Review: Top Spin 4

Top Spin 4 puts you front and center of the professional tennis experience with the deepest player roster to date complete with 2K's Signature Style, an enhanced Player Creator with new Coaching and Development systems, an incredibly immersive Career mode, all-new visually stunning TV Broadcast presentation elements, and a fully online World Tour Mode.

Release Date: March 15, 2011
Also on: Wii, PS3
E for Everyone
Genre: Sports 
Publisher: 2K Sports
Developer: 2K Czech

---

The Review:
Top Spin 4 redefines the way you experience the game of tennis.  Intuitive controls make gameplay immediately accessible yet deep and rewarding for the tennis experts who want to plan their strategy, target their opponent's weaknesses and become an unstoppable force on the court.  The most feature-rich title of the Top Spin franchise, Top Spin 4, puts you front and center of the professional tennis experience with the deepest player roster to date complete with 2K's Signature Style, an enhanced Player Creator with NEW Coaching and Development systems, an incredibly immersive Career mode, all-new visually stunning TV Broadcast presentation elements, and a fully online World Tour Mode.

You See, feel, and hear everything the pros do in a real tennis match.  Watch as your player moves and swings exactly like its real life counterpart thanks to the addition of over 4,000 more Signature Style animations.  As you rally with an opponent in a crucial point, listen as the crowd builds with intensity due to all-new crowd FX. From the life-like visuals of the world’s best players, to the faithful recreation of the world’s most hallowed courts and the unparalleled authenticity of the on-court gameplay, Top Spin 4 provides a breathtaking tennis experience. What's more, the academy imparts strategy suggestions that come very close to mimicking the real game: you can choose to defend or attack, serve and volley or work on precise takedowns, and the game will teach you both in these training sessions and proper match play how and when to execute what you've learnt. 

Immediately accessible for newcomers yet deep and rewarding for the tennis experts, intuitive game controls now allow gamers of any skill level to target their opponent’s weaknesses & become an unstoppable force on the court. Combined with one of the most extensive career modes ever seen in a tennis videogame, the real sense of career progression as you level a character up does start to make it feel like you're really on the tour. 

Final Thoughts:
It's credit to the journey it takes to get there that facing Nadal or Federer for the first time begins with a real sense of anticipation. You can hop into a quick play with them – or, of course, masters Sampras and Agassi – any time you like, but the pacing of the game's career mode makes waiting for that first encounter there all the more rewarding. The player roster continues to impress beyond the four already mentioned you'll come up against the likes of Novak Djokoviæ, Serena Williams, Andy Murray and Caroline Wozniacki to name a few, and masters like Boris Becker, Bjorn Borg and Ivan Lendl are also ready and waiting. Top Spin 4 wisely replicates their playing style as closely as possible, further adding to the excitement of facing them and ensuring you're kept on your toes when you start competing at this level.

Rating: 4.0 = Good
Reccomendation: A Must Buy