bit-tech Shopping: Sega Virtua Tennis 3 (PS3)

Rating: 8

Time with product: 30 Days

Strengths: Very good graphics, and a fun game overall. Tennis courts are nice. Picture quality is shart on my HDTV. You can play as several of the top 20 players in the world including Roger Federer, and Roddick

Weaknesses: Nearly impossible to hit the ball out. Player seemed to always get to the ball (although I did player as Roger Federer =) Very limited number of tournaments.

Summary: I got a great deal on black friday ($20) so it was well worth it for me. Probably the best tennis game available today, although This is my first tennis game since Pete Sampras Tennis back on a Sega genesis so i can't compare it to other tennis games. The are some weaknesses though that i realized. First there are only six places you can player at, and they should have had a lot more places where you could have played. It wouldn't have been difficult for SEGA to do it. The game is fun to play, but a little to easy and unrealistic. The first time i played i beat andy roddick 3-0 in a short match (all be it on easy difficulty) losing only one point. It just seems that the developers missed the fact that tennis players do hit the ball out once in a while. On the positive side player strokes and serving are very accurate stylistically to how they play in real life.

Rating: 8

Time with product:

Strengths: gameplay, well simulated

Weaknesses: graphics could be better

Summary: It is a very good game. Graphics actually is good on the HDTV. However, the faces of the players can be done better because some of them look funny or strange. But the ground stroke are well simulated.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 50

Strengths: Graphics, not too complicated, fun factor

Weaknesses: NO ONLINE PLAY!!

Summary: This game is very fun. Graphics are good.I played this game everyday after work for two weeks. Very addictive. The practice "events" between tournaments are just as fun as playing tennis. Your player will develop certain strengths depending what skills they practice most. The game will label you a "Strong Server" or "Good all-around", etc, depending on your skill stats. This game is so fun when you can play with/against your friends. This game would be worth double to me if it had online support. I'm holding out hope that Sega will come up with an online ad-on for this game that I can buy.

Rating: 8

Time with product:

Strengths: Graphics, Gameplay

Weaknesses: no online

Summary: I like this game very much. The graphic is great. The gameplay is very good. It is perfect for everyone who likes tennis. The computer AI is much smarter than the previous versions. You can't just cruise through the game like before and have to really use some brain and skills, which is actually the nice part. More challenges more fun. The only disappointment is there is noline feature.

Rating: 8

Time with product: 7 Days

Strengths: Gameplay, Tours, Practice Sessions, Decent Graphics

Weaknesses: Very Hard mode is indeed very hard to beat, graphics could have been better

Summary: I have been playing this for about a week and noticed that this game keeps you busy for a while. Xbox version is better du to online play. This is a major drawback on PS3 version. Decent graphics and controller works flawlessly.Pure arcade fun.