Virtua Tennis 3 Comments by Rob Fahey

"There are few football fans who can glean much enjoyment from PES."

Pardon?

???

Sounds good. I've only ever played the arcade version though.

There are few football fans who can glean much enjoyment from PES (although I'm sure all three of them will now post in the comments thread, just to prove me wrong);

You're missing a "non" somewhere there, Rob.

Plus a volley is when you hit the ball before it hits the ground.

CaptainBen!

I believe a 'non' prefix was missing from the word 'football'.

Er, quite right! I'm going to claim that the "non" was present in the original text and shake my virtual fist at the imaginary sub-editors who removed it. *cough*

There will be more than three people complaining this way. Candidate for EG typo of the year.

no online on PS3? Is that going to be a continuing trend does anyone know?

Perhaps this is why PS3's online play is free... cos no fecker supports it.

Can you wave the sixaxis around to hit the ball? No? Then it's rubbish. Yes? Then it's still rubbish.

;)

I'm curious to know how the game looks and performs at 720p and 1080p, any obvious differences?

"The animated fabric looks stunning in motion."

Even more amazing is that it seemingly bends space-time, allowing it to appear to pass straight through the flesh of any human legs! lol

Mini-games, a prerequisite for EVERY next-gen title.

when is the x360 version out? such a shame that the ps3 will lack it otherwise it might have been the first ps3 i bought in '07!!

"no online on PS3? Is that going to be a continuing trend does anyone know?"

nop.

edit: "nop" meaning it won't be a trend.

ps: virtua tennis MP offline > mp online

Am I the only person who finds this game ugly? :/

So the 360 version it is then?

Ok I'll ask this again:

Does the Xbox360 version allow 4 separate Live accounts on 4 separate Consoles to play a doubles game???

Its the holy grail of Tennis games, someone has to be able to do it surely!

After Fight Night 3 showing the way over a year ago (of next gen characters) - this current version looks like the Dreamcast could have a stab at it! lol

Obviously joking, but the players do seem a bit ropey I agree Lambtron.

Have they got the postitive feedback or rumble right when you hit the ball?

Gizmo - I heard that that did not take long to implement on the PS3

No online play?

You mean...I'm going to have to play with friends and family...in the same ROOM?

Yay, the 360 version is developed by Sumo! After their excellent Outrun2 versions, this almost guarantees the 360 version will look the best...

Does the single player game hold anything for someone who hated the mini games in the previous version ?

I loved the tennis game itself, and wanted to be able to play a career through tournaments and the like, but without having to play the mini games, and you couldn't do that. All you could do was play rather poor single tournaments, and I found the mini games so much of a turn off I couldn't play through the career mode at all.

I also hope they don't adopt the stupid calendar thing that was in Top Spin 2 on the 360. I just want to play a tournament and move on to the next, not miss a tournament because I wasn't paying attention to the calendar and then have to click through another years worth of tat to get to that tournament again.

Airwolf! \o/

Can't wait for this. No projected release date I take it?

March 23?

There should be a Tim Henman minigame where you get to twat tennis balls at some unsuspecting ballgirl's head.

'ps: virtua tennis MP offline > mp online'

True, but:

having the choice of both > not having the choice of both :P

"The animated fabric looks stunning in motion. Yes, that may be the gayest thing we've written today (so far)."

Oh yes, I'm a gayer, and I'm *obsessed* with fabrics, doncha know.

Now where did I leave my drip-dry-cleaning fluid?

\throws it into Rob's face in hissy fit.

"There are few football fans who can glean much enjoyment from PES."

Agree.

>"ps: virtua tennis MP offline > mp online"

VT MP offline + MP online > MP offline only.

You guys make out that powering up a shot is something new when its been around for years. Top spin 2 nailed the player position relative to the ball and how much it affected your power and placement. Still looking forward to vt3 being a tennis nut and all.

why isnt the PS3 version online ? seriously, why ?

@effinwooly

because it was made by Sega M2 who are very erm... traditional in their ways.

I bet if the PS3 version was done by the Sumo branch which "coincidently" they're doing the PSP and Xbox 360 and BOTH have online modes there wouldn't be this discrepancy.

Still havn't enjoyed online with Sports games so no online doesn't affect my decision (yeah I know i'm wierd) although coincidently i'm considering to get the PSP version because it's portable.

"There are few non-football fans who can glean much enjoyment from PES"

No shit: any game based on blokes kicking a ball around that needs a fucking manual the size of a bible..I swear..talk about making a mountain out of a molehill.

PES = DOA = Flight SimulatorX

"VT MP offline + MP online > MP offline only"

My dear boy, you're going to have to shout louder than that: can't you see the PS3 pre-order slip clutched tightly in his fist whilst his fingers are in his ears?

;)

Wow what a farce, how could they not inlcude online play? its not just onlone play either its virtual tennis tv aswell.. automatic 20% deduction on the ps3 version compared to the 360 version.

I read the Official playstation mag just the other day,
their verdict on the sixaxis implementation with this particular game??
Absolutely shite!! How often is this going to be the case?
Ohh and I can't wait to get this on the 360,I really liked the previous versions, and online play is certainly a sexy addition.

@ Rambaldi

Yeah, heaven forbid developers would actually want to give players with enough patience and skill to learn them as many options as they could.

"the shadows underneath players' hairlines and around their eyes still seem somewhat ropey"

My, aren't we picky today???

What does the sixaxis do/stuff up in terms of play?

Hey hold it - whatever happened to the PC version? From earlier previews I had an impression that a PC version was on the way. Don't tell me they've dropped it!

Anyways - has anyone played PC version of Top Spin 2? Pretty nice, inasmuch as being the ONLY half decent tennis game for the PC.

how will this be any more fun than virtua tennis 2K2 on the good old DC?

The game still looks like the same arcadish farse it has always been.

The main point here is that ps3 doesnt support online play. Shocking

"heaven forbid developers would actually want to give players with enough patience and skill to learn them as many options as they could."

/bows down to the might of over-complicated control systems as light streams from the heavens, bathing JayScott in warmth as he holds his PES instruction book high

;)

wow PS3 sucks for online gaming, welcome to the next-gen

I loved VT1 and 2 on DC so I'm really looking forward to this one - sounds like its as playable as the originals!!

It makes no sense to consider Virtua Tennis for the Playstation 3, because the Xbox 360 version will have better graphics and it will have online play that isn't included in the Playstation 3 version.

It is like that with almost every game. The Xbox 360 versions are always better.

The March issue of Game Informer compares F.E.A.R. and NBA Street: Homecourt for both the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3.

Game Informers makes it 100% clear that the Xbox 360 versions of both games have better graphics on the Xbox 360!

This is almost 100% identical to what happened when Gamespot did their famous comparison of games on both the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3, and all of the games compared were listed as better for the Xbox 360 because of smoother framerates, more detail in each frame, better lighting, and faster load times.

Even games that used the Xbox 360 Pre-Alpha Development Kit were better on the Xbox 360, even though the PS3 versions used Final Versions of the Development Kits.

The Xbox 360 and the PS3 both received the Final Versions of their Development Kits in the summer of 2006. Xbox 360 always had a graphics and online performance advantage, just look at the way Ridge Racer 6 was compared to Ridge Racer 7.

Ridge Racer 6 on the Xbox 360 was programmed using a Pre-Alpha Development Kit that only allowed developers to use one-sixth of the Xbox 360 General Purpose CPU Power. But Ridge Racer 7 on the Playstation 3 allowed developers to release the game after having access to the Final Version of the Development Kit for over SIX MONTHS TIME!!!

The stages that appear in both games are better on the Xbox 360--there is water moving under bridges in the Xbox 360 version, while the water never moves on the PS3 version. And there are boats from the Xbox 360 version that aren't included as background images in the Playstation 3 version.

But now that both systems have had their Final Versions of the Development Kits ever since the summer of 2006, the Xbox 360 advantage in performance has been increasing, BIGTIME!!!

Just take a look at games like Gears of War, Blue Dragon, Lost Planet, Crackdown, and many others!

And look at the way third-party games released on both systems are always better on the Xbox 360, and the gap in performance is getting bigger and bigger in favor of the Xbox 360, not only in terms of graphics, but also online performance, and other features like Rumble/Vibration not found in the PS3 controller. Plus, Xbox 360 can do things like play MP3 music from a USB card or the hard drive, while you are playing a game...the PS3 doesn't offer those features...

That is why I am getting the Xbox 360 versions of games like Virtua Tennis 3, Virtua Fighter 5, and so many others.

My God. He's back.