Top spin

Top Spin is a 2003 tennis video game developed by Salt Lake Games Studio and PAM Development and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox in October 2003. The game was later published by Atari Europe for Windows in 2004 and by 2K for the PlayStation 2 in 2005. It is a simulation tennis game in which players compete in singles and doubles tennis matches and exhibition tournaments. Gameplay modes include a career mode in which players develop skills and rise through the ranks of an international league. Top Spin featured an expanded control scheme compared to its contemporaries, ^{[ 3 ]} and introduced several innovations including 'risk shots', in which players can execute more difficult serves and shots.

Top Spin was developed as a partnership between French company PAM Development and Microsoft Game Studio's Salt Lake subsidiary, with the aim of creating a more realistic and accessible simulation tennis game. The developers modeled the game on the design of previous console tennis titles including Virtua Tennis . Top Spin was developed to take advantage of the online capabilities of Xbox Live , with the game released as part of the XSN Sports brand and supported expanded online features.

Upon release, the Xbox version of Top Spin received universal acclaim by critics, with praise directed to the game's intuitive and accessible control scheme and graphical fidelity, with some critiques of the limitations of the game's career mode. The PlayStation 2 port of the game received mixed reviews, with attention directed to the reduced quality of the game's graphics. Following release, Top Spin received several sequels, with Top Spin 2 released in 2006.

Top Spin is a tennis video game developed by the French studio PAM and released on Xbox in 2003. The game was adapted for Windows And PlayStation 2 .

THE gameplay the game incorporates some basic elements of Virtua Tennis of Sega while taking a more realistic approach to the sport. The power of the shot depends on the "preparation" time of the shot and the speed of the ball upon reception. Gameplay is based on four buttons that correspond to a type of effect Special features: flat shot, topspin shot, slice and lob. A confidence bar (DLZ In The Zone) fills up when the player makes good shots, and allows serving or playing with drop shots and risky shots (L. and R. triggers) with less chance of failure.

A "career" mode allows you to create a character and try to develop them through training, matches, and championships. On PlayStation 2, it is possible to use the camera. EyeToy to model a character in one's own image.

The mode online game allows you to face opponents from all over the world via the Xbox Live (and the XSN ). The versions Windows (2004) and PlayStation 2 (2005) also offer online play.

Top Spin features sixteen stars of the circuit ATP And WTA as Lleyton Hewitt , Anna Kournikova , Sébastien Grosjean Or Martina Hingis .