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Tennis video games have undergone something of an evolution in their lifetime. As controls are key to Smash Court Tennis 3 let's take a look at how exactly they have developed.

For a long time tennis games were essentially graphical reworkings of the early Pong concept. These simplistic bat and ball games were soon replaced by more controllable titles such as the excellent Mario Tennis - games that gave the player more shot-options and characters to choose from. Then Virtua Tennis and Top Spin took the micro shot management away and let the game's simulation decide the outcome. The simplicity of directing a player to make a shot and letting the game do the rest was not only easier to get to grips with, but also resulted in some great tactical gameplay. Then came the Wii and all manner of motion controlled tennis games. Although initially exciting, before the MotionPlus they mostly struggle to reproduce a real tennis swing. Baring the excellent Wii-Sports Tennis.
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Smash Court Tennis 3 has arrived on the Xbox 360 to mostly muted reviews that describe it as no rival to Top Spin 3 or Virtua Tennis 3 - so, as Game People's resident sports enthusiast, did I find more here to like?

The major complaint about Atari's offering is that the gameplay is dull, imprecise and sluggish. However, reading on in many reviews that express this makes it fairly clear that the reviewer has simply not grasped the controls. While this is not a 'get out of jail free card', it does stand as a defence against the harshest reviews.
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