Stuart Gipp
Nintendo LifeReview: What The Golf? - A Gloriously Inventive Title That's Full Of Surprises
Published 5/19/2020
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PS4 / Linux / visionOS / PC / iOS / PS5 / Mac / Switch - 9/19/2019
What the Golf?
The golf game for people who hate golf. A silly physics-based golf parody where every golf course is a new surprising type of golf, some brilliant or hilarious, others so absurd they will make you go: What the golf!
- Developer
- Triband
- Publisher
- Triband, The Label
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Critic avg
86
25 scored reviews
Total coverage
25
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Score range
70–100
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Mixed response
Score range is 21–30 points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 86 across 25 scored reviews, with a 30-point spread. That suggests a mixed critic response rather than a single clear read.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 80–89 band.
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25 included scored reviews
90–10011 reviews · 44%
80–8912 reviews · 48%
70–792 reviews · 8%
Below 700 reviews · 0%
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Trevor Gould
Pure NintendoReview: WHAT THE GOLF? (Nintendo Switch)
Published 5/19/2020
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85
-1 vs critic avg
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Read originalWillem Hilhorst
Nintendo World ReportWHAT THE GOLF? (Switch) Review
Published 5/19/2020
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85
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Metro GameCentralMetro GameCentral What the Golf? Review
Published 5/18/2020
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80
-6 vs critic avg
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Read originalDaryl Leach
Use a PotionUse a Potion What the Golf? Review
Published 5/18/2020
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90
+4 vs critic avg
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Read originalMatt Sainsbury
Digitally DownloadedReview: What The Golf? (Nintendo Switch)
Published 5/15/2020
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70
-16 vs critic avg
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Read originalCallum Bowen
Thumb CultureWhat the Golf PC Review – Non stop Golf Fun
Published 10/29/2019
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80
-6 vs critic avg
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Read originalGrady Penna
COGconnectedWhat the Golf? Review – Terrible Golf Game, Brilliant Video Game
Published 10/13/2019
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87
+1 vs critic avg
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Read originalDiego Escala
MonsterVineWhat the Golf? Review – Fore Loco
Published 10/11/2019
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90
+4 vs critic avg
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Read originalMiguel Moran
TheSixthAxisWhat the Golf? Review – TheSixthAxis
Published 10/11/2019
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-6 vs critic avg
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