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Remember earlier on this year, when I reviewed AO Tennis 2 and said that this game was the best tennis game of the entire generation? Well, it isn’t anymore. Coming from the same developer and publisher duo, Tennis World Tour 2 is now the best tennis game of the generation; a massive improvement over the embarrassment that was its predecessor. Why would a developer release two competing tennis games in the same year is beyond my comprehension, but as a tennis fan who was complaining about t...
Republished on Wednesday 28th July 2021: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of August's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows.
Tennis World Tour 2 is a solid all-round tennis game, and the inclusion of the wildcard system offers an additional and entertaining tactical layer to consider as you play. It's just a shame that some minor issues hold it back from being great.
Modern videogame tennis is an incestuous circle, it appears. Oz based Big Ant Studios -developers of original Tennis World Tour competitor AO (Australian
On the whole, there are enough changes for the better to elevate Tennis World Tour 2 from being a sub-par to a decent tennis game. Graphically it’s still not going to wow players, and there’s still some work to be done on the animation and AI side if Tennis World Tour 3 ever comes to fruition, but Tennis World Tour 2 is at least now somewhat enjoyable. Throw in a considerable amount of extra content and next-gen consoles not only now have their first tennis game, but also one that’s worth considering.
Big Ant Studios brings big tennis to the Switch. And by big, I mean you get to use avatars of big names like Federer, Nadal, and a few dozen others. You also get to make your own avatar so you can join the game (and get beaten badly by the pros). After that, it gets a little less inspiring.Read More
Tennis World Tour 2 confuses me in more than a few ways. Before we even get to the game itself, which almost had me do a Djokovic through tossing my controller away in frustration, there's the perplexing aspect of its development and release. If you don't remember, the original Tennis World Tour was crap. After over a year of updates and a new Roland Garros edition, it finally reached the lofty heights of "playable".
The sport of tennis has been intrinsically linked with the evolution of video games. From Higinbotham’s 1958 Tennis for Two to the critically acclaimed Virtua Tennis, the sport has had an array of renditions throughout the medium’s long history. After soaring to unprecedented heights in the 2000s, tennis games crashed into obscurity leaving smaller studios to pick up the pieces.
Tennis World Tour 2 has some good ideas on paper, but never gels into a cohesive whole.
To summarise, Tennis World Tour 2 is a slight improvement over the first release, but it's still far behind AO Tennis 2, which at this point is the current leading tennis simulator. If Big Ant was to try a third time, I really hope that the quality of the gameplay takes a bigger leap than it has here. The franchise has never looked better, and the addition of a ton of equipment and clothing helps, but that doesn't really matter when the game itself plays like this. If this was the only tennis game out there it would probably be worth picking up on sale... but it's not.
Tennis World Tour 2 is a simulation style affair that demands much from its players but doesn't reciprocate with a game that's capable of matching their efforts. Flaky AI and a lack of basic player animations leads to core gameplay here that feels rough and unsatisfying for the most part. Matches often descend into a procession of double faults, there's absolutely zero net play, and no matter how much practice you put in, things always feel like they're out of your control. There is a decent selection of modes here and the fundamental ideas behind the gameplay could have made for a good time, but a lack of finesse in how these things have been implemented mean this one is best avoided by all but the most foolhardy of tennis fans.
The original Tennis World Tour was unimpressive to say the least. Developed by Breakpoint, it simply didn’t feel like a great reflection of the sport, and so publisher Nacon changed to a different developer earlier this year, in the Aussie team Big Ant, to help steady the ship. This is a curious decision, mostly because Big Ant had already developed the pretty decent AO Tennis 2 back in January. I mean sure, they’ve proven they know how to make a good tennis game at this point, so it make...
Tennis World Tour fails to nail the basics and lacks any frills for long term investment. Tennis fans should look elsewhere for their simulation needs.