Virtua Tennis 3

Monday, January 21, 2008



From Sega of America, Inc.

Virtua Tennis returns with enhanced, photo-realistic graphics and advanced player animations that perfectly match the behavior and mannerisms of individual professional athletes. Improvements to the game's AI have also upped the challenge to becoming the top seed of the tennis world.

Travel the world and take on the biggest stars of the tennis world, in Career Mode
Customize your tennis star with licensed tennis equipment, in Player Creation Mode
Brand new challenges will keep players in top form
Sharpen your players' skills with great mini-games
Increased details make the graphics comes alive and adds to the action

I've played this game for about 30 total hours now. It's very well done and addictive. Nice graphics, good depth in developing abilities with training games. The only gripes are about difficulty, Having mastered the gameplay, Hard is too easy, yet Very Hard is a nightmare. The CPU runs down EVERYTHING, and even when lunging returns shots at impossible angles to deny hard earned points. The volleying doesn't work like it should, also denying sure points with inexplicably weak returns. These "cheating" elements have now killed the game for me. The Chasm of Difficulty between settings really hurts an otherwise great title. With a friend it could still be very fun, but there's no online option. Worth the price, but could be better.

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