It’s purely down to luck if you hit it right or not.
Even while playing out the training, which doubles as a sort of tutorial there is no explanation of how the timing works, no hints on how to gauge the best time to hit a shot. It might just be me but I really struggled with this system. But this almost fails instantly simply because you have such a small window of opportunity to take the shot yet the charge meter takes too long to fill up so you’re inevitably going to hit your shot too late, if at all. This does give you a small energy bar, the more full it is the harder the shot. Amongst your arsenal of shots, you also have a charge shot. Having played a lot of tennis in my youth, I know the science behind the timing of shots, this game appears to be nothing like the real thing. It’s left down to guesswork, it’s more a case of luck than anything. The trouble is there is no indication of the perfect timing. Get the sweet spot and you have yourself the perfect shot that could win you the point. Too soon and you stand a chance of hitting the net. During a match there is a short time frame for you to hit your shots, if you hit them too soon, your shots could fire wildly outside the tramlines. But unlike classic games such as Virtua Tennis, Tennis World Tour is not a quick pick up and play, this is more of a strategy game where the timing of your shots is key. The face buttons on the controller are your topspin, flat, backhand, slice, drop shot, and lop and that’s pretty much all you have. This sequel follows the same path as the original game capturing the more strategic elements of Tennis, namely working on the timing of the shots. The first Tennis World Tour game wasn’t particularly well-received with a lot of criticism being aimed at the player movement (or lack of) in this sequel, Nacon, and Big Ant Studios have promised new mechanics, more animations, more players, and more strategy.
Could this fill a void for us tennis fans? Up steps Tennis World Tour 2 then, a tennis game that packs in all the top stars of the game, all the stadiums* and tournaments you know and love. I’ve genuinely missed Wimbledon fortnight, which to me is the epitome of British Summer. One sport that seems to have been hardest hit has been tennis. In this year of a pandemic sporting occasions have been few and far between.
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