| Average Rating: 87 out of 100
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89
This game is VERY nice if you like to play tennis. That confident smack of the ball just does something to you. The load times aren't too bad. Graphics are not exactly cutting-edge, but they're not too bad, either. Multiplayer is one of its best attributes. It also supports game-sharing. To make the game more fun, I suggest turning the sound off in the matches. It makes the game feel much more real. Finally, there are many addicting mini-games that are very addictive. The training mini-games for your character can also be fun, too.
Final Word-If you're a die-hard tennis fan, get this game. You still might like it even if you're not much into tennis.
78
I picked up my copy of Virtua Tennis for $20, if I were you, I wouldn't spend any more than that on this game. Virtua Tennis is one of the best tennis games ever. But what I didn't know, is that this game is exactly the same as the Dreamcast version. This isn't bad for anyone that's never played it on the Dreamcast, but I have.
Graphics - 90 - This game has great graphics, everything looks very real. It's a bit choppier than the Dreamcast counterpart, but it runs smoother.
Music - 100 - This game has very catchy and great music, I couldn't expect any better.
Value - 100 - This is a great game if you can pick it up for $20. For this price, it's hard to complain.
Replay Value - 60 - This game is fun, but after a while (especially if you've played Top Spin or the Dreamcast version), you will just get downright sick of it.
88
I loved this title for the PS2 and was a little wary of how well it would translate to a handheld. Worry not this game is excellent. It is a fathful port of it'd PS2 brother and that is defintley a good thing. The controls are intuative and easy to learn, the player animations are really nice and the ball physics are on the money. There is one little bug that pops up once in a while where if you go to deep into the backcourt you can't run back forwards with the directional keys you have to switch to the analog stick, but it only happens once in a while and its not that big of a deal. I would reccomend this game to any tennis fan or anyone looking for some quick action on their PSP.
85
For anyone that's played any version of Virtua Tennis over the past few years, you'll find the gameplay hasn't changed much. It's still easy to learn. And it's still addictive.
The gameplay is simplicity at its finest. Just three face buttons to use for three different shot-types. There's nothing like ripping out a crosscourt backhand and watching the shot again on the overhead replay. Anyone will be able to play this game, so it's great for when you have a few people around.
The graphics are great and, again, they haven't changed much. Just about everything in the arcade and console versions of the game is represented in the portable version. Right down to the marks the ball leaves on the court surface during a rally.
The sound is pretty standard fare. Nothing really stands out as either horrible or fantabulous. There are some faults (not a pun) though.
First, the game will completely freeze for a fraction of a second after every point in a game -- seemingly to access the appropriate sound files from the UMD to read out the score. Reading other reviews, this issue seems to be widespread. It's quite shocking this wasn't picked up in Quality Control.
The World Tour (career mode) is an exercise in patence. Want to build your characters stats? Navigate to the appropriate minigame on the world map. But the world map is slugglish to navigate, momentarily freezing the game as it loads images. Want to dress up your character? Go into a shop and have a browse. But the shop is sluggish to navigate, momentarily freezing the game as it loads images. Noticing a pattern?
The load times aren't especially bad. But when you're loading a training minigame that you know will last only 30 seconds, they can be frustrating.
But, at the end of the day, it's still a great game built on the wonderfully simple, yet addictive gameplay which translates beautifully to a portable system. Perfect for a quick bash.
The game could do with a little more optimisation, but if you're a fan of the Virtua Tennis series (or just tennis in general) it's definitely worth picking up.
89
Never having played a Tennis game before, and up to now never intending to try I was massively surprised by the addictiveness and playability of the game. The start with the game is extremely challenging followed soon by a rewarding feeling when you master your first match. Then you try a tournament and loose all the pride again in the final!
The World Tour is the only disappointment in the game, the minigames used to level up your players although quaint, become quickly annoying. Especially with some like the Danger Flag and other games having extremely strict collision detection forcing a John McEnroe argument with your PSP. The result is many hours of play just playing minigames over and over before you can qualify for even basic tournaments. This problem is amplified by the fact that you need to level up both your male and female character almost simultaneously.
This said, don't let that put you off buying the game. It has excellent pick-up and play with the Quick Matches and a challenging Tournament mode. Just avoid the World Tours unless you have a lot of time and patience.
Finally, the review can't be complete without mentioning the multiplayer -- plain and simple it is fantastic. Nothing special, or innovative, just a tennis match over Wi-Fi but everyone knows that so much pleasure can be derived from a victory over a y opponent.
80
If you like Virtua Tennis, you'll like this game as it is practically a port of Virtua Tennis 2 (2k2 in some countries/platforms). This review is based on the European version. That being said, everything is in English. However, you can change the voice of the umpire to English, French, German, Italian and Spanish (standard five multilanguage release for the European market).
The game mechanics are the same (three buttons for flat, slice and lob), graphics pretty much the same (they look like the original Dreamcast graphics, despite new professional players). The game still uses the same old design it invented that was also used in the highly popular Xbox game Topspin: the earlier you start your swing, the more powerful the shot. Don't expect any risk shots here, this is Virtua Tennis as you've always known it to be. Also, if you're a fan of Namco's tennis games, this is nothing like Smash Court.
The World Tour mode is basically identical to the one in VT2. You have a few basic templates to design your custom character (four faces, four skin tones, weight, height, 10-20 haircuts depending on gender). The new minigames are not training games. They're just minigames that you can access from the front menu. Although they are a fun distraction, they get boring pretty fast. The only reason why people play the training minigames in sports games is to build stats, and the new minigames aren't incorporated into World Tour mode. I kind of miss the training games from the GBA version.
Probably the biggest change to the series (besides being portable and in 3D) is that since you can only play one person per PSP, you now have the option to fix the camera so you are ALWAYS playing on the bottom court (the good side for most people). You still have access to the low angle, behind the back camera as well.
The game keeps records of your high scores in tournament mode, the new minigames, and versus mode. As with all tennis games, I shut off ingame background music, but all the other menu tunes are the same from previous entries in the series. In-game sound is mostly composed of shoe squeaks on hardcourt surfaces.
The biggest disappointment, to me anyway, is that there is no option to save during a match. Either you put your PSP to sleep and resume, or you pretty much have to forfeit a match if you have to quit. Kind of lame for a portable game (especially when you get into the longer matches).
All in all, if you always wanted Virtua Tennis on the go, here's your chance.
90
Whether you're used to Namco's Smash Court tennis or Sega's Virtua tennis you'll be stunned by the quality of this game on a portable device. Plus you'll have 3 out of the 4 best ranked players on the planet to play with.
If you're a sports/tennis fan, run for it ! The world tour will make you play VTWT for loong hours.
95
This game is good for anyone and I recommend it. There is one downside however - the loading time is really long and sometimes after a rally, it freezes for 2 seconds. Overall a very good game.
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