Panda Golf
Panda Golf. Pure, unadulterated fun.
I’ve never played golf before in real life. Amusingly enough, all of my golf experience has been through years and years of playing Super Monkey Ball. Super Monkey Golf was fun, but the creators of the game deemed it too easy, so they created a more complex version for their sequel, Super Monkey Ball 2. The original Super Monkey Golf was so much better, but that’s beside the point. (I happen to own the sequel and not the original game, but that’s only because the sequel has more games in it.)
Panda Golf has captured the same simplicity that made me love the original Super Monkey Golf. Of course, this isn’t some full-fledge console game, so its Flash graphics and simple 2D controls may not compare to a more involved, 3D multiplayer environment, but it’s still a fun and simple game to play when you want to let the Internet entertain you for a few hours.
The ball lets you click within a certain radius to determine its trajectory. The ball will follow an arched path from the position you clicked, and your goal is to make the ball land near the flag. The game is fairly lenient; the ball doesn’t have to be very close to it. If you’re not careful, your ball might end up in the water, but that shouldn’t be much of a problem, since the game is easy to get used to. Oh, and is it just me, or does Panda Golf borrow sound effects from Super Mario World? Judge for yourself.
Another noteworthy feature of the game is its Edit Mode, where you can create your own Panda Golf courses. What fun!
