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MontanaHatchet on 11 June 2009
DKII said:
Just like when the Wii first launched, all the people who are too hardcore for motion controls and just suck at them will review games poorly by saying the controls suck when it's really just they don't know how to play. If any of these "hardcore" press actually turned on their Wii's more than twice a year they might know how to play its games a bit better.

Grand Slam Tennis was fun, very much like Wii Sports Tennis but with a bit more depth, and that's about all that matters. Tiger Woods is better though.

Please don't blame it on the reviewers instead of the game. It's really annoying when people do that. Tiger Woods uses motion plus, and it's getting great reviews. It's not the fault of reviewers that Grand Slam Tennis isn't a good game. And I heard a lot of PS3 fans claim that Lair is a good game if you just learn how to play it. It's all just false. And I should certainly hope that GST has more depth than Wii Sports Tennis, considering that it's a full game instead of one of five sports in a demo-style game.



 

 

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**Slash** on 11 June 2009
PSaiki said:
So....... You play better WITHOUT WM+..........

Considering WM+ makes thing more realistic......... don't you think you're a horrible tennis player?

I haven't playd myself, but I pretty much expect myself to suck in a tennis game with more realist controls. I'm not a tennis player.

When they make a 1:1 Star Wars I expect so many people complaining about the game.
Come on, do you people thing a average gamer will have sword skills? ........ LOL


But if one day they do some kind of fighting game I expect to kick ass. (Judo, Karate, Personal defense.)
Give me a 1:1 fighting game. =P


i have played tennis for over 10 years so i think i know the mechanics a bit



   

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**Slash** on 11 June 2009
lazyrider said:
I bought a copy yesterday (sorry OP...). And I got frustrated right away cause I was really hyped. But after 30 minutes you realise that you can not play it like Wii Sprts Tennis and that it is important to bring the racket back (ie prepare your forehand or backhand). Once you do this, all comes into place.

Learning curve is big on this one which will probably cause more threads such as this but I have a feeling that after many hours on this game, things will just get better and better.

You just have to forget the Tennis on Wii Sports (the controls I mean)...

i have nothing against a learning curve but the game should atleast react as i tell it, especially with wm+



   

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**Slash** on 11 June 2009
famousringo said:
**Slash** said:

i'm just too angry right now to make reasonable statements :)

i haven't tried out all the modes and online and that stuff which might be alright, i'm just talking about the controls.

 

without wm+ u can hit the ball with no problems and also direct the ball where u want but to get slices and top spins right it's worse compared to wii sports tennis.

 

with wm+ the controls is all over the place nearly no 1v1 tracking, everything with a delay. To get the direction of the ball right is a bitch, slice and top spin work usually alright and r easier to make than without wm+ but ur caracter runs all over the place so that u often stand wrong to the ball and make a wrong and not intended hit or even make a swing to early or no swing at all.

i was expecting much better and more precise controls than this, maybe virtua tennis is beter i dont know, tiger woods 10 definatley is.

 

I think this is the crux of most control problems with the game. People play with no nunchuk and the auto-run puts them in an awkward position. It sounds like people who play with a nunchuk have a better experience, although managing your swing while navigating your position is a more complicated game than some people want to play.

advanced play or a laerning curve is good but when i want to make a backhand and the character often just turns around to make a forehand instead and wise versa, is very annoying..

often it doesnt recognice my swing at all or it already swings when i just begin to make a swing movement with the remote.



   

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Goodlife on 11 June 2009

Balls.
I play tennis a few times a week, so was looking forward to tennis game with Motion+
I put the initial bad control reviews down to the fact that people were trying to play it like they were playing Wii Sports Tennis.



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lazyrider on 11 June 2009
**Slash** said:
lazyrider said:
I bought a copy yesterday (sorry OP...). And I got frustrated right away cause I was really hyped. But after 30 minutes you realise that you can not play it like Wii Sprts Tennis and that it is important to bring the racket back (ie prepare your forehand or backhand). Once you do this, all comes into place.

Learning curve is big on this one which will probably cause more threads such as this but I have a feeling that after many hours on this game, things will just get better and better.

You just have to forget the Tennis on Wii Sports (the controls I mean)...

i have nothing against a learning curve but the game should atleast react as i tell it, especially with wm+

You make a good point. And I did get frustrated when I am clearly "lifting" my shots only to see "slices" on the screen... But I think all that can be improved by playing.

My point is not to convince you but to voice my opinion that though maybe not a must buy game, GST will probably provide a good gaming experience to people (just like the official reviews that go from a 5/10 from Eurogamer to 85%, i think, with IGN). In short, some people (even a lot) will like it.



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Galaki on 11 June 2009

Have you check if battery is weak?
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Samus Aran on 11 June 2009

Why is everyone so hyped about a freaking tennis game. If you like tennis then do it in real life
For me games are about doing things you can't do in real life.

I can understand some sport games, but never understood why people buy tennis games. I guess it's just me.



**Slash** on 11 June 2009
lazyrider said:

 

You make a good point. And I did get frustrated when I am clearly "lifting" my shots only to see "slices" on the screen... But I think all that can be improved by playing.

My point is not to convince you but to voice my opinion that though maybe not a must buy game, GST will probably provide a good gaming experience to people (just like the official reviews that go from a 5/10 from Eurogamer to 85%, i think, with IGN). In short, some people (even a lot) will like it.


i played only half an hour so far and of course i will play more and try to improve, only from my first impression i was quite disappointed



   

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benoit on 11 June 2009
**Slash** said:
 


i played only half an hour so far and of course i will play more and try to improve, only from my first impression i was quite disappointed

 

oh come on! you played the game for only  half an hour and you make a thread crying wolf and bashing the game... way to give the game a chance... May be you should have played it 3-4 hours and then tell us if you sucked or the game still sucks... 'cause right now, there's no way to tell....