Top Spin 3 (XBox360)

70%
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Top Spin 3 (XBox360) (2008)
genre: sports

score: 70%

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'It's a bit of an awkward comparison, but I see shades of "Ninja Gaiden" here: It's unassailably gratifying when the mechanics finally click and you start slicing and volleying your way to victory, but at the same time, it's prohibitive to folks who don't want to spend hours in the school of hard knocks, pursuing what should be a relatively uncomplicated act of learning the game's basic rules and logic.'
Read more » 1up.com
'Top Spin 3 is a decent game with an incredible learning curve. Anyone who has the patience to stick with it will enjoy the game, but anyone who is just a casual fan of tennis games will be put off by the steep learning curve.'
Read more » PALGN
'It’s in the emotional aspect of the sport that TS3 loses steam. There’s so much more to the present-day brand of tennis than what is represented here.'
Read more » IGN
'With more responsive movement controls and a better transition game Top Spin 3 could have been king of the court, but for now it will have to settle for being tagged as a promising but flawed prospect.'
Read more » GameInformer
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'Top Spin 3 is by far the best tennis sim on the market, but there's still plenty of room for improvement.'
Read more » Video Gamer (Pro-G)
'Yes, the often exhausting depth might prove to be off-putting for those who prefer the more intuitive Virtua Tennis, but that's precisely part of Top Spin 3's more simulation-minded appeal. With fantastic online play and an obsessive career mode to dive into, it's the thinking man's tennis title.'
Read more » Eurogamer
'Revamped risk shots pay dividends. Revamped character movements backfire.'
Read more » Team XBOX
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