75/100
Players14 ratings: 77/100
Critics3 reviews

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2006 · Indie Built · Simulation · Sports

Top Spin 2

Everything you loved about Top Spin is back and made even better. The peerless player-creator is reborn with the powerful Digital Identity that truly puts you in the game. Experience the pro tour in venues that are alive and dynamic with environmental elements that react to your play. Characters are even more stunning with the addition of HD technology and the inclusion of the top players in the world like Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams, Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt and Roger Federer.

Released: 29 March 2006
Platforms: Game Boy Advance Nintendo DS Windows Xbox 360
Genres: Simulation Sports Tennis
Developers: Indie Built
Publishers: 2K Sports
Series: Top Spin
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Non-fiction
Country: France United States
Age ratings: ESRB E PEGI 3 CERO A
Languages: English
Entry: #2 in Top Spin

About

Top Spin 2 is a 2006 tennis video game developed by Indie Built, MENT, and Aspyr and originally published by 2K and Superscape. It is the sequel to Top Spin and is followed by Top Spin 3.

Keywords

tennis
steam
achievements
artificial intelligence
instant replay
split-screen multiplayer
box art - real photos
bink video
polygonal 3d
character creation
difficulty level
greatest hits

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Reception

The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms except the Xbox 360 version, which received "generally favorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40, while Famitsu Xbox 360 gave it a score of all four sevens for a total of 28 out of 40. Nintendo Power gave the DS version a mixed review, about two months before it was released. Edge gave the Xbox 360 version eight out of ten and said: "Developer PAM has reinvented a game that no longer strives to be a thinking man's alternative to Virtua [Tennis], but something altogether superior". However, Computer Games Magazine gave the same console version three out of five and called it "the most complete tennis experience on any platform to date".