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LOOKS GOOD BUT DID NOT WORK

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

For some reason, ebgames.com released this game on the 18th. i bought it, recieved it and it did not work. It sounded like a junky rental game when it was trying to read it. I tried all my other games, they all worked fine. The game has a big glitch so wait and make sure there isn't any big problems with production....looks like it will be a great game...if this is fixed.

Where's The Realism???

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The only reason this game received 2 stars is because right now, it's the only tennis game for PS2 (can't wait for WTA Tour). While gameplay in exhibition mode is fun and challenging at times, playing in the so called Pro Tournament is all together different. In this mode you compete in the four grand slam tournaments.Except you only play five rounds instead of seven. And unlike exhibition mode, where you can adjust the length of a match all the way to best of five sets, you don't play a full match in any round. In the first two so called rounds, you play 2 games. Three and four games in the quarterfinals and semifinals respecitvely. And six games in the final. And once you reach the finals, the game loses every aspect of realism. It is almost impossible to win a point. Players will routinely blast return aces on 95 percent of your serves, making the game frustrating to say the least. The only plus that this game has is the fact that it features real players such as Agassi, Sampras, Hingis, and of course Anna Kournikova. And the novelty of real players wears off fast when Sampras frequently has his serve creamed by the likes of Yevgeny Kafelnikov. Furthermore, this travesty happens on the grass courts of Wimbledon, where Sampras' blistering serve has been dominant for years. A word to the geniuses at Namco...Next time give us a little more realism instead of invincible super opponents. Hopefully WTA Tour Tennis will be an improvement.

Great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you are a tennis fan and always wanted to play a match at the U.S. Open or Wimbledon.Well here's your chance. I think this game is awesmome. When I first bought it I played it for at least 3 hours straight. So if you like tennis this is a great buy. Only draw back there aren't enough players.

Best Tennis Game on the PS2 (For Now)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 29 / 30
Date: March 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First things first. This game has already been released. The release date was 3/21/02. Look for it at EB Gameworld or Best Buy.

Smash Court is a very good game. I't currently the best tennis game availalbe for the PS2.

Pros:
4 different game options
players are very realistic. Timing plays a big part in the strength of shots
Great training modes
3 types of shots lob, spin, topspin
Play is fast and fun with fast load times.
You can compete against top professionals in the 4 most prestigious tournaments. Along the way you win prize money that allows you to buy all sorts of goodies.
Anna Kounikova!

Cons:
The graphics could be a little better
Only 4 courts to play on (But you still get grass, clay, and regular courts)
If it matters there are only 8 total players to pick from

Bottom Line:
If you have to have a Tennis game immediately Go buy Smash Court right now. It's a great game with a ton of replay value.

BUT!!
If you can wait. Sega is releasing Tennis 2K2 for the PS2 in late spring or early summer. To be honest 2K2 will be better. Better Graphics, more options, deeper game play. If you can wait I would advise it. Sega is the leader in Tennis.

Smash Court Tennis Pro

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Smash Court Tennis Pro is an excellent game and is well worth the money. I don't play tennis and only watch the major championships, but this game makes me want to go out and play. The graphics and gameplay are wonderful. The only major drawback is no create a player, but the professional players that you can choose from clearly make up for that.

Could be much better

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: March 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Smash Court is a decent game, but it could stand some improvement. The graphics are great and smooth, so no real complaints there. The controls are also pretty good, the player is pretty responsive to the controller. The game does have faults though. First, there are only 8 players, 4 male and 4 female. So, when you play a tournament, you always play the same people in the last 3 rounds (first rounds are fictional players). Would have been nice if they had a few more to add some variety. Then, there are only 4 tournaments, and that's it. It's not like a circuit where you can go up and down in rankings and play other games in between. It's the four tournaments and that's it. Plus, it's not like a regular match where you have to win best of 3 or 5 sets, you only play until you win a certain amout of games. What is cool is for winning tournament games and completing in game challenges, you get points and unlock prizes, such as photos, new outfits, and new camera angles (including first person point of view, which is freaky). The computer player in tournament mode is hard, very hard. It isn't unbeatable though, you just have to work at it for quite sometime. The computer player isn't superhuman, like in WTA Tennis, it's just very smart and catches on to your techniques, so you have to change your strategies many times during a match and you have to look for the players weaknesses. What's aggrevating is the service return. When the computer returns your serve, don't plan on getting it most of the time. It's just blown right past you. That gets annoying after a while. This game has great potentinal, but it falls a bit short. If they gave you more players, a better tour set up with more tournaments and a circuit, gave you full matches, and toned down the AI a notch, the game would have been great.

smash court tennis

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

smash court tennis has got to be the worst game i have ever played in my life.you can only choose from a small amount of tennis players and the graphics are also very bad.i would advise everyone to not buy this game because it would be a waste of your money.

Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The best tennis video game that I have ever played. Truly realistic game play. Great graphics and sound. If you like tennis, buy this game. Easy to learn & play. There are different difficulty levels to choose from. I am very impressed with the game play.

Don't waste your money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is really bad. Bad graphics. Bad Game Play. Few Choices. Not realistic. ...

Frustratingly close to being a good game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: April 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First of all, great game. The AI is fantastic and looks very real as you see the players react to and prepare for shots. This game does it better than any other tennis game I have seen. Incredible detail. Some of the playability is fantastic as well. For example using slice (rather than topspin) to return serve against a net rusher works as well here as it does in the real game. Kudos to the designers for that!

BUT....

Maybe I'm missing something here, but what does it take to hit an ace with this game? I have Pete Sampras hitting 122 mph serves that are returned with relative ease. And no combination of angles seems to result in an ace.

and

Unforced errors are non-existent. You'd think a player would hit it long or wide every once in a while, but it never happens. Very occasionally, the player will net or even net cord the shot, but never hits out, it seems.

And

What's up with the fixed camera position? It seems like you at a real disadvantage (the game is hard enough without it) when you are controlling a player that is facing you on every other court change. Any possibility of moving the camera to represent a more realistic view (player's eye view)??

Unfortunately these flaws keep this from being a very good game. Other minor complaints are that they took such pains in getting the Sampras's service motion right, but they just punted on Agassi's and Rafter's motions....

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