Customer Reviews

Hard Hitter Tennis

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

My wife and I play Hard Hitter Tennis and as a multiplayer game, its fun. The game allows us to setup how many matches and sets per match as well as the type of court you can play on.

Single player mode is also fun but I thought there could be more to this game than just ranking. The player can either pick a pre-existing tennis player or create one. The pre-existing ones have certain strengths and weaknesses that affect how they play on the court. By playing matches against different level opponents, you can gain ranking on the world tour by beating them. Depending on how many sets and matches you win determine how much of the total purse you'll win. The amount of money you win overall appears to determine your ranking. This sounds great, but why money and not skill? Or I thought this game would be better if you could do something with that money you earn from winning. The game could have been much more robust if you could do that.

Hard Hitter Tennis has 4 play modes. They are:
World Tour: Create a tennis player, or pick from pre-existing player and take them on a world tour to the championship. Earn money and ranking along the way.

Exhibition: Play single or double player mode. Play from 1 to 4 players playing single or doubles. You can set the number of matches and sets per match. Great if you just want to play 1 quick game or if you have friends over and you can play doubles.

Training: Training mode, which is essential for playing this game properly. The instructor, I found, was a little too harsh for me in training. If I made a mistake, I thought the instructor was going to jump down my throat (Hey, this is only a game people!). If I missed a shot, the instructor actually implied I was stupid, imagine that? Overall, don't skip the training mode since it will give you the basics in serving, hitting and volleying as well as advanced swinging and serving.

Mini-Games: I thought the mini-games were entertaining, but really didn't add anything to the overall playability. I pretty much skipped playing the min-games, because they just got old pretty quick. Plus they are 1 player games and only focus on your ball control.

Overall, a great game to own, but not the best that is out there.

I'll admit I haven't tried any of the other tennis games for PS2 (I still prefer to be on an actual tennis court rather than home in front of the TV) but I picked up this game on a whim one day. While the graphics are fairly simplistic and the world tour game mode only allows you to play tie break "matches", I still find it to be an enjoyable game, especially for the reasonable price. The controls are easy to master and, I found, you can actually come up with some creative shots and angles (they don't teach you these in the training session) that help keep the game a little more realistic (things like drop volleys, diving volleys, wicked cross court forehand angles, etc). I also like that there is a good variety of courts/surfaces to play on (including indoor and night matches) and that the play is adaptable to each surface (meaning, the play on grass is faster than on clay; shots that skim the lines on one surface are out on others). Bottom line, if you want something that is high in graphics and "reality" and you want to play as, or against, actual tour players (although the last time I checked, Sampras, Kournikova, Hingis, Rafter, and Kafelnikov were either retired or on extended leave from the sport), this is probably not the game for you. However, if you want a game that provides for some decent challenges (playing against a skill level 8 player in the finals of Wimbledon), that won't cost you an arm and leg, and will provide you with hours of enjoyment, this game is a good pick up.

Hard Hitter Tennis is a great game for anyone who enjoys tennis. This game really gets you going and has great tournament modes on "World Tour". If you want to just have fun, then you can do World team Tennis which is fun also. They give you very many options, and although they are fictional characters, it is a very good game. I reccomend it.

I found this used at a game store, so happily I only paid 6 dollars for it. However, it is worth far less.

This game will give you a headache. The players move as though they are on an ancient, glitchy console that can't handle the mediocre graphics. You will need your crappiest controller because you will without a doubt through it against the hardest surface you can find. The announcers, which I cannot silence, have a set of about 8 phrases to say. Some sound ridiculous ("He hit the ball with his racket."--seriously), some are innapropriate to the gameplay, and others don't fit the gender of the player. Does this kind of thing annoy you? It annoys me.

The single player mode is horrid. You can only play a tiebreaker in the world championship. That's it. 7 points.

The controls are also terrible. Just try to actually aim the ball. Go ahead...try.

I just played Mario Tennis on N64 a few weeks ago. That game is leaps and bounds ahead of this one, which looks like it was made by drunken frat boys who have never seen tennis played. The only reason it got 2 stars for fun is because I greatly enjoy tennis games, and any tennis is okay with me.

Please please please do not purchase this game. Save your money for something better, like several packs of flavorless gum.

I was excited to get this game, because I've always been a fan of tennis games. HOwever, when i received this game i was thoroughly angered. All characters are fictitious, which i wouldnt mind if the controls were more accurate and the game had a good selection of playing options. I find that your characters cannot run around the court like your opponents do, so your basically hitting random buttons trying to 'outwit' the computer. The gameplay is either tournament style, or three mini-games. I did not like this game at all

good game , easy controls, gets really tougher at levels 5 and above
good to play with multiplayer

This game iz off da hook dawg best game i ever played i gawt it for 50 cent

I have one of the older PS2's that I purchased a few months after U.S. release. This game will not play on my PS2 but will play on the newer (slim-line) PS2's.

I can't believe how bad this game is. Hard Hitter has AWFUL announcers who repeat the same lines over and over. That's a really big distraction right there. The controls are pretty unresponsive too. Sometimes you have to hit all the buttons to keep up with the ball. I don't know what the game company was thinking. I don't even know who the tennis players are. There's really no reason to own this game when plenty of better tennis games are on the market.

I like this because it is really fun and you get either an already made character or you can even create your own!