The fourth part of the Virtua Tennis series is once again accessible to so entertaining as tennis fun. Whether justified in comparison to Virtua Tennis 2009 rather sporadic innovations a new purchase, clarifies our test of the PC version.
Anyone who claims to be a lot of competitors come and go've seen is either imagined or actually has something awful on the box. The manufacturer, in the case of Sega Virtua Tennis fortunately rather say the latter by itself. For the sports-tempered game series stands for more than twelve years of successful arcade entertainment, whether in the arcade, on the consoles or (for Virtua Tennis from 2002) on the PC.
Virtua Tennis 4
A tennis doubles with three friends, thanks to the ease of control makes the most fun.
Game play: As in the sand
Already the first tennis match immediately puts us "in the" good old days. Primarily acoustic, because that little melodic arcade tooting one goes after a few minutes whining to the biscuit.
We turn off the music and concentrate on the tournament. While the two players hit the sandy place the tennis ball around the ears, we marvel at the complex, buttery soft animations. The boys run and jump but much more agile than their real counterparts, but the pace brings into play the tournaments and seasoned with much amusement. Nevertheless, Virtua Tennis is a tad more realistic than its four predecessors. For example, omitted from the Virtua Tennis 2009 known pike jumps, with which the opponent almost every ball was hit back really unattainable after all.
Does not hinder the flow of the game. We continue to push us to the ball, build up tension and really feel the pressure when we are fighting for a match point. Especially in such moments of adrenaline-soaked us a new feature comes in handy: the momentum indicator. With their help, we build a kind of super hit on (indicated by a corresponding bar), which is sent from a particular camera movement in painting and especially computer opponent brings up a sweat - cool! The super shots also reveal that Virtua Tennis 4 is an arcade game through and through. Simulation fans should therefore access to the console rather exclusive Top Spin 4.
To the predecessor model already in control - we recommend a gamepad - Sega has not changed: The digital keys, we decide whether we want to beat the aforementioned smash hit, a retarding slice, topspin, or praised. With the analog stick, we determine the approximate direction of impact. It works intuitively and is used very beginner friendly. Only the menus to be noted that they are optimized for consoles. Mouse support is missing.
The career: from the bottom to the top
The star cast in Virtua Tennis 4 (19 players) is slightly smaller than that of Top Spin 4 (25 players). Nevertheless, there are plenty of such illustrious names such as ATP-Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Even the best players in the WTA are represented, such as Venus Williams, Ana Ivanovic and Maria Sharapova. The PlayStation 3 version comes with three legends in addition to still remain the PC gamers, but withheld. Whether Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg and Patrick Rafter be submitted as a download is not known.
The career mode has undergone a major overhaul Sega: We create your own athletes and we play in four seasons at the top of the tennis world. The editor is not as comprehensive as similar tools in other recent sports games, but quite useful.
The World map of the career mode is like a board game developed in which we move randomly by dice tickets to the appropriate fields to the front. So we practice in varied training units (which have a negligible effect on our values) to play charity tournaments to tennis celebs or rest us from the hotel. The latter is important in order to gain condition for the matches because players risk exhausted nasty injuries. Earned cash, we squander the store to buy our players new clothing and accessories. But have only cosmetic value.
Attention simulation fans: The career mode of Virtua Tennis 4 lacks the seriousness, the Top Spin offers a fourth Because we gather in training chicken eggs to the hatched chicks to be sure to bring Mama Hen, or we shoot the bats footballs into a goal. In addition to the career, the individual match and the party mode (mini games) is waiting for Virtua Tennis 4 nor with the obligatory arcade mode. In this we choose a player and there are so many matches without a defeat as possible - motivated as ever.
The graphics: Liquid game. Literally.
Visually, Virtua Tennis 4 leaves a good impression: the players move realistically, and even start to sweat when a match lasts even longer. The audience is animated properly. There are graphical compromises only when a player remains in the repetition times depend on the net or ramming a ball boy. Such blunders are the exception. Sega Virtua Tennis 4 Ever has ported very well to the PC. Especially in view of the currently unmatched pretty graphics hardware requirements are very modest to positive. Even if there are four players pepper the tennis ball around the ears, they are spared from disturbing jerkiness.
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