Solid,but overrated.
instead of a bar that only moves top to bottom,you get a polygonal player that can move 8 directions in 3D,but that is the only difference.There is only
1 button(yes,1) used for hitting the ball.There is a second button for lob but that is usually useless.Also there are far too many dives by players where they hit the court trying for out of reach balls-not too realistic.There are also only 2 camera views,the standard and a crappy close-up one.The standard camera sucks in 1-player mode because 1/2 the time you are forced to play from the top of the court-I understand why this kind of fixed camera is necessary for 2 players,but in 1 player you should always view behind your player like other games.Say you're playing Madden-would you like to be forced to play offense from the top of the screen going down?No,right ?Or chess-would you like to play the black side from behind the white pieces?No as well.For 1 player modes,sports games should ALWAYS fix the view behind you. Only 2 camera views to choose is sucky.THe close-up one is alway behind your player,but it is too close.So to conclude this game is overall good, but people need to get off its d**k,esp. since Topspin
dethroned it 4 years ago anyway.Peace.