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Could have been better

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was really looking forward to this game, and I have to say that I can only hope EA sports decides to get into Tennis. Playing Madden and (to a somewhat lesser extent) Tiger Woods Golf really immerses you in the sport, with loads of players to choose from, the ability to create your own player, etc. The gameplay in Top Spin 3 is ok (impossible to volley is a minus, and unless the opposition gets better I'll never actually lose a set to anyone), but the relation to real pro tennis is pretty minimal. If EA can go into so much detail that you're actually lining up golf sponsorships to be able to afford better golf clubs, I think 2K can do better than a handful of real stadiums and players with no ability to create your own player or improve your skills or play on tour. It's obviously a game they developed for Sony and XBox and decided to cash in on the success of WII Tennis with a half-hearted effort.

HIts & Miss

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Finally a tennis game I can swing to with real players. It's fun and a good workout (for one arm mostly). The only downside is that there is no career mode. I'd love for it to have had a create player mode where you take him/her from the bottom of the rankings to the top.

Very disappointed in Top Spin 3

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 09, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Overall this game was a huge disappointment! The graphics were poor and the game was boring. I wanted to sell this game after playing it just a couple of times. I'll think twice befor purchasing a new game without checking out the reviews.

Good Exersize but A Little Frustrating

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I played Top Spin on the XBOX at a friends house and loved it. So when I got a wii and found out that there was Top Spin 3 available I got it without reading a review. I like the game but I understand the negative comments given so far. Here's my break down of the game.

Tutorial: Limited. You have to figure the game out by trial and error. It pretty much tells you swing, serve, and volley basics and then you're on your own.

Menus: Annoying music. Especially the opening song. Navigating through the game is intuitive.

Game play ground strokes: Hitting a cross-court shot on the run is pretty difficult. But I love the strategy and the ability to hit drop-shots and lobs. I can hit slices and top spin shots. Sometimes, my player backs up instead of turning and running which is pretty annoying. It's hard to judge whether I need to prepare for a backhand or a forehand sometimes and body serves are almost imposible to judge. I have gotten hit many times in a match. I have a lot of trouble judging where to stop and swing and 50% of the time I overrun the spot that I need to stop.

Serving and returning: I'd love to be able to hit kick serves, slice serves, flat ones up the middle; but I just can't figure it out. The fastest I can get Andy Roddick to serve is about 129mph. But some dude named Cummings aced me with a 150mph that makes no since. My guys gets aced all the time with pretty slow serves but I rarely ace the computer.

Volleying: Just plain hard. But then so is the case in real life.

Road to Glory: This is the best part of the game in my opinion. You work your way up to the grand slams and then it gets really hard. It's kind of weird playing women when I'm playing a man in a grand slam. It's even weirder that some woman with pajama bottoms and very short shirt (covering a very untennis player like chest, sorry Serena) would be my opponent in a grand slam. But even more wierd is that she's serving up aces at 125mph and Andy Roddick can't! But it's still fun and you can save your progress and try again if you fail to win.

The doubles are alot of fun but playing singles against someone is weird becase a player has to be on the far end were everything is kind of small and opposite (it doesn't split screen like in Wii Sports). There are also some party games that I havent tried out but overall I have gotten alot of exersize with this game and the difficulty of the slams keep me constantly searching for a solution to defeating the computer with a slow moving and, apparently inferior, Andy Roddick avatar.

On time release should not be Nintendo's #1 Priority

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Completely frustrated is the only way to describe my overall attitude towards this game!
I like the playability, the graphics are more than enough (You do not own the Wii for the graphics) but HOW IN THE WORLD do you market a game designed only for right handed play? No Rafael Nadal in the Wii version, makes sense now! Could they at least put this on the box to let us WEIRD LEFTIES know before purchasing that THS GAME IS NOT FOR YOU!
Furthermore (i know it was my fault for not reading reviews before purchasing the game), the print advertisements for this game pre-release all centered on the player creator capability, something that seems nowadays almost standard to gaming. Not available on the Wii i come to find out.
Nintendo should be ashamed of themselves for marketing a product like this, knowing that once their consumers open the product there is no returning it. Do they relize that they ARE NOT COMPETEING with the other gaming devices. They still have a nitch, and i, like i think most other Wii fans, would be much happier waiting a couple of extra months for a game to be developed with a total "Wii Experience" that cannot be found anywhere else.

I'd rather play Wii sports tennis.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing tennis for 25 years, and this is not a very good simulation of the real game. The controls are awkward and are not timed correctly, especially when tossing the ball for a serve. There is no left handed option, and no left handed players. There are only 16 players to choose from, and you can not create your own player. I've given up on this game and gone back to Wii Sports tennis, and the real thing when weather permits.

Fun game but needs something else

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Don't think about comparing this game with WiiTennis (that one that comes with the sports bundle). TopSpin3 was supposed to be more like a PS3 game with higher quality graphics and gameplay.
I've been playing it for a month or so. Overall it's been really fun but sometimes it's a bit hard to 'get into' the game. There's no skill level option, what made my wife hate it after the second day, and the training/tutorial session is nothing more than instructions that you can find in the manual.
There's a lack of freeplay like training, doubles and online challenges.
Soundtrack are a bit annoying too but not a big deal.

I do not like this

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: July 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I think the game should work with your movements. If you move right it should move right, if you move left it should move left. Instead you have to use the wii nunchuck to contol movement. It should be like the wii sports tennis where your character moves side to side with your movements. I like the graphics & the fact you can play on different surfaces but I can't even serve the ball. I am still waiting for my son to help me with this. They took the enjoyment of this game by making it to complicated. I could see if they had every shot you hit come back, but to be worried about moving the player with the nunchuck, forget it. The best thing I can say is the graphics are good. I hope wii comes out with a tennis game that we can use the miis on new surfaces & have the ability to play one on one.

They hyped online play... THERE IS NONE!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

'Nuff said. You'd have thought that they would have at least warned Wii buyers that they were gonna stiff us on the online play, but it appears they made an orchestrated attempt to hide that fact so that Wii buyers would buy it. Mine's going back without even being opened.

disappointment...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: July 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I waited for this product for over a year. I am a level 5.5 tennis player in real life was totally disappointed by this Wii version of Top Spin 3. the game play is slow and the remote does not pick up fast quick swings (ie blocking the ball back). the game play modes are limited and does not have online gaming. As expected, the graphics are weak to say the least. Since you use the nunchuck to move the player, the wires do get tangled in the middle of a stroke. This game for the Wii is totally not worth it but i will try it on PS3 or XBOX360 since the reviews are glowing for that.

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