Top Spin is the complete tennis experience that allows gamers to make their name in the pro tennis game. Come up with a character and a playing style, then hit the grass for classic tennis action. Pull-off world-class shots, argue calls and work the crowd to develop a unique image on the court.
Features:
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Train with a coach to master shots and playing surfaces - then work your way up the rankings
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Play singles or doubles matches with 16 top pros, from Anna Kournikova to Lleyton Hewitt
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Go online for live matches against other tennis fans
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8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Amazing GameJan 15, 2006
By Tyler Alan Sharp Top Spin is amazing in every sense of the word. Although players who desire in-depth commentary will find this game lacking, most players will enjoy the noises of the crowd and the ball hitting the racket. I am happy that the game developers strayed away from the tinny commentary voices that we all hate.
This game is VERY easy to learn and that may be one of the only negatives about it. A real tennis player expects to win some and lose some(unless you're Federer) but, if you play Top Spin, you can expect to win 95-99% of your matches. The only loss that I have sustained(throughout my entire career) is to Dementieva, and that was a fluke(I swear). Those of you who are looking for a hard, challenging game, will find this somewhat lacking.
Anyways...Enough Negatives!! This game is perfect in every other way! The Graphics are crisp, the sounds are real, the crowd noise is perfect, the player development is fun, the courts and tournaments are realistic, and the game is a bargain, what more do you want? I rate this game 9.4 stars only because it is a little too easy.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
I Love This Game!Apr 06, 2007
By P.S. STRENGTHS: Great graphics; Easy to play; Packed with options: customize your player from DNA; doubles option, career mode, training mode and many available tennis courts; Women are there too!
WEAKNESSES: Not many leading players are present; Game loading times are longer than expected; Risk shot option is very hard and unrealistic; Training wasn't much useful.
CONCLUSIVE OVERVIEW:
This is the best tennis game I've ever played so far! The graphics are really good and gameplay is smooth that I can feel the player. It has a lot of features such as career mode in which you can customize your player starting with its DNA. Yeah, sounds funny but it's true. You even customize face details, hair color and style, height of the player, body build, etc. Not only that, you can design your own uniform. I wish there were more players. Some prominent players available are Roger Federer, Carlos Moya, Gustavo Kuerten, Tim Henman, Sebastiyan Grojan, Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams, Martina Hingis and a few more.
In a career mode you go from one tournament to other and with every win your rank will progress. But you won't be able to win all tournaments at once! It may take a full day. So, prepare your memory card to save the game. There are a few available sponsors such as Reebok, Adidas, Wilson, Prince, Dunlop and more. In order for them to become your sponsor you must beat their challenges. Training mode is very interesting but it is hard to go up to the last level - gold. I could reach silver status, but again not it all categories. :) Supposedly through training you can improve your serve, flat shot, backhand, volley. However, I found training not as sharpening your skills but rather completing a set of various challenges which supposedly will improve your gameplay and statistics. I did't find it useful that much.
I do play regular tennis and have idea of tennis strategy, so I love this game even more. First time I played this game with a person who didn't really want to play it. But she got caught by smooth and easy gameplay and made many laughs. That first time I played about 5 hours straight!
Please read game instructions before you play. Otherwise "X" button will be a risk-free shot button to use. You may actually direct your shots by left-right arrow buttons and make your opponent to run from one corner to another. It works pretty good if you have a basic idea of tennis strategy.
I like doubles option. You can even play doubles by yourself. In this case your partner will be PC. So, basically it will be you and PC vs. PC+PC. That was fun too.
This game is definitely one of the best tennis games, I highly recommend it to everyone!
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
I really can't make up my mind on this one...Oct 01, 2005
By Ferch Well, after anticipating this game since I heard the reviews for the X-Box version I couldn't wait to get my hands on this game. Then I did, popped it into the PS2's hard drive, and then immediately loved the title screen and the opening movie.
Then came the game itself. The career mode is, for lack of a better word, absolute crap: no calender or any realism at all, not to mention the fact that you are unable to have multiple sponsers and you have to go to various contries to improve your game.
The only thing I really liked better than Smash Court's version was the gameplay itself, which plays much more like real tennis, and you dont go entire matches without missing a shot. But the fact that you are able to hit shots near perfection in no-mans land is completely inaccurate.
The graphics are mediocre and grainy, though I wouldnt call them blurry, and the courts in the game are generally unattractive and boring, with fans scarcely doing anything and the players having few cutscenes.
Overall, I like the gameplay enough that I probably woln't go back to Smash Court, due to the sheer simplicity of Namco's gameplay. But I do conclude this review wondering why the hell EA Sports can make games such as rugby, cricket, and golf and why EA is unable to make a tennis game. Without using profanity its hard to quite say to the company what I wish to, but I defidently will be looking into why the most succesful sport's game company is neglectful of tennis.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Fun for the tennis fans.Jan 17, 2007
By PCBRain Pros:
1. Detailed in-game playing options in career mode, you not only can choose how to develop your player, what sponsor to take on, which tournament to play, etc., but this game also have tons of details to design your player, from the body size, chin size, eye style... Personally I usually just go with the default but it's nice to know you have those options.
2. Simple play control. Aside from the risk shot/drop shots (which aren't really that hard to get done) everything else is easy to do, and you'll almost never hit the ball out of bounds if you only use the "X" button (Yes you can win in Hard mode using only that shot).
3. Graphics is decent, not the best I've seen out there but definitely enjoyable. Commentators don't really yap a lot during matches, which is one thing I didn't really like from some other tennis games.
4. Multi-player mode can support 4 people playing (I know most tennis game has this feature but I still want to stress that), it's always a blast when I get a few of my friends over the house.
Cons:
1. I can see the detailed play options being a pain for some people, it can take quite a while to set up a player in career mode. The first time I played it took me about 20 minutes before I actually get to play my first match. It's nice to have all the options but sometimes they get to be a bit too complicated.
2. Limited choices of players in exhibition mode. You do get Federer, Hewitt, Henmen, Moya, etc., but they left out quite a few good players, the list can definitely be expanded.
3. Lengthy load. Probably due to the complexity of the game, loading can take quite a bit time.
Other thoughts:
I tried a couple other tennis games on PS2 before I picked up this one, I've been playing it for a while now yet it is still challenging in Hard mode, even with the top-rated Roger Federer I'd still have trouble beating Hewitt in a 6-point/5-set match. Unlike what some other people have said in the review, the computer doesn't get the risk-shots EVERYTIME, although they do have a VERY high chance getting in on a serve, but after ball is in even if they get it perfectly they still hit the ball out of bounds 2 out of every 5 times. I have won the exhibition in hard mode using only the "x" button and risk shots only on serve, I'd like to expand my game play more but I find it easier to win when I just keep it simple. I would recommand this game to anyone who likes tennis, especially for the price people are selling on here.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Top SpinSep 03, 2006
By Emmanuel Ezenwa The game is only fun if you play beginner or intermediate, which can also be challenging sometimes. But when you want to push yourself to the ultimate challege and play hard, it is almost impossible to win. You have to hit almost all your shots using the risk shots. I found it very challenging, which made the game very interesting for me. But I did wish that the risk shot could have been a little bit much easier to hit. The computer seems to never miss a risk shot, especially at the big points and big moments in the match. The few I won was due to luck I have to say, so I never played it again for I had many bitter losses. I like smash court tennis pro tournament 2 better than any of the tennis games so far because it is very easy to control the players. But it is not challenging at all as much as Top spin. I have great skill in tennis and also tennis video games. I am not a beginner who just cant play tennis games. I have success beating many tennis games including this one, but the one thing that bothers me about this game is the risk shots, which basically is 25 of 100 chances of working for me (if I am lucky), as to the computers 90 of 100. It is really not fair, but again as I said, it is very challenging, you be the judge.
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