But the computer player never hits 'out.' That is obscenely frustrating. That’s dull.Īnd I can hit the ball out of court, losing a point.
When I do play actual tennis, computer rivals are superb, and I end up volleying for two minutes. The only consistent way to revitalize your health is during the board game - if you get lucky enough to land on a restful hotel. The worst: When you do play tennis, your player gets very fatigued, very fast. In another minigame, you swing your racket to knock soccer balls into a net guarded by an automated goalie. In one minigame, a tennis ball machine spits balls at you, and you have to return the ball in such a way that you hit giant playing cards. The game just tells you that you met them. You land on board-game spots that make you play mini-tennis games or spots that injure you or spots where you meet fans off screen. Yes, I said a board game, as in: You must move a pawn across a board that looks like 'Risk.' Nope, instead of letting you play a series of full matches, you have to play a board game. But if you play the create-a-player mode, you don’t get to play a linear tour of one match after another. And the tennis is decent when it happens. You know why? Because you should never ask, 'Where’s the tennis?' in a tennis game.
I can’t in good conscience recommend 'Virtua Tennis 4,' unless you’re a severe fanatic of tennis video games.
