The first official gameplay footage of AO Tennis has made its way to YouTube. Embedded above, the video contains a series of rallies between cover star Rafael Nadal and South African player Kevin Anderson.
This gameplay emerges just a day before the game's release, which isn't exactly an encouraging sign. Addressing the concerns over a lack of footage, Big Ant Studios, said on Twitter last week, "...there are some great things at this year's Australian Open that need to be kept under wraps until the first match begins." This being a fully licensed game, that does make some sense, but the footage looks a little flat with its plastic player models and lack of commentary.
We're also still not certain whether AO Tennis will be launching anywhere outside of Australia, but we'll try to get clarification on this from the developer. Hopefully we can get some hands on time with this soon.
What do you think of this AO Tennis gameplay? Are you looking forward to playing? Lob your thoughts into the comments below.
Update: AO Tennis will be releasing outside of Australia within the first half of 2018. An exact date has not been set in place.
[source youtube.com]
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Still never seen or played a better tennis game than the original Virtua Tennis on the Dreamcast. Would love a new updated version of that.
i couldn't care less about tennis but when you mention south africa you get my attention
...is Kyle Edmund in it?
The repetitive crowd cheering on loop every point scored is pretty grating. The sound in general is pretty much sucking any atmosphere from the game. I never really give good sound credit it deserves but bad sound stands out like a sore thumb
@SegaBlueSky Top Spin 4.
@get2sammyb
Right!
I keep my xbox 360 around mainly because of this game.
It's awesome And has stereoscopic 3D.
@SegaBlueSky I was thinking the exact same thing. Virtua Tennis is still the best tennis game and I still play it eventhough I don't like tennis.
... I think we'll have to wait for Tennis World Tour(?) from some of the people behind Top Spin 4 - what a game that was, so tricky to get into, but once you did, it was sooooo rewarding (and exciting)... this looks a bit shonky (and something to tide tennis fans over until the main event?) although I suspect TWT may be a bit low-budget too... but as long as the gameplay holds up - all else can be forgiven!
I sold my ps4 not so long ago. The only thing I'm playing right now is Top Spin 4 on PS3.
I can't believe there are still people playing this game online.
Looking forward buying a ps4 at the end of the year and finally get two new tennis games.
@SegaBlueSky
Super Tennis on the Snes for me
“lack of commentary.”
Even though the footage only shows actual play, commentators never comment during play.
My favorite tennis game was Sega’s Power Smash 2.
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