Product Description

Topspin 3 brings the fun, action packed excitement of tennis to your console like never before with authentic features including signature styles and expressions for over 20 top ranked players, more than 40 breathtaking real world venues, jaw-dropping graphics via all-new Evolutionary Visuals and much more!

Grab your racquet and prepare to be totally immersed in every game, set, and match in the most realistic and exciting tennis experience ever. Are you up to the challenge?

• All-New Gameplay Controls: Intuitive controls, incorporating the right analog stick, allow for precise movements and shot variety while providing gamers with an unprecedented tennis experience.
• Evolutionary Visuals: Players fatigue and become dirtier over time while playing at over 40 breathtaking venues including the U.S. Open, Rolland Garros and Australian Open.
• Signature Style: The world's best players such as Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, and Andy Roddick are accurately depicted like never before with actual apparel, equipment and even swing animations.
• Rafael Nadal Exclusive: Rafael Nadal, one of the world's best tennis players, appears exclusively in the PlayStation 3 version.
• Tennis Legends: For the first time ever, play with or against legendary figures such as Bjrn Borg, Boris Becker and Monica Seles.
• Unrivalled Player Creator: Customise your own player with customisable grunts and swing animations, a new free-form facial tool, tattoos, makeup and more!
• 2K Sports Online: Play against anyone, anywhere, anytime in singles, doubles, mixed, and quick-matches.
• All-New Soundtracks: Featuring Jamiroquai, Calvin Harris, Boys Like Girls, the Go! Team, Stone Roses and Franz Ferdinand

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1005 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Take 2
• Released on: 2008-06-20
• Platform: Xbox 360
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Amazon.com
360 Gamer:

"It’s more realistic, separating itself from the competition and serving up a deeper, longer game - tennis for the pros"

Official Xbox: – 9.0

"lightyears more satisfying than Top Spin 2, there’s no tilting at windmills. Abundant gameplay riches and rewards are here, just waiting for you to mine them, and they make your inevitable triumph that much sweeter."

Manufacturer's Description
Grab your racquet and prepare to be totally immersed in every game, set and match in the most visually and physically realistic tennis experience ever! Pitch yourself against the top ranked professional players, both past and present, on the world's most famous tennis courts and rise up in the ranks to beat the best players, both off and on - line. This is Tennis with attitude, a definitive ground breaking tennis game that brings the excitement of the tennis court to your console.

Customer Reviews

Brilliant
Ok guys this is what i am going to do, list all the things i think are pros and cons. Now before you read this take into account i am only listing the fairly obvious things and not things like the umpire does'nt look where the ball is going which some of you will probaly never notice. I will also rate the game in various departments and give my comments in those departments.

Pros- in no order

1.Player creater
2.Lots of different animations for your created player
3.Animations are very realistic and even the quickest of animations looks ultra smooth.
4.Gorgeous graphics
5.With the new way you hit the ball by holding the button before you've actually took your shot wants you get the hang of it it becomes second nature.
6.No more tedious mini games
7.The rigth analog for the serve & drop shots is a nice inovation.
8.Shopping mall feature is pretty cool.
9.Realistic sounds, as the ball comes off the court at different speeds it sounds harder or softer.
10.Career mode is nice and simple getting you straight into the heart of the action.
11.Very challening computer oppenents make the game very intense in tight situations.
12.The computer opponents actually make unforced errors.
13.Finally they found something to do with the bumper buttons and they are very welcome additions.
14.You can actually hit aces this time, and not just 1 in every 100 serves.
15.Risk shots are a lot more balanced.


Cons- in no order

1.Shortage of pro women players
2.Shortage of pro players in general but the promise of downloadable players eases the pain a bit.
3.Personally for me i like to know straight away how fast i hit my serve in stead of having to rely on a speed board which sometimes is'nt even in view. Hope fully they will patch this so you can see your serve speed or at least the option to see it.
4.Even though i like the challenging opponents sometimes you feel like you are playing against a brick wall and the rally will go on for ages even though it should have finished ages a go.
5.The tutorial's are a bit use less really because say for instance the drop shots are really easy in tutorial but the thing is you never really get the chance to play them at that pace in a competitive match.
6.Grand slams in career are only 3 sets and to make matters worse the 3rd set is a super tie brake, i mean come on 2k i know some people will probaly prefer it this way but what about the people who don't ? At least give us the option to choose next time.
7.No Wimbledon


Well thats about all for now on them, now what i'll do is rate the game in various departments like say IGN do.

GRAPHICS-9.3
Easily the best any tennis game has to offer and apart from Tiger Woods games this in my opinion is as good as any other sports game.

SOUND-8.2
Very realistic match sounds all round, the only thing that really bothers me is the irrataing music.

GAMEPLAY-9.6
All future tennis developers take note this is how tennis games should play.

LASTING APPEAL-9.5
Well i can see myself playing this very addictive game well into next year and with the prospect of online tournaments and downloadable content i am sure their will be plenty to keep me coming back.

OVERALL-9.4
Quite simply it is the best tennis game on the market and i am sure 2k won't have to worry about the game that like virtua tennis 3 is just looking like a graphical update with new players Smash court tennis 3.

The most realistic tennis game I've played
I haven't played on previous Topspin series but last year I bought Virtua Tennis 3 (VT3), since it was the newest tennis game and I was dissapointed because it was too much of an arcade game rather than tennis game with realistic game play.
However, having played on Topspin 3, I was very impressed with many aspects of the game.

Graphics and Sounds- It is very realistic and also very detailed that it's almost as if you are watching tennis on TV.
For example, as the game progresses you can gradually see player's shirt getting wet from sweating. Also the sky suddenly changes (sunny to cloudy) during a match as well. Also when I was playing in US Open tennis court, I could even hear airplane flying by!!
In terms of player movement, it's very organic and smooth and 2K also applyed signiture moves to players so as an example, you will see Roddick's serve motion or Federer's swings as they would do in a real match.

Game Play- In terms of gameplay, it's much different from Virtua Tennis 3.
When you are taking any kind of shots, you need to get the timing correctly as well as trying to get your player in to right position in order to hit the best and accurate shot. If you slightly get the timing wrong or miss-position the player, the shot won't be as accurate and it might even not go over the net, where as in VT 3 it would almost guarantee that the ball would go over the net and stay inside the play. Also the rally tends to be shorter than VT 3 which would go on for minutes sometimes.

Along side the graphics and the gameplay, there are many other modes you can choose such as Create a player mode which you can sculpt the face anyway you want as well as being able to choose equipment from head to toe with various sports brand such as Nike, Adidas and Head.
The Career mode it's pretty good but unlike VT3, you aren't any drills or mini-games before a major tournament which means you have to gain skill points by winning tournaments.
Another great thing about this game is that there are plenty of tennis courts to choose from (school grass court to

However, the only downside of this game would be that there aren't many real-life players to choose from such as Nadal who's only available in PS3 version of this game. Also I think it's quite shame that Wimbldon center court is not in the game considering other major grand slam courts are in but it's still okay since there are other grass courts available in the game.

Overall, this game is extremely detailed and FUN also there are enough game modes to keep you entertained.
Even though it might be slightly challenging to master even for beginners, I would rather play on game which has more realistic gameplay rather than easy and more arcady game (Virtua Tennis 3). Therefore I would definitely recommend this game to any tennis fans or even general sports fans like my self.

Nearly Perfect
Top Spin. One of the best tennis games on the market. First of all, I must say that this is better than Virtua Tennis and is also an improvement on Top Spin 2.

The first improvement is realism. Top Spin 2 still had a slight arcade feeling to it but this has much more realism which include better looking players and movements. Another improvement is in the Career Mode. It's more revamped and much better than the one used in Top Spin 2. It's a nice improvement, made it one of the best tennis games ever.

One issue with the game though is the controls. Especially if you have played Top Spin 2. It's much more of a test to hit the ball so beware. I recommend using the new feature "Top Spin School" and learn the basics. Even if you have played your way through Top Spin 2. It's a lot different.

Another negative with the Xbox 360 version is the fact that Rafael Nadal is not featured in the game. Although if you have a Playstation 3 system, then Rafael Nadal IS available. So, better choose the PS3 version for a slightly improved game.

Overall, it's a good game. But some minor issues have not made the game perfect although only just. I recommend the game to all tennis fans, as it can provide a good amount of hours of fun.