OK, so I know the two games out there TWT and AO. I've seen some vague statements about how AO is so much better after patches, etc. Here's all I'm looking to do: create myself, play a career mode type mode, and that's it. No online play, no anything else. I'd like the most pros in my career as possible. I think in AO you can download a bunch of people and they'll be in your career mode. Does anyone have any advice? I played Virtua Tennis back in the day and loved it, not sure I have played a tennis game since. Thanks!
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My advice is AO and it’s not even close. I bought both games almost sure that TWT would be the better game. AO is better for gameplay, authenticity, customer support. I can’t pick one thing I liked better in TWT before I stopped playing it completely for AO.
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The best option IMO is to get your hands on Top Spin 4 if you have access to previous gen consoles (PS3/ X360). TS4 is still far ahead of the current gen tennis games and I doubt things are about to change.Comment
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I would get AO for the gameplay, customization (The create a player in TWT is bare bones, WAY more options in AO, and AO has face scan), and community. My brother just got it for PS4 and I have it for PC, the PS4 community is actually quite large (Top guy on the leaderboard has something like 1000 match wins). I know you stated you didn't care about online mode, but if you wanted to take your character into online matches after you develop him in career mode, it would be solid. The pace in AO is more realistic than TWT. TWT boasts a deeper career mode, though. However, if you just care about playing tournaments/grand slams, and climbing to number 1 while upgrading your attributes, AO is more than acceptable. I never liked the mini-games, practices in between that some games make you do. You can also share Players/Venues/Logos cross platform. I made a Sampras on PC, and my brother downloaded him on PS4. He made a Roddick on PS4, I downloaded on PC. I recommend AO, it's really underrated.Comment
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I own TWT on Switch and Xbox One X, along with AO Tennis on Xbox One X.
Of the three titles, AO Tennis is the best overall package right now. The gameplay and rally mechanics are solid and can be very challenging.
The presentation and match feel is a bit stale and needs some tweaks, which will hopefully come in future updates. For example, playing on clay vs. hard court has very little difference. Players don't slide and there's no evidence that you're even playing in clay. You can customize the game and ball speed to compensate for this, but it is a poor substitute. If the devs keep supporting the title, improve the presentation, and make future updates, it is promising.
Interestingly, TWT plays much better on Switch than it does on XBox One X, and this is despite the fact that the TWT update won't be out for Switch until tomorrow.
That said TWT is an incomplete game, so we have to see what the devs will do over the course of the coming 6-9 months to see if they commit to creating a finished product, or if they abandon ship and focus on the next iteration of the game. By all accounts, the game should not have been released when it was.Comment
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I haven't played AO or TWT so I can't comment on those, but you should try Full Ace Tennis if you have a PC. Not a lot of bells and whistles and not that great of presentation, but the gameplay itself is excellent.Comment
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I have, and I can't get past three things.
1. The fact that the players don't look like they are hitting the ball most of the time. They are hitting air. I understand that this game clearly doesn't have the budget of some of the other titles, but that hurts the immersion for me.
2. The players feet: moving around feels unnatural, watch the players feet while you are moving side to side and backing up, or going towards a shot. The movement reminds me of Axis Football, it's very similar.
3. The hitting mechanics: Yes, the game is reactive, but the hits look unnatural in most case. The players themselves are stiff from head to toe (again, similar to Axis Football.
I want to point out, I am not trying to insult the game. It seems that a lot of people are getting enjoyment out of it, and it's being modded deeply (Like Tennis Elbow was). It's just not for me. Tennis Elbow was super low budget, but the mechanics were there, the movement was there, the accuracy seemed to be there. I played Elbow for hundreds of hours, so it's not that everything is about visual appeal. What I liked about Elbow was the way the players moved around the court, connected on the ball with shots, and of course the amazing mods.
I'll be sticking with AO for a long time now, Full Ace doesn't do it for me. However, kudos to the developers who put in the work, and those who are modding the game.Comment
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I can understand that. A lot of the animations aren't very good and look unnatural, so I can see that being a turnoff. For me, the way the game "feels" when playing is very important and it does that well, so I can overlook those things. I'll have to check out AO eventually.Comment
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Totally, and I am about that as well. For example, NBA 2K18. I refused to move onto 2K18 because 2K17 felt much better to me, so feel is a huge part of it. I like the feel of AO better, but personal preference is key. I see why people would like Full Ace as well. Honestly, I'm just really glad that we have 3 new tennis titles for PC (AO, TWT and Full Ace), AND Tennis Elbow is still a solid title. With Madden 19 coming to PC, and eventually Live 19 (Crossing my fingers), we are getting more sports titles than ever. I switched to mostly PC gaming in 2014, and it was the best decision I have ever made. The modding communities are so talented, the Tennis Elbow and Full Ace mods add so much authenticity to the games, its awesome.Comment
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I play on PS4 and we don't have a lot of choice for tennis games. AO International Tennis, Tennis World Tour and then.. Timber Tennis... something(?) which is a retro, completely arcade style game with pixel graphics and power-ups etc.
I ended up with AO International Tennis after reading about it and I'm very pleased with it, especially after putting movement assist to zero, that way it's more sim, less handholding! And also the great community content, many talented and passionate creators out there.
It's realistic but also fun, it has struck that happy medium.Comment
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What about the new game "Tennis Figthers"?Comment
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Looking forward to release of AO2. Just rented Top Spin4 for Xbox360 and WOW it is really a great game for being 9yrs old. I loved Grand Slam Tennis for the Wii with motion control but it quickly got old and either too easy or too hard and fast. Top Spin 4 has fun gameplay and so far competitive where I am about to enter the Championship in the Moscow Tourney 2 star and nervous. I like realism, want a challenge where I get better by playing not sliders, difficulty level, just playing and getting better. Love the look and presentation of AO tennis but see too many videos showing fast gameplay, needs to be like Top Spin4 which seems to be pretty realistic pace. If this is anything like that and with user created venues (see The Golf Club) and online tourneys, rankings - this will be great. Fingers crossed but wont be surprised if we are let down also.. Arcade Virtua Tennis or others do not appeal to me at all, want simulation and competition with story line and most of all Gameplay that rewards hard work and practice.Comment
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Update - Top Spin 4 - just beat A. Roddick in Cincy Tourney on hard level. time to up the difficulty - just hope that does not mean faster arcade like gameplay. Been really looking into new tennis games and very disappointing to say the least. Both the new ones seem to be lacking either gameplay or something. AO Tennis 2 looks ok but they really seem to be pushing the storyline and what tennis fans want is gameplay - All I would ever want is Top Spin 4 like gameplay with a little better graphics and deeper career mode. Online (see The Golf Club / TGC Tours) like system would be outstanding but it seems that the big companies are not focusing on Tennis.Comment
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AO2 got me wanting to play a tennis game but I couldn't get past some of the major glaring issues. I went to my local game store and they had a brand new copy of Top Spin 4 for 360 for $19.99. Couldn't believe they had a new copy lol. I don't remember playing it when it came out so it was a new experience for me even though the game is 10 years old. There is no comparison between it and any of the new games that have come out. Honestly it's not even close.
The timing based mechanics are incredibly well done. The movement is tight. The animations are fantastic. The graphics aren't as clear and crisp as newer games but over all are more impressive then any of the new games. It's just an exceptional sports game.
Anyways, I know a lot of tennis fans have probably played the fun out of TS4 and are clamoring for a new tennis game but if you didn't play much of TS4 you need to. Just a terrific experience.2016 NLL Champion Saskatchewan Rush
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