Impressions and Feedback from Early Access 5 Update

[Aaerios]

I've played each update since Tiebreak initially went Early Access and with confidence I can say that the game has continued to improve with every update! I am very impressed with the game's progression and am very excited to see where this game is at launch.

Pros:
-Ground strokes and serves are authentic and feel great. Animations are spot on for each player.
-Graphics are very good
-Community creation and share HUB are fantastic features to fill any gaps in players or venues that aren't added in the base game
-Roster is the best in a tennis game, EVER, for both ATP and WTA (hoping for Tommy Paul and Emma Navarro at some point)
-Player movement has improved A LOT. Feeling very smooth

Cons:
-Player movement has improved a lot, but running forehands and backhands are a little bit nonexistent on balls out wide. Instead there's a somewhat awkward blocking animation that now shoots the ball very high into the air. There's a time and a place for blocking the ball back, but running forehands/backhands and a lower trajectory forehand/backhand running slices would be ideal.
-Serve and volley could be improved, and generally net play in general. Net play has improved from both player and AI, but it could use a but more refinement.
-Post game handshakes and post match celebrations would be a nice touch.
-Aryena Sabalenka's 87 rating is far too low. 2x slam winner and one of the most devastating forces on the WTA side. Her animations are spot on, but she's the 2nd best player in the WTA behind Iga and deserves to have a rating that reflects that.


Overall, Tiebreak is trending in the direction to be the best tennis game on the market. Player authenticity mixed with smooth animations paired with community creations and the share hub have set the stage to make Tiebreak and grand slam winning tennis title. A few tweaks to some of the aforementioned game play elements and this game will be truly something special.

[go7denboot]

U forgot non existent aces

[jesp8500]

To my observation, animation/movement is not yet smooth. Actually its jerky and abrupt. It might trigger migraine for those people who have it.

[euphoreonz]

Originally posted by go7denboot:

U forgot non existent aces

Yup, serving needs a massive overhaul. It's a HUGE part of tennis. The devs need to play Full Ace and see how it's done. Simple and effective.

Be able to choose your spot, be able to set your power. More risky and quicker the serve, the more chance of going missing.

Full Ace even has a mechanic that even if you hit perfect timing and maximum power, your player stats can still make you miss. So you need to be very careful on second serves! It's brilliant, and there is a realistic amount of aces and double faults. I hate this sytem in Tiebreak.

[1363834324]

Originally posted by euphoreonz:

Originally posted by go7denboot:

U forgot non existent aces

Yup, serving needs a massive overhaul. It's a HUGE part of tennis. The devs need to play Full Ace and see how it's done. Simple and effective.

Be able to choose your spot, be able to set your power. More risky and quicker the serve, the more chance of going missing.

Full Ace even has a mechanic that even if you hit perfect timing and maximum power, your player stats can still make you miss. So you need to be very careful on second serves! It's brilliant, and there is a realistic amount of aces and double faults. I hate this sytem in Tiebreak.

Yes, not only FAT, but also the topspin's serve mechanism is better than tie-break. Also, I felt that the players were moving too fast and hitting the ball too hard, which was not very realistic. I didn't even do tutorial training to achieve an amazing return quality, which shows that the gameplay needs to be improved.