first of all, the 5d golf with the beyond course isnt supported by the level editor or the steam workshop which albeit not the main mode of the game was one of the big elements i was interested in seeing from the devlog and made me pick it up to see how it handled it since i havent really tried a game like that and i couldnt really grasp it with videos, but just ends up being a gimmick for a fraction of the game
also, despite the trippy epileptic visuals in the beyond mode there is no way to dampen or disable the visuals (despite the 5d tutorial actually being a grey blocky design before switching to the trippy colors) and not being able to make courses in the workshop with 5d means that its just locked behind a visual theme thats actively making understanding how 5d works worse

now, for the 4d content, its Alright but barebones and what it tries to make up for from the simple geometry it fails in course design just ends up either feeling irritating to navigate or simple to the point its just 3d golf with walls that sometimes grow closer to the hole that you can tell where they are by moving the 4d camera
if you enable the volume mode its just 3d golf with antigravity which albeit easier to play isnt really 4d golf at all outside of being a projection of the normal level that is 4d (the only reason i ever didnt enable it was either to at least enjoy the gimmick or because it cant handle ramps alongside wanting to move on to the 5d segment)

as stated in other reviews the golf physics itself is really weird, and a highlight of this problem with my experience was with the 7th hole in the nebula course where the extent of the hole is angling your 4d axis so the entire course is visible in your slice and hitting your ball onto a slanted antigravity wall which usually leads to you sliding off, making the challenge less about navigating 4d but just reaching another platform

the 20 dollar price tag for a gimmick that the game encourages you to actively avoid is shocking, especially if you consider the content thats actually in the game lacks much replay value unless youre achievement hunting for getting the best scores and the level editor and workshop doesnt have a lot of tools to work with to make anything distinct let alone a userbase thats actively making it

codeparade makes good content but i wouldnt be so quick to judge the positive reviews as anything more than fans who went out of their way to pick it up instead of people reviewing off of the actual substance of the game