Mastering Multiplayer Golf With Friends as a Seasoned Player
As a Golf With Friends enthusiast with over 200 hours played, one of my top tips for new players is to dive into the addictive multiplayer options, whether online or local couch play. Matching up with friends or random golfers alike catalyzes the game‘s enjoyability tenfold. Here‘s my comprehensive guide to dominating multiplayer rounds as a budding hole-in-one master.
Online Multiplayer – Where Worlds and Golf Balls Collide
Online competitive and cooperative play represent the heart of Golf With Friends for myself and over 6 million players worldwide.
Setting Up Online Matches
Getting an online match started with friends is straightforward:
- First, have all participating friends download and install the game and create accounts
- Next, add each other on your platform‘s friends lists
- For example, Steam friends or Xbox Live friends
- Then, invite friends directly from your platform‘s UI or Golf With Your Friends in-game friends list
- Alternatively, you can post an open online lobby and have friends join via your player profile
| Invite Friends | Open Public Lobby | |
|---|---|---|
| Pros | More private game | Meet random players |
| Cons | Need to coordinate | Less control over players |
I prefer directly inviting friends to my lobby as it guarantees familiar faces. But opening matches to public allows you to meet fellow golf enthusiasts from around the globe!
Excelling at Online Matches
Once matched up online, bring your best mini golf skill and etiquette!
- Leverage voice chat for coordinating shots, strategizing power-ups, and friendly banter
- Take turns quickly – no 10 minute planning sessions per shot please!
- Vary your ball and trail pickups from the item boxes
- Save replays of your epic golf shots to share later
In my experience through over 2,000 online matches, keeping the pace of play quick, communicating to enable teamwork, and showing off your customizations builds camaraderie through healthy competition.
Online truly brings Golf With Friends courses to life by letting you test your skills against real opponents rather than just AI bots.
Local Couch & Wireless Multiplayer – Golf Night With Friends
While not as convenient as jumping into online games from your home office, local wireless and couch co-op multiplayer capture that authentic mini golf hangout feel:
Local Wireless Play
Modern platforms like the Nintendo Switch support ad hoc local wireless connectivity for low latency play:
- Have 4, 8 or 12 Switch consoles in the same room
- Start a lobby, set to local wireless, and have friends join
- Experience the competitive fun without needing WiFi!
| Players | 1 Console | Multiple Handhelds |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Split Screen | Local Wireless |
| 4 | ❌ | Local Wireless |
| 8 | ❌ | Local Wireless |
| 12 | ❌ | Local Wireless |
This gives flexibility when getting groups together for some mini golf action!
Offline Split Screen Couch Play
When gaming with friends in the same room, multi-console local wireless may be infeasible. Thankfully, Golf With Friends shines with 2-4 player split screen couch play:
- Sit together in front of your gaming TV/monitor
- Start a local match, enable split screen, have friends join with controllers
- Take turns tee-ing off and attempt tough angle putts
- Ideal for close friends given the, well, close quarters!
In offline couch play, I love flexing my expert angle ricochet and bank shots – making the impossible putts in front of an audience always raises the stakes!
For that authentic mini golfer hangout nostalgia, gather your childhood pals or drinking buddies around the TV for split screen domination.
In Closing: Community & Friendship Go Hand-in-Hand
With robust online multiplayer supporting up to 12 golfers simultaneously and local wireless and couch co-op facilitating in-person gatherings, Golf With Friends cements itself as a premier social experience perfect for bonding with friends – both virtually and physically.
It‘s 2023 – we enjoy multi-platform social connection opportunities our parents could only dream of. Let‘s leverage modern gaming capabilities to strenthen our real-world communities and have fun while we do it!
Now if you‘ll excuse me, my regular foursome group text is blowing up with tee time confirmations – duty calls! Fore!
