Their review is crap. IGN gave it an 8.5 and called it a must play.
http://wii.ign.com/articles/992/992615p1.html
Closing Comments
Grand Slam Tennis is an impressive package on Wii, and one of the best tennis games I’ve ever played. This opening year of Wii MotionPlus support – and the fact that it’s the first time out the gate for this series – leaves a few odd experiences to be had, and it’s not quite a true 1:1 experience for real-racquet movement, but minus a bit of a learning curve and some mechanical serving the experience is surprisingly fun and really, really addictive. It may seem daunting at first to deal with character movement, swing control, and button modifiers for lobs and drops, but once you get in the zone you’ll feel a level of connectivity that other games on the system just don’t have, and it’s paled only in comparison with Tiger Woods which is simply amazing this year. On top of some impressive, extremely accurate – once you get the feel for them – motion controls the game is also packed with content, including a full Grand Slam career mode, create-a-character, impressive online play that puts country vs. country play at the forefront of it all, and a party mode I actually want to play. I’m hoping EA goes even further with MotionPlus next year, including stronger motion serving and true hand-tracking, but as a debut franchise and rookie MotionPlus effort EA is already raising the bar for sports games on Wii.
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| 8.0 | Presentation It’s got every Grand Slam venue and pro player you could want, but you won’t find pointer support or even analog stick menu support. As for modes though, this game is packed. |
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| 8.0 | Graphics The style might throw some people off, but when you’re in mid-rally you’ll appreciate the larger ball and character silhouettes. Slick, polished, but not exactly complex. |
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| 8.0 | Sound Some very simplistic commentary links with nice crowd sounds, some satisfying hits and a nice laid back soundtrack. Not bad, and obviously geared towards the casual crowd. |
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| 8.5 | Gameplay This isn’t as intuitive as Wii Sports Tennis, but once you master it Grand Slam is a thing of beauty and destroys other motion Wii games. Don’t skip on the nunchuk or motionplus. |
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| 9.0 | Lasting Appeal With a full career mode, great online, create-a-player and some decent party modes this one will last you well into next tennis season. |
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| 8.5 |
OVERALL (out of 10 / not an average) |
