Why would anyone care to increase stamina by 3% when it makes no noticeable difference? At least these cards do not cost real world money because there would be zero chance anyone would pay for them. The attempt to spice up gameplay with these buffs and debuffs is admirable at best but isn’t enough to create that wow factor. Instead, players can unlock cards which can be used in-game to boost the player’s abilities or hinder the opponent. This is sim title so there cannot be super moves like in most Mario Tennis games as that wouldn’t make sense. Also, when the ball is returned to the player, your character auto-moves into position and it is super annoying as you wind up fighting the auto-control just as much as the stupid swing meter mechanics.Įven if the swing and serve mechanics worked and were fun, the rest of the game isn’t exactly loaded with features or an impressive roster of players. Hitting the ball back and forth is the main action in tennis so when this basic element is way too technical and inaccurate, rage quitting becomes more of a threat than the opponent on the other side of the net. The problem is, each bad shot usually hits the ball out of bounds or into the net. Apparently there is a way to get a perfect shot but this requires frame perfect accuracy and a bit of luck. No matter what I did, I always got a “too early” or a “too late” indicator. When making contact with the ball, the game grades each shot as it is made. Each face button on the controller is assigned to a specific type of shot but hitting it with power and accuracy is cumbersome. If you somehow serve a ball to the other player without penalty, returning shots is just as frustrating. You know you are in trouble when landing even a simple serve is impossible. After playing through the hour long tutorial, I literally double faulted my entire first match against the AI. However, in my trial and error, I found that the player actually needs to wait for the ball to descend in order hit a perfect serve. In fact, when the ball is tossed during a serve, the tutorial states to hit it when it reaches peak height. Along the way, the player can aim using the analog stick but none of these three components are consistent or enjoyable. Serving, for example, tasks the player with stopping a meter in the center of a semicircle then needs to press the button again at the right time to control power. Tennis World Tour 2 suffers from a terrible swing mechanic system that almost makes the game unplayable.
Big Ant has been carrying the tennis simulation torch with their World Tour series but unfortunately hit another fault straight into the net. Other than Mario Tennis Aces and AO Tennis, there have not been many tennis titles of note released this console generation.
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