@Dionte Brown I cannot agree more. I’m hoping for either Top Spin 5 or a PS4/Xbox One remastered Top Spin 4. Maybe Top Spin 4 can be made available through backward compatibility too
Tennis is a really popular sport worldwide which makes it baffling that there are so few Tennis games made. And Top Spin 4 is still the best tennis game a decade after its release.
@@backup9911 And your point is? Tennis is still nowhere near as popular/known as football, baseball, etc. Hell the only reason I know the rules to tennis is because I used to play and watch it. (Andre Agassi is the best player in history, fight me)
I thought he was going to explain why he was constantly standing at the T or the complete opposite service box each time, but I guess this explains it 😅. But hey, not everyone plays or watches tennis for reals, so he’s forgiven.
Seriously, this guy has no idea what he's doing bouncing around like a fool waiting for a serve. Has he even watched a tennis match before? That said, I'm glad I bought AO Tennis 2 instead.
If y'all took a moment to think before commenting. He did that on purpose to show how awkward the player movements are. He also says the shot style is awkward in that movement and shot are within the same stick so it's hard to get tight and although you get used to it it remains annoying. So he was showing us the clunkiness.
Man it looks like you don't know anything about tennis. First of all why are you moving around before receiving? Second. The career mode is like in real life. Player's goal is to keep winning more and more titles and be world no.1 until he retires. So to me your review is absolute nonsense
Easily my worst purchase for a long time. My biggest problem with this game is that the score changes way before the point is finished like the game has decided whose won before you even start
I still play Virtua Tennis 4 World Tour on my PlayStation Vita. It's slightly arcadey, but less arcadey than the original console version. The characters feel different, the career mode is actually pretty good, and the game is fun. It even still has players online. I'd definitely recommend people to try it if they can and haven't already.
It's a real shame that there is no high quality Tennis game, nothing like FIFA, NBA or NFL level. It's just weird, since it shouldn't be that hard to do, like those games
lol you mean Simulation tennis game? Because calling Fifa, NBA or any other EA Games high quality is like sitting on spike chair. Also simulate tennis is more complicated than people think since it'd require a skill based system with total ball control. That's why these days people have to enjoy those fake simulated "Animation" without so much of any controls. Still waiting for a real simulated sport game, and I don't think we'll ever get one.
@@halokosovo1 Yep I agree but something like Top Spin was a good tennis game, doing something like that with a better shot control, movement and the rest could make for a great tennis game, even if it's not a highly accurate simulator of tennis
@@mr.sarcastic4679 Top Spin, Top Spin 3, and Top Spin 4 were fun. TS and TS3 had pretty accurate match play dynamic, court positioning actually mattered to a high degree. TS4 was slightly watered down but had the best multiplayer experience.
As a fan of Tennis, it's a shame that 2K sports just want to make games to sell microtransactions. That's probably the main reason they stopped making Top Spin games.
I'm missing the tennis franchises of previous consoles. Top Spin, Virtua Tennis, and Smash Court Tennis series had differing strengths, but were all a blast. Particularly the Top Spin series. TS, TS3, and TS4 were fun. TS and TS3 had pretty accurate match play dynamic, court positioning actually mattered to a high degree. TS4 was slightly watered down but had the best multiplayer experience. Virtua Tennis had the most accurate authentic pro animations (federer's forehand looked like federer's forehand etc). SCT2 or 3 had a very detailed character skill progression. Closest thing we have now is AO Tennis 2. Not the best, but still enjoyable.
I can’t understand it either. No one plays like this. It’s not realistic nor is it smart to be in good position to return the Serve consistently. It’s just dumb to me and hard to take your review seriously. I agree the game isn’t that good based on the first game. I just think you have a very poor analysis of why the game isn’t good and you paid for this.
Just picked this up from the PS Plus for August. Honestly, there's something really strange about how they chose to build the gameplay.. I wasn't expecting the game to auto play an animation for the swing before I hit a button. Is this how modern tennis games play now? I was expecting to be able to run to the ball and the player only take a swing when i hit the buttons like the classic games from PS2. They're trying so hard to imitate what real tennis matches look like, that its disappointingly become quite boring to play.
Definitely one of the most stupid games I've ever played. The fact alone that you have to respond before your competitor hits the ball makes this the most infuriating game mechanic ever created and makes you wonder who designs these games.
@@elektrik_exekutioner6822 its the exact same as Top Spin 4! And of course you have to respond before your opponent hits, thats how TENNIS WORKS me son🤦
@@TerryBollea1 It's not at all like Top Spin 4!! There's way too much focus on timing, it's infuriating and unplayable unless you spend 5 hours a day in the damn thing
Multiple reviews I've seen from this channel and the gameplay always looks like a 4 year old is playing 😅 standing on the wrong side for serve, volleying a ball about to drop out of play.. Can't really take the views and opinions on things like gameplay seriously now when you don't really play the games right.
I played one match - 2 sets, 6 games... Didn't score once 😳 And I'm not a noob if it comes to tennis games. I have AO2 and played all Top Spin games. Controls in this game are just super unintuitive. I honestly don't know if I'll ever touch it again. What's the point if AO2 is 10 times better 🤷🏻♂️
top spin 4 was able to combine the arcadiness of virtual tennis with a desire for a proper sim. twt 1 and 2 are both close, but also so far from what we want as tennis fans. honestly, I'd go back to virtua tennis at this point or freaking Anna Kournikova smash court.
Believing that big lie was always cringe but at this point it's just embarrassing, and surprising when someone publicly admits they believe it. At least keep it away from gaming RUclips weirdo
@@PunkRockZombie205 tell me about it. You've gone purely on the word of a notorious narcissistic conman and some unhinged sidekicks. Talk about gullibility
Gaddd!!! This game is so frustrating!!! I can see the shell of a great game here but it will require a lot more money and game design know-how than, I suspect, this studio possesses. It’s impossible to have a competitive game against the cpu above the easy difficulty; there are ~7 difficulties, and easy is the second easiest. Aiming and moving with the same joystick simultaneously is not natural for humans, one of them tends to take precedence. Either you concentrate on moving your player to the ball, pressing the shot button and hope the ball goes in a decent direction or you focus on the direction you wanna hit the ball and the power you want the shot to have; the latter almost never works for me as I have usually tried to direct the ball before my player is within range, so he ends up turning away from the ball instead. Holding your serve is unbelievably hard, almost as hard as breaking your opponent. The opponent just crushes my wide serve down the line even at max power, or returns my T serve deep; only ever had one ace. This game could do with a lot more visual cues to help its playability, the animations are wonky, player movement is jerky and I am never sure when I am within hitting range of the ball. There is never really any point in not holding down the run button because the ball moves too fast, and if you have to decide when to press the run button you are almost never gonna make the decision in time to reach the ball when it’s played away from you. There’s so much more they could have done to help make this game a better, for example, you are running towards a ball to make a shot, once you start that action , the cpu should take over getting you to the ball so you can focus on the timing and the kind of shot you wanna make, maybe some visual cues to let you know when you are within striking range of the ball: trust me, it’s very hard to tell. At this point, I must have played over a 100 games(games and not matches; each match has 2 sets, each set has 6 games), and I have won less than 20 games. Granted, I have played most of it on hard difficulty but it’s not like switching to normal made any difference and I consider myself to be a gamer of average skill, so hard should be around my level: my logic is that most games are made so that most people don’t require a high level of skill to play it. But this game, in my opinion, requires way too much skill in terms of timing, execution, multi-tasking and hand-eye coordination that only really good gamers could ever hope to play it. Bad as this game is, I still enjoyed playing it cause I love tennis. Tennis is a very interesting sport where success depends largely on timing and positioning. I can only imagine the amazing tennis game a big studio with the money and game know-how could create, cause right now, this feels more like a pet project than a game meant for a whole bunch of people to enjoy.
This one's for you guys at gaming bolt. TENNIS a game in which two or four players strike a ball with rackets over a net stretched across a court. The usual form (originally called lawn tennis ) is played with a felt-covered hollow rubber ball on a grass, clay, or artificial surface.
No offense, but as a tennis pro, I find this review very confusing... all of the videos I have seen of the game play have been awful. Mainly because the person playing has no idea what they are doing. Like standing in the middle of the court moving in circles while Returning serves.. or hitting slice shots/lobs when not necessary. Obviously it’s no fault of the people playing the game, as they don’t know how to play tennis or truly understand the game. I guess I’ll have to buy it myself and make a video from a tennis pro’s standpoint lol
My nostalgia for Top Spin on the 360 made me pick this up for PS plus , I can't hardly believe that a game that is pretty much 2 generations old is better than this one. 😳
Needs more improvements. I hope developers can look at this comment. Please fix the following: 1. The player feet movements. Their feet move too fast like the speed of light. Their bodies and feet move like a robot and so fast. Especially when going after the ball or when going to the net or even when hitting a shot. Their feet and body need to move slower and more realistic like Top Spin 4. 2. Some shots are way too fast. The overhead shot and the volley shot is too fast. It looks unrealistic and not professional. Just make it as fast as Top Spin 4 overhead shots/volley and we will be grateful. Also, please give us the chance to use different type of volley shots like a volley drop shot or fast smash volley or deep slow slice. Similar to Top spin 4 volley shots types. 3. Please fix the serve motion of each player. Each player has to have the real signature serve motion. By serve motion, I mean the way the player toss the ball in the air and hit it with his racquet. This motion needs to be unique to each player. Don't give all players the same motion. Its just unrealistic and not fun to watch. 4. The player movement towards the ball needs to be adjusted. In this game, the player is moving just way too much freely and more like an arcade movement. You need to adjust that and force the player to slowly move to the middle of the court after returning a wide court ball. I mean slowly more like real tennis not fast as light. Just look at Top spin 4 and you will understand it. 5. Please fix the motion of hitting a volley shot or overhead shot. The motion is too fast and does not look realistic at all. It needs to be slowed down a bit. Also, please fix the way the player hits the volley shot. It looks like a robot is hitting the volley shot not a tennis player. It does not look flexible or realistic at all. 6. Please fix the stats of players. We want a real stats like Top spin 4 had. I mean we need detailed stats like: Serve stat, Forehand stat, Backhand stat, Volley stat, Reflexes stat, Power stat, Speed stat, and lastly Stamina stat. We need this to create a more detailed player specific to our chosen style of play. Top spin 4 is a good example of what I mean.
Guys try dream match tennis on PC, you can even play it in 4K and with PS4 controller as I do. With mods it looks great! The gameplay is much more fun than Top spin 4 or the horrible tennis world tour games. You really have to time the shot and also have a risk shot (super hard shot).
This game is an absolute nightmare. I hoped they had improved over the abysmal predecessor (which I smashed after half a day of trying to enjoy) but they didn't. I destroyed the disc of this one in anger and frustration aswell.
Such a shame. Motion capture is the failure here. Your only playing as 1 average player all the time regardless of which player you are. Top Spin will always be the best online tennis game.
My heart is hurting watching this. What the heck is this!? Its like if I played NBA 2k and exclusively shot 3 pointers with Shawn Bradley because he is the tallest guy
Im having alot problem aiming my shots! Push left or upper left and then x,o or so and the ball just goes middle forward! Sometimes it aims. In what order should I do it? Followed tennis school in game and same problem there with aiming and most not at all...ps5 controller
i play this game on xbox one and i don't know why but it lags when i play on clay. is it the game the problem or it's my console? i can't understand...
So you want them to monetize this like Madden? Um no this is about the sport. That's all. I enjoy it. It's awesome. Definitely a must buy if you're into Tennis
I don't care about animations or plastic faces. I only care about realism and feel of tennis within a game. And this game, the same as any other tennis game disappoints big time as usual. I'm sure none of developers have ever held a tennis racket in their hands and never even watched a full game on TV. This disaster is 100% arcade with zero tennis logic - left/right left/right left/right, is not how you play tennis. Neither every game consists of 30 shot rallies without mistakes. Mario Tennis is 5x more realistic, and I'm not even joking here.
i actually played the game and loved it. could it be that those who reviewed the game are just terrible at it? i played all the topspin games so i know what makes a great tennis game. This game is not terrible it is actually pretty good. just my 2 cents for those on the fence.
The way you attempt to return serve is like standing behind the wicket keeper to defend your wicket. Be nice if someone who actually plays/enjoys tennis reviews a tennis game
I know its a Sega owned game but many branded games have ended on the PC/Microsoft & Sony Consoles & love to play a tennis game like Virtua Tennis & Virtua Tennis 2 on the Dreamcast & those tennis game's had great graphics for their time... You could play full on championship mode & also have fun mini objectives like knocking over as many Ten Pin Bowling Pins over in a certain amount of time... Basically a tennis game that was half serious & half goofball fun, i dont think its that much to ask as ive seen games blatantly based off of well know brand franchise games & all thet did was change the title... In light of tbis still ongoing coronavirus stay safe and healthy wherever you are in this world... .....
What i dont understand is how you can release a review with a player controlled player running to the middle of the court all the time not understanding that the serve has to aim in the service box? Did you review this game with no knowledge of tennis at all or do you have severe analog stick drift?! That is nearly as annoying as the game itself. Which sucks. Fyi....
I don't understand why they couldn't expand on top spin 4. That game was amazing. It had some problems but overall it was very fun.
Mte.
Top Spin 4 is the greatest tennis game of all time!
2K needs to make a Top Spin 5!
I agree with you, a remaster of some sort would be nice, let alone a new Top Spin game.
Vt3 was the best tennis game
@Dionte Brown I cannot agree more. I’m hoping for either Top Spin 5 or a PS4/Xbox One remastered Top Spin 4. Maybe Top Spin 4 can be made available through backward compatibility too
This guy has never watch a tennis game. Just look where he is standing at serve
The way he standing to return is worse.
Bruh I’ve been playing for 3 years and when I saw him do that I was getting pissed 😂😂
@@Eddy_-eh9xx same
First thing I saw in this video.... Outrageous! Even tho 10 months passed...
When I see players spending most of the time in No Man's Land I know all I need to know.
Tennis is a really popular sport worldwide which makes it baffling that there are so few Tennis games made. And Top Spin 4 is still the best tennis game a decade after its release.
@Don For sure, Top Spin 4 is still better than AO Tennis, AO Tennis 2, Tennis World Tour and Tennis World Tour 2
It's popular worldwide, but not in America.
Not to forget EA's attempt grand slam tennis 2 which I think was decent.
@@catisreckless4647 Is that why they play a one of the 4 grand slams in America?
@@backup9911 And your point is? Tennis is still nowhere near as popular/known as football, baseball, etc. Hell the only reason I know the rules to tennis is because I used to play and watch it. (Andre Agassi is the best player in history, fight me)
Standing mid-court half-volleying constantly like he's playing Mario Tennis is the number 1 sign that a tennis newb is reviewing the game.
It made it hard to watch the review or take him seriously.
So true
I thought he was going to explain why he was constantly standing at the T or the complete opposite service box each time, but I guess this explains it 😅. But hey, not everyone plays or watches tennis for reals, so he’s forgiven.
@@Alex-se3uy yeah true, but then stop reviewing sports games in general.
The game is kinda ass
Can you stop moving around on the serve please!
Yeah my god like the game doesn't look bad enough on its own
Seriously? , he was making a point.
It makes me think that the player doesn't understand how serving works in tennis...
The Virtual Tennis games on the Dreamcast was the best tennis games I've played so far.
WHY THE HELL IS HE RECEIVING LIKE THIS?
I was thinking the same shit 😂
I think he doesn't know the rules of tennis and thinks the ball can be served anywhere on the court😂. It almost makes me not trust this review😂😂😂😂
The reviewer does not know anything about tennis. He is moving like a smuck when receiving.
walking to the wrong side of the field when receive the serve...
@@dhgiovanni he is showing how bad is the movement animation.
Seriously, this guy has no idea what he's doing bouncing around like a fool waiting for a serve. Has he even watched a tennis match before? That said, I'm glad I bought AO Tennis 2 instead.
This also bothered me
If y'all took a moment to think before commenting. He did that on purpose to show how awkward the player movements are. He also says the shot style is awkward in that movement and shot are within the same stick so it's hard to get tight and although you get used to it it remains annoying. So he was showing us the clunkiness.
Man it looks like you don't know anything about tennis. First of all why are you moving around before receiving? Second. The career mode is like in real life. Player's goal is to keep winning more and more titles and be world no.1 until he retires. So to me your review is absolute nonsense
I couldn't stand watching him try to receive the serves from the middle of the court instead of at the correct placement, the far diagonal end.
Yeah, I don't get it. Why would he think the serve would go anywhere else?
We need another Virtua Tennis!
Easily my worst purchase for a long time. My biggest problem with this game is that the score changes way before the point is finished like the game has decided whose won before you even start
Definitely. I've noticed the crowd cheering an ace before the ball has even reached the net.
Nacon is doing a disservice job with AO Tennis and Tennis World Tour. I miss the fun Virtua Tennis franchise, hope SEGA resurrect it.
I still play Virtua Tennis 4 World Tour on my PlayStation Vita. It's slightly arcadey, but less arcadey than the original console version. The characters feel different, the career mode is actually pretty good, and the game is fun. It even still has players online. I'd definitely recommend people to try it if they can and haven't already.
I understand what he saying yet his action on screen is like, is this his first time playing a tennis game or even played tennis before?
It's a real shame that there is no high quality Tennis game, nothing like FIFA, NBA or NFL level. It's just weird, since it shouldn't be that hard to do, like those games
lol you mean Simulation tennis game? Because calling Fifa, NBA or any other EA Games high quality is like sitting on spike chair. Also simulate tennis is more complicated than people think since it'd require a skill based system with total ball control. That's why these days people have to enjoy those fake simulated "Animation" without so much of any controls. Still waiting for a real simulated sport game, and I don't think we'll ever get one.
@@halokosovo1 Yep I agree but something like Top Spin was a good tennis game, doing something like that with a better shot control, movement and the rest could make for a great tennis game, even if it's not a highly accurate simulator of tennis
@@mr.sarcastic4679 Top Spin, Top Spin 3, and Top Spin 4 were fun. TS and TS3 had pretty accurate match play dynamic, court positioning actually mattered to a high degree. TS4 was slightly watered down but had the best multiplayer experience.
As a fan of Tennis, it's a shame that 2K sports just want to make games to sell microtransactions. That's probably the main reason they stopped making Top Spin games.
When you're a gamer and there's no decent games for your favorite sport...I guess I'll look for Top Spin 4.
Ao tennis 2 on sale is worth a try.
Ahah, i feel like trying this but don’t know much about tennis
I'm missing the tennis franchises of previous consoles. Top Spin, Virtua Tennis, and Smash Court Tennis series had differing strengths, but were all a blast. Particularly the Top Spin series. TS, TS3, and TS4 were fun. TS and TS3 had pretty accurate match play dynamic, court positioning actually mattered to a high degree. TS4 was slightly watered down but had the best multiplayer experience. Virtua Tennis had the most accurate authentic pro animations (federer's forehand looked like federer's forehand etc). SCT2 or 3 had a very detailed character skill progression.
Closest thing we have now is AO Tennis 2. Not the best, but still enjoyable.
Who's playing this game?! Have they ever even watched tennis?
Give it a serious try before you give a review next time ok. Have you ever played tennis in real life? What the hell are you doing on court?
@@sergiosimbula I agree with you.
I can’t understand it either. No one plays like this. It’s not realistic nor is it smart to be in good position to return the Serve consistently. It’s just dumb to me and hard to take your review seriously. I agree the game isn’t that good based on the first game. I just think you have a very poor analysis of why the game isn’t good and you paid for this.
Just picked this up from the PS Plus for August.
Honestly, there's something really strange about how they chose to build the gameplay..
I wasn't expecting the game to auto play an animation for the swing before I hit a button. Is this how modern tennis games play now?
I was expecting to be able to run to the ball and the player only take a swing when i hit the buttons like the classic games from PS2.
They're trying so hard to imitate what real tennis matches look like, that its disappointingly become quite boring to play.
Sounds like I need to delete before giving this a go too 🤣
Is ir just me or it's often quite impossible to reach the ball? I struggle really much to try and run to catch the ball.
Its horrendous. The card mechanic soved in your face, the lifeless presentation and the weird gameplay.
Was done with it an hour in.
What I find annoying s that I have absolutely no idea where my serve is hitting. No matter where I try and aim... It always goes out!
Definitely one of the most stupid games I've ever played. The fact alone that you have to respond before your competitor hits the ball makes this the most infuriating game mechanic ever created and makes you wonder who designs these games.
What? Your doing it wrong then m8
@@TerryBollea1 The mechanics ARE horrible. It's frustrating beyong imagination. Makes the game unplayable for me.
@@elektrik_exekutioner6822 its the exact same as Top Spin 4! And of course you have to respond before your opponent hits, thats how TENNIS WORKS me son🤦
@@TerryBollea1 It's not at all like Top Spin 4!! There's way too much focus on timing, it's infuriating and unplayable unless you spend 5 hours a day in the damn thing
@@elektrik_exekutioner6822 ok m8, whatever you type👍
Multiple reviews I've seen from this channel and the gameplay always looks like a 4 year old is playing 😅 standing on the wrong side for serve, volleying a ball about to drop out of play.. Can't really take the views and opinions on things like gameplay seriously now when you don't really play the games right.
Sell it to 2K
I played one match - 2 sets, 6 games... Didn't score once 😳 And I'm not a noob if it comes to tennis games. I have AO2 and played all Top Spin games. Controls in this game are just super unintuitive. I honestly don't know if I'll ever touch it again. What's the point if AO2 is 10 times better 🤷🏻♂️
top spin 4 was able to combine the arcadiness of virtual tennis with a desire for a proper sim. twt 1 and 2 are both close, but also so far from what we want as tennis fans. honestly, I'd go back to virtua tennis at this point or freaking Anna Kournikova smash court.
Came here cuz of the ps+ games leak. Looks like another bust. This and plants vs zombies, sigh. In the words of our illegitimate president, c'mon man
Believing that big lie was always cringe but at this point it's just embarrassing, and surprising when someone publicly admits they believe it. At least keep it away from gaming RUclips weirdo
@@adamcoe885 it's only embarrassing when someone doesn't realize they've been had
@@PunkRockZombie205 tell me about it. You've gone purely on the word of a notorious narcissistic conman and some unhinged sidekicks. Talk about gullibility
Got this for free on PS Plus glad I watched this review. I thought I got a cut down version 😅
Top spin and virtua tennis will be the best tennis games ever
I play Top Spin 4 on my PS3 and Virtua Tennis 4 World Tour on my PlayStation Vita still.
Tennis elbow was decent back in the day
Top spin 3 is my favorite
They got to get topspin controlling back. Still to this day, I recommend that controlling pad over these newer ones.
Also as far as using one stick to move and aim your shot is literally how every tennis game is played. Not odd at all and makes it super easy.
Can you please stand still? I almost couldn't hear the review because me focussing on the character frolicking around all the time.
that's so sad all the reviews came from people that have no idea about how to play tennis game!
If this game a improvement over part 1 then part 1 must of been 1 of the worst games ever created lml
It was
0:50 am sorry...wtf? where are you standing
I wonder if the reviewer won any games by trying to return from the centre of the court. Didn't occur to the reviewer that this not Table Tennis :-P
Gaddd!!! This game is so frustrating!!! I can see the shell of a great game here but it will require a lot more money and game design know-how than, I suspect, this studio possesses.
It’s impossible to have a competitive game against the cpu above the easy difficulty; there are ~7 difficulties, and easy is the second easiest. Aiming and moving with the same joystick simultaneously is not natural for humans, one of them tends to take precedence. Either you concentrate on moving your player to the ball, pressing the shot button and hope the ball goes in a decent direction or you focus on the direction you wanna hit the ball and the power you want the shot to have; the latter almost never works for me as I have usually tried to direct the ball before my player is within range, so he ends up turning away from the ball instead.
Holding your serve is unbelievably hard, almost as hard as breaking your opponent. The opponent just crushes my wide serve down the line even at max power, or returns my T serve deep; only ever had one ace. This game could do with a lot more visual cues to help its playability, the animations are wonky, player movement is jerky and I am never sure when I am within hitting range of the ball. There is never really any point in not holding down the run button because the ball moves too fast, and if you have to decide when to press the run button you are almost never gonna make the decision in time to reach the ball when it’s played away from you. There’s so much more they could have done to help make this game a better, for example, you are running towards a ball to make a shot, once you start that action , the cpu should take over getting you to the ball so you can focus on the timing and the kind of shot you wanna make, maybe some visual cues to let you know when you are within striking range of the ball: trust me, it’s very hard to tell.
At this point, I must have played over a 100 games(games and not matches; each match has 2 sets, each set has 6 games), and I have won less than 20 games. Granted, I have played most of it on hard difficulty but it’s not like switching to normal made any difference and I consider myself to be a gamer of average skill, so hard should be around my level: my logic is that most games are made so that most people don’t require a high level of skill to play it. But this game, in my opinion, requires way too much skill in terms of timing, execution, multi-tasking and hand-eye coordination that only really good gamers could ever hope to play it.
Bad as this game is, I still enjoyed playing it cause I love tennis. Tennis is a very interesting sport where success depends largely on timing and positioning. I can only imagine the amazing tennis game a big studio with the money and game know-how could create, cause right now, this feels more like a pet project than a game meant for a whole bunch of people to enjoy.
This one's for you guys at gaming bolt.
TENNIS
a game in which two or four players strike a ball with rackets over a net stretched across a court. The usual form (originally called lawn tennis ) is played with a felt-covered hollow rubber ball on a grass, clay, or artificial surface.
Who's here for August ps+ oh well I wasted my time
Why do you keep moving to the wrong side of the court to receive serve? Have you ever seen tennis in real life?
No offense, but as a tennis pro, I find this review very confusing... all of the videos I have seen of the game play have been awful. Mainly because the person playing has no idea what they are doing. Like standing in the middle of the court moving in circles while
Returning serves.. or hitting slice shots/lobs when not necessary. Obviously it’s no fault of the people playing the game, as they don’t know how to play tennis or truly understand the game. I guess I’ll have to buy it myself and make a video from a tennis pro’s standpoint lol
@Dustbrush101, I think that’s a pretty good idea
I'd watch!
I’d beat you in a one on one game of tennis.
My nostalgia for Top Spin on the 360 made me pick this up for PS plus , I can't hardly believe that a game that is pretty much 2 generations old is better than this one.
😳
Needs more improvements. I hope developers can look at this comment. Please fix the following:
1. The player feet movements. Their feet move too fast like the speed of light. Their bodies and feet move like a robot and so fast. Especially when going after the ball or when going to the net or even when hitting a shot. Their feet and body need to move slower and more realistic like Top Spin 4.
2. Some shots are way too fast. The overhead shot and the volley shot is too fast. It looks unrealistic and not professional. Just make it as fast as Top Spin 4 overhead shots/volley and we will be grateful. Also, please give us the chance to use different type of volley shots like a volley drop shot or fast smash volley or deep slow slice. Similar to Top spin 4 volley shots types.
3. Please fix the serve motion of each player. Each player has to have the real signature serve motion. By serve motion, I mean the way the player toss the ball in the air and hit it with his racquet. This motion needs to be unique to each player. Don't give all players the same motion. Its just unrealistic and not fun to watch.
4. The player movement towards the ball needs to be adjusted. In this game, the player is moving just way too much freely and more like an arcade movement. You need to adjust that and force the player to slowly move to the middle of the court after returning a wide court ball. I mean slowly more like real tennis not fast as light. Just look at Top spin 4 and you will understand it.
5. Please fix the motion of hitting a volley shot or overhead shot. The motion is too fast and does not look realistic at all. It needs to be slowed down a bit. Also, please fix the way the player hits the volley shot. It looks like a robot is hitting the volley shot not a tennis player. It does not look flexible or realistic at all.
6. Please fix the stats of players. We want a real stats like Top spin 4 had. I mean we need detailed stats like: Serve stat, Forehand stat, Backhand stat, Volley stat, Reflexes stat, Power stat, Speed stat, and lastly Stamina stat. We need this to create a more detailed player specific to our chosen style of play. Top spin 4 is a good example of what I mean.
Guys try dream match tennis on PC, you can even play it in 4K and with
PS4 controller as I do. With mods it looks great! The gameplay is much
more fun than Top spin 4 or the horrible tennis world tour games. You
really have to time the shot and also have a risk shot (super hard
shot).
Virtua tennis is the daddy!!!
Super tennis on the snes is still the best tennis game ever made.
Nah, Pete Sampras tennis on the mega drive was awesome.
Super Tennis is a great game on the SNES no doubt, and the Ai is tough also!
listen, mario tennis for 64 was the goat. and still is.
This game is an absolute nightmare. I hoped they had improved over the abysmal predecessor (which I smashed after half a day of trying to enjoy) but they didn't. I destroyed the disc of this one in anger and frustration aswell.
Why isn’t Venus playable?
Top Spin 4 is a space-shuttle for this...
Top spin ps2 is THE best tennis game
Such a shame. Motion capture is the failure here. Your only playing as 1 average player all the time regardless of which player you are. Top Spin will always be the best online tennis game.
Guess I'll keep emulating Sega Genesis' Jennifer Capriati Tennis...
Great game
It’s $10 right now at the Xbox store. Worth it?
The last game I played was virtua tennis 2 and I loved it
Ehm...in what tennis game have the direction you run and shoot NOT been mapped to the same stick?
My heart is hurting watching this. What the heck is this!? Its like if I played NBA 2k and exclusively shot 3 pointers with Shawn Bradley because he is the tallest guy
That's a good thing in 2k
Dude, this review can't be accurate at all. Guy doesn't know where to stand on the court!
If you want to have the best experience in a tennis videogame get a ps3 and play virtual tennis 4.Also you can now play online in 2020...
Why this game doesn't change sides during the game? If you are on co op local is so annoying for the person playing on top side all game.
help in the game shoots automatically, is there a solution when two people are played
Virtua tennis was so good 3 and 4 I miss it
Can Tennis World Tour 2 played by swinging the controller by hands like holding the racket?
Bring back Virtua Tennis😭😭
Is it wrong for me to say i enjoyed Tennis on gta V?
Im having alot problem aiming my shots! Push left or upper left and then x,o or so and the ball just goes middle forward! Sometimes it aims. In what order should I do it? Followed tennis school in game and same problem there with aiming and most not at all...ps5 controller
By the thumbnail I thought they are playing tennis with a lightsaber
This was a weak review, there was no mention of the lack of responsiveness or laggy gameplay
i play this game on xbox one and i don't know why but it lags when i play on clay. is it the game the problem or it's my console? i can't understand...
Everyone have a great day
Playing this earlier was a lousy experience tbf. Virtual Tennis and Top Spin still dominate years later.
Can I use my created player online
So you want them to monetize this like Madden? Um no this is about the sport. That's all. I enjoy it. It's awesome. Definitely a must buy if you're into Tennis
Never played top spin 4 if you think this is good sorry
August on PS+
only someone who has not played tennis before would actually enjoy playing this game
It looks like he's never played tennis before and he didn't enjoy it
I don't care about animations or plastic faces. I only care about realism and feel of tennis within a game. And this game, the same as any other tennis game disappoints big time as usual. I'm sure none of developers have ever held a tennis racket in their hands and never even watched a full game on TV. This disaster is 100% arcade with zero tennis logic - left/right left/right left/right, is not how you play tennis. Neither every game consists of 30 shot rallies without mistakes. Mario Tennis is 5x more realistic, and I'm not even joking here.
Where is Djokovic in this game?
Top spin tennis😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Can we have something a bit more like grand slam tennis 2 or top spin 4
all that had to be done was make top spin 4 backwards compatible.... im so bummed it wasted money on this game
This game is free in PS4 plus for August . So, this is best game.
How does it compare to AO Tennis?
Top Spin was good back in the day 🥳
i actually played the game and loved it. could it be that those who reviewed the game are just terrible at it? i played all the topspin games so i know what makes a great tennis game. This game is not terrible it is actually pretty good. just my 2 cents for those on the fence.
Anyone remember Virtua Tennis 2 on Dreamcast? Had many a battles with my younger brothers
Dude, I know you're just a reviewer but why the hell do you keep floating to the center of the Court during your return of serve lol
free on ps+
He really doesn't know anything about tennis. No wonder all he talks is about graphics and animation
TOP SPIN 5 for the PS5! 4k graphics, 60fps, 100 venues!
Ps plus August 2021? Who else
The volley exchange, 5.38, very realistic hahaha :)
The way you attempt to return serve is like standing behind the wicket keeper to defend your wicket. Be nice if someone who actually plays/enjoys tennis reviews a tennis game
So for someone who hasn’t played a tennis but has been interested in playing one, should I get this
Good question
If you want a tennis game, play Mario tennis, if you want a realistic tennis experience, go to an actual tennis court.
Why aren’t 2k making a tennis game, the golf & basketball are world class in terms of game play
good sports game! its not easy but thats no minus. just buy it and enjoy. its way more realistic than ao2 and looks better too. solid 7/10
I know its a Sega owned game but many branded games have ended on the PC/Microsoft & Sony Consoles & love to play a tennis game like Virtua Tennis & Virtua Tennis 2 on the Dreamcast & those tennis game's had great graphics for their time...
You could play full on championship mode & also have fun mini objectives like knocking over as many Ten Pin Bowling Pins over in a certain amount of time...
Basically a tennis game that was half serious & half goofball fun, i dont think its that much to ask as ive seen games blatantly based off of well know brand franchise games & all thet did was change the title...
In light of tbis still ongoing coronavirus stay safe and healthy wherever you are in this world...
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What i dont understand is how you can release a review with a player controlled player running to the middle of the court all the time not understanding that the serve has to aim in the service box? Did you review this game with no knowledge of tennis at all or do you have severe analog stick drift?! That is nearly as annoying as the game itself. Which sucks. Fyi....
Gta tennis is better
Gta tennis hit different
You have to hand it to Big Ant Studios. They know how to fuck up tennis games good and proper.
2K games needs to take over tennis games in design and gaming development.