Just had a chance to play the full version (after a good few hours on Brian Lara) and I can honestly say I am very impressed. The demo released on Marketplace a few days back was definately on the hard setting because the proper full game is much more forgiving, obviously dependant on what setting you have your game set to. Well anyway I went straight in to World Tour mode created a character and anyone who is familiar with the series will be right at home here. The usual stuff, you create a player and rise him up through the world ranking while getting your stats up by playing crazy mini games which as always are a blast. There are some new additions (well at least I think they are), you now also have an academy where you can also build up your stats by doing certain challenges. The challenges range from beginner to professional or something I guess, only guessing because I did all the beginner ones and just unlocked the normal challenges. Another new addition is a stamina gauge for your player, if the gauge goes completely down you can do yourself an injury which could put you out for weeks and lower hard earned ranking, I found out the hard way! The way to keep your stamina up is to go to your house and regain your stamina in 3 different ways, drink a sports drink, just relax at home or take a vacation....nice little addition I thought.
Now onto a feature which I really liked called VT-TV, similar to PGR3's Gotham TV but dare I say better executed. This feature is accessed by going to the Xbox Live mode and you can view the best players in action, just a view a match (from a list) that is going on or watch highlights of the best matches today. It doesn't end there though, I was browsing through one of mates profiles, who also has the game, while I was playing and one of the options I got on his gamer card was "view last match", chose the option and it basically showed me the last match he played online.....great little feature, especially if your mate lost his last game
A better all round package than Top Spin 2 in my opinion, if you like your tennis games, this is a must have!
(Oh yeah the "catchy" background music is still there from the demo, but I think you can turn it off....)
Now onto a feature which I really liked called VT-TV, similar to PGR3's Gotham TV but dare I say better executed. This feature is accessed by going to the Xbox Live mode and you can view the best players in action, just a view a match (from a list) that is going on or watch highlights of the best matches today. It doesn't end there though, I was browsing through one of mates profiles, who also has the game, while I was playing and one of the options I got on his gamer card was "view last match", chose the option and it basically showed me the last match he played online.....great little feature, especially if your mate lost his last game
A better all round package than Top Spin 2 in my opinion, if you like your tennis games, this is a must have!
(Oh yeah the "catchy" background music is still there from the demo, but I think you can turn it off....)
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