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Like the pastime upon which it is loosely based, Xbox One launch game Powerstar Golf is comprised of a few triumphant moments, some boring bits and an awful lot of time spent looking at pretty scenery and wishing your friends were around. In truth, real-world golf holds little sway over events here. It's apparent very early on that Powerstar developer Zoe Mode has drawn more inspiration from Clap Hanz' long-running Everybody's Golf series than from the sport that it is emulating, but while it one-ups its rival in some areas, it trails it in too many others.
One of the first things to note about Powerstar Golf is that it lacks any form of standard head-to-head online play. There's four-player local multiplayer and an online Rivals mode, in which you compete against AI representations of up to three other players' best course scores, but there's no option to play in real-time against a friend or in online tournaments. This, more than anything else, could damage Powerstar Golf's long-term popularity and will prevent its community scene from ever becoming as vibrant as its visuals.
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