The pros feel largely the same on the course. Unfortunately, the title does not succeed in highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the 38 professionals (including Roger Federer and the current world number one Ashleigh Barty). However, we shouldn't expect too much variance, because most of the matches in Tennis World Tour 2 are played in the same way. (Image Credit: NACON) Timing Is CrucialĬompared to the predecessor, this time position to the ball, timing and direction of our stroke are decisive, so the games feel noticeably more realistic. The gameplay has evolve – timing and hitting is way more smooth now. Nevertheless, we regularly return to the court for a few matches as the graphics are quite enjoyable. In the Tennis World Tour 2, the noticeably improved gameplay makes playing matches fun, but it's not really motivating in the long run. Frustration is inevitable for newcomers to tennis. So we have to repeat many games in order to even win at the lowest level of difficulty. However, is that in the first stages you are hardly able to successfully return a ball at all.
With gained experience, we move up in rank, whereupon we improve the pro in three skill categories. We complete tournament after tournament, game after game, and equip our players with new rackets, grips or outfits.
The career mode makes us create our own pro to win the Tournamanets with. With regular relaxation, the exhaustion indicator empties, but if it reaches a critical value, the risk of injuring ourselves in a game increases. But the breaks are just as important, because the more we play, the more exhausted our pro becomes. We browse through the annual tennis calendar in order to participate in various tournaments, fast games or training sessions. We start with a custom created pro, which we get to design based on an array of characteristics. The core of contemporary sports game is the extensive career mode.
In our preview, we could only play fast games, but the final full version unlocks all game modes.