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Grand Slam Tennis 2
Feel the true excitement and emotion of championship tennis with EA SPORTS Grand Slam Tennis 2. For the first time in HD and on the next generation platforms, experience the thrill of winning at Wimbledon and capturing all four Grand Slam tournaments. Rise to stardom with the revolutionary Total Racket Control as you challenge a deep roster of elit...
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Feel the true excitement and emotion of championship tennis with Grand Slam Tennis 2. For the first time in HD, experience the thrill of winning at Wimbledon and capturing all four Grand Slam tournaments.
Grand Slam Tennis is as slick and professional a tennis game as you could hope for, and though it lacks something of Top Spin's passion for the sport, the inclusion of Wimbledon and the wider roster really do make a difference. There's room for improvement – chiefly in the variety of game modes, the selection of commentary snippets and the pace of the career mode - but for now, Grand Slam Tennis 2 is the best game of tennis that video games have to offer.
“The pros and cons of hitting your shot deep”.Get used to those words, you’ll be hearing them a lot. [i]Grand Slam Tennis[/i] is, to the best [...]
When EA first launched the Grand Slam Tennis series it was a Wii exclusive as it took advantage of the system’s motion controls. The sequel, aptly titled Grand Slam Tennis 2, lands on all consoles with a more realistic presentation and approach to the sport. Having already reviewed the PS3 version, I took the Xbox 360 version for a spin, and while the game is technically sound it comes up a bit short of its potential due to a lack of variety.
Grand Slam Tennis 2 has the daunting task of following up last year’s brace of solid tennis titles. Both Virtua Tennis 4 and Top Spin 4 hold a racquet-like grip on the two opposing formats of the tennis genre: Virtua Tennis with its slick arcade action and Top Spin with its challenging simulation focus. It’s unsurprising, then, that Grand Slam Tennis 2 should feel like a blend between the two, conjuring up a game of bat and ball that’s much more realistic than Virtua Tennis but not quite as demanding as Top Spin. On paper it sounds like a perfect solution, but while GST2 never quite succumbs t...
EA Sports is a fearsome beast. Every year, it ensures that teams of hundreds churn out iterative sequels with industrial efficiency. It’s terrifyingly prolific; a bit like Santa’s workshop, except Santa has been replaced with Peter Moore and his funny goatee beard.