Tennis 2K2 (DC)

I APPEAR TO BE THE ONLY PERSON WHO BELIEVES THAT VIRTUA TENNIS 1 IS BETTER THAN VIRTUA TENNIS 2.THE GRAPHICS OF VIRTUA TENNIS 1 ARE FAR BETTER.IN VIRTUA TENNIS 2 THE LINES ON THE COURT LOOK TERRIBLE,AND THE GAME JUST LOOKS AND FEELS UGLY,COMPARED TO VIRTUA TENNIS 1 WITH ITS FAST ENTERTAINING GAMEPLAY AND SMOOTHER GRAPHICS.THE PLAYERS IN VIRTUA TENNIS 2 LOOK SLIGHTLY BETTER BUT APART FROM THAT VIRTUA TENNIS 1 IS GRAPHICALLY FAR BETTER.I AM VERY SURPRISED THAT I AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS PICKED UP ON THIS.THERE HAS BEEN A FEW CHANGES TO THE VT GAMEPLAY IN THE SECOND INSTALLMENT WHICH I BELIEVE HAVE JUST SLOWED THE GAME DOWN AND MADE IT LESS ENKOYABLE.ONE THING I WILL SAY ...  Read the complete review

Imagine that you're a developer grunt working for Hitmaker in Japan. You work hundreds of hours making some of the most remarkable games like Crazy Taxi, Confidential Mission, and Virtual On Oratorio Tangram. So one day, you have a design meeting on the newest project and the head of development says to the entire team: "Let's make a tennis game!" Now, I can't claim everyone out there feels the same way, but if I were that design pee-on, my first thought would be, "huh?". Tennis isn't exactly a sport that's really popular and for a long time, it was thought of as a sport for yuppies wearing pastel colored ...  Read the complete review

Tennis is a game which seems difficult to recreate in pixelated form, there haven't been many great tennis games in the past. This is strange as the first ever computer game was a tennis simulation if that isn't too grand a term. Of course I am talking about PONG! Sega's new game oozes quality from the moment you first clap eyes on it. The initial menu is nothing special with simply "Tournament", "Exhibition" and "World Tour" options but the intro music is nice, sort of a rip-off of "Push the Tempo" by Fatboy Slim. I will be concentrating on the World Tour option which I have been playing hard for ...  Read the complete review