IGN UK writes: "Back in 2003, Top Spin took tennis games to a new level. Its eclectic mix of realism and accessibility, combined with a superb globetrotting career mode, secured its position in the pantheon of sports gaming legends. The same, however, couldn't be said for the sequel, which sadly failed to build on the original's success, straying a little too far from the pick-up-and-play mechanics of its predecessor, while at the same time failing to make full use of next-generation grunt.
Keen to reclaim top spot in the tennis genre, 2K Sports and developer PAM have gone back to the drawing board for the development of Top Spin 3, intent on revitalising every facet of the series. Having played the game earlier this year, IGN was suitably impressed with what we saw. However, with Top Spin 3 in line for an end of May release on PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and DS, we were keen to find out more about the game's tightly guarded and much-vaunted evolutionary effects engine, which 2K and PAM claim will take tennis gaming to the next level of realism."
OPM: Thousands of Brits will be inspired to pick up a racket this week on the back of Andy Murray’s success at Wimbledon – but in this heat, and given our hand-eye co-co-ordination, we’ll be sticking to the virtual type. Looking to fill your week with some ace-smashing antics? Then join us in revisiting PlayStation’s finest tennis efforts…
Not really, most of those games were available on multiple platforms.
Just so happens that the PS magazine wrote the article so makes sense it would be 'Playstation's greatest games' :)
Gamepyre writes: "When Virtua Tennis 2009 first came out I was very excited about the game; I was so excited that I actually went and got it on release day.
Virtua Tennis 3 has been one of my favorite PSP games, and I could not wait to see what the 2009 Xbox 360 version of the game brought to the table. After playing the game, I was very disappointed in Virtua Tennis 2009; not because it was a bad game per say, but because it wasn't anything new from the previous release."
Another week and another episode of Distributed Failure is here for your listening pleasure. This week's "What They've Been Playing" features discussion on Top Spin 3, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Fight Night Round 4, Battlefield 1943, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, and much more! They follow that up with some gaming news including the latest update on EGM, the addition of prizes to 1 vs. 100, and the announcement of a new Mechwarrior game.
