Whilst these can be turned off for a more realistic or challenging experience, they are very helpful for new players, so it’s a relief that they are so unobtrusive. The game features optional “helpers” which let you know where an opponent’s ball is going to bounce, how accurate the timing of your last shot was or how tired either player is getting from running around the court. A good thing too, because a control system as sensitive as Top Spin 4’s could so easily have been let down by sloppy rendering. There is never an occasion where gameplay is hindered by careless camera angles, and the graphics have no trouble keeping up with the game’s subtle physics.
GRAPHICS: Top Spin 4 is highly polished, with a conspicuous lack of clipping or missing textures. On the other hand, there will be those who see the lack of locker room emoting as a missed opportunity, especially given the sport’s propensity for producing eccentric characters in real life.
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As Top Spin 4 presents itself as a realistic simulator with a deep control system, many players will be indifferent to the lack of characterisation, and it is arguable that a game so focussed on mechanics doesn’t need any narrative decoration. Your reaction to this will probably depend on what you look for in a tennis game.
Tournament finals might be preceded by a short cut scene featuring the players limbering up, but no words are ever uttered by the characters and there is certainly no character development. Although Top Spin 4’s centrepiece is a Career Mode in which you create your own character and guide him or her to victory, the game is unconcerned with the emotional journey along the road from rookie to champion. For those of you twiddling your Wiimotes and Movedildos, there should hopefully be enough information about the ancillary features to help you decide whether Top Spin 4 is the tennis simulator for you. As a game with a focus on timing and subtlety over arcade-style fireworks, it may well win fans amongst those who are looking for a more realistic tennis experience that make up for those lost due to its lack of Kinect support. So without further ado (there has been quite some ado, I grant you), let us explore Top Spin 4. So although PlayStation 3 and Wii owners will have the luxury of taking a more subjective approach to their choice of game, the decision of Xbox 360 tennis fans will no doubt be influenced by Top Spin 4’s lack of support for Kinect.
That is, whilst Virtua Tennis 4 can be controlled using Kinect as well as the Wii and PlayStation Move, Top Spin 4 does not support the Xbox 360’s motion control system. So before embarking on an in-depth review of Top Spin 4, it is worth citing the most significant difference between the two games at this stage. Consequently, Top Spin 4 will have just two months to prove its credentials before Virtua Tennis 4 steps on to the court.Īlthough in an ideal world games would be judged purely on their own merits, real-life gamers need to consider how best to spend their hard earned cash.
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Top Spin 4 is the fourth in 2K Sports’ Top Spin series of tennis games (we like to state the obvious here at GodisaGeek), and it is impossible to review it without making mention of the fact that a flashier rival, SEGA’s Virtua Tennis 4, is due out in May. Available on: Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (Xbox 360 version reviewed)
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