One of the best sports games!
This game is so addicting and so much fun! I gave it a shot even though I do have the enhanced firmware (I even have WB, but am not using a theme), since it was only $2. To my surprise it's probably the most stable game on my iPhone 3G. It has not even crashed once, while playing it, and it starts up pretty quick. The game controls are a little hard at first, but after a couple of games, it's really fun. The game has 2 modes, quick game - where you play a quick set, and tournament - where you play a full match against an opponent. The tournament mode can take quite some time depending on how you set up the scoring. The graphics are quite nice and I haven't seen any lag at all so far. The game is definitely worth even the $5 price.
What I would really like to see is some more characters in the game, so that you could play a real tournament with several matches against different opponents. Maybe also a couple of different tournaments where you could win trophies. It would also be cool to see the score during the game with the results of each individual set.
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Fun Game... Good Follow Up By Devs...
Didn't get this game when it first came out but checked it out after seeing the developer was talking about it online and taking people's suggestions very seriously. Then they did the Holiday Edition and I knew I had to give it a go.
Very glad I did!
The game is a very fun tennis game and it works well. I saw a couple of reviews that dogged it for various things, but I haven't seen anything like that. Perhaps it was the updates. I've had a really good time playing the game and showing it off to others.
It's not a "perfect" tennis game, but what do you expect so early in the game... It has more than enough feel of the real thing and the 3D part really makes it impressive.
And speaking of updates... the dev mentioned that they're planning on doing more things like this "Holiday Edition". You could have Anna in a "bunny suit" for Easter! I really like the idea of a dev who is willing to make sure their game is fresh to those who spend money on it. That's a real plus to me!
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Okay at sale price
Professionally made game, but it could be so much better. The graphics are very nice but as noted there are only 3 players to choose from, only one court, and no real sense of a progress.
The only control system is click where you want to move (the game will swing for you) and tilt the iPhone in the direction you want the shot to go. The movement controls are not very sensitive and do not give the feeling you are playing. You cannot move your player around as if you have a d-pad and other about changing direction in a hurry. Overall the gameplay feels broken.
Furthermore this feels like a lite demo, there is no real tournament progress, no character progress, no doubles, no mini games.
Apart from nice graphics, it is missing so many elements.
The only control system is click where you want to move (the game will swing for you) and tilt the iPhone in the direction you want the shot to go. The movement controls are not very sensitive and do not give the feeling you are playing. You cannot move your player around as if you have a d-pad and other about changing direction in a hurry. Overall the gameplay feels broken.
Furthermore this feels like a lite demo, there is no real tournament progress, no character progress, no doubles, no mini games.
Apart from nice graphics, it is missing so many elements.
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Pretty fun.
It's a pretty good game. The graphics and sounds are rather good and you can't beat the holiday sale price of only .99 Cents. I do have a problem with getting the character to get to the other side quickly to hit the ball! Other then that it's a great game. I am one of the lucky ones where as the application has never crashed unexpectantly.
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Won't Launch - problem solved
Never launch, crash back to springboard every single time.
I re-rated this app since I gradually figured out what prevents this app from running. It's a fun game since I am a big tennis fan. I agree that graphic could be better but not a big deal because that means more memory required to run. But I agree that there could be more player to choose from.
The upgrade is great. Solved problem of conflict with some other app. I wasn't able to play after update to firmware 2.2. But now I can play without problem.
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Great!
First off, what's up with you crashers? Reset your device after a download (I have iPhone 3G). I frankly have not had many crash problems in general and none with this game. Graphics are solid, I have not noticed any lag in game play, and touch controls work pretty darn good once you figure out what does what. Most important to me is replay value and this has it. I agree that ball direction control should include tilting the device forward and back for drop shots and lobs. That is my only suggestion. Nice job Devs on a good sports game. We need more of them.
UPDATE: after a few weeks of playing, has the replay value I was hoping for. I disagree with the reviewer who says you can rally forever--position player in advance of Al's shot in anticipation of where she will hit it and you can blow one by her easier. If you guess wrong she will make you look bad, just like in real tennis. Looking forward to updates. Not to impressed by what looks like developer padding some of these reviews though.
UPDATE: after a few weeks of playing, has the replay value I was hoping for. I disagree with the reviewer who says you can rally forever--position player in advance of Al's shot in anticipation of where she will hit it and you can blow one by her easier. If you guess wrong she will make you look bad, just like in real tennis. Looking forward to updates. Not to impressed by what looks like developer padding some of these reviews though.
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Not Guaranteed To Work
Unlimited crashes. A complete refusal to load. And the dev spent more than a week placing the blame on the customers before now admitting they simply CAN'T make it work for everyone who purchased it.
Bad business + Immature Product = TouchSports Tennis '09.
- Guitar Rock Hero runs beautifully.
- Real Soccer can find the memory.
- X-Plane is smooth...but these guys are the first ones who CAN'T make an iPhone app work? Come on.
But don't listen to me...check out the other reviews and decide if you want to gamble $4.99 on something the dev's openly say might not work for you.
BOTTOM LINE: It's broken, they know it, and they simply cannot fix it - hence the constantly-evolving explanation for why they're selling a broken product. Unless you have a 2G Touch, run as fast as you can from this disaster.
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Best sports game.
The controls are little difficult at the beginning but once you play couple of rounds, this game rocks. Graphics are amazing and sound is cool. Since it's winter here, I am going to quench my tennis thirst through this game. More characters would be nice.
Best sports game ever made for the iPhone.
Not sure what crashes are people talking about on the reviews here,, this game works fine and it's stable than asphalt racing and safari (builtin browser)
Best sports game ever made for the iPhone.
Not sure what crashes are people talking about on the reviews here,, this game works fine and it's stable than asphalt racing and safari (builtin browser)
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"Incompatible with ALL iPhones and Touches" - App's Developer
Unlimited crashes. A complete refusal to load. And the dev spent more than a week placing the blame on the customers before now admitting they simply CAN'T make it work for everyone who purchased it. Bad business + Immature Product = TouchSports Tennis '09.
- Guitar Rock Hero runs beautifully.
- Real Soccer can find the memory.
- X-Plane is smooth...but these guys are the first ones who CAN'T make an iPhone app work? Come on.
But don't listen to me...check out this item's notes and the press they've been putting out in the last few days. Handheld is openly posting videos and info that this is an app optimized for the 2G Touch NOT the 3G (or 2G) iPhone or 1G Touch!!!
BOTTOM LINE: It's broken, they know it, and they simply cannot fix it - hence the constantly-evolving explanation for why they're selling a broken product. Unless you have a 2G Touch, run as fast as you can from this disaster.
- Click YES to give other future buyers fair warning about this fiasco -
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Quite Impressive. Update Soon?
The gameplay is quite good in my opinion. For a future update, which will hopefully come soon, I would add some male tennis players (ex: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Jo Wilfred Tsonga, Marko Laschuk). As well as maybe an option of creating your own player. Congrats on creating such as good tennis game, its very realistic and fun to play. Hopefully you consider my additions for the next update. The sooner the better ;)
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