It’s not about skill, although practice and determination will help a little, but rather that the game engine just isn’t your friend at all. The AI is going to put the ball to your left or your right but the controls are just too stiff for you to do much with their return, putting you on the back foot immediately. When I did eventually get into the flow of the game I still found that I was at a massive disadvantage whenever I served. I spent a long time trying to perfect my serve timing to no avail in the game’s ‘Tennis School’ mode and found that most of my matches ended in defeat no matter what tactical approach I took. The on-court action is sluggish, unresponsive and frustrating. However, Tennis World Tour 2 does fall into the ‘sim’ camp but not so much because of realism but rather just the fact that it isn’t enough fun to be an ‘arcade’ title. Likewise, the Virtua Tennis games have arcade roots but they actually do a pretty good job of simulating all the nuances of tennis. I mean FIFA for example may have every conceivable detail but still feels arcadey to play while PES is seen as the more serious title but really doesn’t feel entirely different. There’s often a lot made of the divide in sports games between ‘arcadey’ games and ‘sim’ style ones but often this doesn’t mean much. Now, previously Ian reviewed the game and we’re pretty low on reviewers right now so rather than being faced with his immediate resignation and suicide, I took over reviewing duties figuring that the hours I put into tennis games over the last few decades (from Super Tennis to a hard-earned achievements max on Virtua Tennis 4) would stand me in good stead.
#TENNIS WORLD TOUR 2 REVIEW PS4#
We actually reviewed the PS4 version of this sequel last September, giving it 4 out of 10, a score that was in range of its Metacritic rating but Nacon have given the game a fresh coat of paint and shuffled it out on PS5 where it promises more modes (including four player doubles), addition players, new courts and a raft of gameplay tweaks. Tennis World Tour 2 is the sequel to Big Ben Interactive’s poorly received tennis game Tennis World Tour. Main PS5 / Reviews tagged nacon / simulation / sport / tennis / tennis world tour 2 by Richie