NZGamer writes: "The typical grunts and groans from your players are more amusing than realistic (which is compounded by their repetitiveness too). Some of the menu items don't seem to be designed for the Wii either, including the in-game menu that lets you change the timing indicator on and off. Instead of being able to use your on-screen hand cursor (like you do for everything else), you have to use the D-Pad as if the game was on a traditional console. All this aside though, for serious tennis fans and those wanting a realistic (and challenging) experience, Virtua Tennis 2009 will be very rewarding if you posses enough patience and skill. For the casual gamers and families out there, we feel that EA Games' Grand Slam Tennis may serve up a better experience. Find out next week when we review it".
This feature aims to aid you when watching Wimbledon this year, because with so many matches going on in the next fortnight it's sometimes hard to know which ones to watch.
With this in mind it looks to recommend specific players to watch if you're a fan of a certain gaming series or title. So without further ado, let it serve you up some suggestions…
Call of Duty? Nah, let's take a break and get some of these games on.
Why does nothing from this generation multiplayer wise really feel like it will be truly missed? Over sequelization and feautre creep. The cost of high production values.
The majority of my favorite multiplayer games are on the N64. That console was built with multiplayer as the focus, with 4 ports for controllers.
Here are some old MP games I enjoyed playing alongside mates:
• 007 NIGHTFIRE - a classic! This game had fantastic MP, I would love a HD remake.
• CONFLICT: Global Storm - acting like a fireteam with my friend where one person takes a buddy and the other does that too before departing down a different path was great fun! I personally loved the desert level with the Jeep.
• MOH (PS1) - OOoh yes, this game had funny personas and great gameplay; in my books, another worthy classic.
Still play mario kart and smash bros with some buddies from time to time, the n64 was the best system ever for local mp imo.
Connor Beaton writes: "It’s a day not quite as important or well-recognised as, let’s say, November 5th 1955, but this Sunday falls on the tenth day of the tenth month of the year twenty-ten, and that deserves at least some recognition. One of my local coffee shops has decided to slash the price of their coffee to ten pence at ten o’clock in the morning since this Sunday nicely coincides with their tenth birthday. Unfortunately, gamers don’t really have anything to celebrate today, nor does any form of commemoration seem to be incoming from any developers or publishers. In response to this injustice, we’ve compiled a list of ten gaming “tens”, most of which rely on bad puns and stale jokes. Enjoy!"