Initial release date: February 10, 2022
Developer: Torus Games
Engine: Unity
Genres: Sports Video Game, Tennis Simulation Game,
Platforms: Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows
Publishers: Kalypso Media, Kalypso Media Digital Ltd.
Presentation: Virtua Tennis 2 was the last Tennis video game I played. That was on my Dreamcast twenty years ago by the way. Matchpoint Tennis released recently via Gamepass on the Xbox Series X. I said what the hell just try it. I tried it. It sucks. End of review. Thank you for reading – Jason
Story: Matchpoint Tennis Championships has a career mode with tutorials where you customize your player and play matches to rank up for bigger tournaments and money. Career Mode is not special and seems tacked on honestly. It never gave me a sense of being a star professional athlete at all. Other than how your character looks the story is non existent.
Gameplay: Once it clicks using that damn left thumb analog this is the best part about Matchpoint Tennis Championships….the gameplay. The problem here is that the gameplay gets old fast! Just be warned their is a learning curve with aiming your shots. Gameplay Modes are My Career, Quick Match Solo or Online, Practice Mode and Training Mode. You have a few modes here but the game is so ugly visually and sound-wise it doesn’t matter how many game modes you have. My fun did not last long even when I started to win matches. Gameplay overall is below average.
Visuals/Graphics: Terrible screen tearing (the worst I ever seen). Character models look as if they were stolen from a game twenty five years ago. Matchpoint Tennis Championships only looks decent when you are overlooking a match bird’s-eye view. If the camera zooms in watch out eww!
Music/Sound: Just awful. The commentator’s voice was muffled most of the time during commentary. Music was super generic like it was ripped from a terrible video game from 1999 but worse.
Final Verdict: This game is bad. It’s ugly visually, Sound design sucks and it’s gameplay get’s old fast. True you do have a plethora of game options including online multiplayer. But who cares when everything is ugly and not fun. Thank you for reading (for real this time) – Jason
Matchpoint Tennis Championships: My mother is a huge tennis fan. Okay, I'll just type it. This game fucking sucked. Don't go near it. – Jason
