Tennis World Tour 2 Review – Another Fault | COGconnected

Tennis World Tour 2 Evaluation

The game of tennis has been intrinsically linked with the evolution of video video games. From Higinbotham’s 1958 Tennis for Two to the critically acclaimed Virtua Tennis, the game has had an array of renditions all through the medium’s lengthy historical past. After hovering to unprecedented heights within the 2000s, tennis video games crashed into obscurity leaving smaller studios to select up the items.

Quick ahead to 2018 and Tennis World Tour served a fault on its debut, because of this the writer, Nacon, introduced in Huge Ant Studios of AO Tennis fame with a purpose to hit a return ace. With their pedigree within the sport, can they land an overhead smash or will it simply be a double fault?

Boasting a brand new engine and a slew of latest animations, Tennis World Tour 2 makes the proper strikes to appropriate the problems that plagued its predecessor. Just like High Spin 4, the main target is on timing and studying when to strike is vital. Hit the ball too late and it’ll merely plonk subsequent to your opponent and even wildly out of the courtroom however hitting the ball with good timing will lead to a vicious strike that can have your opponent flailing to the opposite facet of the courtroom in seek for a return.

Positioning and motion are important in tennis. With the ability to Dart across the courtroom and return these far-out lobs brings pleasure by putting the gamer within the trainers of an expert. Sadly, the motion isn’t as slick as Djokovic’s and you’ll spend extra time aimlessly lumbering to the ball than tearing throughout the courtroom.

Every of the 4 face buttons is linked to a shot kind, just like most tennis video games, which helps to present the sensation of familiarity when enjoying. Along with these, it’s also possible to maintain both button to carry out a robust model of the shot kind or faucet it for precision. Though that is an intriguing sport mechanic, when it’s married with an unforgiving timing system, I discovered that it acquired underutilized, which brings me to my subsequent level.

Lack of Route 

Though the sport tries to duplicate the game in an genuine method, the inclusion of the ‘card system’ appears odd and misplaced. Avid gamers can equip playing cards that give them short-term boosts which negates the simulation that Tennis World Tour 2 is making an attempt to realize. With in-game forex, you should buy playing cards and use them throughout your match by double-tapping the directional pad. The inclusion of this method is perplexing and because of this, you’re left with a sport that’s neither an correct simulator nor an arcade expertise of the game.

The profession mode in Tennis World Tour 2 is underwhelming. After creating your hideous avatar, you may have the prospect to improve your participant and take part in tournaments to earn cash and enhance your rank with the aim of changing into the world’s finest participant. You possibly can enter competitions from across the globe which occur on totally different surfaces. It consists of the fundamentals of a profession mode however does nothing to set itself aside from different tennis video games making this mode really feel generic.

A brand new addition to the franchise is the inclusion of doubles. Sure, you heard me proper, that may be a new function! Though that is fairly enjoyable regionally, my expertise was marred with frustration when enjoying with the AI. At instances as daft as a brush and different instances like Pete Sampras, the inconsistency with the AI was one other disappointment with the sport.

At first look, the sport seems nice. The courts have scuffs the place gamers have skidded back and forth and the posture of the characters replicates the game suitably. Nonetheless, on nearer inspection, which is most noticeable on replays, characters look nearly like animatronic variations of themselves. Specializing in characters, the roster is robust and consists of well-known stars corresponding to Federer, Nadal and Monfils. Nonetheless, with notable omissions and the shortage of legendary gamers, informal followers could stick to the aforementioned gamers.

Tennis World Tour 2 lacks focus and because of this, the sport lingers in mediocrity. With inconsistent AI, a harsh timing mechanic paired with a stat-boosting card system, the sport will flip away each hardcore and informal followers. Sadly, this can be a double fault for the Tennis World Tour franchise.

***Tennis World Tour 2 PS4 assessment code supplied by the writer***