You push forward for flat shots, pull back for slices and flick forwards for top-spin – but it's a lot harder than it sounds. Continuing EA Sports' apparent obsession with making every sport on the planet playable without buttons, it's a control system that lets you determine your shots with just the analogue stick alone. The game's Big Idea is something called Total Racket Control. Grand+Slam+Tennis+2+feels+soulless+despite+a+slick+presenation. It does a great job of capturing the rhythm and nail-biting tension of real tennis, where hours' worth of play can come down to a single decisive point. When it comes down to the fundamental s of play, though, Grand Slam Tennis 2 really knows what it's doing.
It's a far cry from the first Grand Slam Tennis' stylised take on the game, and the Top Spin games' clear passion for tennis doesn't quite come across here. Everything down to the menu screens is faultlessly professional.įor all this slickness, though, it feels a little soulless. Watched from a distance, Grand Slam Tennis 2 looks very close to an actual tennis game on TV, especially thanks to all that ESPN branding. The inclusion of Wimbledon – as synonymous with tennis as Wembley is with football, and a heart-breaking omission from every other tennis game on the market – makes a big difference to the feeling of realism. It's not just their looks that are authentic, but their playstyles, too try to play Sharapova as a serve-and-volley net attacker, and it won't work out so well. Grand Slam Tennis 2's roster of licensed players is strong – from the Williams sisters to Nadal, Federer, Andy Murray and cover-star John McEnroe, complete with classic 1981 hair – and the likenesses, animation and general realism in their movement and flow of play is top-class.
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