to bounce back, my app lagged and caused me to slice it into the deep rough blocked out by a tree, which cost me at least another shot.
2. There’s no practice feature. I can get into a situation where I have crazy wind or a new club or anything else I’m unfamiliar with and I will have no practice with it. It would make a big difference in my excitement for this game if there was a driving range and/or chipping green feature where I could practice different shots before I take big risks with coins in the game
3. I really like the clan feature they recently added! My friends and I have enjoyed it. I would however like to be able to send some of my coins to members of my clan if they’re in need of some
Overall I think this has potential to be a great game, but like I said there are some parts of this game that annoy me enough to consider never playing again. I hope these can be changed soon, because I’ve been getting fed up with it for awhile.

by Nick_Nayme_97

Golf Clash has adopted the trash concept of Season Passes in an effort to generate revenue similarly to what Fortnite and Call of Duty Modern Warfare did. The difference is that those two did not put notification numbers on items that weren’t available to us, they just showed us the image. Playdemic purposely puts season pass challenge notifications in the same area where the free account weekly and daily challenges are located to keep your attention focused on what paid perks are available IF YOU PAY UP LOLS and to generate a psychological response that forces someone to intentionally feel the “fear of missing out”/FOMO and force our brains to make decisions because we are susceptible to the dopamine-reward response pathway in our brains. This is not okay and playdemic should provide an option to allow these side by side notifications to be turned off that keep prompting us to look at free account challenges next to the paid-for season pass challenges.

UPDATE: Playdemic finally responded and said they will use ,y feedback in future updates. Therefore I have changed my rating to reflect that. It will not get a 5 star rating yet however, because it took longer than it probably should have to respond. However, if Playdemic actually adds in a feature to remove said golf pass notifications I’ll amend my rating further upward to a 5 star rating.

by DanOGuy03

GC is a really fun game, and I enjoy playing with people all over the world. Lately the game has been having technical problems that can be infuriating. For example, it is difficult to find an opponent. GC claims that problem is with FB, but I don’t log in through FB and still have problem. Even worse is the game “lose connection” in the middle of the game causing you to forfeit the match and the coins you spent to play that match. I have never “lost connection” with any other game played on my phone. This happens even I am using a super stable connect at my university. GC just released an update, and finding opponents is definitely faster. I haven’t had a match disconnect yet either, but I haven’t given it much of test so far. I hope they get this fixed. It’s my favorite game, but if the problems don’t get fixed soon, they lose a lot of players.
One other aspect I wish they fix is the algorithm for matching opponents. Playing matches with players who are rated 3x my rating and have better clubs is not really fair. I just lose coins and can’t advance. They to limit the difference in rankings to a small range to make matches more competitive. Still my favorite, and I hope they fix the bugs soon. It’s addictive when it is working well! Go West Mid Ballers clan!

by Nick211111oo

This game is generally speaking very great. When first stumbling on this game through a friend I quickly found myself playing all the time. It is fun to level up clubs and play all the different tours and courses. It can be frustrating when you lose multiple in a row or lose all your money and start from scratch but that is the users fault obviously (don’t bet money you’re not willing to lose) anyways, the reason I am giving it 4 stars and not 5 is because the bugs have been driving me crazy. I have lost games before due to glitches, connection errors stuff like that and I never expected the game to be perfect but at some point it should stop. A connection error that came out of no where when my WiFi was perfectly fine cost me a tournament. I was shooting and it said reconnecting right as I was about to release my shot I held my finger there with the hopes it would let me reconnect and shoot. It did not only not let me shoot but by the time my screen fixed the glitch the other person had already taken his next shot and I was about to run out of time again. Frustrating to say the least. I would love to see the glitches fixed so I could give it 5 stars and golf clash make it up to the users who’ve lost out on things due to glitches and bugs.

by StinkyRed

I don’t usually write reviews for any game, but I see a lot of complaints here so I thought i would put my two cents in. First off I will point out DO NOT ADVANCE TOO FAST! Take your time and play the first few tours for a while to rank up your clubs and increase your bankroll. There are good enough clubs in the first 4 tours to be able to compete once you get them leveled up. The game certainly has some issues as does any free to play game. Some of the purchases do cost a lot of money, but they are not necessary to play and enjoy the game. If you want to rise to the top of the ranks then paying is definitely a benefit, but if you are a casual player you can have plenty of fun without having to spend money. I am currently playing anywhere from tour 6 to tour 8 without spending money on special balls or anything like that. I admit I have spent a few dollars on the golden shots from time to time but that’s it. Once you advance a little in levels and join a clan, the amount of gems you collect in chests is usually more than enough to purchase decent balls to compete within lower to mid tours. If you want to get past tour 8 or 9 then the competition is tougher and you do need better balls to get the distance and reduce the wind levels, but there is plenty of fun to be had with this game.

by Mad Golf Play

I have played this game for a couple of months now and I have had to contact customer service several times ! That does nothing in regards to the game issue ! There are times where a player and I are using the same ball but yet that player call not only shoot the ball way further or the other player using the same ball can add backspin and I cant or can add topspin and I cant but we are using the same ball and this does not make since! The ball accuracy is way off and customer service want to say it is in app wind ! But yet you do a aerial shot and do a shot track before you take a shot to see where the ball should travel but yet the ball does not travel as you seen on the preshot settings! Once I reached a certain level in tour 6 I feel they just ripped me off because all I did was loose not matter what ! I know you wont always win but there is no way a person should go for 24 hours of non stop loosing each time they try and get on the game! I feel they have ripped me off! Think twice before getting GolfClash because you are not going to enjoy GolfClash in anyway ! And customer service does not do anything when you have a issue with the game besides put the blame on you !

by UncDonnie96

The in app purchases are way too much money. It's absolutely ridiculous. And you need all the purchases constantly to keep up with with the upgrades and tournaments and the listing steaks that will happen inevitably. Other than those three AWFUL things I love this game. Also, one last thing..... You should be able to ALWAYS HAVE a chance at making a putt. Sometimes because the game doesn't have distances measured so you can choose what club to use, if you shoot a approach shot and make it in a larger Green but fail to get really close or just close enough, you are screwed and lose a shot because you are forced to take the putt that won't reach the hole therefore losing a shot to the other player. It would have served me better to miss the green and then chip the shot in the hole or have at least a fighting chance at the hole rather than just putt a meaningless shot. I shouldn't be punished for driving a wonderful shot into the large green only to lose a shot because it's "too far". Please fix this problem it's absolutely annoying it costed me 200k coins in a hand I've already invested over$50 bucks to play within a month that's crazy. I'm about to delete it because of all the costs. Thanks

by Hewing83

I’ve been playing this game for a while now. I put it down for a bit and recently picked it back up and was disappointed to find that not really all that much has changed besides the seasonally themed tournaments and balls that are available as rewards. I still love this game probably more than any other on my phone right now but I want more. More courses. MORE CLUBS with interesting stats or abilities. I’m tired of playing with the same old clubs I had months ago. I think it would be cool to add a whole new tier of clubs above the top tier of clubs available at present. Maybe they could have a single ability or something that makes them unique from the other clubs in the game. They could be rare, maybe earned from difficult achievements, tournament wins, etc. I think you could retain even more players by adding this small level of depth that keeps players grinding for these unique items. It’s something that I feel is missing from this game. Something to grind for above the normal clubs. It would go along with the arcade-y, quirky, fun style of golf clash and add more depth to the game. Other than that, keep doing what you’re doing! I love this game!

by Johny36426623

This game is so awesome and so frustrating all at once. It’s readily apparent when you play that there are algorithms built in to make you keep losing or keep winning which is extremely annoying when you just want to play a game of golf and you get absolutely destroyed by a dude just because he has better clubs. The playing field is not level, people win because their clubs can drive farther which is garbage and not skill-based. Also, physics don’t make sense half the time. A 2 mph wind can sometimes act like a 9 mph wind for some reason. You can also putt a ball as hard as you want right next to the hole and it goes in every single time. Also, if there’s a GIANT green you should be able to use a wedge and not have to putt twice. You should also be paired up with players that are AT YOUR RANK +\- 15 instead of +/- 100 like I have seen. Another issue is that last week, I legit lost 400k gold for no reason. I think this may be a flaw with the new update but also the reason I will probably be deleting this game shortly. I like consistent, fair, and fun games that physically make sense to me. Also getting money taken from me like that is not ok. Developers should be looking into fixing that and compensating devoted golf clashers. Also I’ve lost a fair amount of money because of a “connection lost” error and it just assumes I forfeited. Crazy.