McEnroe is accompanied by Pat Cash, who returns from the original game for core commentary, and the overall commentary work is pretty well done. When playing through the tutorial, which is designed to acclimate players to the new Total Racquet Control scheme, McEnroe provides his famous short fuse to the proceedings when you screw up, and that should bring a smile to even the casual tennis fan's face. John McEnroe provides his voice to the match commentary and tutorial. Likewise, the world-famous courts are well represented, and hardcore tennis fans will have little to no trouble recognizing them.įrom the presentation side, Grand Slam Tennis 2 exceeds in just about all quadrants. Animations seem pretty spot-on, and the fluidity of the characters is impressive when they move about the court. Character models look really close to their real-world counterparts, but there's an element of style that keeps the characters from approaching that "uncanny valley" area of creepiness. The courts and players are lovingly represented in Grand Slam Tennis 2. It's also the only tennis title that features the actual courts of Wimbledon, along with the other Grand Slam events like the Australian Open, French Open and U.S. Grand Slam Tennis 2 does its best to immerse the player in tennis, featuring a whole host of recognizable, household names, and including recognizable, retired veterans like John McEnroe and Pete Sampras. However, Electronic Arts' take on tennis is more in line with its other core sports franchises, and that's definitely expected. Just look at the plethora of non-endorsed games that feature mascots or other animated characters like Hot Shots Golf, Mario Tennis, Virtua Tennis, and more. Of course I like football and baseball, but developers seem to be more willing to take chances with tennis and golf titles. With sports video games, I tend to enjoy the slightly less mainstream offerings, tennis and golf, a little more than most.
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