2007-03-16 12:10:50 Virtua Tennis 3 demo on Live. 850Mb.

Was a demo even announced? I know the banner has been running here for a week or so.

Downloading now! ;)

2007-03-16 12:13:05

Darn you beat me to it! ;) Downloading now!

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It's All About The Games!!!!!!!!!

2007-03-16 12:40:39

Just been playing it is good got wooped 3 times by AI but just won the next 3 games you have to exploit there weakness which is cool also it changes from different opponent. :)

2007-03-16 12:50:26

Ok. just tried the demo for a little bit and it's FANTASTIC!
IN the demo you can choose Federer, Nadal, Sharapova and V.Williams. Graphics are superb but not mind blowing. Aniamtion is extremely well done and gameplay is so much fun. The AI actually wipped my ass for about 5 matches and I dint win a single point! lol Very challengin indeed. I gotta go to work now but Ill defintely exploit the demo a bit more tonight! The game is on preorder for me and I dont feel sorry I did. this is an absolute buy got any tennis fan or anybody for that matter. I am sure Xbox live play is going to be awesome!

Damn! I just realized there is no Rumble feedback at all. Shit I hope this is just because it's a demo. Otherwise, PS3 is to be blamed for this!

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It's All About The Games!!!!!!!!!

2007-03-16 12:57:12

Im beginning to win took me about 5 games to get going now won 5 games on trot now my only gripe is you cant aim on the serve only goes one direction wtf. ?

2007-03-16 13:15:34

There is rumble feedback, you have to turn it on in the options.

You can disable the shit music by running your own music and turning the volume option down, but the crowd sounds and grass court sounds are really naff, hope they are better in the full game!

Why can't anyone seem to make Sharapova look correct? She looked rubbish in Top Spin 2 as well.

2007-03-16 13:19:33 In reply to Slabs (2007-03-16 13:15:34)

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It's All About The Games!!!!!!!!!

2007-03-16 18:49:18

cool thanks, I'll try it out a little later

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"What we do in life echoes in eternity."-Maximus

2007-03-16 19:00:23

I downloaded it, then I remembered that I hate tennis.

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Yeah, im a fanboy, dont like it?

t('-'t) U
The FF13 trailer is not real-time gameplay, if you think its real, you are a dumbass.

[quote=*unnamed moderator*]Sony is the devil[/quote]

2007-03-16 19:01:23 In reply to Shawnzee (2007-03-16 19:00:23)

2007-03-16 19:03:38 In reply to rayy (2007-03-16 19:01:23)

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Yeah, im a fanboy, dont like it?

t('-'t) U
The FF13 trailer is not real-time gameplay, if you think its real, you are a dumbass.

[quote=*unnamed moderator*]Sony is the devil[/quote]

2007-03-16 19:07:13

I don't see Cheez-it's in that list? Such Blasphemy!

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"What we do in life echoes in eternity."-Maximus

2007-03-17 12:43:58

How can you not hate peanut butter ?

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My comments on this game/machine been good or bad does not mean i like/hate the machine i am not a fan nor a hater, just i have a opinion and wish to share it.

2007-03-17 14:23:56

Man peanut butter is amazing.

2007-03-17 18:07:59

Hmm found it very repetitive, but then i suppose tennis is..! :S

And yea peanut butter seems to be an American thing, I'm not a fan of it either.

But then i don't like marmite either.

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Marumaro for the WIN !!

2007-03-17 20:02:30

It's the same gameplay from Virtua Tennis 1 :|

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Where the crap is Shenmue 3 SEGA? Scrap that thing called Shenmue online and finish the Shenmue epic story on 360!

2007-03-17 20:18:24

The game is pure genius, i can already tell that this is gonna be miles more fun than Top Spin, the overexagerated rection times are class!

2007-03-17 20:33:09 In reply to ManThatYouFear (2007-03-17 12:43:58)

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Yeah, im a fanboy, dont like it?

t('-'t) U
The FF13 trailer is not real-time gameplay, if you think its real, you are a dumbass.

[quote=*unnamed moderator*]Sony is the devil[/quote]

2007-03-17 23:03:25

Very disappointing, atleast to me since I was expecting something completely different.

The sense of hitting a bal is much better in Top Spin, and the strokes are also much more refined in Top spin.
I haven't been able to hit the lines at all except for when I'm serving so that's not right either.
The animations are bad, way too quirky and it feels very awkward.

One thing I do like in VT3 that Top Spin doesn't have and that is the fact that you can put the CPU on the wrong foot, which is impossible in Top Spin as the CPU always knows where you're hitting the ball.
VT3 also has better graphics and more detail on the courts, but nothing mindblowing.

All that said, I do see how people can find this more fun because it's very arcadey, but I hadn't expected that.
I had never played a VT game before and people did say that VT has always been arcadey, but seeing how much effort they were putting in details like the courts and the players I really thought they were heading for a more realistic approach this time...guess not...

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2007-03-18 00:41:26

good thing I booted it up with minimal expectations, didn't totally enjoyed it, didn't totally hate it. Kept me entertained, Rent confirmed.

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"What we do in life echoes in eternity."-Maximus

2007-03-18 01:20:35

The demo is challenging, but difficult? :p
Only lost my first game, but i won the match 2-1. Since then i played a couple of games and didn't lose anymore games. Always 2-0. But it is fun. I hope the multiplayer will be even more fun. :)