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Has anybody played matchpoint tennis?

Watching Wimbledon has got me in the mood to play a tennis game. I used to love "Virtua Tennis" growing up.
 
Just finishing Assassin's Creed Valhalla. It's not a bad game but I've fallen out of love with each installment a little more after the freshness that was Origins.

Odyssey was great also and added in the ship combat, but mostly felt like a bit of a reskin, and Valhalla is just that same only this time I just can't be bothered with any of the dialogue. I appreciate the specific folk lore they're incorporating, even under artist license, such as the green children, but all in all I'm just rushing to the end to get the trophies now. Combat is boring because it's the same as Origins and Odyssey, sneak or charge in it doesn't really matter.

Like odyssey, if I'd picked up Valhalla first I'd be raving about it, but having played the last few installments I can see it's very formulaic. Could as well be AC OAPs home if they just change the assets and text.
 
Has anybody played matchpoint tennis?

Watching Wimbledon has got me in the mood to play a tennis game. I used to love "Virtua Tennis" growing up.
I saw that the other day but just from the pictures that I have seen it look a bit Ropey to say the least.

Virtua tennis was the last decent tennis game about.! The arcade version was great. Used to love seeing that in an amusement arcade. Pat rafter/cedric pioline/yevgeny kefanilokov. Great days.
 
I saw that the other day but just from the pictures that I have seen it look a bit Ropey to say the least.

Virtua tennis was the last decent tennis game about.! The arcade version was great. Used to love seeing that in an amusement arcade. Pat rafter/cedric pioline/yevgeny kefanilokov. Great days.
Feels there are very few decent sports games these days. I used to love Tiger Woods gold and feels like there are no decent golf games these days. Tried a few tennis ones recently and all were awful. Fifa is just rinse and repeat to exploit as much money from players as possible. I did really enjoy playing MLB the show a few years ago, but then the next year was just exactly the same so haven't played it since. Never really got into F1, but would love to (wont happen any time soon) get into it and build a driving rig to play on.

All in all, feels the sports genre is a bit dead and ruled by the whole EA buy to win rubbish.
 
Feels there are very few decent sports games these days. I used to love Tiger Woods gold and feels like there are no decent golf games these days. Tried a few tennis ones recently and all were awful. Fifa is just rinse and repeat to exploit as much money from players as possible. I did really enjoy playing MLB the show a few years ago, but then the next year was just exactly the same so haven't played it since. Never really got into F1, but would love to (wont happen any time soon) get into it and build a driving rig to play on.

All in all, feels the sports genre is a bit dead and ruled by the whole EA buy to win rubbish.
Definitely agree there. No decent boxing games for years. FIFA is just a joke these days. The old days you had a decent fifa plus pro evo and even this is football.
The golf games are just clunky and lose enjoyment very quickly.
I played that riders republic a few times just for something different than shooting at things all the time.

I miss the days of sonic/mario/shinobi/ altered beast and outrun.
 
Is the online any good? I've never been tempted to try it. Used to play GTA 5 online a lot on the PS3 but never sampled a Rockstar online offering since.
I didn’t play long mate, graphically it looked the business and it really was atmospheric I didnt realise it wasn’t the full game until after about 30 mins lol, anyway I binned it thinking I’ll pick up the full game when it’s cheap.
 
Definitely agree there. No decent boxing games for years. FIFA is just a joke these days. The old days you had a decent fifa plus pro evo and even this is football.
The golf games are just clunky and lose enjoyment very quickly.
I played that riders republic a few times just for something different than shooting at things all the time.

I miss the days of sonic/mario/shinobi/ altered beast and outrun.
I’ve played fifa this year a bit and it’s just a slog without paying loads of money to open packs to try and build your side.

I even downloaded madden the other day as it was free on ps5 and it was awful. Just fifa but for American football.

Just downloaded city skylines and gonna try and get into that.
 
I’ve played fifa this year a bit and it’s just a slog without paying loads of money to open packs to try and build your side.

I even downloaded madden the other day as it was free on ps5 and it was awful. Just fifa but for American football.

Just downloaded city skylines and gonna try and get into that.

is madden still free?
 
I need to replay it.

Was a great game
I started again a couple of week ago. Getting well into it again, they seem to have sorted tree collision out since my last play through.

My only gripe is the SX version of the game should not have the waiting animations and better load times when quick traveling.

and i'm using headphones with semi decent directional sound capabilities which is a game changer at finding the random events
 
It was last week when i downloaded it.
I started again a couple of week ago. Getting well into it again, they seem to have sorted tree collision out since my last play through.

My only gripe is the SX version of the game should not have the waiting animations and better load times when quick traveling.

and i'm using headphones with semi decent directional sound capabilities which is a game changer at finding the random events

@willipp its no longer free. Damn.

@talkativesprout i'm glad they've sorted out a few glitches.
 
There should be a demo so you can try it out? I had a little play on it before but was struggling, could hardly keep the ball in (I might just be shit at it though).

Great shout, just seen on PSN there's a demo so will download now. Thanks pal!
 
I’ve played fifa this year a bit and it’s just a slog without paying loads of money to open packs to try and build your side.

I even downloaded madden the other day as it was free on ps5 and it was awful. Just fifa but for American football.

Just downloaded city skylines and gonna try and get into that.

Cities is great, I'm useless at it but can easily bin a couple of hours on it.

These are great unmodded videos..
 
Cities is great, I'm useless at it but can easily bin a couple of hours on it.

These are great unmodded videos..

Cheers, the videos are a great help they really are. Its so daunting at first, must of started about 10 times already but quickly picking it up. Very addictive game and really takes me back to being a kid and playing sim city.
 
anyone playing Elden Ring? Im struggling to get anywhere with it.

Beginning to regret and take a punt on it.

bad news for me, its a digital ps5 so i'm unable to trade it in.

Bought it the missus who's a pretty avid gamer and I haven't bloody seen her for a fortnight. Took her a while to get used to things but now she's loving it. Almost as much as I'm loving the peace and quiet
 

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