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Gaming => General Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Barry the Nomad on March 16, 2011, 08:17:43 am
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http://www.gameguru.in/sports/2011/16/s ... n-4-in-us/ (http://www.gameguru.in/sports/2011/16/sega-tosses-out-top-spin-4-in-us/)
I really can't wait for SEGA (or should I say, Sega) to release Top Spin 4. Surprised more sites aren't covering this game.
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Uh oh, now IGN's gonna dock it a point. ;P
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2k's virtua tennis 4 sucks. Sega's top spin ftw
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I have fond memories of playing the original Top Spin on the Dreamcast. Fun fact: In Japan, it's known as Power Spin!
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I love Top games.
Remember Top Punch 2? And Top Bullets?
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I'm confused. Top Spin never had anything do do with SEGA did it. It's games like NBA 2K11 etc that are made by Visual concepts (Sega Sports). Or am I missing the joke?
Anyway cannot decided whether to get Top Spin 4 with Virtua Tennis 4 just over a month away!
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Sorry Grant, yeah, the posted article is wrong. What makes it funny is that they thought SEGA developed Top Spin 4, however they did not. Top Spin 4 is developed by 2K Czech (previously known as Illusion Softworks), who have nothing to do with any of the previous Dreamcast 2K titles and has no connection to SEGA past or present. Well... as Illusion Softworks they did develop Hidden & Dangerous which is on the Dreamcast. Though that was a PC port and has nothing to do with tennis.
Personally, I'd go for Virtua Tennis 4 because... it's Virtua Tennis! The original developers! Top Spin 4 has received positive reviews, though I know little about that series and as a SEGA fan I'd have to go for Virtua Tennis. You can get mugged playing exhibition mode! That alone makes VT4 the better title.
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I'm confused. Top Spin never had anything do do with SEGA did it. It's games like NBA 2K11 etc that are made by Visual concepts (Sega Sports). Or am I missing the joke?
Anyway cannot decided whether to get Top Spin 4 with Virtua Tennis 4 just over a month away!
Totally missing the joke lol
And what are you talking about man, get Virtua Tennis 4 of course. No Top Spin has ever bettered ANY of the VT games.
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Reviews of Top Spin 4 seem to indicate that they simplified it a bit, so it's less of a sim, but even so VT4 is where its at. No question.
I highly doubt Top Spin 4 will have the insane mini games that VT4 will have.
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You can get mugged playing exhibition mode! That alone makes VT4 the better title.
You mean someone from the crowd can run onto the court and steal your player's wallet? Or is that some kind of slang? My mind reels...
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I wish.
No, from what I read, if you select certain spots on the exhibition map you risk being robbed/injured. So stay away from New Jersey!
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If you choose Portugal your character will oversleep and miss the championship game.
Either that or your manager goes broke and you get caught driving drunk. You get arrested, but somehow manage to sue the cops and.... I totally forgot where I was going with this.
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So this is what people mean when they say Virtua Tennis is a deep game...!
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Actually, the deepest Sega game, Football Manager, once popped me a message saying my GoalKeeper had gotten a brain tumor or some trauma and wouldn't play any more (hint: he's dead).
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Oops my bad missing the whole Joke. I really should read links!!!
I think I'll end up picking up both. But I'll get VT4 on day 1 and Top Spin 4 when it is on budget.
VT2009 was a big let down after VT3 had me playing until the early hours of the morning for about 2 weeks solid!
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So I played the Top Spin 4 demo. Not bad, but Viruta Tennis has spoiled me. TS4 had no in-game music, a bland announcer and far too many control options. The animations in TS4 were impressive, but at times I felt like I didn't have total control of the players, like they'd stop running when there was no change of me hitting the ball. Meanwhile, in VT you could keep running off court like an idiot despite missing the ball. I guess TS4 feels like real tennis, as though it's a Sunday afternoon and you're watchign a game on TV. Meanwhile VT4 looks to have that SEGA goodness and hints of unreality, like giant SEGA signs in the background. I mean really, when was the last time a real tennis game had SEGA ads on the walls??
Lack of crazy music and wacky mini-games makes TS4 a pass for me. Looks like a fun game, but why consider it when there is a Virtua Tennis to come? With Move/Kinect support to boot!
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I like the Top Spin style. I am no tennis pro, but the fact that in order to really hit a decent shot you have to get in position early and really tee up your shots as well as time shots on the run is really good. Virtua Tennis is more arcade but I think looks better visually (just) and has a more in depth career mode and mini games.I would give the nod to VT as a series but only just. Certainly in the UK VT times things better by releasing closer to Wimbledon which is the only 2 weeks of the year us brits care about tennis.