Reviewed by Samit Sarkar:
"Those who watched Sunday's epic five-set Wimbledon Men's Singles final between World No. 1 Roger Federer and No. 2 Rafael Nadal saw one for the ages: a match that has already been hailed as the best Wimbledon final, and three-time Wimbledon champ John McEnroe even called it "the greatest match [he's] ever seen." Tennis hasn't ever been as popular in America as, say, football or baseball, but that doesn't mean that the sport is filled with any less drama, action, or athleticism on the court/field/pitch/what have you.
As for tennis in the videogame realm, 2K Sports' Top Spin series has taken over the throne of "best tennis sim" from Sega's Virtua Tennis games, which have more of an arcade feel. Top Spin 3 is the newest iteration of the venerated tennis series, and it aims to be the most realistic portrayal of the sport yet. Hit the jump to find out if it succeeds."
OPM: Thousands of Brits will be inspired to pick up a racket this week on the back of Andy Murray’s success at Wimbledon – but in this heat, and given our hand-eye co-co-ordination, we’ll be sticking to the virtual type. Looking to fill your week with some ace-smashing antics? Then join us in revisiting PlayStation’s finest tennis efforts…
Not really, most of those games were available on multiple platforms.
Just so happens that the PS magazine wrote the article so makes sense it would be 'Playstation's greatest games' :)
Gamepyre writes: "When Virtua Tennis 2009 first came out I was very excited about the game; I was so excited that I actually went and got it on release day.
Virtua Tennis 3 has been one of my favorite PSP games, and I could not wait to see what the 2009 Xbox 360 version of the game brought to the table. After playing the game, I was very disappointed in Virtua Tennis 2009; not because it was a bad game per say, but because it wasn't anything new from the previous release."
Another week and another episode of Distributed Failure is here for your listening pleasure. This week's "What They've Been Playing" features discussion on Top Spin 3, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, Fight Night Round 4, Battlefield 1943, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, and much more! They follow that up with some gaming news including the latest update on EGM, the addition of prizes to 1 vs. 100, and the announcement of a new Mechwarrior game.
