Thursday, May 5, 2011

Review: Virtua Tennis 4

Released only a few days Virtua Tennis 4 is the latest chapter in the saga tennis, to console the most popular with gamers, the launch comes after rival that of the title released by 2K Sports, or Top Spin. Virtua Tennis, Sega produced by the team, remains a popular title from the players who follow him from the first exit, there are plenty of news, since it is generally quite repetitive and not very extended compared to other sports titles that have some every 2 or 3 years new mode that splits the usual game plan.

Unfortunately, the comparison with the historic rival Top Spin year presents quite a marked difference was not enough because the implementation of the move to make a sufficient a must in the category. From this news, Sega introduces the concept Match Momentum System, which is a bar that will accumulate points based on movements and shots played during the match, depending on the type of player choice, which should position themselves and perform typical actions that bring emphasize their game to raise the bar Match Momentum System.

Another interesting innovation is the ability to personalize and make unique career of the player created by us, just finished the first editor of the player, we are faced with a map that will take us through various experiences of our athletes have performed during his career such as training, tournaments, exhibitions and meetings with the fans, not to mention rest periods after tournaments particularly fatiguing.

But this too little to make a significant jump to the title Sega follows in the footsteps of previous chapters devoted to an arcade-style game rather than other related activities in the life of the contracts with sponsors such as sports, travel, interactions with other athletes and a host of variables that would have certainly caught the attention of the gaming market segment.

Among the downsides of this title is definitely a player control and the shot still unrealistic, there is often the feeling of an endless series of still shots of the same type, excluding some key variables that make tennis one of the most popular sports and fun in the world. At this juncture the difference by way of 2K Sports is obvious, in fact if you compare the levels of realism and the graphics engine of both, the difference is surprising.

Excellent instead of customizing your athlete as we have seen in other titles, although not yet at the highest levels of detail and superb reproduction of the faces of famous athletes, taking finally close likeness to real athletes. Better in this respect also the park athletes use, which parallels the stars of world tennis, currently active, by legends of the 80 and 90 making the game more challenging and varied.

Quite how the online game that has no special advantages, but even major flaws to report, merely provide the opportunity to match against real people connected to the Internet via the game lobby. Virtua Tennis 4 enters the market without a sound, the presence of Top Spin become very cumbersome as it binds to second place in the standings, we need a change in the face to the manufacturer that must putare on new technical devices and methods of really innovative game, to return the title prince of the offer on the tennis video game, market niche a few years ago, however, is that by involving more players in its network, through the promotion of the sport growing by great champions like Rafael Nadal and George Federer, who ignite the fans with challenges to the last shot.

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