The basics are straightforward – flat, topspin, and slices are all executed with variations of stick flicks – but getting strong velocity and direction takes practice. It’s easy to pick up and play but tough to master. Said controls dominate any discussion of Grand Slam, which took a page from Fight Night (literally) and transformed the right stick into your racquet via Total Racquet Control. Whoever has mastered the controls will wind up victorious. At that point, Grand Slam matches become their best. They’re never going to be perfect, and you may always run into someone whose strengths aren’t a great matchup. Even better, because each player starts off with a fundamental design (baseline player, net specialist, etc.), you can’t completely maximize each attribute. The benefit of the easy-as-pie first year in Career mode is that you pile up points that can be used to quickly buff up your created characters, who you then take into the online realm Grand Slam has to offer. Even with all the great design decisions – a streamlined calendar with clear direction and simple-to-understand goals, for example – we couldn’t come up with a reason to keep slogging away with no real goal in sight. However, there’s no magic in battling Roger Federer in a 5-set match in the Wimbledon Quarterfinals when you’ve already won the tournament twice before. Yes, the difficulty ramps up in later years, and what was once easy becomes challenging.
All your key stats are tracked individually as well as in the Battle of the Nations, and you’ll get a special sense of accomplishment when you’re able to beat a real-life titan like Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic with your own version of McAwesome. Thanks to well-implemented systems, you can instantly jump into online tournaments against multitudes of players if you’re looking for straight-up head-to-head matches, they’re easy to find too. With innovative controls, all four major event locations and surface types, a deep character creator, and decent selection of top players, it features a unique brand of options for you to head online and engage in epic tennis battles. If you’re looking for terrific multiplayer (online or offline), Grand Slam is potentially your ideal tennis game. Depending on your point of view – or, more importantly, your mode of playing – it’s either an addictive tour de force or a colossal waste of time.Įasy. Therein lies the conundrum that is Grand Slam Tennis 2, EA’s first current-generation venture onto the tennis court.
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