Top Spin 3 Demo Available

[The Bimmer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

Doesn't PSN update on Thursdays? Guess we'll have to wait till next Thursday?

Its in the ps3 store now. Pretty good stuff, I haven't played a tennis game since SCT but this is more realistic.

[PAPERNUT]

Quote: Originally Posted by videobastard

Played a few games but its too slow to me. I still prefer virtua tennis 3.

I agree with the slow part. The controls and hitting animations just seem jerky to me or something. I may need more time and like the idea they are going with, but the presentation and crowd is a total bore. The graphics are excellent, but Im still waiting for a game to get the service game right with realistic speed and aces. I was really looking forward to the game, but I feel underwhelmed with it at this point.

[mgoblue]

Quote: Originally Posted by papernut

I agree with the slow part. The controls and hitting animations just seem jerky to me or something. I may need more time and like the idea they are going with, but the presentation and crowd is a total bore. The graphics are excellent, but Im still waiting for a game to get the service game right with realistic speed and aces. I was really looking forward to the game, but I feel underwhelmed with it at this point.

I will say that I was frustrated and annoyed for a while when I first started playing...the controls are completely different from any other tennis game you've played, so if you just play like you used to in the past then you'll find the game speed, animations, etc just frustrating you and not hitting the ball right. It's all about position and timing, and the game really flows once you actually learn it.

It's different than Madden or other games, where I can pick up the new game and be pretty damn decent right away. This game is hard and different...

It may not be your cup of tea anyways, but I don't want people giving up too early and missing out on a great game.

I agree 100% with presentation, career, no play by play, etc it all blows hardcore.

[Blzer]

Downloaded the demo. The game is a bit slow. That's my only real impression so far.

[CMH]

Tennis is slow. We call that realism.

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

I'm about to download this. Hell, I'm probably about to buy this.

[Bornindamecca]

I'm a huge fan of the demo. I'll be picking this up pretty soon. I might wait a couple weeks and see if the supposed learning curve produces some used copies early. When I read the reviews, I just knew that this was a case of scrubby reviewers whining. "This is hard for me, it's bad." Lord have freaking mercy. Set your feet and let go of the damned button, it's not nuclear physics. This game will take a long time to master, as any game should, but it didn't take long to play at all.

I agree with the general sentiment here, the new gameplay forces you to invest in every swing, and makes it much more satisfying to bury someone with a winner. God forbid 2k gave a Tennis game deep gameplay. They should just put Sharapova skins on Pong and put it out, and watch the 8s and 9s roll in. Sessler's Soapbox and Zero Punctuation may be the only redeeming qualities of the gaming media.

From what I can tell, the presentation issues are valid.

[DaImmaculateONe]

Quote: Originally Posted by videobastard

Played a few games but its too slow to me. I still prefer virtua tennis 3.

lol virtual tennis 3 where u dive all over the place. yeah that not realistic.