Virtua Tennis 4

Virtua Tennis 4 is an action-oriented tennis game that focuses on fast matches instead of being a realistic simulation. The heart of the game is the career mode, in which the player creates his own avatar. The objective is simple: reach the top within four seasons. Here the player has various options to improve his tennis player, such as training sessions (arcade mini-game like picking up eggs) to improve stats, buying new clothes with prize money or matches. The menu for this mode is set up like a board game. Other game modes include Single Matches, Party Mode (playing the aforementioned mini-games) or Arcade (winning as many matches in a row as possible). Here, players can choose between 19 licensed athletes (plus athletes already eliminated at release in the PlayStation 3 version). The standard controls for returning the ball consist of selecting the desired move, such as a spin, and the basic direction. When a special bar is filled, players can perform a particularly powerful stroke.