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OriginalsWTA Tour Tennis
Posted by: kombo
If the game doesn’t sound so bad yet, it will now. The onslaught of difficulties will soon slowly start to appear as you continue to play. As said before, the game moves so slow and gets boring quickly. What can turn out to be a friendly match of tennis can easily turn to out to be a quick match or a match where those in attendance will need to bring sleeping bags. This is exactly how the game plays which is two ways: It can either go quickly where you’ve defeated you’re opponent within minutes or the other way around where you’re playing the same opponent for an hour trying to finish off the match. One of the most disappointing areas which can have you stomping back to the store wanting to exchange the game is the saving system. At some points I thought Konami didn’t fully understand what ‘saving’ is. Then after I fully finshed playing the game, I realized that maybe they thought it wasn’t needed or maybe they could get away with it without someone noticing. It’s always smart to save your progress once you get far in a game, but WTA Tour Tennis only lets you save once you have completed a tournament. The frustrating part is that a tournament takes an hour to complete, and many people just want to sit down a play a match in the tournament. Overall, the gameplay has some serious issues that have been left unnoticed and unchanged. For example, you can be playing in the finals of a tournament and your opponent comes out flying in the first set and easily takes a first set win. Don’t be surprised if your opponent can hit anything in the second set. That’s how the gameplay works in WTA Tour Tennis. Graphics: WTA Tour Tennis does do well in the visuals area of the game. Tennis models are sharply done and represent the real player well enough for you to recognize. While half the bodies of the players look decent, Halloween comes to town early when you see some of the faces. There’s some serious work that needs to be done in that area but you can still make out who the player is. Animation is a science project gone terribly wrong. Everything is out of proportion and looks very rushed. As a player goes to hit the ball, as you look at the screen, you can clearly tell it’s going to be hit to the left side of the court but the result is the ball is hit towards the left side. The game has a lot of problems and the flat crowds aren’t even worth discussing at all. While there are a few areas that look good, the rest looks absolutely frightening. Sound: The sound featured in WTA Tour Tennis is basically a split both ways. I like the noises coming from the players as they hit the ball back and forth as well as the movement from the court. As the matches get more and more important, the crowd will let you know because they get into the matches more and more. As players get ready to serve, the crowd yells out the player’s names, just like in the pros. There are no announcers, just line judges in the game. In game music is absolutely horrid, so I would suggest turning on the radio and save yourself. Replay Value: The game will give you a decent challenge and will have you playing for hours, that’s if you actually want to play the game. There’s nothing really special that will actually have you wanting the game. There’s no customize your own player feature, just exhibition modes and a tour mode. There’s nothing else you can get out of this game that would qualify for a worthwhile purchase. Overall: WTA Tour Tennis is not how tennis should be on the Xbox. It’s absolutely wrong in every way possible. I would not recommend you to purchase this game, I would not recommend you spend the few bucks to rent this game. There’s no way anyone can get a fun experience out of WTA Tour Tennis. That is unless you’re laughing at the game itself. I recommend sitting in the sunshine outside praying that Sega bring tennis to the Xbox. Look for this baby in the bargain bin in a few months. Chris Banovic
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