It's been a long time since I played Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis (and I refuse to refer to it as anything more than TT or Table Tennis from this point on!), but I popped it in last night to play with a friend who still had it. Neither of us had played the game in months, but we really enjoyed it when it was new and figured we'd go back to it for a match or two.
Well, it was late, so it only ended up being one match..... but it reminded us what we loved about the game and how awesome it was. It was a hard fought match between England (Mark) and France (Luc) (classic rivalry, eh?) but in the end, France, led by my friend prevailed and squeezed out a narrow victory after a struggling comeback.
The matched ended 13 to 11 in favor of Luc after I botched an attempt by me to drop a backspin serve just over the net. It was a disapointing way to lose, but I wasn't upset by it. We both fought hard, we both took risks. In the end, I lost, fair and square.
It reminded me what I loved about Table Tennis though. It's a simple game to pick up. The controls are very basic. Heck, you could really play it with just 1 button and the control stick if you wanted to. But there's so much depth to the play styles and there's a lot of strategy that develops over time as you volley the ball back and forth. It's such a great adverserial game.
The game doesn't need a sequel. It's by no means perfect.... but the things they could include in a sequel probably aren't worth the development effort for the audience. A better multiplayer lobby would be the first thing. Perhaps a better career mode (as it is, its just a series of longer tournaments on higher difficulties with no real "career"), though the focus of the game was never really on its single player. It was a budget title when it was released.... a way for Rockstar to show off their game engine, but its a game that will always have a place in my collection.
I strongly recommend that anyone who hasn't played this game try it out. It's old, sure... but its age has not affected its fun. There are some definite nuances to it and the controls while simple, could stand to be a little tighter. It's not for everyone, but if you like intense 1 vs 1 adverserial games, you'd probably get a kick out of this (note that it is only intense once you have mastered the basic concepts and can keep a volley going for more than a couple hits!).
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
The charity event will be streamed live from Gamescom in August.
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
I still play this game online send me a msg on xbox live if somebody wants to play this my tag is BL4CKJOK3R
i bought an xbox in january, and this was the first game i bought, along with gears 2 and fifa09. i've already owned fable 2 and sold it, gears 2 as well, and some other games, but this game is a keeper for the human x human gameplay.
It does need a sequel, so it can be on PS3 as well.