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Wednesday, January 07th 2009
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Top Spin 3
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List Price: $29.99
Our Price: $27.99
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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: 2K Games
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Amazon Maximum Age: 20
Amazon Minimum Age: 60
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Video Game
Brand: 2K Sports
EAN: 0710425373718
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Feature: Play against or as more than 20 top ranked players including Bjorn Borg, Boris Becker and Monica Seles
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: 2K Games
Manufacturer: 2K Games
Model: 37371
Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
Publisher: 2K Games
Release Date: 2008-06-23
Studio: 2K Games
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Features
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Play against or as more than 20 top ranked players including Bjorn Borg, Boris Becker and Monica Seles
Play on more than 40 prestigious and visually stunning venues from around the world such as Roland Garros in Paris (French Open) and Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne (Australian Open)
Easy to Pick Up & Play - intuitive controls give you the ability to set your own pace and learn to master the courts, no matter what skill level you are
Play in 4 different online game modes ranging from quick match to comprehensive World Tours with up to 2 separately connected consoles
Use a new and innovative Player Creator to customize your own unique tennis stars with free-form body sculpting, makeup and tattoos
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Editorial Reviews:
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Compete against the pros with Top Spin 3. Play online or offline to rise in the ranks against current top ranked professional players. This is a visually and physically realistic tennis experience. Using next generation technology, gameplay and graphics, Top Spin 3 features dynamic weather changes, evolutionary player visuals and comprehensive online offerings. With a unique user-generated component, you can also use new player creator features that include free-form body sculpting, makeup and tattoos.
Create matches online and test your skills against friends or other ranked players around the world
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Very good game
Comment: Its mostly a real oriented game, not an arcade one. I just need to keep playing it since Ive got it a couple of days ago but seems very nice. Since it es real life oriented the game tends to be quite difficult at the beggining but you get on it in a few hours of play.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not worth the money.
Comment: The graphic on this game is terrific, however, that's the only good thing about this game. Movement and the speed of the game is very slow, compare to Virtua Tennis 3. I am glad that I only paid $28 for this game, and no wonder Amazon selling this game for that price.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Pretty Disappointed
Comment: I bought this game thinking the gameplay will be fun and intuitive. Instead I found that the game takes a while to get used to and the gameplay/controls are almost reverse of what they should really be. I played Top Spin back when it came out years back for PS2 and really enjoyed it, but this version was a not fun. I'm a big Madden fan so controls aren't the issue it's more how the thumbsticks are utilized. Graphics are good, creating a player is fun but the game itself is a 2/5.
I would pass and try something different..
Customer Rating:
Summary: Difficult to learn, but fun once you know how to play
Comment: This game is not like most other tennis games out there. Specifically, when compared to a game like Virtua Tennis 3, the learning curve is much harder. The first week was spent mistiming the swings and either missing completely or performing really weak returns that made me wonder how I could make Federer look so clumsy. Where virtua tennis allows for fun pickup games with people that might not have played the game before, it's painful to play against or watch someone that hasn't learned how to play top spin.
However, after a few weeks of playing the game, I'm consistently able to perform strong serves and groundstrokes. The game has a more realistic feel to it: The characters move at a slower and natural pace, when compared to virtua tennis. Off-balance shots you take when running to the ball, have a chance of hitting the net, even if you time things well.
The online play isn't stellar, but at least it exists. The main problem I have with online play is that against the majority of people I play, their connections are laggy. The lag only manifests when you are about to swing at the ball, which sometimes causes me to mistime the release (your player and the ball basically stutter, as the game tries to synchronize the information on your swing to the other player). Another problem with online play is that there is no way to specify that you want to play against someone on your PS3 friends list, so you always get paired against a random player.
Overall, once you learn how to use the controls for the game, I give this game 5 stars for non-online play, but 3 stars for online play.
Customer Rating:
Summary: best tennis game yet
Comment: I would consider this game to have a steep learning curve, as it definitely takes some time to master the controls. Other than that, the game has many customizability options, a lot of tennis courts and players, and decent graphics.
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