Now, the career mode is broken down into separate seasons and whilst the map returns, it is totally different. Whereas in previous titles, you could go anywhere you want on the map, picking any mini-game you wish, this system has been totally overhauled for Virtua Tennis 4.
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GAMEPLAY: The biggest change to the series is in the World Tour mode. The crowd is serviceable, which is really all you could ever expect from a tennis title. Grunting is as it should be, with special mention going to the most camp grunt you’ve ever heard a man make. The sound effects of ball on racquet are great, and the peripheral court sounds are nice too, for example the screeching on an artificial court. There is no option to simply turn it off during matches yet retain it in the menus, so it’s either always on, or always off. The music is horrible, and I eventually resorted to just turning it off.
Virtua Tennis 4 is a very arcade-style game, and as such, you’ll hear lots of arcade-style noises. SOUND: As is normal with a tennis game, there isn’t an awful lot to write home about. In that respect, get used to mashing the X button (on a PlayStation 3) to skip these scenes, over and over again. During a match, line-judges will frequently have no reaction to getting pelted in the knee or groin with a tennis ball, and when you see a ball boy running across the court, you’ll wonder why they bothered, since a replay or cut-scene will interrupt the flow of the match, again. In play of course, you won’t notice an awful lot of this, but the invasive replays and mini cut-scenes during matches highlight all of the above. Whilst the players’ animations are an absolute joy to behold, get up close and the non-licenced players can look grotesque! Worse yet, the sweat effect is very strange and gives the created players a wax-like appearance, and let’s not even get started on how strange players’ teeth look!
However, there are some serious visual inconsistencies at play. GRAPHICS: As you would expect, Virtua Tennis 4 is the prettiest game in the series to date, with tennis courts that look magnificent. But for this entry into the franchise, is it enough? With PlayStation Move, 3D, and Kinect support, every base is covered in Virtua Tennis 4 and the original development team are even on the case. Given that the last outing felt somewhat definitive, how much further could SEGA really go with an arcade Tennis title? However, with its arcade leanings, Virtua Tennis is a series that feels as though it has been around forever. It has been two years since the last Virtua Tennis game, and many gamers appreciate that SEGA don’t just wheel out the same game each year, iterating upon it in a gradual, piecemeal way. Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition is out on 22nd February, 2012.Available on: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PC (Reviewed on PlayStation 3) We are sure you will have hours of fun with these new motion sensing features and that they will have you hooked to your PlayStation Vita! When a target lights up red it means you can earn more points when it is hit. The aim of the game is to hit the targets on the boat you can do this by ‘rocking’ the boat to reach more targets, by simply tilting the console left and right. You must reach the checkpoint score in the allotted time to keep the game going and keep increasing your score. This is a fun extra which puts the player against a timer to score the highest score possible. This really gives you the feeling of being on the court with the pros.Īnother feature using the motion sensing controls is the mini-game ‘Rock the Boat’. Matches can be viewed with 360⁰ views of the court and all it takes is to tilt the console to wherever you want to look. The control you get over the game and how you view the court and its surrounding areas provides a great gaming experience. This game mode gives you a first person view of the game and really makes you feel as though you are on the court with the players. In Virtua Tennis you get the most realistic tennis experience possible with a new game mode we have called ‘VR Match’, exclusive to PlayStation Vita.
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The PlayStation Vita allows you to play games using motion sensors by simply tilting the screen at angles of up to 360⁰ you can take full control of how you view the game. Welcome to the second of four blogs where I will talk about how we have implemented the unique new features of the PlayStation Vita to full effect in Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour Edition. Hi, I am Mie Kumagai, Executive Producer for Virtua Tennis.
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