Another great game from the Topspin Series. One of the best Tennis games I've played.
Cons: Horrible and slow character creation, annoying unrealistic aspects, barely any choices for hairstyles, career is a little confusing at first.
Many People say "You've played one game in a series you've played 'em all" (Or at least alota people I know say that) Well with TopSpin2 for the Xbox 360, that's most definatly not the case. In Topspin2 There are a decent amount of game modes to play including career, Party games and more! There are 24 licensed pro characters to play with, 12 men and 12 women, each with their own unique playing style and strengths. In career mode,well lets face it, it's the same as career mode in any tennis game, you play in tournaments and you train, though the career is very interesting and extensive, it could be confusing for first time players in the beginning before you get the hang of it. My main complaint (as well as that of my cousin and my dad and some friends) is the character creation, you have limited choices for hair styles, hair color, surving style, as well as some other things, and as if that weren't bad enough, its near impossible to make a non-ugly or non-scary character, I havn't seen a decent looking character yet, player made or in game characters. Plus who the hell wants their character to have skin stains!? I mean really, who's bright idea was that? Another thing about TopSpin2, if you've ever played Othello you've heard the term "A Minute to Learn, a Lifetime to master" Well that definatly also applys for this game, its extreemly simple to learn, but mastering complex shots and strategys takes much longer, keeping you wanting to play months after beating the career mode. On top of that the multiplayer is a blast, you can play with up to four people in a competitve game or 2 people can play more goofy, abstract party games. One annoying thing about the gameplay is, a volley could be goin fine and then out of nowhere, you do nothing different than you've been doing the whole match and the ball hits the net for no reason whatsoever giving your opponent a free point! Not only is this annoying but its majorly unrealistic, in real life tennis when the ball hits the net, its because the player hit the ball diffrently or did something wrong, this is not the case in TopSpin2, it's totally at random. I have lost many a tournament in this way and I have looked at every possible angle to jutsify this and to find a reason for it happening but came up with nothing other than its random, which just isn't right. This last point may not matter much to most people but I personally like it, there are venues from a lot of countrys and in the beginning of the match the announcer speaks in the language native to that country. Such as in Tokyo they speak Japanese at the begging of the match which I find pretty cool and in France they speak french. Like I said that may not matter to most people but it just adds something to the game. All In all, TopSpin2 for the 360 is a fun game and definatly worth getting, for fans of the genre and not. Well Cya Later.