Comments on: Top Spin 4 Serves Up PlayStation Move, Stereoscopic 3D Tomorrow

By: NGC17

NGC17 — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:57:22 +0000

1:1 controls aren’t necessary but proper motion requirements are. You hardly need to move the Move at all. Just a slight twitch in any direction is usually enough. The controls haven’t been adjusted for proper Move playing. This is why you never really feel like the Move is actually adding anything to game. You don’t have to swing like a tennis player at all, which is the point of a tennis game.

The movement shown in the picture of two players using the Move is copied from a different game with a TS4 screenshot inserted, ’cause you only have to move your wrist to use it for this game and like tom110584 said it lacks use the navigational controller as well. And it’s the navigational controller that does all the work in the first place and thus you can’t play without it.

So unless you really like holding the Move without having to move it like in a proper Move supported game you won’t be using it more than 10 minutes. I’ve been playing with the DS3 for quite a while now and I’m loving it.

By: NGC17

NGC17 — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:52:03 +0000

1:1 aren’t necessary but proper motion requirements are. You hardly need to move the Move at all. Just a slight twitch in any direction is usually enough. The controls haven’t been adjusted for proper Move playing. This is why you never really feel like the Move is actually adding anything to game. You don’t have to swing like a tennis player at all, which is the point of a tennis game.

By: tom110584

tom110584 — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 04:30:27 +0000

looking forward to playing this with my move! should get my copy early next week. watch out for my review on http://www.el33tonline.com shortly thereafter. can the game be played without the navigation controller (or left side of the dual shock 3) as the picture suggests? otherwise it’s false advertising wouldn’t you say?

By: RspectMyAthorita

RspectMyAthorita — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:13:35 +0000

Top spin strives to be and is the best tennis simulation. That is why the developers did not want to implement 1:1 move controls. Personally I agree with them. I play the game because I want to play as sampras against agassi or federer against nadal. Which means the player i control needs to play like sampras. If the player I control responded 1:1 to my motions than it would no longer be federer’s signature style forehand/backhand etc. Than why even bother signing for these player rights for the game and capturing their signature styles? With the move I will only be controlling an empty shell that looks like federer. The move seemed like an afterthought that top spin devs didn’t want to implement but had to because of the demand for move, especially for a sport like tennis that is perfect for the move.

By: RspectMyAthorita

RspectMyAthorita — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:13:09 +0000

The move seemed like an afterthought that top spin devs didn’t want to implement but had to because of the demand for move, especially for a sport like tennis that is perfect for the move. I see and agree with how the top spin team tried to implement the move. By only using the move for timing/racquet speed/top spin, the game can retain the player signature styles and include some aspects of real tennis which are timing/racquent speed/top spin. And i think ppl have miss conceptions. I read comments saying that you can do backhand or forehand motion for a forehand. This is because of the “Inside out” feature. Players like sampras always tried to run around his backhand to hit an inside-out forehand.

By: NGC17

NGC17 — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:25:09 +0000

I just got the full game. I’ve just played the academy and it seems the PS Move is indeed about useless. Only the navigation controller is used for precision while the move is made for those action. The player also doesn’t move his arms when you swing the move when there’s no ball. He only responds when a ball is near the racket. And then it doesn’t care if you swing at the ball or swing up or down, even sideways. It doesn’t matter. it hits just fine if you use the navigational controller to guide the direction. A doorhandle would be suffice for actions like these.

I’m also disappointed by the graphics. The enviroments look quite dead, no movement in the trees and bushes that make the game feel alive. It looks rather like it was copied from the last generation console versions.

Seems like a great game on other levels. But for someone looking forward to using his PS Move more, this isn’t the game. At all, go get Tiger Woods 12 or wait for Virtua Tennis 4.

By: smurfmanx

smurfmanx — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:57:38 +0000

nor does it consider the speed of your swing or it’s power.

By: smurfmanx

smurfmanx — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:57:09 +0000

this game was a dissappointment concerning the ps3 move.

all you have to do is waggle the stick like the wii.

it doesn’t take into consideration if you are doing a backhand or forehand.

it doesn’t consider the angle nor rotation of the racket.

i have read that virtua tennis does. i hope they do it right. i also hope they get rid of that silly third person view to 1st person view switching back and forth.

hopefully top spin devs will patch the game with real move controls….. then i’d love to get it.

By: EvilAngel34

EvilAngel34 — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:41:16 +0000

hmmmm thinking of this

By: anastasia_p

anastasia_p — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:05:49 +0000

… And I love this game!!! Needed time to get used to controllers and playing with Move, but after few hours everything seemed fine. Have been playing it for 7 hours, LOVE IT !!! Wish there were more female tennis players in the game tho, maybe if they had Maria Sharapova, you guys would like the game better :) xoxoxoxo