EA Grand Slam Tennis 2 coming 2012!

[Gahan1990]

Is Top Spin 4 really that good or realistic? I think it isn't realistic, but obviously better then Virtua Tennis
No side shots for example, it's too much about hitting top spin shots that come down very fast after the line and having an angle more like table tennis and compared to TV pictures I think the gameplay is slower which it shouldn't be unless you have a guy with 95+ power (but just my opinion)

I think EA Canada/EA Black Box are on it.. Ok they got the NHL series dropped after 2005 but made the Skate series which was a lot more realistic then any Tony Hawk ever was so it's 50/50 to be fair with them

But nevermind.. it has the official seal of awesomeness as Edberg was at the 1st one and so with a high percentage will be at GST2!

[emate007]

Whoa, so much I want to say!

First of all, I'm really excited for this game. As djarvik said:

GST one was a fantastic game. Great engine. You need to look past the graphics.

If they can adapt/include the same level of control you had with the motion+ on the wii to a handheld controller, the game will be incredible. I believe in EA sports, except for a few failures they've been the best at creating sports games/simulations since 1995. GST1 was incredibly fun and quite deep if you knew tennis, but plagued by MAJOR issues online which ruined the game's long term playability. I'm 95% sure this was a Nintendo problem, not EA's.

What Djarvik described, if I remember, is not exactly what I originally wrote.

Moving the stick faster would always give you more power, even on spin shots. To add more spin, you make a larger circle when you rotate. Aiming, including depth, was still done with the left stick. Also, no shot depended on how long you pressed anything - it is always based on how far you press: the further you press the left stick, the closer to the lines you hit. Press too far, and you hit out.

There was also another component to my idea: height modifiers.

Press the left shoulder button to aim higher. Press the right shoulder button to aim lower. The further you press, the higher/lower you hit. So, press the left shoulder button far enough, aim deep, rotate clock-wise, and you hit a topspin lob. Press the right shoulder button, aim short, rotate counter clock-wise, and you hit a drop shot. Aiming high, and rotating slow, could also buy you time to play defense.

Of course, pressing anything too far would hit out or in the net. Certain combinations don't make sense, and will always hit out: Aiming the ball deep, high, and flat would send it long. Try to hit a sharp angle without aiming low, and the ball goes wide - you must also rotate far enough to get the spin needed to bring the ball down. Hitting with power might require hitting lower, and hitting deep might need extra height.

Yeah, I remember that thread, fantastic control scheme idea. But probably too complicated for the average gamer. EA did really well with Skate, so the right stick control thing can work. I hope they make it complicated enough to please the purists of ITST without alienating the general public. Which is, of course, always the challenge with a sports game...

3) as an avid player of other EA games ill be the first to say that EA can majorly disappoint true fans of a sport. they do in football, in baseball, in basketball, in just about every sport except hockey

so lets be realistic. no reason to get excited until we see actual gameplay.

Fair enough, but I do like EA sports titles in general more than other publishers.
I'm also curious how they've let baseball or basketball fans down recently, since they haven't made a baseball game for 4(?) years, and they didn't release a basketball game last year. They MADE one, but it sucked so bad they didn't release it. Which to me is a good sign. Obviously the developers should have made a better game, but it takes a lot of balls and really pisses off management to can a project with ZERO sales. They didn't want to damage the EA brand, which is very smart. They only release quality games, whether you like them or not.

As a person that plays only tennis games - ANY new tennis games makes me excited. And when you add EA into equation - I better go get a paper towel.

I have the same effect when I see myself in a mirror.

hahaha

[RainingAmoeba79]

Agree, this has potential.

I was hoping for kinect playability though.

[Julius Jackson]

3) as an avid player of other EA games ill be the first to say that EA can majorly disappoint true fans of a sport. they do in football, in baseball, in basketball, in just about every sport except hockey

so lets be realistic. no reason to get excited until we see actual gameplay.

Fair enough, but I do like EA sports titles in general more than other publishers.
I'm also curious how they've let baseball or basketball fans down recently, since they haven't made a baseball game for 4(?) years, and they didn't release a basketball game last year. They MADE one, but it sucked so bad they didn't release it. Which to me is a good sign. Obviously the developers should have made a better game, but it takes a lot of balls and really pisses off management to can a project with ZERO sales. They didn't want to damage the EA brand, which is very smart. They only release quality games, whether you like them or not.

they abandoned baseball altogether after having one of the more successful games of the genre. not sure how you can disappoint fans MORE by not even releasing a gm (nba elite).

madden has greatly underwhelmed each yr since it moved to next gen in 06. the gm actually regressed in 08/09 until ian cummings took over in 10 and got it back on track somewhat. but now he left (because EA's US studio is clueless) and they could go back to regressing again.

nhl, because it's produced by EA canada (the wise studio it seems), is very well made and actually caters to fans of the series. fifa, of course, is well done as EA no doubt feeds that series handsomely with funding.

its just funny to hear people praise EA because you will hear nothing but complaints from hardcore gamers of all but 2 of their mainstream sports gms.

[andman666]

Well then you'll be very satisfied in hearing that Grand Slam Tennis 2 is being made by the folks in Vancouver, Canada, they are around the corner of the FIFA team. GST 2 will also be introducing the feature called 'Game Face' which will allow you to scan a photo of yourself and will be shown in the actual game itself, this feature is probably one of the many original (I think?) FIFA features in GST 2

[RainingAmoeba79]

Alright!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RainingAmoeba79]

First sign EA is not taking GST2 too seriously: Fed still has a k90.

[Rob ITST]

By the time GST2 rolls around, he won't even be playing with the BLX6.1.

[RainingAmoeba79]

ya, ik that but still, 2009?

[VMoe86]

First sign EA is not taking GST2 too seriously: Fed still has a k90.

I'm pretty sure that teaser trailer is based on material they had ready for the Xbox360 and PS3 versions of GST back in 2009. At least EA did care that much in GST to give Federer only one wristbrand - seeing him wearing two of them in Top Spin 4 is still annoying me every time I play a match with Federer.

[tonedawg1]

They have Wimbledon ! On ts4 they still have to call it Dublin. Open

[RainingAmoeba79]

First sign EA is not taking GST2 too seriously: Fed still has a k90.

I'm pretty sure that teaser trailer is based on material they had ready for the Xbox360 and PS3 versions of GST back in 2009. At least EA did care that much in GST to give Federer only one wristbrand - seeing him wearing two of them in Top Spin 4 is still annoying me every time I play a match with Federer.

Agreed.

[PerfectAce]

First sign EA is not taking GST2 too seriously: Fed still has a k90.

I'm pretty sure that teaser trailer is based on material they had ready for the Xbox360 and PS3 versions of GST back in 2009. At least EA did care that much in GST to give Federer only one wristbrand - seeing him wearing two of them in Top Spin 4 is still annoying me every time I play a match with Federer.

What about his service stance??? And Sampras??? Annoying...

[RainingAmoeba79]

Oh ya, that was pretty stupid. i mean, just using the second serve animation instead of the first is too hard?

[PerfectAce]

Oh ya, that was pretty stupid. i mean, just using the second serve animation instead of the first is too hard?

This is another crazy stupid thing about the game. I have never seen a real player change completely his stance when he decide to SV...

Even in TS1 Sampras had a more realistic stance. Federer, to be honest, never had. In TS2 they just change the name and look from Sampras to Fed. Maybe the best version was in TS3, but I didn´t have PS3 by that time...