I'm prepared to give TWT a chance to redeem themselves, and maybe the current 20% off sale on Steam might tempt me. I said early in this thread that multiple tennis games competing with each other has to be a good thing. Right now, I'm happy with the way AOIT and FA are progressing, but if TWT can do the same, so much the better.
I'm not interested in online play, I just want good career and tournament modes.
This was posted on their Facebook page on Tuesday:
Greetings everyone,
Today marks the digital release of Tennis World Tour on Steam, so there's another platform on which you can claim the court.
Unfortunately, despite our best efforts, the online mode is not yet ready for release. At this stage we do not have a confirmed date. We're doing our best to release it as soon as possible, but the chance this will be before next week are very slim.
As soon as we know more details we will share them with you.
We’d also like to take this opportunity to address another topic:
Following an interview of Bigben CEO Alain Falc there has been a lot of discussion both from players and the press regarding the state of development of Tennis World Tour at launch.
The main purpose of the interview was to clarify the status of the game, following the initial criticism of the game at launch and thereafter. There were some misunderstandings during the interview and what Alain was trying to say was that a few weeks before release, the game was still missing 20% of its content. Eventually this lead to our decision to postpone the implementation of the online modes.
Developing games is a very long and complex process that takes a lot of resources, time and work. Common sense suggests that had the game only been 20% complete, you would have ended up with 3 stadiums, 4 or 5 different players and so on. The team at Breakpoint has been working on the game for the past 2 years and the 20% milestone was achieved a long time ago.
As for today, we are completely focused on improving the game and we would like to share our plans for upcoming patches and updates.
The next Update will focus on the following:
- 3 online modes
- Quick match
- Private match
- Ranked matches
- Improved grass courts
- Improved atmosphere during matches (i.e. commentator, crowd reaction)
- Bug fixes, such as the bug preventing coaches and agents to be swapped properly.
- Additionally for Switch and Xbox this will include previous bugfixes and improvements to bring them on par with PS4 and PC
Updates in the weeks following will focus on these topics:
- Adding tournaments in ranked online mode
- AI balancing (increasing unforced errors)
- Improvements to atmosphere around the court (both visuals and audio)
- Adding official outfits to career and adding alternative outfits for pro players
- Bugfixes and improvements based on your feedback
- Further reducing occasions of gaps between racket and ball
Additional content in the next few months:
- Adding doubles mode to the game
- Adding a weekly community challenge mode
- Adding slide animations on clay courts
- Improvements to the career mode
- Additional improvements to atmosphere
- General improvements based on your feedback and bugfixes
We know this launch hasn't been the smoothest, but we are absolutely committed to improving the game going forward.
As always, we thank you for ALL your feedback, keep it coming!