TENNIS AO Tennis

[BigAntStudios]

@Madman First feature promise - we'll have 2v2 doubles for sure - that'll get the attention of the guys in the office

 

[zimrahil]

I am very curious as to how BA will handle the controls - will it be a camera just behind your player with LAS to move player and RAS to aim ball for example

Then using the shoulder buttons for spin types, drop shots, lobs etc. Who knows at this stage the possibilities are immense

 

[Deleted member 9102]

@BigAntStudios - That's fantastic On ITST we have a doubles tour but it's only 1v1 with CPU partners, proper 2v2 will go down really well. A couple of weeks ago, in the chat over there I linked to the article where you mentioned a tennis game was planned and it's stirred up a bit of interest. I also suggested they check out DBC but there's not too much of an overlap between tennis and cricket fans unfortunately The tennis game will appeal to those in the USA and mainland Europe who likely haven't tried your other titles.

@zimrahil - It will be interesting to see the approach; with DBC most of the established control schemes and HUD elements were thrown out in favour of something new, which captured the feel of the sport far better than anything before IMO.

Gameplay mechanics/controls somewhere between Full Ace and Dream Match with Big Ant's quality of visuals would make a brilliant game I think, but those are quite niche sim orientated games.

 

[DN4ngel23]

@Madman First feature promise - we'll have 2v2 doubles for sure - that'll get the attention of the guys in the office

Will there be player licences? The game would sell very well if it was called Roger Federer tennis

 

[beechcroft]

@BigAntStudios Ross, a few feature requests off the top of my head are: Davis Cup-type competition, line call challenges, "your name in the game" as in DBC, and having your face in the game, as in:
PC Users Can Start Using MyNBA2K17's Mobile Face Scan on September 16 - Operation Sports

 

[JoeS31]

Just seen this and I CANNOT WAIT! Been desperate for a tennis game on PS4 ever since it came out. Looking forward to hearing more on this!

 

[Deleted member 9102]

Hopefully we'll hear some news about this soon! I expect that BA's attention will remain with DBC for a while yet though.

@beechcroft - Looks like Full Ace will be getting another update finally! The dev posted about it on ITST recently, the main improvement seems to be to animations which was the weakest aspect of the game, here's a short preview of some new anims;

 

[beechcroft]

It's good to see Yannick is working on Full Ace again. The new animations look good, and the survey that he sent to players in October shows that he's got some interesting plans for the game.

 

[5hitkicker]

@BigAntStudios will BigAnt Tennis be licensed fully or partly? If not will there be an academy like thing as in DBC?

 

[Bluebagger]

Not really a tennis fan but I'd buy a tennis game for sure. I would love to see @BigAntStudios make a golf game.

 

[Perfect Square]

I'm not a tennis fan, but I may buy if I find interesting like DBC14 and DBC17

 

[JoeS31]

With the Australian Open about to start, I wonder if we'll hear anything within the next couple of weeks...

 

[asprin]

I'm buying this. It helps that I have some above average knowledge on the sport

 

[zimrahil]

I cannot wait to see what control scheme BA come up with

 

[Deleted member 9102]

My guess would be that this will release to coincide with one of the slams?

US Open maybe? Could release the game in early September .