Top Spin 4 First Impressions

[clivo1050]

I'm thinking about getting this game, however I just don't know if I have the time to play it. Between NBA 2k11 and fight night champion, I don't know if I can dedicate enough time to master it. I might start up my gamefly again and rent it for a while.

[BrownsFan72]

I am enjoying it. it is a very solid game. Good job 2k.

[Uncle Stumpy]

Sounds good. I'm really torn though. Right now, I have money for one game, and Tiger Woods 12 is leading the way, basically because I really enjoy the online tourneys. I am also thinking about getting The Show...so torn. I like all 3 sports equally, which is to say, casually.

Decisions decisions

[boritter]

My biggest complaint about the game is you cannot set up custom tournaments. My wife and I play co-op doubles.

But playing exhibition matches over and over gets old. It would be nice if you could set up a tournament and work your way through the bracket.

[bigdoc85]

2-player mode seems to be the best part of this game. My neighbor and I had a 3-set battle of Michael Chang vs. Andy Roddick.

[evilc08]

Quote: Originally Posted by boritter

My biggest complaint about the game is you cannot set up custom tournaments. My wife and I play co-op doubles. But playing exhibition matches over and over gets old. It would be nice if you could set up a tournament and work your way through the bracket.

You're kidding me. I wanted to read reviews first and see impressions. I was worried that you could not set your custom tournaments with created players and/or setting the matches. Now the tourneys are gone too. Saves me some money for now I guess. Too bad it's probably a decent tennis sim like always.

Other things I wanted them to change but doubt they did were: 1) Up the aces against the computer. Too many times they hit back everything and the Aces come when it was right to them and they whiff.
2) The number of created players and being able to use them in a custom tourney like the grand slams. Last year I think you could only have 4 at a time, and maybe not even use them to play against. Either way it was limited.

For a game that comes out every few years, unlike yearly for other sports titles, I expect more.

[T3B0W]

So no career mode with tournaments? Really?

[rangerrick012]

Quote: Originally Posted by T3B0W

So no career mode with tournaments? Really?

The career mode does have tournaments, as well as tournaments in the online world tour mode. People are complaining that there's no way to play tournaments offline outside of career mode.