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First-person football didn’t work out so hot, and as far as I know, no one is trying first-person basketball. With Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, though, EA Sports is offering first-person golf. The new Tiger game, on Wii, will allow what EA is calling a True View mode. The mode is [[link]] available, but not mandatory, to anyone playing the game. It is the default option for people who opt to take advantage of the game’s most advanced MotionPlus-enabled settings.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); In True View you see the world through a golfer’s eyes. In my case last night that meant I was seeing a gold course through the eyes of Tiger Woods. The reason for the view is that the MotionPlus — which isn’t required for this year’s edition but is clearly beneficial — does more than just detect wrist rotation, tilt and club speed this time around. It also can now detect a point of contact, allowing gamers to whiff on their swing or chunk a divot out of the ground. You experience this degree of control from a first-person perspective. An EA spokesperson used a golf ball as a prop to help me through my first first-person gaming golf experience. She placed it on the ground in front of the Wii and TV I was using to try the game. I held the Wii remote as if it was a golf club, and, as directed, focused on the location of the golf ball on the floor. On the TV, I could see a first-person view that Tiger would see, looking down to a ball on the green, with a club extending from my/his hands. As I moved the club, it seemed to move in 1:1 correlation on the screen. I wasn’t sure where to look when I started swinging: at the ground or at the [[link]] “ground” shown on the TV? It worked out fine though. I just swung and, wouldn’t you know it, I hit the ball flush. The camera angle switched to showing the Tiger view of the ball sailing away. The standard telecast-style dynamic camera view is [[link]] available, but sticking with the first-person look felt more authentic. The first-person perspective gave me just enough added immersion that the simulation of swinging using a Wii Remote over a concrete floor felt like it I was swinging on a real golf course. The added benefit of the perspective is that it allowed me to feel like I had more nuanced control. I could gingerly test the position of my club vis a vis the virtual ball before taking a whack at it. I don’t know about first-person in other sports games, but my first try of first-person golf convinced me that this is one of those things I didn’t know I wanted — but am happy was made anyway.