![]() The visuals are outstanding, with accurate physics and very detailed courts, arenas and players, along with nice touches such as deteriorating clay. Grand Slam Tennis 2’s presentation is very good for a first outing, but there are some chinks in the armor. Let’s not forget the online portion where you can play head to head, or take part in The Grand Slam Corner where you pick a location and try to dominate some of the best tennis events and improve your leaderboard score, and of course online tourneys as well. If you need a challenge beyond that you have the single player modes such as exhibition and separate tournament modes, as well as a great mode called ESPN Grand Slam Classics where you relive some of the great matches from yesteryear to today’s greatest events. ![]() rather than the year to year system with so many events and tournaments that it may burn you out. This ‘hold your hand’ progression is nice, but I kind of wish the developers would have incorporated a more adaptive A.I. ![]() This holds true for the game’s career mode as well, with the first year starting out easy and then progressively becoming tougher and tougher through year 10. The game’s difficulty is tough enough that it will take some real shot thought in beating tougher opponents on harder difficulties, while the easy or novice levels will provide a fair enough challenge for a newbie to come along, take a swing and win some games/sets/matches. The first thing gamers will notice when playing Grand Slam Tennis 2 is the nice blend of sim and arcade gameplay. ![]() If you are wondering where the heck the first game is, well it appeared very briefly on the Wii, but was solid enough of a base that EA thought itwould be best to take an extra year and really give the other two competitors a run for their money. note: except basketball!), EA Sports now presents Grand Slam Tennis 2 for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Well EA has sat on the sidelines long enough, and being the leader in pretty much all things sports (eds. Both tennis games are solid with one delivering more of an arcade experience, and the other having a nice sim feel too it. For quite some time now, the tennis world has been ruled by two… Sega with Virtua Tennis, and 2K Sports with the Top Spin series. ![]()
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