Golf Club: Wasteland
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games | $2.99 | Demagog Studio doo | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK: Radio Nostalgia from Mars. Citizens of Mars, now nostalgic for Earth, listen to music from the 2020s and share memories from their past life on Earth. 7 original songs and 5 personal stories from citizens of Mars. Now available on Apple Music!
Kick back, relax and reminisce. This award-winning game is a slow-paced atmospheric visual narrative with walking, jet-pack flying, and golfing in post-apocalyptic landscapes.
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“Mixed with an eerie atmosphere and some of the best tunes we’ve heard in iOS gaming, this makes for a beautiful experience of loneliness.” - Apple
“Beautiful and elegiac are not normally adjectives you’d use to describe a golf simulation, but that’s what this is, and a highly unusual and peaceful experience.” 8/10 - Metro
“Rare is the game that gets you thinking about modern society, while being angry that you missed the shot to get past a giant, irradiated giraffe.” 9/10 - Touch Arcade
“Can this be the start of a new genre, please?” - Yahoo Finance
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BEAUTIFUL
A visually and sonically rich, calm and funny experience. Each level contains post-apocalyptic environments with destroyed brutalist monuments, neons referring to current social events and Silicon Valley, graffiti, alternative pathways, and one unexpected character.
MUSIC
While revisiting Earth, the Pilot listens to Radio Nostalgia from Mars, a unique concept album.
STORY
Three storytelling perspectives: text between levels, the Pilot’s diary that you can unlock, and personal stories in the radio program.
SATIRE
References are planted throughout the game world. If you’re passionate about current affairs, appreciate great design and have a healthy skepticism toward our collective future - this game is made for you.
Reviews
A really good game
MARKKISS0015
I pre-ordered this I really can’t my teaching because I kind play golf and I really love playing fallout and the story so far is really intriguing.
So relaxing and atmospheric
AH5EO
This game is such a stress relief. I like listening to that Mars nostalgia radio :)
I’m not sure what to say in my review...
Dubs1
This game just completely caught me off guard with its unbelievably insightful (and all too real and relatable) story of our current political climate. Oh, and it’s a game about super sweet golf trick shots. The golf part is a blast (and trust me, I don’t like golf or play games like this), but the beautiful art and sound design sucked me in. There’s a radio that acts as the music in the game which is great, but also has moments of a dj coming on to talk about the current predicament they are in which gives more and more information to the story as you play golf. It’s really quite ingenious. And if you score under par fir each course you are rewarded with more pieces of the story from the character perspective. I don’t want to ruin anything, so I won’t say more on the story other than it was really well-executed, and beautiful and depressing at the same time. This may very well be the sleeper hit of the year. And for only $2.99 that’s a STEAL. There’s plenty of replay value with the zen-like, fun golf courses that allow you to try and beat your score and pull off some cool shots. And with the intelligent story, this is a no-brained purchase. Thank you, to the dev for making such a game and bringing it to iOS.
As a Russian-American, this game left me in tears
qwer1627
As a Russian-American, this game left me in tears. I have no idea what to say. The art of this game is impeccable, and the commentary on the current political environment left me speechless. The gameplay is incredible, frustrating in a way dark souls is frustrating; incredibly rewarding once you get the hang of it.
Love the game, hate the music
Taco surprise
Songs are just not doing it for me, would change my rating if I could turn off the lyrics. Otherwise great, even on mute.
A bit too slow
nineeightseven
Not a fan of having to wait for the jetpack to fly to the ball after every single shot. Too slow.
Passion in game development must be rewarded
Toyo Panzoff
While I’m literally only 5 minutes into this world (and desperately need to get some sleep tonight), I had to leave this positive, albeit incomplete, review before I drop off. I don’t think I’ve ever been so profoundly influenced by a 30-second game clip before. My very first impressions are Fallout Golf in Wall-E’s backyard; I’m sure the dev has much more to say and I can’t wait to delve deeper into this vision. I’m quite happy to spare a mere $3 to support a labor of gaming love, as opposed to a carefully-calculated algorithm designed to drain me of money and enjoyment.
Garbage
brettimus
Cool sick premise, but unfortunately the joke is on the buyers. Virtually unplayable. Just not fun...almost ZERO fun.
Eh.
angrycheese
Let’s call this game what it is: it’s a social statement, a mindless golf game with no challenge set to an anti-Trump radio show. I don’t have any issues with the political nature of the game, I agree with their statement. But the game itself....it’s basically just a mindless golf game. It’s two dimensional, no score, unlimited balls. You are just whacking a ball left and right around a course which gives you something to do while you listen to a radio show about how the world was ruined, with neon signs like “Drumpf hair products” and “Covfefe” in the background scenery. And between stages you get one line story bits. Again, amusing-if-it-weren’t-depressing political viewpoints aside, the game is just simply not challenging and not particularly fun.
Dark, very dark
E Torner
The combination of the simple activity of golf with the environmental storytelling of the backdrop and sountrack plus the intertitles make for a dark narrative experience not easily forgotten
