I genuinely love your videos! Since subscribing a couple of years back I’ve watched so many of the practices, they’re brilliant and weirdly rather peaceful. Although you’ve spoiled us with the court-level view, whenever I watch a slam match on tv now the angle just irritates me haha! Thanks again, and good to see you here too :)
As a former D1 college player, I am pumped to see a solid tennis game getting a little attention!! Only recommendation would be to keep it cross court, once you get a short ball play it down the line and follow it into the net and finish it with a volley. Great video, look forward to seeing more!
I haven't had a chance to play this just yet but it looks like it plays very similar to Top Spin 4. So a little tip for conserving your stamina is to use control shots, which is done by tapping the button at the right time instead of holding. Most of your shots are attempts at power shots that aren't fully charged up (you'll know they're at max power when the red circle appears). If there's just a white ring that doesn't make its way around 360 degrees, it won't come off as a proper power shot, and therefore you expend stamina without the benefits of a powerful stroke. You pretty much want every single shot you make to be either a control shot to dictate the play, or a power shot to put your opponent under pressure and win the point.
Great video, thank you! Fwiw It’s super important in tennis to aim deep(push up on the joystick while aiming), otherwise the opponent just tees-off on your shots and force you on the defensive. Hitting deep will also make your winner attempts much more successful.
@@MikyTruePowa for 95-99% of people who aren't hardcore tennis fans topspin is better. Also TE and FAT are only on PC, many (most probably) players play on consoles.
When the Sega Dreamcast released back in the days I loved playing Virtua Tennis 2 (arcade like controls, easy to learn, hard to master against good players). Recently I bought AO Tennis 2 on the PS5 to get back into sports/tennis games. It feels more like a mixed arcade/simulation compared to Virtua Tennis 2 and I still need to get the hang of it. Now I'm wondering if I should buy Top Spin 2K25 and what makes it the different (better?) game compared to AO Tennis 2 (if that's the case)? Similarities/differences?
The movement in topspin games generally feel more fluid than AO tennis and some of the recent tennis games. The movement in AO tennis specifically felt in consistent and didnt always do what you intended. Virtua Tennis is easier to pickup and play and has less realism than TopSpin, but both are quality games with good gameplay mechanics
TS2k25 is very similar to TS4. In TS4, it has many variety of shots, regardless they are top spin, flat, or sliced and I am presuming TS2k25 do the same. Like for example, try to play TS4 using top spin stroke only, if you will look closely how the character hit its forehand, you will noticed the character is using different variations depending on position of the of the character to the ball, the intentioned ball direction, and how hard the stroke was. Its not a one top spin stroke style for every situation. Flat and sliced strokes in Backhand also has variations. Other tennis games out there are very limited in this scenario. Try to examine their strokes in videos. This makes TS strokes animation very realistic regardless they are signature strokes of real pros. This is why I love watching the characters playing in TS2k25 videos, its like watching real tennis game on TV.
Thanks @PLRNZOO and @jesp-pctech9196 for your reactions! I think I'm going to pre-order the game! Only thing I'm not sure about us if I should get standard, deluxe or the Grand Slam Edition of the game. But I'm looking forward to practice (a lot) and play online. 😀
@@jeroen9714It depends to your budget and what you are up to in tennis games. In my case since at present I have limited budget, I preordered Standard. But I am going to buy any premium center court pass later if I found (while playing) any premium item rewards that looks interesting to me.
yesssssss keep doing these haven’t even started watching yet but this seems so cool already watched the last vid and i love my career modes fifa etc haha player careers so this will be cool. not even a tennis fan haha and i want it
My guess is he only moves his joystick left and right with no thoughts to control the depth of the ball at all... When he does the 2nd training, he doesn't need to do a drop shot he just needs to aim down!!!
Your issue is you're trying to win every shot, you should try wrong footing them a couple times by hitting it 1 way letting them run back to centre and then hitting it back the same way then they will get further away stumbling and then you go for the win hitting it to the other side
@@thomasodenkirk6444 You can unlock Expert by winning a match with best of 3 or more sets, 3 games per set at Very Hard difficulty. Legend unlocks by winning an Expert match with best of 3 or more sets, 6 games per set on Expert difficulty, in legend mode the game becomes amazing, and you will have an exciting career👍
@@thomasodenkirk6444 You can unlock Expert by winning a match with best of 3 or more sets, 3 games per set at Very Hard difficulty. Legend unlocks by winning an Expert match with best of 3 or more sets, 6 games per set on Expert difficulty, the game will become amazing and you will have an exciting and challenging career 👍
You’re winning the points where you play on the baseline, the point you loose is when you’re standing too far forwards in between the service box and baseline which is called “no man’s land” because you don’t want to be stood there
I love how he keeps saying stamina! 11:50: I love this. It's a great use of my time, by the way. I love tennis. A hippo is fast and fat like you. A tennis racket is made out of a tank called breadsticks. Welcome.
All the shots are landing on the service line when you perfect timed shots just indicates that you're not moving your joystick up to hit any deep balls at all!
This game looks much easier than AO2. I had to grind out matches in my first year, shouldn’t be this easy this early. And it just looks like an improved AO2.
Spend 4 minutes creator his player. Haha will be at least 4 hours for me. In that God awful AO2 game I created a player that seriously could have been a face scan of me.
How come do you not move your stick when serving and hiting the ball back. Every serve is in the middle, not to the left and right and every hit over the net is in the middle of the court - not in the back or a shorter one o_O
my least favourite thing to do in gaming is creating my own character i just hate it the hassle of having to faff about with face shape, fucking nose shape, jaw shape, who gives a shit lmao give me more and better pre made ones to select and let me play the flipping game
So childish.... but then I realised the content was specially made for 8-12yr old's so my mistake, anyway I'll be off to find some adult content of Top Spin 2K25
As a tennis / sidemen fan I love this
Your court level videos are great! Keep it up.
yoo your videos are sick
Are those players Ai or online people
@@Sugma2AI
I genuinely love your videos! Since subscribing a couple of years back I’ve watched so many of the practices, they’re brilliant and weirdly rather peaceful. Although you’ve spoiled us with the court-level view, whenever I watch a slam match on tv now the angle just irritates me haha! Thanks again, and good to see you here too :)
aim deeper into the court (move your joy stick more up), so your perfect shots can actually do some serious damage sometimes.
this
thanks!
can't wait for josh to start playing this as well
when you lob the opponent attack the net giving them less chance to regain a good position from running back to hit it
simon hits too late
simon: why did it go over there?
😂
As a former D1 college player, I am pumped to see a solid tennis game getting a little attention!! Only recommendation would be to keep it cross court, once you get a short ball play it down the line and follow it into the net and finish it with a volley. Great video, look forward to seeing more!
Your form is quality
Y u kinda look like Simon's character💀
@@tylerbranch7524 wait I kinda do look like his character 😂
I see that you hit to where the opponent isn’t but there is a huge benefit in tennis to hit cross court more than down the line :)
I haven't had a chance to play this just yet but it looks like it plays very similar to Top Spin 4. So a little tip for conserving your stamina is to use control shots, which is done by tapping the button at the right time instead of holding. Most of your shots are attempts at power shots that aren't fully charged up (you'll know they're at max power when the red circle appears). If there's just a white ring that doesn't make its way around 360 degrees, it won't come off as a proper power shot, and therefore you expend stamina without the benefits of a powerful stroke. You pretty much want every single shot you make to be either a control shot to dictate the play, or a power shot to put your opponent under pressure and win the point.
Great video, thank you! Fwiw It’s super important in tennis to aim deep(push up on the joystick while aiming), otherwise the opponent just tees-off on your shots and force you on the defensive. Hitting deep will also make your winner attempts much more successful.
I wanna play this game so bad
Me too
🙏
same I can't wait to be the 26th !!! preordered a few days ago
Tennis elbow and full ace tennis are way better
@@MikyTruePowa for 95-99% of people who aren't hardcore tennis fans topspin is better. Also TE and FAT are only on PC, many (most probably) players play on consoles.
2:37 lol that's funny I was also thinking Simon's way shinier than he put
Early access starts the 23rd! The game is mad fun tho! Glad to see one of my fav creators get the early early access lol
You just created Jordan Thompson 😂
every like this comment gets I’ll do two pushups
14 push-ups so impressive
SIMON PLAYING TENNIS IS AMAZING ❤
When the Sega Dreamcast released back in the days I loved playing Virtua Tennis 2 (arcade like controls, easy to learn, hard to master against good players). Recently I bought AO Tennis 2 on the PS5 to get back into sports/tennis games. It feels more like a mixed arcade/simulation compared to Virtua Tennis 2 and I still need to get the hang of it. Now I'm wondering if I should buy Top Spin 2K25 and what makes it the different (better?) game compared to AO Tennis 2 (if that's the case)? Similarities/differences?
The movement in topspin games generally feel more fluid than AO tennis and some of the recent tennis games. The movement in AO tennis specifically felt in consistent and didnt always do what you intended. Virtua Tennis is easier to pickup and play and has less realism than TopSpin, but both are quality games with good gameplay mechanics
TS2k25 is very similar to TS4. In TS4, it has many variety of shots, regardless they are top spin, flat, or sliced and I am presuming TS2k25 do the same. Like for example, try to play TS4 using top spin stroke only, if you will look closely how the character hit its forehand, you will noticed the character is using different variations depending on position of the of the character to the ball, the intentioned ball direction, and how hard the stroke was. Its not a one top spin stroke style for every situation. Flat and sliced strokes in Backhand also has variations. Other tennis games out there are very limited in this scenario. Try to examine their strokes in videos. This makes TS strokes animation very realistic regardless they are signature strokes of real pros. This is why I love watching the characters playing in TS2k25 videos, its like watching real tennis game on TV.
Thanks @PLRNZOO and @jesp-pctech9196 for your reactions! I think I'm going to pre-order the game! Only thing I'm not sure about us if I should get standard, deluxe or the Grand Slam Edition of the game. But I'm looking forward to practice (a lot) and play online. 😀
@@jeroen9714if you buy Grand Slam or Deluxe.. they are available to play right now!
@@jeroen9714It depends to your budget and what you are up to in tennis games. In my case since at present I have limited budget, I preordered Standard. But I am going to buy any premium center court pass later if I found (while playing) any premium item rewards that looks interesting to me.
You're standing in the court too much, you should stand behind the baseline more to have more time to hit a perfect shoot and a better quality shot
Can not wait for this game to be out
yesssssss keep doing these haven’t even started watching yet but this seems so cool already watched the last vid and i love my career modes fifa etc haha player careers so this will be cool. not even a tennis fan haha and i want it
2:52 I swear that looks exactly like Lewis😂 guy who co-owns ZRK/internetmade and the one who ran into the fence during the football video
THE NEW ANDY MURRAY 😂😅
simon wants all the grunts, grunts IRL too
For once this actually looks like a Good Tennis game! I’m so hyped 🎾
My guess is he only moves his joystick left and right with no thoughts to control the depth of the ball at all... When he does the 2nd training, he doesn't need to do a drop shot he just needs to aim down!!!
Already love this series
lfg Simon "Medvedev " Minter is back on the game
this was actually entertaining af
Never been a tennis fan or into the sport but game looks really good
I love watching him shout stamina! This was the best use of my time.
Maaaan why he gotta make the noises when I’m watching this without headphones 🤣😤
The legend returns. We will all play the perfect game
I love how aggressive Minter gets
Bro hit the rashford cele and it all went downhill from then 😂
Your issue is you're trying to win every shot, you should try wrong footing them a couple times by hitting it 1 way letting them run back to centre and then hitting it back the same way then they will get further away stumbling and then you go for the win hitting it to the other side
Ayooo didnt expect akl nz to be in this game ahah
Ball retrievers that DON'T retrieve balls 😏😂😂
It’s about time we got a proper tennis game
Then you haven't heard of Full Ace Tennis Simulator, nor Tennis Elbow
There are 2 other difficulties to unlock, the expert and the legend, in legend the game becomes beautiful.
Do you know how they'll be unlocked? I'm glad,I was worried this game would be too easy
@@thomasodenkirk6444 You can unlock Expert by winning a match with best of 3 or more sets, 3 games per set at Very Hard difficulty. Legend unlocks by winning an Expert match with best of 3 or more sets, 6 games per set on Expert difficulty, in legend mode the game becomes amazing, and you will have an exciting career👍
@@thomasodenkirk6444 You can unlock Expert by winning a match with best of 3 or more sets, 3 games per set at Very Hard difficulty. Legend unlocks by winning an Expert match with best of 3 or more sets, 6 games per set on Expert difficulty, the game will become amazing and you will have an exciting and challenging career 👍
@giulianogiacomin2504 thanks! Looking forward to playing this tonight!
Great series!
Wonder how long this series will last, I reckon 7 videos, place your bets 😂
3
Why is every shot to one left one right, one left one right
Should've done Simon Minter so it could be more realistic
please continue this series
Wonder what the voice actors werw doing to recorc the grunting voice 😭😂
The grunting noises tho💀☠
Bruv, does Simon watch any tennis? he only goes cross court, for like every shot LOL
edit: nevermind he just forgot (28:47)
missing fifa career mode mint
love tennis
Move up in the box some.. don't stay at the back,go to middle too.
This is gonna be a lovely seri3s
how do I open additional T-shirts,Alcatraz,Roger ,Tiafoe?? I have a regular edition
You’re winning the points where you play on the baseline, the point you loose is when you’re standing too far forwards in between the service box and baseline which is called “no man’s land” because you don’t want to be stood there
I love how he keeps saying stamina! 11:50: I love this. It's a great use of my time, by the way. I love tennis. A hippo is fast and fat like you. A tennis racket is made out of a tank called breadsticks. Welcome.
Can you play with a clean HUD ? Looking forward to this
All the shots are landing on the service line when you perfect timed shots just indicates that you're not moving your joystick up to hit any deep balls at all!
Is there anyway to disable the yellow indicator where the ball lands on your side?
Great video simon! please play cricket 24 next tho
This game looks much easier than AO2. I had to grind out matches in my first year, shouldn’t be this easy this early. And it just looks like an improved AO2.
Spend 4 minutes creator his player. Haha will be at least 4 hours for me. In that God awful AO2 game I created a player that seriously could have been a face scan of me.
Not the grunting voice😂
Djokovic🐐
this really should of had the face reconition
Looks more like Ali-A than Simon 😂
after you played a good ball or are out of stamina go to the net and apply pressure on him
Oh shiiiii
It's out!! Let's go! I'm just disappointed that Novak isn't on the game though
Your player ,mini minter , looks like none other than atps own Andrea Vavassori lmao
can't believe it's 2024 and these are the graphics for a PS game
Do you aim the shot with the left stick??
You hit it many times the way he ran so he could hit it back, you have to hit it the same way 2 times and it would be better
Is Top Spin 2K25 available on Nintendo Switch?
someone tell him to vary the length of his shots for the love of god 💀
Gameplay looks the same as Topspin 4. Different coat of paint
i cant imagine that they sooner or later arent going to make it pay to win like nba 2k
How come do you not move your stick when serving and hiting the ball back. Every serve is in the middle, not to the left and right and every hit over the net is in the middle of the court - not in the back or a shorter one o_O
Is it illegal to play this game without the shot timing aid? Seems like it.
We need more
my least favourite thing to do in gaming is creating my own character
i just hate it the hassle of having to faff about with face shape, fucking nose shape, jaw shape, who gives a shit lmao
give me more and better pre made ones to select and let me play the flipping game
I’m buying this game when it drops in price in a year or so
Simon please release a new episode every day I'm a diehard sidemen and tennis fan so you really carrying rn
One tournament playable per month? For real? So 12 tournaments per year??
Australian Open with 32 player?? Come'on 2K... 🙄🤣🤣🙈
I'd love to see Talia's POV from 36:00 to 36:30 😅😂
It’s a really good game but it feels really slow paced compared to real tennis
mint too good
Is there actually a benefit to being left handed in this game??
I did not knw there was a game for tennis💀
He accidentally made his character look like Andrea Vavassori
Is it worth it and wheres Nadal Why is Nick Kyrgios
Hi, Is this gameplay on PC or Ps5?
Your character lowkey looks like Matt Ebden
So childish.... but then I realised the content was specially made for 8-12yr old's so my mistake, anyway I'll be off to find some adult content of Top Spin 2K25
mate get a life
this is good
Please stop the moaning, my wife thinks im watching some different types of videos ahhaaha
How did you get the golden racket I can’t find mine
6'2" in your dreams 😂😂
Simon is 6,4
am i the only one who thinks his character looks like Zac Efron?
can u play this on MacBook?
LOL
MiniminterClips great video to funny man im new here
What is 5he game called
Aa a tennis 🎾🎾🎾 spiderman fan l love this 🤔🤔🤔🤔