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Since it es real life oriented the game tends to be quite difficult at the beggining but you get on it in a few hours of play. Its mostly a real oriented game, not an arcade one. I just need to keep playing it since Ive got it a couple of days ago but seems very nice.
I am glad that I only paid $28 for this game, and no wonder Amazon selling this game for that price. The graphic on this game is terrific, however, that's the only good thing about this game. Movement and the speed of the game is very slow, compare to Virtua Tennis 3.
I'm a big Madden fan so controls aren't the issue it's more how the thumbsticks are utilized. I played Top Spin back when it came out years back for PS2 and really enjoyed it, but this version was a not fun. Graphics are good, creating a player is fun but the game itself is a 2/5.I would pass and try something different. I bought this game thinking the gameplay will be fun and intuitive. Instead I found that the game takes a while to get used to and the gameplay/controls are almost reverse of what they should really be.
The first week was spent mistiming the swings and either missing completely or performing really weak returns that made me wonder how I could make Federer look so clumsy. Off-balance shots you take when running to the ball, have a chance of hitting the net, even if you time things well.The online play isn't stellar, but at least it exists.
The lag only manifests when you are about to swing at the ball, which sometimes causes me to mistime the release (your player and the ball basically stutter, as the game tries to synchronize the information on your swing to the other player). The main problem I have with online play is that against the majority of people I play, their connections are laggy.
This game is not like most other tennis games out there. The game has a more realistic feel to it: The characters move at a slower and natural pace, when compared to virtua tennis.
Another problem with online play is that there is no way to specify that you want to play against someone on your PS3 friends list, so you always get paired against a random player.Overall, once you learn how to use the controls for the game, I give this game 5 stars for non-online play, but 3 stars for online play. Specifically, when compared to a game like Virtua Tennis 3, the learning curve is much harder.
Where virtua tennis allows for fun pickup games with people that might not have played the game before, it's painful to play against or watch someone that hasn't learned how to play top spin.However, after a few weeks of playing the game, I'm consistently able to perform strong serves and groundstrokes.
Other than that, the game has many customizability options, a lot of tennis courts and players, and decent graphics. I would consider this game to have a steep learning curve, as it definitely takes some time to master the controls.
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