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Top Spin 4
The game features licensed professional players, venues and equipment. Some of the confirmed professional players include Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi.
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But with the crowds in these arenas audibly reacting to the hairs-breadth play that makes the professional game so exciting, Top Spin 4 really does come closer than any tennis game to date when it comes to capturing the real essence of one of sport's most graceful games. There's a way to go before match point is won by a virtual tennis game, but Top Spin 4 is definitely a couple of sets up, at least.
Top Spin 4 brings the competitive action of tennis to life like never before with redesigned controls, jaw-dropping player models and Signature Style animations, enhanced TV-style presentation elements, and one of the deepest player rosters to date featuring tennis’ top athletes and legendary pros.
Top Spin 4 isn't flashy and doesn't come with any gimmicks, but it's an incredibly competent and in-depth tennis sim that the sport's fans would be foolish to pass up.
Motion controllers and tennis games have seemed the perfect match ever since Wii Sports put a plastic Remote in your hand and told you to be Roger Federer. Regrettably, since then, few titles — if any — have come close to matching Nintendo's pack-in when it comes to intuitive controls and the all-important fun factor: EA's Grand Slam Tennis on Wii used MotionPlus to offer 1:1 controller tracking, but didn't win over everyone with its cartoon-styled characters. Sega's Virtua Tennis 2009 on Wii also used the motion-enhancing add-on but didn't go for 1:1 control, a disappointment considering the ...
To put it bluntly, Top Spin 3 was a tough cookie to crack and was completely unfriendly to newcomers. So much so that a lot of people barely made it through the tutorials before giving up, as the mix of button-timing and split-second risk shots that the game required proved to be asking a touch too much. It was a shame, as beneath that gruff exterior there was a deep and satisfying tennis game just waiting to be explored. This time around 2K have opted to make things a bit more user friendly ...