It claims to offer double the character animations, better visuals, and overhauled gameplay.īut despite all those claims, the Tennis World Tour 2 engine just doesn't have the fluidity of other AA sports games. Tennis World Tour 2 also boasts of a new game engine, developed by Melbourne-based Big Ant Studios - also behind AO Tennis 2 and Cricket 19 - which takes over from Tennis World Tour maker Breakpoint Studio. Weirdly, you can't connect four consoles or PCs together on Tennis World Tour 2. Four human players can play locally on the same device, or two players on two different machines online. It's a lot of fun, especially to see how quickly AI players react to each other's shots. Speaking of game modes, Tennis World Tour 2 also offers doubles tennis this time around, which was missing from the original game. Tennis World Tour 2 doesn't allow you to disable skill cards either, no matter what game mode you're playing. You could simply ignore the entire system, but naturally there's no getting around it when you're up against the AI or even other humans online. There's no need for Tennis World Tour 2 to continue with an outdated model. And after years of player feedback, EA is finally getting rid of them in FIFA 21. EA Sports discovered that most players never made use of “training items” (found in Ultimate Team packs), which worked in a similar manner to Tennis World Tour's “skill cards”. Still, it's terrible game design - and worse, it's entirely unnecessary. At least you can't buy in-game currency this time around, unlike the microtransactions model present in the first Tennis World Tour game. Moreover, these skill cards are found in packs that you must buy with in-game currency, just as with FIFA Ultimate Team. You can reduce their shot or serve precision, while improving yours.
Just like the 2018 poorly-received original, Tennis World Tour 2 features a variety of “skill cards” that can be activated during matches, allowing you to boost your player's values or even affect your opponent's attributes for a limited time. Tennis World Tour 2 allows you to “cheat” at the game, which feels like it's missing the point.