- Addictive game play and detailed online community.
- Engaging level advancement and skill progression of characters.
- Plenty of equipment upgrades and online tournaments to participate in.
- Game Interface not always intuitive.
- Average graphics.
Overview & Game play
Shot Online The Field and More is the first massively multiplayer role playing golf game released for the PC. This virtual online world created by SyNet Entertainment not only lets you play a round of golf, it also lets you shop in the club's pro shop, talk with fellow golfers, enter golf tournaments and more.The game opens as many MMO games do, with character creation. You begin by selecting one of five player types, each player type begins with varying ability levels. After you've selected your player type you'll select colors of shirt, pants, shoes and more.
For the most part the starting player types are not very different from one another, one may be stronger in a certain area but overall they are fairly even in abilities. Shot Online characters have four ability attributes; Power, Impact, Skill and Stamina. As you play and gain experience you'll have the opportunity to increase these abilities and become a better golfer.

While this may sound simple enough, getting a good shot is not solely based on how well you can time your mouse clicks. Swings also take your character's ability scores are taken into account, at the start of your characters golf life the scores are pretty low so don't expect to boom 250+ yd drives. One of the best aspects of Shot Online is character progression. Earning experience is done through playing golf, eagles, birdies and even good play of fellow golfers will help you earn experience.
There are two versions of Shot Online a free version which has only limited functionality and a retail version. This review was conducted on the retail version which lists for $29.99 and includes $20 of "in-game" cash for you to spend on upgrades, equipment or whatever you see fit.
Graphics & Interface

The game interface is not always intuitive and can be downright confusing and buggy at times. Character creation is not as straight forwards as it could be and conversation text does not always scroll up when a new line of text is displayed. Instead the text overlaps the previous line making the text completely illegible.




