Ano on 16 June 2009
| puffy said: Impressions from a poster on Neogaf: "Quick impressions! Interface is clean, Music is fine, Pat Cash is commentator (the only one I've noticed could be more) - doesn't say much. Played some quick Exhibition play first to get the hang of it and that works well. But then jump online and just had a 40 minute match with some French guy (playing as Nadal). Online is great, not MUCH lag but was playing a game in France so yeah twitched a couple of times, was great battle was going between 40 and Adv all the time for 15 mins had the room cheering. Leaders boards are good too (I'm now ranked 5th worldwide, Bozon is above me grrr), there is also a country leaderboard and Australia is now 3rd thanks to my efforts - I am indeed the first Aussie to have it no one else is on there. Online has the EA online perks like adding buddies from people you play, adding people off the leader boards and even adding people from your Wii Friend List. World Tour/Tourney mode looks promising the AI is pretty good. There is some party modes but I didn't try them. Now the bigger issue, controls! Played with the Nunchuck and without. The game is serviceable without a Nunchuck it works fine but they'll be times where a player (mainly online) follows a pattern but your AI doesn't latch onto it and you keep failing to reach the ball in time. Luckily the nunchuck can be plugged in and taken out at any time. You do use A for Lob and B for a short stabby type shot and I know some people think Motionplus could of ended that but it's doing enough I think as it is and you can put (I don't know tennis terms so I'll use Golf) draw and fade as well as spin on. edit: Oh sometimes if you move too far/fast without swinging it registers your body movement as a swing which can trip you up. Didn’t bother playing without MotionPlus so can’t help you there. Any questions? I'm buggered from playing :P" |
I'd help Aussies online but I still don't know whether to get VT or GST yet because theres no online gameplay footage and not enough reviews!
