Smash Court Tennis 3
- Product #: 27658
- Manufacturer: Atari
- Manufacturer Item #: 27658
- UPC: 742725276581
Product Description
Making the most of the power of Xbox 360, Smash Court Tennis 3 boasts enhanced graphics including improved player animations, realistic shadows, skin shader and High Dynamic Range rendering which combine to deliver a greater level of realism and immersion for the player. A host of customizing options allows players to choose rackets, shoes, hairstyles, skin tone and clothing to create their own unique star of the courts. New gameplay includes a system that lets all players, no matter what their skill level, benefit quickly from the powerful shots and finely honed skills of the star players. Gameplay modes include Tutorial, Arcade, Pro-Tour, and Exhibition mode where up to four players can go head to head offline. The game also features an online mode allowing players to play online via the Xbox Live online game service. In addition to Xbox Live voice chat and rankings, players can take on opponents in online tournaments and in a range of different matches. Online doubles matches let players team up side by side for a long distance match against another pair, bringing the action and interaction alive like never before.
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Smash Court Tennis 3
- Video Game: 0 pages (2008-08-19)
- Platforms: Xbox 360
- Publisher: Atari Inc.
- Label: Atari Inc.
- Studio: Atari Inc.
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 1 reviews
- Sales Rank in Video Games: #8803
Avg. Customer Review:
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice Graphics...poor gameplay 2008-09-19
Comment: I love tennis video games, and I love the game of tennis. I've played or coached tennis for 29 years. I've seen some great tennis games come along, and generally I scoop them all up. I have Virtua Tennis for the 360 and had Smashcourt for the PS2, so when I saw there was a next gen Smashcourt for the XBox 360, I bought it sight unseen.
Oops.
Unfortunately SCT3 is a huge disappointment. I gave it a 2 star rating only because most people ignore the lowest ranking reviews as flames.
Positives: The graphics and the sound. It's a well-modeled game, and the courts look like you could step through the TV and play. The inclusion of many top Pros is great. But that's really it on positives.
Negatives:
* Very tiny print on screen. I have 20/20 eyesight and could barely read the text.
* Requires a lot of space to save. Unbelievable that a tennis game requires more save space than Oblivion.
* No real tennis tournaments; call me a purist or picky or whatever, but if I buy a tennis game, I want to play the hallowed courts of Wimbledon, and I want it to be called Wimbledon---not the British Championship. Sheesh, fork over the money for the license to use actual tournament names.
* But the worst problem of SCT3 is the gameplay. I could forgive all else if the game was relatively easy to play and "felt" like real tennis. The company claims that SCT3 is easy to play and very intuitive. Actually, not so much. There are WAY too many things that you have to do to pull off a powerful, well-placed stroke. Hold down trigger to race into position. Push the A button and hold, steer with control pad, then release the A button at just the right moment--way too much.
Hold and release to hit? Really? That is so counterintuitive. Maybe press the button once for backswing then press again to clobber the ball. Or maybe just press the button at the right moment. But press and hold and then release...it just feels wrong.
I'm out $40, and I'm sure the videogame store won't let me return it. At least I've still got VirtuaTennis for the 360. {Sigh} Maybe next time I'll rent first.
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