Matchpoint - Tennis Championships Reviews
It might not exactly be a pretty game when it comes to its presentation, nor does it feature the most robust of rosters, but Matchpoint Tennis Championships nails the essentials. With regards to its gameplay, I haven’t played a tennis game like this since the golden days of Top Spin for the original Xbox. As a tennis enthusiast, I was salivating for a game like this for many years. It lets me play and come up with strategies on the fly, just like I’d do in real life. Whether you decide to tackle a career or just play a quick arcade match, Matchpoint Tennis Championships delivers. It’s one grand slam of a game.
The tennis experience itself is very satisfying, so it is worth it if you are passionate about the racket. At the graphic and variety level, it falls much shorter.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Matchpoint: Tennis Championships is the first game after Top Spin 4 with a brilliant gameplay. Too bad for the unsatisfying graphics and a bit of uncertainty with AI.
Review in Italian | Read full review
It's constantly a good time on-court and that's all that really counts.
By simply providing a fun and fairly authentic game of tennis it manages to outshine its rivals. And because of that, whether you’re buying it to get stuck into its single-player career mode or take on all-comers in online multiplayer, chances are you won’t be disappointed.
Matchpoint: Tennis Championships isn’t the best Tennis game I’ve ever played but it manages to be more fun than some others I’ve played in recent years. The act of actually playing it is what I liked the most about it as moving and performing shots generally felt really good. It doesn’t have much to offer outside of the Career Mode though and the overall presentation needs to be improved if this team makes another one. If you’re looking for a good playing Tennis game then I think you’ll like what this one has to offer.
Matchpoint: Tennis Championships is the correct title. There is no shortage of interesting ideas in terms of mechanics, Career Mode can be fun for a few hours, and a few licensed players are of course not enough, but some minimum has been met. The advantage here is certainly the price below the AAA standard, which makes the rating jump by one eye. Tennis fans should check, others can wait for the promotion.
Review in Polish | Read full review
Matchpoint: Tennis Championships is a good tennis game accessible to all audiences, although it lacks depth, difficulty and getting closer to simulation to be great.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
So while the current status of Matchpoint: Tennis Championships could use some smoothing out and a few extra features, such as character customizations and an ability to call for review, it’s still a decent Tennis game and I enjoyed my time with it.
Matchpoint - Tennis Championships is not a bad game, it can entertain. But its low difficulty and its excessive need to hold the player by the hand make it quickly lose interest in playing against an AI that does not offer any challenge. Still, if you want a game of tennis, it's not a bad option. There are simply better alternatives, even if they are perhaps less beautiful.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Matchpoint - Tennis Championships is a simulation that goes through ups and downs. The graphics feel a bit dated and the ball physics doesn't feel fully convincing, but once you master the control system you'll get some decent satisfaction out of it. Too bad, also, for the lack of content both in terms of modes and prominent tennis players.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Matchpoint - Tennis Championships has all the makings of becoming a spectacular tennis game in a given time. Even though the AI lacks depth, the gameplay is still entertaining and captivating. It has the potential to be a much more captivating game in future updates or releases if all the issues are addressed to improve the overall experience. It's been years since we've had a tennis game that came this close to being recognized as potential. Perhaps the lack of effort on the overall delivery makes it seem like the game took a step backward. Torus Games and Kalypso Media still deserve much credit for giving fans the hope for a great tennis simulator.
Matchpoint: Tennis Championships gives you the tools to play realistic tennis rallies, and it feels pretty good on the pad overall. The problem is that a real lack of enthusiasm on court pairs with a stodgy career mode to sap your enthusiasm. There's fun to be had here, and a large animation library allows the gameplay to look relatively realistic from afar, but tennis fans will still have to wait for a real winner to topple the legendary Top Spin 4.
Matchpoint Tennis Championships is a simulation with ups and downs: we expected more from Torus Games. As a tennis game itself, once you metabolize the control system and pass over a number of gaps, it's not bad at all. Unfortunately, the content is missing: the career becomes boring after a couple of hours of play and there is nothing else to do but beat your own records with minigames or challenge a friend on the sofa at home.
Review in Italian | Read full review
In short, the game is fun, with a good gameplay to which you will catch the trick very quickly, but with a low level of difficulty. This can make your desire to play shorten due to the fact that it makes you an easy delivery, although there will always be the multiplayer mode to face real challenges. The game has a good base, if in the future this delivery has support or the developer surprises us with a new game more worked, maybe we will find a surprise and have one of the best tennis games that there is in the new generation consoles.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Matchpoint Tennis Championships is a game of two halves. While the actual moment-to-moment gameplay feels great thanks to well-implemented mechanics and challenging AI, everything supporting that structure is half-baked.
Matchpoint: Tennis Championships manages to release a game that presents an easy yet technical approach to the sport. It results in a game where you can make more mistakes than the more arcade-like approach of some older, well regarded tennis titles, but it results in a game that feels more responsive compared to most of its contemporaries. Yet it doesn't manage to do anything beyond that due to a lack of players and modes, so cross-play only benefits those who want a no-frills 1v1 experience. It's fine overall, but no one would blame you if you skipped this one in the hopes that someone can transplant the gameplay into a title with more to do.
Matchpoint: Tennis Championships deserves your attention on Xbox Game Pass, as it's genuinely one of the better Xbox tennis games we've seen in years. It has its drawbacks, particularly in the presentation department, but it's also good fun when you get out on the court. Unfortunately, some of that enjoyment has been taken away for us because even on the highest difficulty, the game just feels far too easy at launch, rendering a lot of the strategic elements and Career Mode's features somewhat useless for now. It's still a pretty good game regardless, but definitely in need of a couple of balancing tweaks over the coming weeks and months.
Matchpoint - Tennis Championships doesn't bring anything new to the table, but it may be the right game for fans of the genre looking for demanding control and a challenge to match.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Overall the game is a very lightweight package which shows that Matchpoint Tennis Championships isn’t a high budget tennis game. The animations and atmosphere in the tennis stadiums are well done. Hitting a shot feels satisfying. But, overall the game is too easy and one dimensional. There is a great tennis game in there somewhere, but the developers haven’t been able to capitalize on the opportunity. If you are craving to play a tennis game, try this one! If you’re fine playing something else, then there’s plenty of other sports games to try.