TopSpin 2K25 Review (PlayStation 5)

TopSpin 2K25 Review, Visit iconic venues, climb the Tour ranks, and experience a bevy of competitive modes in TopSpin 2K25. Learn from tennis legend John McEnroe at the TopSpin Academy and use his knowledge to help you become a Grand Slam champion in MyCAREER or defeat players online in the 2K and World tours.

TopSpin 2K25 Review Pros:

• Decent realistic-looking graphics.
• 26.58GB download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
• Measurements can be set to imperial or metric.
• Links your 2K account.
• Uses the DualShock speaker.
• The game begins with you playing a match as Federer against Murray. It will do fast-forward sections so you play key sequences.
• Shots have a timer bar on them so you can do well-timed or late shots which affects shot placement and power.
• The Centre course pass is like a battle pass with free and paid tier unlocks.
• MyPlayer is where you create and customize your own character.
• Pro Shop is where you buy cosmetics, currency, court passes and boosts with VC credit.
• Cross-play support that can be turned on and off.
• Online modes – world tour, online exhibition, and 2K tour.
• Local Play modes – My career, exhibition, and Topspin Academy.
• Topspin Academy is an in-depth tutorial/practice model hosted by John Macenro. It’s all split up by basics, play style, and advanced.
• The controls are tight in terms of aiming shots and movement.
• You can play a men’s or women’s tour.
• The character creator has you starting with a preset, set to right or left-handed, behavior (normal/impassive/exuberant), full grunts system where you can adjust the pitch for each type of grunt like serving or volleying, etc, head preset with full sliders for every part of the face.
• The game has prosthetics for your character.
• Player attributes can be earned and added to – forehand, backhand, serve, volley, power, speed, stamina, and reflexes.
• The locker room is used for changing your gear and outfits.
• Gameplay helper options – timing meter, timing feedback, power indicator, rally energy meter, ball bounce indicator, and serve indicator.
• The actual act of hitting the ball is you press and hold the button and the bar moves, you then let go of the green bar for a perfect shot.
• Challenges act like the game’s own achievements and are always changing as you complete them and earn exp for the center court pass.
• MyCareer has five difficulties, set the match format (dynamic/super tie break/short set/topspin/real tennis), and auto-play podcasts.
• The MyCareer mode splits the game into months and then into events so you can do training, special events, and then a tournament or match.
• At any time you can rest in career mode as you have an overall fitness bar and playing matches will lower it and resting will restore it.
• Optional replay button for points scored.
• Training modules in career mode are a mix of fine-tuning your skills and mini-games.

TopSpin 2K25 Review Cons:

• The game won’t actually let you start playing until you have set up or linked a 2K account.
• VC credit is the premium currency that is littered around the game from the season pass to the shop.
• Loading times between menus and modes are up and down.
• Sells XP boosts for real money.
• very basic character creator that doesn’t allow the whacky side of creation to flourish.
• The game tries to add in mini-games and more excitement but it just doesn’t have the atmosphere or modes to make the game feel happy and fun.
• Online matchmaking feels like it isn’t that well-balanced.
• the hit mechanics take a while to get used to as you have to almost retrain yourself.
• The opening match just begins and you don’t even get told any controls.
• Wooden-looking facial expressions.
• It costs real money to reassign your stats/attributes.
• Cannot remap controls.

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TopSpin 2K25:

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Developer: Hangar 13 Games

Publisher: 2K Games

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