Next Generation Tennis 2003

Summer is in the air, and the substandard sports games are beginning to trickle in. Shamelessly mimicking the career mode from Virtua Tennis, this comes replete with wacky training modes, and a world tour, where you can earn money to buy new kits, courts, and even different coloured balls. Unfortunately, they didn't copy the star players idea, and household names are scarce.

It also fails to capture the sublime action of Virtua Tennis, hampered by erratic control, improbable ball physics and questionable Al. On the plus side, it is possible to play something resembling tennis, which shows how far the series has come in a year. In fairness, it is a considerable improvement on the previous incarnation, but that's not really saying much.