The gameplay looks great but the fact that a big company like 2K couldn't get more than 7 current male players is shocking. No Djokovic, Nadal, Sinner, Tsitsipas, Ruud, Rune, Zverev, Rublev etc etc. which lessens the immersiveness of MyCareer. Imagine if they released NBA 2K without Jokic, Embiid, Doncic and so on.
They will nckle and dime us for them down the line. No excuse for such lack of content. custom creation could have easily solved this, but again they will cash grab this version.
A roster like this should be illegal in 2024; it's like releasing a FIFA game without Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappé, and Haaland. Moreover, the cover players like Federer and Alcaraz look like characters from Toy Story, just poorly made. Of course, there's the usual cash grab with additional animations and clothing for your character, but the level of customization is zero since there's not even an option like in NBA2K to do our own face scan. Not to mention the career mode, starting from the 80th position in the world rankings and being able to face (thanks to this wonderful roster) only 7 active ATP players. This game is simply a slap in the face to us tennis lovers. If you dare to tell me that the gameplay is beautiful, it's practically the same as the last Top Spin with a new engine, so they haven't done anything in the development of this game
They did work on the game They put mtx and battle passes in there that's what they been working on for rest of there development of this game people saying its only cosmetics but they got forehand and backhand signature in the battle pass in the base game They only have 2 each hahahahahaha
FIFA can do a deal with a publisher that gets almost every FIFA player in the game without having to negotiate with each individual player. Becaue those players belong to FIFA as an org, and reap the benefits of being within that org... FIFA > Players who are part of FIFA org. Pro tennis players and golf players do not have that kind of org. You don't do a deal with ATP or whatever it is or PGA, cut PGA a check and you get all the people on tour. It's different. Please take a class on partnership licensing before you go bitching and moaning. Here's something to think about... imagine in an upcoming CBA in the NFL, the NFLPA decided they want each individual player to do their own negotiations and get their own individual deal with EA to be IN madden. DO the math. How many players in the NFL? How many individual contracts EA would have to sign? They wouldn't be able to afford to make a Madden game with all those players.
You didn’t go over any of the drawbacks. This sounded more like a sponsored review. Extremely limited player roster. Average graphics. Average player mechanics/animations. No immersion from the crowd no ball boys or girls. Not 100% sure but I heard you can’t even play with friends online a the moment lol. 70$ game guys
Who wrote this review? The game devs. You’ve never seen a tennis match played like this other than in a park. The ai is awful. There are so many half court shots. In the real world such shots would be hammered straight back for a winner. Here it’s ping pong. In doubles when you’ve got both players hugging the net, in the real world that means only one thing. A lob shot. But it’s back to ping pong in this game. The ai is awful in the game. But at least the game devs write a good review. He who pays the piper again. There’s not much realism in this game.
You sir are a 2k shill. You failed to mention the servers will only stay open until 2026. Career mode is online only. So after 2026 you can only play Tutorials and Exhibition mode. This is nothing more than game rental . Won't be liking or subscribing
2K announced, that they can shut down the servers anytime after December 2026. You will not be able to play the game careers than anymore. This, and the microtransactions make this game a NO GO! Gameplay is good and fun, that´s right, but the company policy is just milking the customer.
Yeah! Even an amateur player like me who played a bit of TS4 and loved the player mechanics and fluidity of action in gameplay can spot some awkward movements of the players in the clip. I thought first it was my eyes, but not really after reading others' posts.
Literally the same mechanics, animation and play styles as topspin 4. Not different AT ALL, the movements and shots are EXACTLY the same. Really disappointed by this, lazy cash grab.
Pre-ordered and got 3 days early release. Absolutely awful, just asked Xbox for a refund. I'm 39 years old, been gaming all my life, and a big tennis fan. Never asked for a refund of a game before now.
@@adriandiaz4624 The gameplay is so slow and clunky. I love tennis and play and watch it a lot. The modern game is fast and explosive. These players just move so slowly. The ball travels slowly. The graphics are incredibly disappointing. Alcaraz and Murray look nothing like the real players. I was hoping there would be an option to speed up the gameplay, but there isn't.
A sincere question, is the older top spin career mode and gameplay better than this current top spin? I love the top spin series in the past and it will really bother me if to buy it and find out that it is not as good as the ps2, ps3 and dreamcast versions.
Why does it look slower than TS4? Looks like low gravity mode...ball goes way too high over the net and takes forever to land...I'm not convinced about this being a worthy renewal from TS4 yet...I'd have to try it.
The price of this game is insane. The roster is an insult, the animations are very generic outside of some signature animations from Federer and Serena., The ball seems floaty, the constant meter when hitting the ball is quite ugly. Graphics are ok at best, some players look like they having a disease though. When on pc, play Full Ace Tennis for proper gameplay, yeah, it looks dated, but the flow, the physics, the speed, the diversity in setting up points puts TS25 to shame.
Honestly I’m disappointed… The gameplay is almost the same as top spin 4, only 7 active players available?!?! Then, in MyCareer my player starts his journey from 80th position on the ATP?!?! Is it really that hard to change these things at least?!
Btw, if I would need to rate the gameplay, I would rate it probably like 0/10? It’s incredibly unrealistic. I play tennis professionally and all I wanted is to have ONEE realistic tennis game
Try Tennis Elbow 4. It has hundreds of real players. Many chances to customize grunts, looks etc. Career mode possible with any player from the history
Just like 2k golf. Bare bones career, outdated graphics and player models, riddled with mtx, and less customization and equipment than golf games a decade ago. Costs more, though. And fk these reviewers and shills that drone on about gameplay. In most cases these games play the same or worse than they did a decade ago. OnLy GamEpLaY MatTErs! If that were true, I’d still be playing the Dreamcast.
The game is a remastered version of Topspin 4 nothing barebones about this game it has career , online , exhibition .Makes a change from shooting things and kicking a footballl.
Graphics is a 2K problem. Roster is an individual contract problem. This isn't the NFL where you cut them a check and you get the rights to all the players. ATP don't work like that. IT's different. You want all the ATP pros? They gotta cut each one of them a check and each contract will be negotiated. You think 2K gonna write 50-100 million dollars worth of check for this? Even if they did, got all those players in, would the game sell more? Yes. Enough to even break even after the money they had to shill out to each player? For a tennis game? not even close.
Animations are hideus, roster is a disgrace, overall the game is not worth the price. Ironically, i would've paid $60 just for a topspin4 remake so I could play online because it is that good. At the end, the "broad appeal" approach to this release is what keeps it from being a good simulation.
The animations are completely awful, takes out all the immersion from the game. Ball is flying at 5 km/h and the players looks completely stiff. How is it possible that Virtua tennis from 1999 got it better than a 2024 release?
really want to purchase the game but look at all the microtransaction and the fact that a 60$ game is incomplete when some grandslam court is lock behind pay wall It's disappointed
Reviewing this as well...giving this an 8.5 is your well deserved opinion of course but to me the lack of game modes, last gen graphics, lack lf players, bad volley play isn´t worth that score. It´s like saying to EA...make us a football pitch, 22 players and a Ball...let us kick it and it´s an 8.5. TS2K25 does nothing more than TS4 after 13 years.
You need glasses or a new TV if you think this game looks realistic. ie. Alcaraz looks like Allkarraz. And why no mention of the severely limited player roster?
To be fair, creating a convincing animation of the strokes including a realistic preparation while reacting properly to the players input must be a huge pain. That being said, they didn't pull it off, unfortunately.
It would be great to get more mo-cap going forward. It seems like the gameplay is enough to get excitement and sales going for this iteration. Let’s hope 2k will invest heavily in roster and mo-cap in future updates and iterations like they’ve done for NBA2k. I’ve yet to play it myself, but seeing more high level players playing the game makes me believe this is the most solid tennis gameplay in a tennis game since the OG TopSpin series. Gameplay from other tennis games since then has been atrocious.
What! Crappy roster and lack of real world tournaments. Poor graphics yet this review makes the game sound like a masterpiece. Don’t compare this 2k game to their top tier releases 2k didn’t make this game actually. They are the publisher. This is a top spin 4 cut and paste with little edit. Half a game is included. Incoming micro transactions
This overall doesnt even look like an upgrade to topspin 4 at all. The graphics look almost the same just a tad smoother/ more new gen looking while still just looking gimmicky and outdated. The mechanics look similar although almost not as smooth as topspin 4 and doesnt seem to offer anything new or improved. Thats without mentioning the lack in roster and game features. Granted I'm purely basing this from reviews and gameplay I've seen and will have to actually play the game for a better analysis so take this with a grain of salt however I just don't see myself coughing up brand new triple A studio prices for a game that seems to be either a downgrade or very minor upgrade to its 10+ year old predecessor
The people that will buy this game at full price and especially the laughably overpriced middle and top editions are the main reason for why the gaming industry has become such a dumpster fire. This game seems to be Top Spin 4 but with updated graphics and microtransactions and a worse male roster. I read the IGN review and the career mode seems to be the same as in TS4, flaws and all. What the hell is wrong with gamers these days? Gamers back in the day never would have put up with the crap we now constantly see from this industry.
Dead on about the controls for players new to the franchise. Didn’t take too long to get the hang of it, but def the least confident I felt in a sports game control-wise
Did they also borrow the graphics from Top Spin 4? 😠 In a time where photorealism has been achieved, how do these players look like they were designed by hand by a bunch of A-Level students who only had one lesson to finish them? The graphics in this game should be near indistinguishable from the real thing. Also... why so few players? The Top Spin 2K25 "playable pros" page says the game has "over 24 playable pros". Really? Over 24? I mean, that's technically correct, but who speaks like that unless they know how piss poor their effort is? Over 24 playable pros translates to... 25 playable pros. 🤨 I don't know why they can't just say, "Top Spin 2K25 features 25 playable pros, at launch, with more to follow". Probably because they know that 25 is not enough. And who are those 25 playable pros? Roger Federer (Switzerland) Serena Williams (USA) Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) Iga Świątek (they spell her name wrong/without the accents) (Poland) Frances Tiafoe (USA) Andy Murray (Scotland/GB) Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) Ben Shelton (USA) Coco Gauff (USA) Daniil Medvedev (Russia) Emma Raducanu (Canadian/GB) Karolina Plíšková (Again, no accents) (Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic) Leylah Fernandez (Canadian) Madison Keys (USA) Matteo Berrettini (Italy) Naomi Osaka (Japan) Paula Badosa (Spain) Sloane Stephens (USA) Taylor Fritz (USA) John McEnroe (USA) Pete Sampras (USA) Steffi Graf (Germany) Maria Sharapova (Russia) Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) Andre Agassi (USA) Hmm... American much? 🤔 Players not included in the playable pros list: Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic Martina Navratilova Venus Williams Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova Aryna Sabalenka Tim Henman Greg Rusedski Laura Robson Heather Watson Johanna Konta Dan Evans Cam Norrie Goran Ivanišević Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Sabine Lisicki Angelique Kerber Simona Halep Amélie Mauresmo Pat Cash Billie Jean King Margaret Court Sue Barker Andy Roddick Monica Seles Jennifer Capriati Lindsay Davenport Jim Courier Björn Borg Boris Becker Chris Evert Rod Laver Ivan Lendl Grigor Dimitrov Stephanos Tsitsipas Alexander Zverev Casper Ruud Ons Jabeur Jelena Ostapenko Elena Rybakina And... the most entertaining tennis player of all time... Mansour Bahrami And many more. The game should have AT LEAST double it's current playable roster and they should be, at the very least, recognisable, if not photorealistic. Maybe they'll update it over time and in about 6 years it'll be a worthwhile investment. But for now, there's no way I'm paying £65, let alone £105 for the Grand Slam Edition. 😳 If they want me to buy it, they'll have to release a demo or have it on a free weekend so I can try it, because the trailer and the reviews just do not look good enough.
Sponsored video, it must be. How do you not even mention needing forced online to play career mode which is single player, can’t play online with friends and the lackluster lineup.
Is it worth the money? Is that a serious question or just click bait. Your review was written by 2K for you? The game looks like ass compared to Virtua Tennis 4 on PC. The last time 2K made good sports games was when they released the last topspin game. Look what you get now, half a game at full price after more then a decade. Online is gimped and if you fools think 2K is going to give you anything good for free...yeah. You might get a ball boy addon or maybe a player no one has heard of, but the good stuff will come with paid DLC! This game will be 40% off in less then 30 days and still NOT WORTH YOUR MONEY!
Does anyone who has played the game know if Cpu v Cpu is possible? Topspin 4 didnt have that feature so i was hoping they fixed that in this installment
extraordinary game the true king of tennis is back taken the de luxe fantastic real tennis infinite tournaments all the stadiums show. As for the lack of some top players, don't worry they are coming with the next updates... djokovic, sinner, rublev etc everything is coming ..
@@tookut1299 fck both of yall. The game sales are going to be low because nobody wants to play a tennis game & if ppl do get this game they gone only play it for a month tops
The gameplay looks great but the fact that a big company like 2K couldn't get more than 7 current male players is shocking. No Djokovic, Nadal, Sinner, Tsitsipas, Ruud, Rune, Zverev, Rublev etc etc. which lessens the immersiveness of MyCareer. Imagine if they released NBA 2K without Jokic, Embiid, Doncic and so on.
Or why they can't have something like the academy from AO Tennis. Would be a definite buy from me in that case
They will nckle and dime us for them down the line.
No excuse for such lack of content. custom creation could have easily solved this, but again they will cash grab this version.
@realicepick285 lmao all future players will be free so ur narrative us already false
That and the ridiculously long rallies and shot placements is even more immersion breaking
Bro left out the 2 faces of the league lol
A roster like this should be illegal in 2024; it's like releasing a FIFA game without Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappé, and Haaland. Moreover, the cover players like Federer and Alcaraz look like characters from Toy Story, just poorly made. Of course, there's the usual cash grab with additional animations and clothing for your character, but the level of customization is zero since there's not even an option like in NBA2K to do our own face scan. Not to mention the career mode, starting from the 80th position in the world rankings and being able to face (thanks to this wonderful roster) only 7 active ATP players. This game is simply a slap in the face to us tennis lovers. If you dare to tell me that the gameplay is beautiful, it's practically the same as the last Top Spin with a new engine, so they haven't done anything in the development of this game
They did work on the game They put mtx and battle passes in there that's what they been working on for rest of there development of this game people saying its only cosmetics but they got forehand and backhand signature in the battle pass in the base game They only have 2 each hahahahahaha
Why would they change the gameplay even though top spin 4 was perfect?
FIFA can do a deal with a publisher that gets almost every FIFA player in the game without having to negotiate with each individual player. Becaue those players belong to FIFA as an org, and reap the benefits of being within that org... FIFA > Players who are part of FIFA org. Pro tennis players and golf players do not have that kind of org. You don't do a deal with ATP or whatever it is or PGA, cut PGA a check and you get all the people on tour. It's different. Please take a class on partnership licensing before you go bitching and moaning. Here's something to think about... imagine in an upcoming CBA in the NFL, the NFLPA decided they want each individual player to do their own negotiations and get their own individual deal with EA to be IN madden. DO the math. How many players in the NFL? How many individual contracts EA would have to sign? They wouldn't be able to afford to make a Madden game with all those players.
You didn’t go over any of the drawbacks. This sounded more like a sponsored review. Extremely limited player roster. Average graphics. Average player mechanics/animations. No immersion from the crowd no ball boys or girls. Not 100% sure but I heard you can’t even play with friends online a the moment lol. 70$ game guys
Exactly this.. no online with friends utter bullshit
Too obvious indeed.
Not having Sinner at this point is.... well... a sin.
Tennis World Tour 2 has him, which is inexcusable for 2K not to.
Who wrote this review? The game devs. You’ve never seen a tennis match played like this other than in a park. The ai is awful. There are so many half court shots. In the real world such shots would be hammered straight back for a winner. Here it’s ping pong. In doubles when you’ve got both players hugging the net, in the real world that means only one thing. A lob shot. But it’s back to ping pong in this game. The ai is awful in the game. But at least the game devs write a good review. He who pays the piper again. There’s not much realism in this game.
Would like to see when ball hits the net, the ball guys/girls run out to retrieve them. It's the little details.
Totally agree
I notice a lot of the sports games we played as kids did stuff like this and it helped immersion but the games these days lost sight of it
They had like 13 years and they made a game that sounds worse than its predecessor, why can’t we have great sports games man
You sir are a 2k shill. You failed to mention the servers will only stay open until 2026. Career mode is online only. So after 2026 you can only play Tutorials and Exhibition mode. This is nothing more than game rental . Won't be liking or subscribing
Touch grass plz
2K announced, that they can shut down the servers anytime after December 2026. You will not be able to play the game careers than anymore. This, and the microtransactions make this game a NO GO! Gameplay is good and fun, that´s right, but the company policy is just milking the customer.
Can tell this is a sponsored review 😅 try harder bro.
I thought the same! It’s clear
100. The best sport game he’s played in years? Ha come on man, make it less obvious
Yeah! Even an amateur player like me who played a bit of TS4 and loved the player mechanics and fluidity of action in gameplay can spot some awkward movements of the players in the clip. I thought first it was my eyes, but not really after reading others' posts.
Literally the same mechanics, animation and play styles as topspin 4. Not different AT ALL, the movements and shots are EXACTLY the same. Really disappointed by this, lazy cash grab.
Ball retrievers that DON'T retrieve balls 😏😂😂
😅😅
@@akaBPhife damn man. your nothing but negativity.
Pre-ordered and got 3 days early release. Absolutely awful, just asked Xbox for a refund. I'm 39 years old, been gaming all my life, and a big tennis fan. Never asked for a refund of a game before now.
Why is it awful? Genuinely asking mate since I'm indecisive so any feedback would be appreciated.
@@adriandiaz4624 The gameplay is so slow and clunky. I love tennis and play and watch it a lot. The modern game is fast and explosive. These players just move so slowly. The ball travels slowly. The graphics are incredibly disappointing. Alcaraz and Murray look nothing like the real players. I was hoping there would be an option to speed up the gameplay, but there isn't.
@@Mrmelody85 damn man unfortunately it sounds about right. I'll give it a think but it's most likeky gonna be a hard pass
A sincere question, is the older top spin career mode and gameplay better than this current top spin? I love the top spin series in the past and it will really bother me if to buy it and find out that it is not as good as the ps2, ps3 and dreamcast versions.
@@adriandiaz4624the gameplay is awesome. 2k is greedy though. It reminds me of the old top spin games.
Two top 10 atp players. Two.
the gameplay looks the fucking same from Topspin 4, and less great players. This is a cash grab
I hope they add more Classic players....
An 8.5 rating best sports game in years? 😂
A review of a 2k game but mysteriously leaving out the crazy amount of VC need to level up or make the player even look nice.....werid
I dont like the ball movement...too slow
Why does it look slower than TS4? Looks like low gravity mode...ball goes way too high over the net and takes forever to land...I'm not convinced about this being a worthy renewal from TS4 yet...I'd have to try it.
The price of this game is insane. The roster is an insult, the animations are very generic outside of some signature animations from Federer and Serena., The ball seems floaty, the constant meter when hitting the ball is quite ugly. Graphics are ok at best, some players look like they having a disease though. When on pc, play Full Ace Tennis for proper gameplay, yeah, it looks dated, but the flow, the physics, the speed, the diversity in setting up points puts TS25 to shame.
Honestly I’m disappointed…
The gameplay is almost the same as top spin 4, only 7 active players available?!?!
Then, in MyCareer my player starts his journey from 80th position on the ATP?!?!
Is it really that hard to change these things at least?!
Btw, if I would need to rate the gameplay, I would rate it probably like 0/10?
It’s incredibly unrealistic.
I play tennis professionally and all I wanted is to have ONEE realistic tennis game
@@PeterSychevI absolutely hate it
Try Tennis Elbow 4. It has hundreds of real players. Many chances to customize grunts, looks etc. Career mode possible with any player from the history
It goes to show that if Nfl2k comes out they would blow madden out water if they 2ksports could do well with a tennis game.
Keep drinking the koolaid, the 2Ksports you are thinking of is long gone. Yeah it blow madden away with better VC.
They should make a college baseball
@@IGOBYTHENAMELOVE They have to pay NCAA for that license. The money NCAA might want might be too steep to invest in a niche college baseball game.
Just like 2k golf. Bare bones career, outdated graphics and player models, riddled with mtx, and less customization and equipment than golf games a decade ago. Costs more, though. And fk these reviewers and shills that drone on about gameplay. In most cases these games play the same or worse than they did a decade ago. OnLy GamEpLaY MatTErs! If that were true, I’d still be playing the Dreamcast.
The game is a remastered version of Topspin 4 nothing barebones about this game it has career , online , exhibition .Makes a change from shooting things and kicking a footballl.
This might be the best tennis game ever but for $69 with these graphics and rosters is not fair..
Graphics is a 2K problem. Roster is an individual contract problem. This isn't the NFL where you cut them a check and you get the rights to all the players. ATP don't work like that. IT's different. You want all the ATP pros? They gotta cut each one of them a check and each contract will be negotiated. You think 2K gonna write 50-100 million dollars worth of check for this? Even if they did, got all those players in, would the game sell more? Yes. Enough to even break even after the money they had to shill out to each player? For a tennis game? not even close.
@@MB-go6uy makes sense
Animations are hideus, roster is a disgrace, overall the game is not worth the price. Ironically, i would've paid $60 just for a topspin4 remake so I could play online because it is that good.
At the end, the "broad appeal" approach to this release is what keeps it from being a good simulation.
Great review glad Topspin is back .Pre ordered my copy.
Thank you. I'm glad its back too!
lol - you paid more than 130$ AUS for this . wtf is wrong with you .
Can I pay to game share it ?
Preorder? You got Topspin 4 don't you?
@@camos79 lol i paid 49 GBP that is a fair price for this game .Genius 49 GPB is 94 AUD lol camos get a job that pays you enough to buy a video game.
I can’t believe they don’t let you play career mode as one of the real pros🤦🏾♂️
What’s the point if they barely have any players to play as
It was the same going back to the original TopSpin for Xbox original.
Pay-2-win at its best. Unbelievable that no reviewer mentioned that. This game has so many problems!
What’s the graphical issue
characters .
2k graphics normally aren’t great
@@lilbruv4063NBA2k and WWE 2k are two of the most graphically impressive games out right now lmao 2k has a lot of issues but graphics aren't one
The animations are completely awful, takes out all the immersion from the game. Ball is flying at 5 km/h and the players looks completely stiff.
How is it possible that Virtua tennis from 1999 got it better than a 2024 release?
VT is always gold but blows my mind how Noone made a new generation one
really want to purchase the game but look at all the microtransaction and the fact that a 60$ game is incomplete when some grandslam court is lock behind pay wall
It's disappointed
Can always depend on SGO for a good review 🔥
God why do shots look so "floaty"
Reviewing this as well...giving this an 8.5 is your well deserved opinion of course but to me the lack of game modes, last gen graphics, lack lf players, bad volley play isn´t worth that score. It´s like saying to EA...make us a football pitch, 22 players and a Ball...let us kick it and it´s an 8.5. TS2K25 does nothing more than TS4 after 13 years.
You need glasses or a new TV if you think this game looks realistic. ie. Alcaraz looks like Allkarraz.
And why no mention of the severely limited player roster?
To be fair, creating a convincing animation of the strokes including a realistic preparation while reacting properly to the players input must be a huge pain. That being said, they didn't pull it off, unfortunately.
It would be great to get more mo-cap going forward. It seems like the gameplay is enough to get excitement and sales going for this iteration. Let’s hope 2k will invest heavily in roster and mo-cap in future updates and iterations like they’ve done for NBA2k.
I’ve yet to play it myself, but seeing more high level players playing the game makes me believe this is the most solid tennis gameplay in a tennis game since the OG TopSpin series. Gameplay from other tennis games since then has been atrocious.
I wonder how many of us OG gonna come back and dominate the online games. 😅
They need me in it. Earth shattering Duncan here to serve planet Tennis❤
Are you playing the same game as me? It looks like trash especially the crowd, have you been asked to promote it! 👎
This is a carbon copy of PGA 2K absolutely disappointing
I tried the demo, still cant get use to the aim mechanism . I think I'll stick with Hot Shots Tennis
is there a demo?
@@patkluivert4110 there is with the ps premium subscription
I wanted to play the trial version but I don’t want to create a 2k account or link it to my psn
Looks like playing NBA will surely help with the SHOT TIMING hmmm.. So all these years on 2K will finally pay off LOL.
Damn looks rough. Is this dreamcast?
Take Two interactive would make a tennis game but refuse to make a baseball game. Smh
Especially with how much the show is messing up..prime opportunity
Not good unless you have online capability. Most do. Just a heads up.
Looks terrible. I will not support it.
What! Crappy roster and lack of real world tournaments. Poor graphics yet this review makes the game sound like a masterpiece. Don’t compare this 2k game to their top tier releases 2k didn’t make this game actually. They are the publisher. This is a top spin 4 cut and paste with little edit. Half a game is included. Incoming micro transactions
Can you create 2 players to play against each other? Can created players play against each other?
This overall doesnt even look like an upgrade to topspin 4 at all. The graphics look almost the same just a tad smoother/ more new gen looking while still just looking gimmicky and outdated. The mechanics look similar although almost not as smooth as topspin 4 and doesnt seem to offer anything new or improved. Thats without mentioning the lack in roster and game features. Granted I'm purely basing this from reviews and gameplay I've seen and will have to actually play the game for a better analysis so take this with a grain of salt however I just don't see myself coughing up brand new triple A studio prices for a game that seems to be either a downgrade or very minor upgrade to its 10+ year old predecessor
Nobody’s talking about how you can’t play with friends ?
Obviously bought review.
I care more about the physics, than if they tried to copy specific players ... actually to me it, the latter, is almost entirely irrelevant.
Next NHL2K26? :3
how does online work? do you go in with your own player or you pick a player each game ?
Virtua Tennis 2k2 and now TopSpin 2k25 the two highs for tennis games
The reason the roster is so small is because we'll probably have to pay for DLC packs....
Disgraceful
Roster updates are going to be free. Already confirmed.
The people that will buy this game at full price and especially the laughably overpriced middle and top editions are the main reason for why the gaming industry has become such a dumpster fire. This game seems to be Top Spin 4 but with updated graphics and microtransactions and a worse male roster. I read the IGN review and the career mode seems to be the same as in TS4, flaws and all.
What the hell is wrong with gamers these days? Gamers back in the day never would have put up with the crap we now constantly see from this industry.
Dead on about the controls for players new to the franchise. Didn’t take too long to get the hang of it, but def the least confident I felt in a sports game control-wise
Did they also borrow the graphics from Top Spin 4? 😠
In a time where photorealism has been achieved, how do these players look like they were designed by hand by a bunch of A-Level students who only had one lesson to finish them?
The graphics in this game should be near indistinguishable from the real thing.
Also... why so few players?
The Top Spin 2K25 "playable pros" page says the game has "over 24 playable pros".
Really? Over 24? I mean, that's technically correct, but who speaks like that unless they know how piss poor their effort is?
Over 24 playable pros translates to... 25 playable pros. 🤨
I don't know why they can't just say, "Top Spin 2K25 features 25 playable pros, at launch, with more to follow". Probably because they know that 25 is not enough.
And who are those 25 playable pros?
Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Serena Williams (USA)
Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)
Iga Świątek (they spell her name wrong/without the accents) (Poland)
Frances Tiafoe (USA)
Andy Murray (Scotland/GB)
Belinda Bencic (Switzerland)
Ben Shelton (USA)
Coco Gauff (USA)
Daniil Medvedev (Russia)
Emma Raducanu (Canadian/GB)
Karolina Plíšková (Again, no accents) (Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic)
Leylah Fernandez (Canadian)
Madison Keys (USA)
Matteo Berrettini (Italy)
Naomi Osaka (Japan)
Paula Badosa (Spain)
Sloane Stephens (USA)
Taylor Fritz (USA)
John McEnroe (USA)
Pete Sampras (USA)
Steffi Graf (Germany)
Maria Sharapova (Russia)
Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
Andre Agassi (USA)
Hmm... American much? 🤔
Players not included in the playable pros list:
Rafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic
Martina Navratilova
Venus Williams
Martina Hingis
Anna Kournikova
Aryna Sabalenka
Tim Henman
Greg Rusedski
Laura Robson
Heather Watson
Johanna Konta
Dan Evans
Cam Norrie
Goran Ivanišević
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Sabine Lisicki
Angelique Kerber
Simona Halep
Amélie Mauresmo
Pat Cash
Billie Jean King
Margaret Court
Sue Barker
Andy Roddick
Monica Seles
Jennifer Capriati
Lindsay Davenport
Jim Courier
Björn Borg
Boris Becker
Chris Evert
Rod Laver
Ivan Lendl
Grigor Dimitrov
Stephanos Tsitsipas
Alexander Zverev
Casper Ruud
Ons Jabeur
Jelena Ostapenko
Elena Rybakina
And... the most entertaining tennis player of all time...
Mansour Bahrami
And many more.
The game should have AT LEAST double it's current playable roster and they should be, at the very least, recognisable, if not photorealistic.
Maybe they'll update it over time and in about 6 years it'll be a worthwhile investment. But for now, there's no way I'm paying £65, let alone £105 for the Grand Slam Edition. 😳
If they want me to buy it, they'll have to release a demo or have it on a free weekend so I can try it, because the trailer and the reviews just do not look good enough.
If nadal was in the game I would buy it.
Thanks for the info. I could never get my first serve in.
Is this guy blind? Game looks atrocious.
bit expensive for the limited gamemodes/options ... am waiting on a sale! I feel they have been lazy on this one!
This game feels and looks like it came out on a PS3.
Sponsored video, it must be. How do you not even mention needing forced online to play career mode which is single player, can’t play online with friends and the lackluster lineup.
I heard online against friends is not available at launch,is this true?
Tia
yes
Why
Not available at launch? It simply isn’t available intentionally, and knowing how 2k operates, it never will. This game is barebones and low effort.
A solid game. Get my grandslam edition
Can you unlock Young Andre Agassi with Long hair?
They should have some kind of legends mode, that allows us to use legends from the past.
Yep need to get to level 5
You mean with a hairpiece? 😂
@@grunchlk I am the only one who thinks its natural cause he was my Hero when i started playing tennis in the 80s/90s.
@@ReganMisfitGamer I didn't know until a couple of years ago tbh
Is it worth the money? Is that a serious question or just click bait. Your review was written by 2K for you? The game looks like ass compared to Virtua Tennis 4 on PC. The last time 2K made good sports games was when they released the last topspin game. Look what you get now, half a game at full price after more then a decade. Online is gimped and if you fools think 2K is going to give you anything good for free...yeah. You might get a ball boy addon or maybe a player no one has heard of, but the good stuff will come with paid DLC! This game will be 40% off in less then 30 days and still NOT WORTH YOUR MONEY!
They play like 10year olds, pathetic slow!
Your wrong EA is king of sports games
Does anyone who has played the game know if Cpu v Cpu is possible? Topspin 4 didnt have that feature so i was hoping they fixed that in this installment
legs still slide while moving, Mario tennis is more realistic
Is the gameplay shown recorded on PC or PS5 or Xbox?
Looks like ps4
Career mode is all I need.
So brought the champion edition, where is the rookie rise pack to boost to level 10???
Bro you must have money to throw away cause spending 120 dollars for this game is crazy
Roster is a miss tho
Can you also turn off the bar under the player ?
The bar can be removed in game settings.
This doesn't sound as good as the OG Xbox original from 2004.
Gta5 tennis is better😅
roster is way too limited
Gameplay is awesome. Roster sucks, graphics suck. 50 bucks auto purchase 70 ehhh.
Almost nobody will buy this game
Its playing like it is 1999.
Never buy this one hahahaah vt3 topspin 1 are the best
Full ace tennis simulator is on discount people…by far the best tennis game,just make sure you install fa mod too
Excellent review. Cant wait to play.
Ok this is cool...now bring back MLB 2K!
Its one of the worst tennis games ever made trust me im selling mine
Those graphics! LOL!!!!!!
extraordinary game the true king of tennis is back taken the de luxe fantastic real tennis infinite tournaments all the stadiums show. As for the lack of some top players, don't worry they are coming with the next updates... djokovic, sinner, rublev etc everything is coming ..
Damn good review!!! Put it over the top for me getting the game!!!
The game looks not very up-to-date (graphics) and there should be more current players! Will buy it, hope for more players in future!
Hell no a tennis game isn’t worth ya money
It’s always blows my mind you trolls have no point on this earth other than to troll like you have no actual meaning on this earth
@@tookut1299 Yeah, they are trolls. Their comments from the very start are illogical.
@@tookut1299 fck both of yall. The game sales are going to be low because nobody wants to play a tennis game & if ppl do get this game they gone only play it for a month tops
@@jespPH9196 & it’s not trolling it’s my fcking opinion
@@SoGuDDa the game’s a 10/10 goofy stfu