

The career has some surprisingly good elements to make the grind less painful. There is always place for improvement and you can indeed improve with pretty much every shot if you get the feel of the game’s rhythm. And this what I like about the game’s gameplay.

Yet, there is always place for improvement. 4 buttons are the 4 shot types (slice, flat, topspin, lob). Constantly trying to hit stronger and faster, trying to hit the line, surprise your opponent. You will expand your own limits, especially if you’ll play online. If you like and understand tennis you will figure it out after a few tries that the game is going to be rewarding. It has a rhythm takes no time to get used to, and prolly a lifetime to master. It’s the most flawless sport game I ever played. If you’ve played Top Spin 3 you know, it wasn’t rare that we found ourselves controlling some sort of a clumsy robot. May seem like a less important part of the game, believe me, 15 hours into the game, it IS a major issue. I want to hear those differencies and not the same damn umpire every time. Thirty-luv on the US Open doesn’t sound the same as thirty-luv in Wimbledon. Umpires sound like they have an iPod up there with them, and after every point *play* thirty.mp3 - *play* fifteen.mp3 - *play* playerone.mp3.Īnnoying. Umpire – doesn’t just become boring after a few games, it also is annoying as hell. Players, different type of hits, footwork, occasional moaning, all brilliant. Longer rallies, big saves etc will be greatly appreciated by the crowd, even during rallies. I like CB, do you? Does it matter at all? Menu music seems to always be Chemical Brothers. In my humble opinion, a tennis game will not be in the HOF based on graphics. The umpire, the ball boys, the crowd and the players are well worked out.

The details of the cheering crowd are breath taking, 2K really did make the effort to place the gamer right in the middle of the Arthur Ashe stadium. I think it’s safe to say that most of the games that had hit the shelves in the last couple of years are spectacular in terms of graphics. Has Top Spin 4 been able to fulfil my, and I’m sure other gamers expectations? Let’s see. So, when I purchased Top Spin 4 I wanted it to crown all the previous titles, given all the possibilities the new gen consoles give. In one form or another, table tennis, air hockey, top spin, virtua, smash court, you name it, they all relate to the ’Tennis for two’ game on the oscilloscope, the root of all video games.

I’m very happy this game being Top Spin 4, tennis games are the basics of all video games imo, don’t think there’s ever been a console made without a tennis game. When I joined TA I vowed to write a review of the game I hit 25K GS with.
