First Person Tennis Review

First Person Tennis Review

First Person Tennis is a VR tennis game and was published by  Mikori Games and released in December 2016. The game has a training mode where you can practice your forehand, backhand, serving or a practice match.

The trackers are really good at tracking your hands as you hit the ball. I used the vive controllers, but you can also use a tracker and put it on a real tennis racquet. Because of the accuracy you can time your shot to aim to the opponents forehand or backhand. You teleport when your opponent hits the ball to put you in the right position for the shot. You can also run to the net if you want to. I found this difficult, so I normally waited for them to run to the net and hit the ball past them.

If you are a good tennis player with a good tennis mind this game can be easy, even on the advanced setting. You can choose 3 set matches or 1 set matches and best of 6 games or best of 3 games. Serving can be difficult if you have a fan in the room so I had to serve under arm.

You can play a number of Tournaments, each having different surfaces. clay, grass, hard, blue-green hard, classic synthetic, indoor hard and indoor synthetic. As you progress through the tournament the opponents get harder and hit the ball faster. The tournaments are played in different countries. There is also an arcade or simulation mode.

If you have a powerful computer, you can play on the high graphics settings. There are other options like commentary on or off and options for vive tracker and volume.

This game is good exercise. Playing one tournament would get your heart rate up. (You have to be careful not to hit anything in the room).

7.5/10