Virtua Tennis 3 and the great decision....

After 6 years of waiting fans of the Virtua Tennis series can finally rejoice and be glad.

In the newest installment of the series, Virtual Tennis 3 is quite possibly the best in the series. With its tight and grasping controls to its vivid and thorough gameplay.

One of the most noticeable enhancement are the graphics and visuals of this game. This one of the most realistic sporting games out there right now, however i will be honest at sometimes during the gameplay the players tend to give off a "zombie-like" behavior and are very monotone in regards to their emotions and what not, but that shoulnt bother u too much with this much of detail put in the player(esp. Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and L. Hewitt)

Another enhancement compared to the previous titles is the music, now everyone knows how dull and lifeless the music on Virtual Tennis 2K and Virtual Tennis 2K2 were, but this one has the same musical tones and notes but with more of a rush to it...the music, sometimes actually makes you want to play more and hit the next shot with a slice, instead of a lob.

Another thing I liked about this game was the infamous World Tour feature. Just as on VT2K2 the World Tour was as fun as it can get and with this new installment, it has only gotten better. This time around, the player can create his/her own character to their liking(naturally) and still trains and competes with other players on the game, but this time around you get to actually interact with each player as if you were actually doing the World Tour in reality. Everytime you play an opponent, next time you face off with him/her, they'll remember if you beat or lost to them, which sets up the mood for the match. Its a great innovated move that will surely have an impact on the gamer.

But nevertheless, theres always a twist to these multi platform games. And the big question that is on everyone mind(if they have both the Xbox360 and PS3) is which version should they get? Well to help with this dilemma, lets just see the facts: Only on the PS3 version is the added developmental feature of having "PhysXageia" which makes the physics of the ball and the player move and react to different situations. This of course is too help make it more realistic with the movements of the ball and players. The Xbox360 does not have this added feature, however(and a huge however, at that) only on the Xbox360 version is there an Online feature. Which takes the game into a whole different level of gameplay.

I have fortunately played both versions and can say that the Xbox360 takes the cake on this game, but either way, your getting one of, if not the best looking sport game out on the next-gen consoles right now. And its easy to see that this game is an ACE right down the line!

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