Setting up your opponent with your shots before putting them away is also important, and I needed different strategies when one approach wasn’t getting it done (even though the drop shot is overpowered). Shot depth, placement along lines, taking a chance with a more aggressive shot, and getting the correct shot timing can make a big difference. Slice shots take less time to execute, providing a way out when you’re rushed, and the key to winning points is often to push for precise shots. Points can be saved or won by choosing the right shot type at the right moment. I don’t expect to be able to joystick around the court unabated, but it’s disappointing when you anticipate your opponent’s shot correctly and still aren’t able to make a play on the ball because the game is not responding to your input.ĪO Tennis 2’s gameplay has redeeming qualities when it’s not working against you. In tennis you must keep moving to prevent from being caught flat footed, yet the game isn’t always up to the task.
Whether you have the movement assist on or off, your player is occasionally unresponsive. Movement is a problem when it comes to changing direction. However, too many times these happen seemingly out of thin air. When these occur due to strategic rallies and/or a well-hit and placed shot, that’s great. Perhaps this phenomenon influences the title’s high number of outright winners, where a player hits a clean, unreturnable shot. Players also give up unexpectedly on balls that look like they can be chased down.
You and your opponents can seemingly teleport a short distance to all of a sudden make a shot – an issue that is even more egregious online. Players’ movements don’t always synch up with expected shot animations, which can produce some surprising outcomes. It’s not a loss in straight sets, but it’s a defeat nevertheless.
Rough spots in the gameplay, including wonky animations and that dreaded feeling that some outcomes are pre-determined, undermine a game that nevertheless includes an admirable career mode. I was scoring break points like nobody’s business, yet wasn’t feeling very comfortable serving.Flow is important in tennis, but it’s hard to get in the groove in AO Tennis 2. As a result, I’d often prefer games in which I was receiving the ball instead.
However, I never managed to fully control my serve in order for it to go wherever I wanted. All you need to do is press any of the face buttons whenever the cursor goes through a small green circle. The act of serving the ball isn’t clunky per se. There is just one thing that I definitely did not like about Tennis World Tour 2‘s gameplay: serving. I could also easily use my favorite real-life tennis strategies, such as slicing the ball in order to get closer to the net and volley the next ball to the opposite side of the court. I felt like I was managing to place my shots wherever I wanted them to go. It has a small bar that can be filled up by holding down one of the stroke buttons, impacting your accuracy and strength. I’m glad to say that this isn’t the case in Tennis World Tour 2. The original Tennis World Tour was a mess with poor visuals and gameplay that felt like the game was playing itself, not unlike the original AO Tennis.
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