Tennis games tend to be a lot of fun, but even the best ones struggle to capture the intricacy of the sport. In franchises like Virtua Tennis, the emphasis is on baseline rallies rather than pin-point ball placement, and so matches devolve into a battle of attrition as players slug it out from left-to-right until the angles no longer make sense. Tennis World Tour 2, a much-improved sequel from the developer of this year’s AO Tennis 2, captures the flow of the sport better than ever before – at the expense of accessibility for those who aren’t willing to master it.
As is the case with Top Spin 4, timing is paramount to your success on the court. You have two shot options: precision and power. With the former, you’ll simply need to tap the flat, top spin, or slice buttons prior to the beginning of your swing, and if you get it right, you’ll place the ball in a specified…