Virtua Tennis 4™

Doesn't work anymore, don't buy

ENG: The best and most realistic tennis game on Steam, interesting and effective game in which the gameplay is enough. Character customization, as well as mini-games. Referral! FIN: Paras ja realistisin tennis peli Steamissa, kiinnostava ja toimiva peli, jossa pelattavaa riittää. Hahmo kustomointi sekä minipelit. Suositteluni!

To bypass Games for Windows Live, download the modified .dll here: https://www.gamepressure.com/download.asp?ID=84513 Or google "Virtua Tennis 4 Xliveless". Paste the "xlive.dll" you download into "steamapps\common\Virtua Tennis 4".

Graphics are the highlight for this game, although the cutscenes repeat over and over. The World Tour mode is interesting and involves strategic planning but it becomes a bit boring later. Gameplay isn't so good, lacking play variation and skills. At many times the gameplay resumes to positioning at the right place and pressing the button to hit the ball. You can have fun with this game, but not for long. Gamepad is recommended. -------- Portuguese translation: Gráficos são o destaque desse jogo, embora as cutscenes se repitam. O modo World Tour é até interessante e envolve alguma estratégia mas depois torna-se meio chato. A jogabilidade não é tão boa pois falta variação nas jogadas sem muita demonstração de habilidade. Em muitas coisas o jogo se resume quase a apenas se posicionar e apertar o botão na hora certa. Confere diversão mas perde a graça logo. Gamepad recomendado.

I guess I would recommend it.. The game itself is fun and it is what it is... tennis.. Single player works and some people can do multiplayer... How do you get the game itself to work? If you're getting the windows live error... go to your uninstall section of your PC and uninstall windows redistribution and windows marketplace... they are old or something.. download the new one... http://www.xbox.com/en-US/LIVE/PC/DownloadClient ... my problem though is multiplayer.. after waiting for update issues and awhile for my account to install, which I figured would happen... I tried to play with my friend. She made her own clubhouse (multiplayer lobby) but it never showed up nor would it let me in through invites...public or private... There were other open clubhouses... yay! So I thought... we joined one...went to play a match... and it kicked us... Nothing online about this issue so yeah >.> TLDR: You suck Pros - It's tennis... it plays like tennis.. has a tutorial... My friend is loving it Cons - Online may not work for you after downloading your profile and stuff

Is this game better than TopSpin that was available for the original xbox? No... it is however a recommended game to have on your list of steam games as I find it's the best tennis game there is on here. I do recommend this game though carefully as some will not like the positioning of the athletes needed to hit the tennis ball. The game can get quite finnicky. I'll start with the user interface which many of you will go nuts as soon as I say "it uses the windows game for live" app. Once you bypass this (by various methods mentioned on the internet, or if you have flatout ultimate carnage use that to get games for windows live set up prooperly) the interface is actually quite nice. There are different modes to choose from such as multiplayer online as well as local, world tour mode (career where you can create a character), exhibition, and arcade mode. I'm not familiar with other virtua tennis games but this virtual tour mode is pretty decent. Not the greatest, but not the worst either. The plane ticket setup for how many spaces you can move on the world map is interesting. Because of this, you can miss or get to certain training mini game segments which are fun and go away from boring traditional practice, get interviewed, rest up at a hotel, take on a doubles or singles tournament, have an exhibition, or simply land on a blank space. World tour can keep a real tennis fan interested in the game for a while. The [b]gameplay[/b] itself isn't that bad, and the animations are done actually quite nicely. Too bad there weren't more done though. Topspin as I mentioned earlier destroys this game by far when it comes to fun or authentic tennis. I find the varied shots Topspin allows for is a lot more than what's given here. None the less though, lob shots, drop shots, slice shots, and (apparently I don't really notice) top spin shots happen as well. Topspin was notorious for showing actual top spin, I don't quite see it here. This sometimes also feels like a game of pong at times where there feels like there is limited control in where you can pick your corner. The serve is fine but the actual rallying feels a bit limited. I find it's due to the lack of shot types to say the least. Another problem that some gamers may find is that the game is EXTREMELY peculiar in the position of your player in an attempt to hit the ball. Sometimes when moving in diagonal directions I find even when I press a button, my player will simply ignore the command and keep moving. The [b]graphics[/b] are decent and is what's expected from a tennis game. Topspin again takes it here because it had the opportunity for you to contorl cut scenes and handle how your player took a missed point. You were able to press X Y A or B to choose between look mad or get angry and throw your raquet cutscene. Here, the players celebrate sometimes the same and there is no choice like that... no real emotions. The [b]sounds[/b] are decent and music consistently plays in the background making it sound like an arcade game. I turned off the music so it sounds like a real tennis match. I recommend this game in everyone's library but with extreme caution. There are a lot of people having issues with games for windows live app/installation/login as well as some straight hate this game over previous version. I did quite the research before I bought this one even though it was on sale. Rating : 7.4/10 [table] [tr] [td]Gameplay[/td] [td]B-[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Story / Campaign[/td] [td]B+[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Visuals / User Interface[/td] [td]B[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Sounds / Music[/td] [td]B[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Replay-ability[/td] [td]B-[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Overall [/td] [td]B-[/td] [/tr] [/table]

Unfortunately the game is broken due to the old GFWL. It used to be a decent tennis game, but alas. This is also a reminder why I usually don't buy games that have 3rd party DRM/accounts/launchers, they break the game after it's no longer supported.

The last good tennis game, a crime it's not available for purchase any more but you can at least still grab a physical copy on 360 and PlayStation 3 where it runs solid 60fps. Genre's desperately in need of a revival.