after reading this forum shortly after getting TS4 for PS3 I finally decided to register because there's always something to say
I think it was the wonderful Top4 Calculator that drew my attention.
About me...
I'm from Germany, in my mid 30's I and have been playing tennis games and watching tennis since the mid 80's. Before the Becker boom there wasn't a huge interest in the sport here but Wimbledon '85 changed everything. And that was only the start, before Steffi owning everyone. Game-wise it was Match Point on C64 that got me into the game. I would also play the crap out of Nintendo Tennis and Jimmy Connors Pro Tennis Tour on SNES.
Not much happened after that, I was focused on job and turned into a WoW addict for 3 1/2 years (thankfully cured). I sorta lost interest when all the players from the 80's like Lendl, Becker, Edberg, Wilander started disappearing. I did follow Sampras until the end though but kinda missed the early Federer craze. It was the Federer-Nadal rivalry that got me into tennis again. And when I read all the rave reviews about TS4 I decided to pick it up. My first TS game, not counting earlier, short rentals.
Overall I would give it an 8.5/10. In some aspects it's nearly perfect but in other's there still a lot of room for improvement, especially the LCD Soundsystem
The graphical presentation is excellent though.
I consider myself a lousy online player but I've been switching from Normal to Professional CPU in Career Mode (WTA) and I have yet to lose a match after 2 years in.
Now excuse me skimming through the boards.
Later,
Corbon
That game's awesome man...