Comments on: Top Spin 3 Developer Call Recap

By: Darkheath

Darkheath — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:12:19 +0000

no problem. been there.

But bottom line is: I like Top Spin enough to get it sometime. But I don’t want to have a marathon tennis session one night, pop in Halo the next day and become a slow moving target for all of the camping snipers out there!

Anyone remember the days when you bought a console and got TWO controllers? Wow… thems was the days…

Now they cost as much as the games themselves. oiy…

By: sean

sean — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:57:45 +0000

[quote comment="20762"]I seriously take care of my equipment. What did you post that for?

Tennis and hockey games are notoriously hard on the left stick as it is CONSTANTLY being used while play is going on and usually in harsh back & forth motions to get from one side of the court (ice) to the other.

Not even FPS games like Halo are as harsh as you’re usually using the left stick more smoothly as you move.

I’m sure that I had a few controllers “die” on me as a result of Top Spin. I eventually bought a new controller that I used only for all other games.

A typical example would be while using the controller in an FPS, I could travel at normal speeds in most directions but forward (or one of the cardinal directions) would be at a snail’s pace. It basically became worthless.[/quote]
Alright, you win, I made a dumb comment because I was in a bad mood. Sorry

By: Darkheath

Darkheath — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:31:30 +0000

I seriously take care of my equipment. What did you post that for?

Not even FPS games like Halo are as harsh as you’re usually using the left stick more smoothly as you move.

I’m sure that I had a few controllers “die” on me as a result of Top Spin. I eventually bought a new controller that I used only for all other games.

By: sean

sean — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:15:33 +0000

[quote comment="20757"]I played the hell out of Top Spin one. That actually surprised me, I didn’t expect to like it so much. So I am looking forward to this game, but… I never got Top Spin 2 despite seeing it in used bins for reasonable prices. The main reason is that I went through way too many controllers using the first game. I think this game and hockey games are the hardest on controllers… or at least the left analogue stick. It’s constantly in use and that wears on it until it doesn’t respond correctly.

So… until I can fork over another $50 for another controller, I probably won’t get this game. This is, in effect, a $110 game for me.[/quote]
or you could just take care of your equipment.

By: Darkheath

Darkheath — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:04:18 +0000

I played the hell out of Top Spin one. That actually surprised me, I didn’t expect to like it so much. So I am looking forward to this game, but… I never got Top Spin 2 despite seeing it in used bins for reasonable prices. The main reason is that I went through way too many controllers using the first game. I think this game and hockey games are the hardest on controllers… or at least the left analogue stick. It’s constantly in use and that wears on it until it doesn’t respond correctly.

So… until I can fork over another $50 for another controller, I probably won’t get this game. This is, in effect, a $110 game for me.

By: jkc2

jkc2 — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:41:00 +0000

thanks for the info, i’ve been looking forward to this and was disappointed when it was delayed, maybe they made some improvements that would then be worth the wait

By: PDub

PDub — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:21:41 +0000

I liked the original alot. I couldn’t get into the sequel becuase I was already loving Virtua Tennis 3, but I like the new control scheme idea. I wonder how different shot types will be performed. Will it just be a button modifier, or a different stick motion? I kind of hope there is an option for both. They should also have an option to keep the classic button controls. Looking forward to this one.