Golf Rival Reviews

Don’t believe the reviews it’s clear they’re either fake or paid or something else. Just read them why would they be four or five star when they are dogging on the game. When you get to a draw scenario, where whoever is closest to the pin wins, your opponent could get a wind of 8 mph going slightly against them, but then you’ll get a wind of 10mph going directly against you and you’ll have zero chance of winning unless they shank it. Kind of unfair if you ask me.
Update: decreased to 3 stars as the wind can somehow inexplicably shift. You can compensate for a 10mph wind and your lay line will show that you’re going to land on the green even with compensation, but then you can still somehow land far short. Rigged.
Update: decreased to 2 stars. The farther you get in the game the more it becomes pay to play. Draw scenario shoot-outs become more about who has the best club than who is the better player.
Update: down to one star. It’s painfully evident that you’ll gain distinct advantages if you pay to play. After reaching out to the creators they insist the wind and shoot outs are completely fair because the wind is random, but will not acknowledge that if the wind is going against you on some holes you may not even have a powerful enough club to even make it off the tee to the green whereas your opponent could have a max club.

Let me start off by saying I make games for a living. This game is a poor poor poor copy and clone of Golf Clash. The two biggest problems I have with this knockoff are at the core of the course design. As you start to work your way up the tiers you get to increasing more gimmicky holes which in and of themselves are not an issue. The issue is there is little room for risk reward shot making. Execute a risky shot well doesn’t put you in a better position to score. Play safe and lay back also doesn’t put you in a better position to score. So basically all players just bomb into the same “rough” or sand trap and eventually on to the fairway (although sometimes playing entirely in the rough is the best approach) and eventually into a shootout. Landing in the fairway doesn’t mean your second shot has a better chance of making it on to the greens in regulation. Who designed these holes any way? Using limited content, like special balls, doesn’t necessarily help either so it’s not even p2w. And then there is the shootout where I have won a lot of times because I was within 50-60 yards of the flag on a par 3. In what world does this even make any sense? Having inaccessible flags on obstructed tee shots is no way to prove who is the better shotmaker. It puts most everything into the hands of RNJesus. And that my friends is no fun whatsoever. You want winning and losing to come down to execution and thoughtfulness and not a dice roll.

Hi this is John, I also play in the room 13, I just wanna let you know that your game cheats,I’ve been playing this game for an for three years now, I stop playing periodically and always come back I buy your product, I buy your clubs and I buy your balls when I buy basically pretty much everything different games and different things. I’m not happy with this game because every time I get a head in the leaderboard, for some reason I always start playing that well and the game takes over my club or takes over the winter takes over whatever and always puts me in the wrong place even though I am the ball perfectly it always goes in the wrong place so from now on I’m not anybody who asked me about about this game I’m going to tell them to beware not to play this game because it cheats, oh it’s fine that when I play the people who are guessed are always winning and I always continue to get higher scores and stuff like that so again and the other things I don’t like about this game is that your game always you have to play detects who work for you and you can tell if they are because they have perfect games are in perfect rounds and imperfect shots and they’re just so perfect anyway I’m not happy with your game I’m gonna probably report you to Apple because againIt’s not a fair game.

Game starts out fun but to be able to compete with others in your rank you can’t win due to their clubs being way better. I’m at level 12 and every round I play is against some one with clubs so much better than mine it really makes no sense why they would still be on this level. So I ponied up $50 to buy more gems so I could open more chests but unfortunately it’s a scam because all the clubs you get are junk and not the good clubs you need. I believe mot of these players with the massive advantages are actually bots and not real people. Feel pretty ripped off at this point but I’m the dope who got suckered into spending money.

Update: after a couple more weeks of play, I have not played a match with a single player with clubs that are not far better than mine. I mean my clubs are at a level 4 and my supposedly matched opponent will have the same club at a level 7 or 8. The only way I can win is if they make a grave error. A draw will always give them an even larger unfair advantage than the one I already overcame just to get to a draw. I’ve managed to reach several hundred points into level 15 to only get beaten so many games in a row I will wind up under the 15,000 point range and go back to level 14. No matter how many chests I open I can’t get cards for the clubs I need to win unless I pay for them. So I say again, do NOT spend money on this game.

the gameplay was fine. But some time ago I wanted to experiment with a different progression strategy so I made a secondary account. It recently became apparent that I don't have time to maintain them both, so requested that the second one be deleted. Upon opening the game again, I was met with an 'account blocked' screen. That's fine. I tapped on the 'create new account' button to attempt to get back to the original one. It just kept looping back to the block screen. My attempt to contact support was frustrating, as the rep I was stuck with was, qutite frankly, a moron. They kept telling me to use the in-game contact method regardless of how many times I told (and showed, with screenshots AND video) that accessing that page was literally impossible. I do understand the need for in-game logs, but this reps insistence of copy/pasting a response instead of at least *trying* to find a different solution, or helping me back to my primary account (which is all i wanted to do in the first place) is completely unacceptable. I'll also be deleting the primary account once the lockout is lifted.
Unrelated, but I was disappointed to see that the mini-golf game from the ads isn't a thing.

This game is addictive, unfortunately it does set you up to pay allot of money to succeed, the chest are junk gives you mostly club upgrades on clubs no one uses, and very little towards the popular ones, you keep wasting gems to open them and no pay off , even my helm club has maxed out yet I keep getting cards for it, also they set up the arena on some holes to be out reach on your top clubs, they change the wind so it’s towards you and hole can’t be reached or you reach on your 1st shot perfectly then your second shot is set up with an out of reach wind wasting hearts, , the kingdom is also set up for failure making shots impossible to make or you set up a shot perfectly the guide line shows no red and no obstacles in your way then you hit a branch or blade of grass that wasn’t in your shot set-up, if you can’t count on the guideline than what good is, I’ve written them several times with no response, but they’ve made the game frustrating, then there’s level 13 witch I don’t even like playing, too many billboards, they’ve taken golf right out of the game with that level more like a pinball game not golf, so I basically do the arena and tournaments, level 13 is awful!!! They definitely cheat you out of money with this gam

Still getting cards on my helm club , it’s maxed out with no upgrade available, why am I still wasting cards on this

The game is not made to be fun and fair. It’s made to keep you on their app as long as possible, which is understood from a business perspective, but as a consumer I’m frustrated at the lack of fairness and integrity. They put you up against a “guest” so most of the time you are going against their computer. They give you just enough taste of winning so you can see yourself moving up in the game which means unlocking more clubs and courses. You are well on your way to getting the next course when they start sending computer opponents your way who have clubs that you cannot compete with and their strike accuracy is on point every time. This makes you frustrated to the point where you quit or are forced to make purchases with the hope of gaining a club/upgrade to legitimately compete. Another thing they should revisit is having the wind be the same for each player on any given shot so I’m not shooting at 9mph wind and they get 6mph. Feeling like you’re playing a game that is rigged and makes you pay to play feels like you’re being manipulated and deceived. Aside from the moral compass of the design, it could definitely allow you to play more interactively with friends and for more than one hole. But there’s no money in that. Be sure not to fall into a trap by making in-game purchases.

The game overall is fun and addictive and you can get pretty far without paying (so far on level 12)but you have to watch a ton of ads to get that far. The game does have many many flaws. First off it’s pretty easy to get legendary clubs but almost impossible to upgrade legendary clubs without paying for the game. The only way to not pay is to hoard coins then spend 40k coins for 1 legendary card in daily deals. They have challenges but you only ever get 2 legendary shards by spinning the wheel. They also have 4 rounds of challenges with the last round being absolutely impossible because they are all bots that make it in 2-3 shots every time. They also have a dice roll thing with is interesting but is flawed too. One you get over so many shards they switch shards so you can’t get to 100 to get a legendary card. Another way they want you to pay for the game. There is a ton of bots in this game and it’s very obvious when you are playing a bot. For example sometimes there shots are off screen where you can’t even see it, or when they are going for eagle you see there shot mid air and then glitches and you don’t even see it until it goes in hole.(They never miss). You mize well forfeit the match when you start it. This seems to start after level 10. Also it seems the wind is very inconsistent and sometimes doesn’t affect other players balls but always does yours.

Played this game for hours on end. Good graphics, goodies, playing people online and figuring out how to communicate with them via limited phrases and emojis…was very entertaining and competitive…then…Stage 13 (appropriately)…sure, people will spend money to gain advantages here and there, as expected…but at this stage it’s almost required to advance. Unless you want to drain hundreds of hours into it, there’s no real alternative as by that point you’ll often be playing against “people” who somehow lucked into or paid their way to be dominant…also, at this stage, the wind speed and guides seem to have a mind of their own as things one would have trained in time and time again seem to be lost in producing an accurate play. Just kind of disappointing that the game puts you down a path of new experiences opened, then proceeds to essentially cap it with outrageous expectations from their players…I’m a gamer so I like being rewarded for hours put in, if you’re fine with recycling earlier levels with no enticing reward and just trying to kill time I suppose you won’t mind as much as I did….

…side note, if you heard about the game from IG like I did, the promos/ads they put out are for whatever reason NOTHING like the actual game, gotta love marketing, right?

The game could be very good but what really makes me angry is that we all hit losing streaks but we should not get locked out of a level that we’ve already conquered because we’ve gone below the levels amount of trophies you need to be in that level. Once you’ve conquered a level and reached enough trophies to open up the next level like you got enough trophies to open up level 8 but if you lose two or three games when you’re not that far in you immediately go back down to level seven and level 8 is locked again. Please change it around so that whatever level where in if we hit a losing streak we do not have to go back down a level. If you reach level eight and you hit a losing streak leave it so we stay in level 8. Making us go back down a level does nothing but make us angry and annoyed. If were allowed to stay in that level even though we go below the amount of trophies for the level we’ve already hit that amount of trophies and open the level it should stay open. It should be for every level I’ve just mention level eight because that’s the level I’ve had a little difficulty on but It should be for any level that once you open it it should always remain open.

Overall it’s definitely a fun game and very well made. I think anyone can enjoy this game. Unfortunately when you start to really get into it and build that competitive edge you begin to notice very important flaws in the functionality and playability of the game for example when you are trying to place you’re ball on the green where you need it and you tap your finger on the ball or the curser around it to try moving it but the game thinks you are trying to move the whole screen. This is extremely frustrating when you are losing time and forced to take a shot you didn’t want to. Also another major flaw that has happened to me out of nowhere numerous times is when you are pulling back to drive the ball on the first shot and release only to have nothing happen like a total misfire as if time ran out or something but I’ve had this happen with plenty of time left and I’ve even had it happen twice in a row on the same hole. I would normally chalk this up to user error but it happens too frequently and consistently. These errors really take the fun out of the game because of course when you lose a whole shot to one of these errors it messes up that entire hole.

The competitiveness does need to shift is the reason I give it a 3.
1. Not right to be placing someone who has been playing thousands more games than you because hmm obviously they have clubs that are supposed to be far upgraded than yours. (I see this probably significantly when you move to next stages.)
2. This is a two parter, people who pay for stuff and game modes. I see someone who has 100 kangaroo balls like 120 black balls, upgraded Bat Wings to like level 5-6 so on it’s like ok your already driving the ball an extra 100+ yards than me great it’s a waste of time. Also really hurts in the Draws it’s like hmm I have maybe 3 balls of each, this person has all these upgrades on my same stage level I don’t stand a chance besides to get lucky they miss fire!!! So I say make a stage mode or some sort of feature that levels it out to just skill. Nobody should have x30 more balls than you, nobody should have a Bat Wing level 2 and facing someone at level 6 and so on with the other clubs. Put those players using some algorithm facing one another so it gives the playing field a little more even. For instance I love the concept when finding opponent you can adjust your setting “No special balls” “Clubs within one ranking up any legendary or free game for all the base level clubs etc” if that means you lower the ranking trophy boost from 60 down to 30 or whatever so be it but at least the game is more fair and gives you a chance against equal level opponents.

Like w most golf games, and many others, people naturally want to move up as fast as possible. U will move up too fast and in this game especially it means ur done. Been playing 2 yrs and keeping it under the 11 th level. U want to get the right clubs to win most Areanas, get a lot of free coins, upgrade clubs , same w tourneys at lowest level and u will have a blast. I probably won’t have the clubs to compete any higher for another year. U can accumulate free balls and have fun. This game is not about skill. 3 rings is all u need to know about wind adjustment and most don’t know it. Later in higher levels most use 0 wind balls. U can buy balls that completely take away any skill. If u spend a lot and move up high, u do have to memorize how each hole is played aka where the ball can bounce over different obstacles and which balls to use before u get in range. No elevation, no distance, no curl on the ball, no wind angle change or flicker etc etc it’s baby simple but u have to spend A LOT to complete vs non skilled players at high levels. Clubs decrease wind , meter speed, and even eliminate penalty if u land in sand or rough etc…so don’t be a dummy, google the wind calculations, don’t move up util u win every area with no competition ever

I would have given this game a 5 BUT. Okay let me explain. I like the game (could even love it). BUT, they make it so obvious that they just want you to spend your money which I have but no more because I have realized that this is all this game it a money pit ( you have heard of those houses that look REALLY NICE on the surface but once you live there for a month every bandaid the previous owner had is completely breaking). That is this game, you can’t earn the good golf balls & can’t earn any real amount of coins. To upgrade the golf clubs you use coins first 20, then, 200,600,20,000,50,000 etc. But you only earn 90 and that’s for winning a hole ( you win a chest that you wait to open or spend 13 diamonds), you can play 3 games and spin the wheel (for 1500 coins to win 800) any inconsistencies seen yet? Then there is the diamonds you don’t earn those unless you do the quests and you can win 5 or 10. I don’t mind spending money on the games but once you reach a certain level of golf clubs even spending 4.99 or 9.99 won’t get you what you need you have to spend serious amounts of money. So long story short (to late) it could be a really really good game if not for the obvious money you have to spend to even get through higher levels.

I really enjoy playing this game, but I don’t like playing the tournaments anymore. You get placed against opponents who have obviously been playing much longer than I have. One opponent hit a drive 550 yards! I was like what the what?!? Also I lost one game when it inexplicably disconnected while I was about to putt for the draw. It wasn’t my WiFi that caused the problem it was the game. Secondly, frequently it mixes up clubs when I’m playing. It should be irons but downgrades to wedges for some odd reason. This can be very frustrating! Please fix these bugs and get an algorithm that fairly places tournament opponents. I strictly avoided the Albatross tournament because I’ve never had one and yet I faced an opponent today who has obviously excelled at that tournament because I was matched with him twice today in a regular tournament and both times he had an albatross to win (although the second one did not show his ball going in the hole, it just stated he’d won with an albatross, so I’m a bit skeptical about it.). I enjoy playing the stages where players are more evenly matched. I would suspect there are many like me who stay away from the tournaments because of the disparity. Unlike many players, I don’t disconnect if it’s obvious I’m going to lose so this uneven matching is very discouraging.

There are many things about this game that are just truly aggravating. When the special challenges come up and you go up against people around your skill level but as soon as you start advancing you’re facing against (for example) a level 6 bat wing compared to your level 3. While you can barely get to the fairway, the other person can clear it with no problem. The most aggravating thing over all is the problem with the clubs changing on you depending on your slight distance from the pin. Thus eliminating the possibility of dunking the ball. Instead of lining it up with your iron, it changes to your wood, then your wood club has wind debuff so it’s nowhere near where you were lining it up. See what I’m saying? ANNOYING. Yes, I love this game, yes I spend money on this game even though I’m paying into this obvious pay to win system. I’ll continue to play but I strongly urge the devs of this game to fix this small yet incredibly annoying thing plus al the pay to win stuff to maybe slow down a bit. Maybe even some better gem discounts and more opportunity to play for stuff. Maybe even some new game modes. Me and my buddy play this game at work together and we would love to have a simple custom game where we can pick the map and maybe the wind (just a few obviously) I hope the devs see this and do something. That would just be dope.

This game is good but for a few glaring problems. I have lost more shots picking club, adjusting club, then zeroing shot and running out of time. I am not slow but again can not use the tools and get the shot off before the game sends the shot to my opponent and therefore gaining a stroke and losing the hole. Another problem is the fact that you can be dead on accurate with not only distance and angle but centered during striking and the game rewards you with a lousy shot. Out of bounds, hazards, trees, you name it I have hit when my setup could not have been any better. Another problem is the limitation on tee off fairway choices. Most of my driving choices are getting real tight and require great accuracy and proper distance and when you throw in the above problems, it is no better than a toss up whether the ball will go where I designed the shot to land. A few of the holes give you a choice on different fairways to shoot down but again require precision that this game is not delivering. I do like the game but feel the rewards for a super set up per shot are too limiting with the problems I elaborated on.

Realistically, this is one of the best golf games I have played on GolfRival Store. And I’ve played a lot of them. A good mix between fun and realistic, it makes a good blend. However, whoever developed the courses, just…why? It’s hard enough without all the extra trees and bunkers placed so conveniently with no ability to work around it. Eagles are basically impossible on such courses, unless you pay out enough cash to get clubs and balls that can fly past all the nonsense. The courses are short and just too many obstacles. The other issue is I should be able to use whatever club I want to when playing a match. I don’t need the game to determine what I should use based on distance from the hole. It just feels limiting and frustrating. Other than that the games design is really great and fun to waste time on when you need to. Could use some music and better sound design but that’s just a small issue. Overall I’d tell anyone to give it a try, but if anyone struggles with the same issues I listed, maybe finding another golf game is the right move.

I was playing another game and an ad for Golf Rival came up. I watched the ad and became curious. I continued my other game for about another week and the same ad reappeared so I decided to jump to it and install it. It totally sucked me in. I played day and night, 7 days a week, for 6 weeks. As I climbed stages, I was learning the wind charts and clubs. Occasionally a fully outfitted player would compete with me and crush me. I enjoyed it to the fullest as I wanted those awesome clubs and the technique to use them, a great learning experience. As with other Golf games, you can Pay to advance, but you don’t have to pay. It can take quite a long time to grab enough Legendary clubs to compete, unless you let go of your cash. But let me tell you, golf is expensive in real life. There are bad apples that emoji bomb you as you line up your shots, but there is a MUTE button to silence them. The developers put the option of being a jerk to your opponent just like real life. But the large majority of players are courteous and well wishing. This is a very good, fun, challenging, and engaging game. Golf Rival has EARNED a place on my phone. Install it if you know the game of golf, or if your are a novice. Either way I know you will enjoy it!

If you are trying to decide between this game and Golf Clash, pick this one! The only edge I would give Golf Clash over Golf Rival is that Golf Clash does a better job of giving a wide variety of different tournament events and locations, while Golf Rival’s tournament is largely the same every time. But from a pure gameplay mechanic and technical standpoint, Golf Rival is the better game. The wind mechanic, spin, and different special balls all make much more sense in this game and it is far less often that you feel cheated. The different clubs and upgrades are much more straight forward and unless your opponents clubs are several levels over yours, you can still win if you judge wind properly and execute perfect shots. The shot meter is much better as well. And while Golf Rival offers much the same in-app purchases as Golf Clash does, you never get the feeling that you have to buy things to be successful. In Golf Clash you could be on a long losing streak, getting robbed left and right. Then you spend a little money and everything goes your way for a while. You never get that in Golf Rival. It is CONSISTENT. Golf Clash is all over the place and very unreliable when it comes to consistency. Choose Golf Rival!