Quick gameplay review of October 24 Update

Pros

  • AI is better at the net
  • Overall game is slower
  • AI finally makes serve errors
  • slightly more fluent movement

Cons

  • serve is still too ineffective
  • return is still OP but less, since overall gameplay is slower
  • you can still easily win by playing just drop shots (Expert) cause AI rarely punishes it. Even though it’s better now, since AI plays better at the net
  • there is still almost no risk in playing shots, especially drop shots and half volleys
  • no variability in AI play
  • animation lock for grandstokes which causes serve/return issue mentioned above
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If I change the playstyle of a player added by the game his rating drops to 43 and I can’t change it back, in my example it’s a new player mpetshi pericard

I’ll support two points that Vikisak made:

-Still sad to see the state of the serve in this game. It’s not acceptable to see the AI ​​serve second serves as first serve most of the time! The speed sensation is still so low. Can you seriously fix that please?

-The AI ​​doesn’t change depending on the players! Is it possible to see a Federer going to the net more than the others? Or a Nadal hitting harder than the others? There is still no difference between the players, which breaks the realism of the gameplay!

One last thing: what is the stamina for? It has no impact, which (once again) breaks the realism.

Come on Big Ant, focus on these very important points and we can finally say that you have the best tennis game of the moment. Just a few more months of work and I think you’ll get there!

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Agree with everything! i think nerving the halfvolley topspin would do a lot to the overall gameplay! Punchier sounddesign with strokes would also be loved by the community i think!

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In general, the game still lacks good sensations, because of its graphics engine. The ball does not bounce enough, the players seem to play in zero gravity, and the AI ​​hits too often in the same places (in the 2 corners of the back of the court). It is becoming very urgent to make the game more fun, with a more realistic shot and to remove these horrible slides on hard and grass that break the rhythm of the points!

In addition, I have noticed 2 small bugs since the last update that I am showing you in pictures:


On this one, Wawrinka made a check to no one…


On this one, ATP 500 courts don’t have picture on the menu selection


Players already have clay’s mark on their shoes, before the match even started

There is still a lot of work to be done…