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The editors liked
Swing mechanics are easy to learn
Fun minigames.
Great Virtua Tennis gameplay is back
Variety of mini-games to test your skills
Satisfying World Tour (career) mode
Support for Xbox Live online play
The editors didn't like
World Tour mode is way too easy
Gameplay lacks depth
Online play is mired in lag.
Forced/unforced errors are virtually non-existent
Very weak create-a-player tool
Disappointing graphics compared to other sports games (EA)
Virtua Tennis 2009 is a fun game to play if you want the look and feel of an arcade-style tennis game. There is no detail or fine tuning. The game works well but it is very simplistic on every single level. It is almost impossible to not do well (unl...
Great Virtua Tennis gameplay is back, Variety of mini-games to test your skills, Satisfying World Tour (career) mode, Support for Xbox Live online play
Forced/unforced errors are virtually non-existent, Very weak create-a-player tool, Disappointing graphics compared to other sports games (EA), Computer assistance can be frustrating
A Smash Hit or an Unforced Error? Sega’s Virtua Tennis 2009 isn’t so much a monumental step forward for the tennis franchise as much as it is a very minor sequel. You get an updated roster of players, more international courts to visit, and a...
Abstract: The very first Virtua Tennis on the Sega Dreamcast was a wonderfully fun title that provided my friends and I with an insane amount of hours of enjoyment. Over the years, sequels to the original have kept to the tried and true template that started in ...
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Published: 2009-06-23, Author: Tom , review by: cnet.com
Abstract: To climb to the top of the tennis ranks in real life, you need to be a world-class athlete, put in countless hours perfecting your craft, and have an innate talent to hit a felt-covered ball extremely hard. In Virtua Tennis 2009, you just need stubborn...
Abstract: Virtua Tennis 2009 (VT 2009) would have been more aptly named Virtua Tennis 3.5. That's because this latest version of the beloved tennis franchise is little more than a mildly tweaked edition rather than a full-fledged release. While this is often th...
Abstract: Plick! Plock! Plick! Plock! Boil them down to their bare essentials and tennis games are nothing more than Pong draped in lovingly rendered, high fidelity visuals, with lush green grass filling in for what was once impenetrable black, and sweaty, grunt...
Abstract: Although extremely welcome, it won’t come as a big surprise to learn that VT 2009 has scrapped the diving and instated ‘stumble gameplay’, which means that rather than leaping for the ball like a maniac, your player will stretch for it and stumble in h...
Abstract: If you’re going to make a Tennis game for consoles, now is as good a time as ever to release it, squeezed in between the two mid-year grand slams. Sega have certainly realised this by producing another iteration of their ever popular tennis franchise, ...
