the putting controls are a big change as far as the look but is much better in the overall. you don't have to go from 40ft on your putter to 60ft, you can go 1ft at a time. the game looks very good and plays very well. one thing i noticed playing against mason today is that neither one of us really got the overhead view going into the green where you would need to see it to adjust spin on the ball if you say needed to go right or left once you got close to the green but at the same time, that's true to life playing so i can't complain too much. i do like the weather channel live feed where you get real time weather conditions. if you even somewhat like golf games, this is a must have, and not like bearcats must have games, a real keeper.