Sega Sports Tennis
Amazon.com Review
The Dreamcast’s Virtua Tennis was a hit because of its gently climbing learning curve and compelling TV-stylishness presentation. Its sequel, Sega Sports Tennis for the PlayStation2, retains everything that was splendid about that original game and improves it with 16 male and female tennis stars (including cover girls Venus and Serena Williams), three difficulty settings, and a make-a-player feature.
At first, playing the game is nearly as unadorned as Pong: Go your character toward the ball and press a button. Provided they’re close enough to the ball, they should be able to return the barrage. To progress owing to the increasingly tough challengers, though, players will need to learn how to direct the ball, go lobs and smashes, and use finesse with topspins and backspins.
The game still has a few areas that could be improved. First, there’s no way to change the court perspective–one side of the court is always in the foreground, the other in the social class. It’s simpler to play the game when your character is right in front of you, but the characters switch sides between sports meeting in the set. It makes sense in the two-player game, since having the camera go with the character would require a split-screen arrangement, but gamers should at least have the option of staying with their tennis pro during computer matches. The only other complaint is that while Sega Sports Tennis has an brilliant two-player game–with both the singles and cooperative or competitive doubles–there are no three- or four-player options, as there were in the Dreamcast version. Contracted, there are only two controller slots on the PS2, but plenty of other sports meeting get around this by using the Multitap accessory.
Still, even with only two at a time, Sega Sports Tennis is a splendid party game since the matches are small and anyone–even those who know not anything about tennis and have never played a video game in their lives–can pick up this game and have fun. –gatekeeper B. Hall
Pros:
- Simple to pick up and play
- Gentle learning curve
- TV-stylishness presentation
- Competitive and cooperative 2-player doubles
Cons:
- Fixed court perspective
- No 3- or 4-player option
Amazon.com Product Description
Choose from 16 globally ranked men’s and women’s tennis players and compete in singles, doubles, and even mixed doubles matches with four players (requires Multitap accessory). The World Tour mode lets you make and train your players, sign unique doubles partners, and penetrate a host of prestigious tournaments. Lob, slice, and smash your way to victory with intuitive pick-up-and-play controls designed to cater to all levels of gamers.
Featured players include Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Magnus Norman, Patrick Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Mary Pierce, Ai Sugiyama, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Alexandra Stevenson, Carlos Moyà, Tim Henman, Cedric Pioline, Tommy Haas, Thomas Enqvist, and Monica Seles. Game modes include tournament, exhibition, and World Tour mode. You can make, train, and penetrate your players in tournaments, where you’ll compete against top-ranked opponents around the globe for the No. 1 world status.
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I like tennis and I cannot wait for this game. I really have my hopes up!
Rating: 5 / 5
so unadorned that my 4 yr ancient can win.
Rating: 4 / 5
I have tried two copies now and my PS2 cannot detect the game is even in the system. All my other sports meeting work fine but this one is 0/2! I am disappointed b/c I have been waiting for the PS2 version of this game for several months now. Both cd’s failed to load…..all they did was make horrible scrubbing noises when the game was inside the system. I thought it was my system but every other game I own work properly. I have no thought what is incorrect unless these sports meeting have a loading glitch. This is my first time to try any PS2 game made by Sega, it may be my last.
Rating: 1 / 5
I have played this game in the arcade copious times and i am hooked, i can’t wait for it on ps2!!!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
Sega Sports Tennis is so cool because you get to play with people such as venus,serena,linsasy davenport monica seles when I first looked ok.But it is ssooo fun it’s way better then the one for dreamcast graphixs 5/5 plus if you when a tourtament you might vs. a king or a queen
Rating: 5 / 5