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Game Information
- Platform: PlayStation 3
- PEGI Rating: Ages 3 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- REAL TENNIS: Top Spin 4 allows gamers to see, feel, and hear everything the pros do in a real tennis match. From the life-like visuals of the world’s best players, to the faithful recreation of the world’s most hallowed courts and the unparalleled authenticity of the on-court gameplay, Top Spin 4 provides a breathtaking tennis experience.
- INNOVATIVE CONTROLS: Immediately accessible for newcomers yet deep and satisfying for the tennis experts, innovative game controls now allow gamers of any skill level to target their opponent’s weaknesses & become an unstoppable force on the court.
- THE DEEPEST PLAYER ROSTER TO DATE: The best collection of tennis talent ever assembled with 25 of the world’s top pros, talented up-and-comers, and some of the game’s most iconic legends such as Andre Agassi, Boris Becker, Michael Chang and many more. Complete with 2K’s award winning Signature Style that incorporates player specific outfits, appearances, swing styles, behavioural AI, and celebrations.
- NEW TV BROADCAST STYLE PRESENTATION: All-new visual & audio elements bring tennis to life like never before with pre-match animation sequences, diverse crowd reactions & audio effects, dynamic broadcast style camera angles, and much more.
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Manufacturer's Description
Top Spin 4 introduces a bold new take on the sport of tennis allowing you to experience firsthand all of the intensity, emotion, and excitement of a real life tennis match.
With all-new unbelievably responsive controls, electrifying stadium atmospheres, enhanced TV style presentation elements, incredibly accurate player models with Signature moves and an incredibly deep career mode, Top Spin 4 is so real you have experience it to believe it.
Product Description
- Real Tennis: Top Spin 4 allows gamers to see, feel, and hear everything the pros do in a real tennis match. From the life-like visuals of the world's best players, to the faithful recreation of the world's most hallowed courts and the unparalleled authenticity of the on-court gameplay, Top Spin 4 provides a breathtaking tennis experience
- Innovative Controls: Immediately accessible for newcomers yet deep and satisfying for the tennis experts, innovative game controls now allow gamers of any skill level to target their opponent's weaknesses & become an unstoppable force on the court
- The Deepest Player Roster To Date: The best collection of tennis talent ever assembled with 25 of the world's top pros, talented up-and-comers, and some of the game's most iconic legends such as Andre Agassi, Boris Becker, Michael Chang and many more. Complete with 2K's award winning Signature Style that incorporates player specific outfits, appearances, swing styles, behavioural AI, and celebrations
- New TV Broadcast Style Presentation: All-new visual & audio elements bring tennis to life like never before with pre-match animation sequences, diverse crowd reactions & audio effects, dynamic broadcast style camera angles, and much more
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
I've been a Virtua Tennis man for a while and i've never played a top spin game before. Top Spin 4 has blown me away. I love the arcade style that Virtua Tennis has but it has always been too easy. Top Spin 4 is the most realistic Tennis game i have played.
You dont run around the court at 100MPH all the time. It is much more accurate and your tennis player has a real time energy status that gets better/worse depending on the last point you have played. It's also a joy to have a crowd that reacts to the game itself and the lack of cheesy music whilst playing is brilliant, this game does not need cheesy music.
The game also eases you into it with several hint options so if your playing for the first time, like me, these on screen prompts tell you how well you have done with your shots. It takes a bit of getting used too but it is way ahead of Virtua Tennis.
This game includes several legends which is a very nice touch. I used to love Sampras Tennis on the PS1 and now i get to play with Pistol Pete once more.
The charachter models are excellent and the graphics are stunning. The motion capture could not be any better.
Full marks for game play
Full marks for graphics
The career mode is good and is well paced. You have 4 slots in which to create new players to start a new season. You can build your player up in 3 areas:
Serve & Volley
Baseline Offence
Baseline Defence
You do level up quite quickly but you can only go to level 20. This means that you cant make a "super" player and demolish everyone. The game makes sure it is always a challenge. Season mode plays out monthly and in each month you have either a warm up match or special event and then you can chose a tournament to enter. You can hire coaches which give you bonuses (extra stamina, power etc) but you have to complete certain in game challenges to get them.
Career mode is quite a simple concept and it works. Seeing the different variations in playing styles makes this game very interesting. Keeps you on your toes.
The training academy is also a very good addition. It tells you how to pull off all the possible shots in the game. Both the instruction manual and the in game hints did not tell me how to do power serves but the academy did so i would higly recommend going there first.
I've been wanting a decent tennis simulation for a while and this is it. I cant see myself putting this down for a while.
On the downside, there is no wimbledon but there are a wealth of other courts on the game which more than makes up for it.
Well sone 2K Sports
You dont run around the court at 100MPH all the time. It is much more accurate and your tennis player has a real time energy status that gets better/worse depending on the last point you have played. It's also a joy to have a crowd that reacts to the game itself and the lack of cheesy music whilst playing is brilliant, this game does not need cheesy music.
The game also eases you into it with several hint options so if your playing for the first time, like me, these on screen prompts tell you how well you have done with your shots. It takes a bit of getting used too but it is way ahead of Virtua Tennis.
This game includes several legends which is a very nice touch. I used to love Sampras Tennis on the PS1 and now i get to play with Pistol Pete once more.
The charachter models are excellent and the graphics are stunning. The motion capture could not be any better.
Full marks for game play
Full marks for graphics
The career mode is good and is well paced. You have 4 slots in which to create new players to start a new season. You can build your player up in 3 areas:
Serve & Volley
Baseline Offence
Baseline Defence
You do level up quite quickly but you can only go to level 20. This means that you cant make a "super" player and demolish everyone. The game makes sure it is always a challenge. Season mode plays out monthly and in each month you have either a warm up match or special event and then you can chose a tournament to enter. You can hire coaches which give you bonuses (extra stamina, power etc) but you have to complete certain in game challenges to get them.
Career mode is quite a simple concept and it works. Seeing the different variations in playing styles makes this game very interesting. Keeps you on your toes.
The training academy is also a very good addition. It tells you how to pull off all the possible shots in the game. Both the instruction manual and the in game hints did not tell me how to do power serves but the academy did so i would higly recommend going there first.
I've been wanting a decent tennis simulation for a while and this is it. I cant see myself putting this down for a while.
On the downside, there is no wimbledon but there are a wealth of other courts on the game which more than makes up for it.
Well sone 2K Sports
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
The last Top Spin game was a let down with weird controlls and an impossibly hard gameplay, and with Virtua Tennis it's just the same game every time just with updated rosters and courts. But know with the release of Top Spin 4 it puts a real tennis game on the market which plays like a real tennis game.
+ Realistic
+ Good Roster
+ Addictive Gameplay
+ Great Courts including the 02
- No Wimbledon
- Murray looks a bit weird
10/10
5/5
A must own game for tennis fans.
+ Realistic
+ Good Roster
+ Addictive Gameplay
+ Great Courts including the 02
- No Wimbledon
- Murray looks a bit weird
10/10
5/5
A must own game for tennis fans.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
EDIT (06/4/11) - I am now editing and considering what I have initially wrote from launch day. My initial review still stands, and it is a brilliant game - offline - however I have noticed some problems. Playing online is very frustrating, gone are the 'tactics' because most of the players who often win are overpowered creations with high stats for their forehand, power and serve. As a result I rarely play online because 'everybody' has the same player types. This results in a 'one strike' tennis on every shot - rarely seen in real tennis with massive flat booming groundstrokes, performing such flat shots in real life is avoided since it causes too many unforced errors (Del Potro, Federer and Soderling have relatively flat forehands, but cautiously use their 'raw maximum power' on shots, instead using a combination of topspin in every shot). Moreover the movement is a little slow for me, reactions and turning on the spot can be quite annoying, for relatively near shots.
This is honestly an amazing game. I play tennis regularly, and understand how strategy and shot making is difficult to execute and the challenges of facing an opponent who plays a certain style. It does this in an accessible and easy to pick up way for newcomers, however provides real depth for more hardcore gamers. Topspin 3 failed doing this, with complicated buttons as well as combinations to play a straight forward shot. Gone are the 'risk' and 'power' shoulder buttons from T3 - instead is 'power' and 'control' are now the shots to achieve. This is done by long pressing a button for a power shot. A control shot is a quick tap of the button for angled/placement shots.
On screen helpers indicate the 'timing' of the shot - crucial for a 'good' or 'perfect' shot. Not doing so will cause unforced errors, bad placements and a weak shot. The on screen helpers are a massive benefit to the game - T3 suffered from a lack of help and support on shots, you simply didn't understand why shots were bad, this is resolved in T4.
Topspin 4 incorporates three 'styles' of play: aggressive basliner, counter-puncher and serve & volleyer. This is incredible important and makes a lot of difference. Playing an opponent who is skilled in either 3, forces you to think how to approach the match and chose your tactics and shots wisely. Fatigue is equally important, do you want to play long rallys against somebody who has high stamina?
I left out lots of things, but understand this is a really good game. It's a 'simulation', however incredible rewarding and accessible for newcomers alike. I didn't like playing Virtua Tennis for the past couple of games since it was too 'easy', no thought was taken towards the strategy of playing tennis (positioning, shot choices) as well as fatigue of players as well as a deep and rewarding gaming system.
This is honestly an amazing game. I play tennis regularly, and understand how strategy and shot making is difficult to execute and the challenges of facing an opponent who plays a certain style. It does this in an accessible and easy to pick up way for newcomers, however provides real depth for more hardcore gamers. Topspin 3 failed doing this, with complicated buttons as well as combinations to play a straight forward shot. Gone are the 'risk' and 'power' shoulder buttons from T3 - instead is 'power' and 'control' are now the shots to achieve. This is done by long pressing a button for a power shot. A control shot is a quick tap of the button for angled/placement shots.
On screen helpers indicate the 'timing' of the shot - crucial for a 'good' or 'perfect' shot. Not doing so will cause unforced errors, bad placements and a weak shot. The on screen helpers are a massive benefit to the game - T3 suffered from a lack of help and support on shots, you simply didn't understand why shots were bad, this is resolved in T4.
Topspin 4 incorporates three 'styles' of play: aggressive basliner, counter-puncher and serve & volleyer. This is incredible important and makes a lot of difference. Playing an opponent who is skilled in either 3, forces you to think how to approach the match and chose your tactics and shots wisely. Fatigue is equally important, do you want to play long rallys against somebody who has high stamina?
I left out lots of things, but understand this is a really good game. It's a 'simulation', however incredible rewarding and accessible for newcomers alike. I didn't like playing Virtua Tennis for the past couple of games since it was too 'easy', no thought was taken towards the strategy of playing tennis (positioning, shot choices) as well as fatigue of players as well as a deep and rewarding gaming system.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Good fun
If you play real tennis, you'll like this game. Timing, swinging, positioning, power vs control, shot options, forced and unforced errors, it's all there. Read more
Published 20 days ago by Ricardo Hibon
Awesome but not the easiest game to play.
The learning curve is steep but when you finally master the basics it is a huge lot of fun. Best tennis game I ever played actually.
Published 1 month ago by Davide Davini
Great fun, especially against friends.
Really good game. Very reasonable price too. Soo much fun with friends (especially a four player doubles match!). Really great fun in multiplayer mode. Read more
Published 1 month ago by ssd82
nice game
It was an excellent buy, very quick to arrive and it's an nice game to play! Do not know if it's better than Virtua Tennis, but I liked this. Read more
Published 3 months ago by maffa
the best
the best tennis game in ps3 by far. at first a bit disappointment because i'm still used to the top spin 3. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. B. C. Martin
A superb game which gets close to perfection
This is the first console tennis game i've played. I'm a huge tennis fan and always wanted a game like this (I love playing them at arcades too) but never really got round to it... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Gunny
Similar to top spin 3.
It took me more than 2 months to get the game since the moment I asked for it, because it was sent with another game that was not in stock. The game is very similar to top spin 3. Read more
Published 7 months ago by J
Great game, odd difficulty progression
It's a great game, so fun. There's only one strange thing, and it's about the difficulty progression. Read more
Published 7 months ago by dcano
Pretty good!
The game is quite good for a tennis game. I've been looking for a decent tennis game for a while now. Read more
Published 8 months ago by FK
Very popular game
This has proved to be a smash hit with our teenage children. It is very realistic and as a spectator you can really get drawn into the matches between two players. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mrs. Nicola Sampson
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