of AllGame, who also praised the SkyScape feature. Ham wrote that the game "is gorgeous and the overall look of the courses is great," but he stated that the digitized golf players resembled cardboard cutouts and that the trees and scenery "look like cheap bitmap leftovers from the Sega Genesis days." Erik Peterson of IGN was critical of the trees and bushes for resembling cardboard cutouts, while stating that they "are so pixelated at times that they are nearly indistinguishable". Peterson also wrote that the golf crowd resembled a series of "blocky wax reproductions". Michael Phillips of Inside Mac Games called the graphics "quite nice, but not perfect," criticizing the pixelated golfers and writing that "it's a tad disappointing to watch clouds that are still and water that doesn't move." Poole stated that the game's digitized graphics looked dated in comparison to rival golf games, writing "it simply looks like a photo and doesn't feel like a golf course." Wyss considered the courses beautiful, but felt the graphics could be better. Wyss stated that the 3D golfer characters looked awkward against the backdrop of the golf courses. Sports Gaming Network called it a "great looking game" but considered its graphics to be dated, while mentioning minor graphical improvements over the previous game. Michael Lafferty of GameZone considered the graphics average, and stated that the game would not appeal to golfers. The sound received some praise, although Lafferty considered it to be average. Philip Michaels of Macworld noted minor glitches in which the sound would cut out at the end of golfing holes. The multiplayer options were praised, as were the variety and the game physics. Abner believed that Links LS 2000 had more realistic putting physics than its predecessor, while Peterson stated that the physics were "probably the best yet seen on a golf-sim." Some criticized the Easy Swing and PowerStroke options respectively for being too simple and too difficult, although Korda considered it to be the most fun of the three swing options, while Sports Gaming Network called it "the best non-real-time mouse swing in the business." Lackey considered the lack of a real-time aspect to be a "major drawback" for the PowerStroke swing. Ham felt that the game's commentary could have been better, while Poole described it as having "huge gaps of silence followed by failed attempts at humor or insipid post-shot observations". Wyss praised the commentary for