IMPRESSIONS

[Moralspain]

The game is so easy, i don't get it. It's almost impossible to miss a shot , returns against Roger Federer's serve are easy to manage too
I'm a bit shock right now

[KluddKalle]

The game is so easy, i don't get it. It's almost impossible to miss a shot , returns against Roger Federer's serve are easy to manage too
I'm a bit shock right now

What's the difficulty setting?

[Moralspain]

The game is so easy, i don't get it. It's almost impossible to miss a shot , returns against Roger Federer's serve are easy to manage too
I'm a bit shock right now

What's the difficulty setting?

hard.
you don't miss a **** shot it doesn't matter if you hit the ball "too late", "too easy", "perfect", anyway i guess it's still too soon to judge the game.
One thing is sure, it'll be more popular than TS3 cause it's more easy for beginners

[Moralspain]

Skills
Federer:

- Shot counter
- Passing shot sniper
- Inside out master

Nadal:

- Shot counter
- Reach swing expert
- Monster defense

Nole:

- Return serve counter
- Semi-volley king
- Highly flammable ( )

Murray:

- Reach swing expert
- Wrong foot expert
- Poisoned slices (hahaha)
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[KluddKalle]

What about atmosphere and other things they have talked about? Graphics?

[Moralspain]

as i told Anil through the Xbox i'm a bit down right now, i guess it'll improve once you'll be able to face a real person and not a computer...we'll see

[Moralspain]

What about atmosphere and other things they have talked about? Graphics?

yeah all those things are good, way much better than in TS3, the animations are very good, i thought i would never say this but Federer backhand rocks hahaha

[KluddKalle]

Could it be that the difficulty will be hard enough on very hard? Because I felt that TS3 (and 1 + 2) always was to easy. On very hard it was ok but still not hard enough.

[Moralspain]

Could it be that the difficulty will be hard enough on very hard? Because I felt that TS3 (and 1 + 2) always was to easy. On very hard it was ok but still not hard enough.

well let's hope stamina makes its effect too, i mean i've just played a long rally against Rafa and Fed bar went red quickly, and guess what.... the play ended with Fed missing a shot wen i was trying to hit a powerful flat shot
that being said, playing against persons and no computers is the key to know if the game is good or not, in my opinion

[Jason Fernandes]

So you can choose any of the 4 players to play as? For example could I do like a Roger vs Serena match? etc...

[Moralspain]

So you can choose any of the 4 players to play as? For example could I do like a Roger vs Serena match? etc...

yes that's right

[KluddKalle]

Could it be that the difficulty will be hard enough on very hard? Because I felt that TS3 (and 1 + 2) always was to easy. On very hard it was ok but still not hard enough.

well let's hope stamina makes its effect too, i mean i've just played a long rally against Rafa and Fed bar went red quickly, and guess what.... the play ended with Fed missing a shot wen i was trying to hit a powerful flat shot

Sound fairly realistic?!

[Jason Fernandes]

So you can choose any of the 4 players to play as? For example could I do like a Roger vs Serena match? etc...

yes that's right

Awesome! Can't wait! Thanks mate!

[tenjintenkai]

played the demo as well...

i am very surprised by the "result".... it is different but somehow is almost the same.

It is very strange that in 4 matches i only made one unforced error while playing very agressively. It feels like its impossible to miss a shot... you could make unforced errors in TS3 without even using the triggers... in TS4 its like you can use triggers on all your shots without unforced errors!
Is that the "more accessible" side of the story? Bummer. But it may still be closely tied with the fatigue system (that you cant really feel in a tie-break only) so we'll see that in the full game.

The players feel heavy in the good sense of the word but also in the bad sense. reaching short balls is a nightmare but as you cant miss your shots it's no big deal, just not beautiful tennis (like in the vids we saw).

I liked Nadal and his animations. The sound of the crowd has a lot improved for sure but it still lacks LOTS of variety.

The serve is another weird one. I tried to miss the first serve without success!!! It is strange... also the player doesnt hit the ball on the floor before serving and i thought there would be a button to do it (like in older smash court tennis games) but i couldnt find it. The player stands still like a statue.

The AI sucks big time, as we thought. It is very easy to beat even on "hard". BTW in doubles it seems you can chose level of difficulty of every AI players independently. That's cool.

The controlled shots didnt look all that useful... you can charge every shot it is more efficient. My guess is that the game is not that balanced and that powerful players will always be better than defense characters (cant say about volley yet).

I know i sound negative but i still enjoy playing it for what it is... maybe the points i mentioned wont be relevant in the full game. I don't mind that much if not everything has improved, but i would be very disapointed if some things were better in TS3...

More impressions later.

[Hawkeye Miihawk]

well let's hope stamina makes its effect too, i mean i've just played a long rally against Rafa and Fed bar went red quickly, and guess what.... the play ended with Fed missing a shot wen i was trying to hit a powerful flat shot
that being said, playing against persons and no computers is the key to know if the game is good or not, in my opinion

Even when your shot was perfect, you still missed?