Virtua Tennis is Sega's only sports franchise left that's still receiving regular yearly updates and the latest is Virtua Tennis 4. One of the game's selling points is its Motion control compatibility. And it works pretty well and far and away a lot better than Top Spin 4's Efforts on motion. However it does make the game a little easier and less fun, especially when the novelty has worn off, but the biggest problem with the motion control is that the game doesn't seem to take account of how hard you hit the ball and the controls are too forgiving. Moving on to the rest of the game, well it reminds me of Virtua Tennis on the dreamcast as in that the core gameplay hasn't really changed all that much, sure it's a little more refined but it's pretty much the same story. In terms of looks it's an improvement on Virtua Tennis 3, it looks how it should, bright and detailed with lots of colour and the slow motion cameras are great. In terms of actual playing the career mode is a lot of fun along with the shallower arcade modes, the story mode puts you in the shoes of a self-made tennis player across a four-year career. You then collect stars (classic Sega) and compete in games and tournaments all around several entertaining and different mini games that add a great deal of variety and fun to the overall package. Overall it's the best tennis game out right now, The formula hasn't changed much but then why should it.
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