However, as previously mentioned, the randomly-generated, unlicensed scrubs are painful to look at - they are some of the ugliest opponents you'll face in a sporting title, and player animations are frequently clunky. Visually, Virtua Tennis 2009 is admirable when talking about the courts, stadia, and the 20 professionals' likenesses (for the most part). Overall the online component is barely serviceable, and it certainly adds nothing new or noteworthy to online sports gaming. Naturally, ranked matches are also available, which will have you paired up with players of a comparable skill level. These Tours last one real-world week, and at the end of the week, winners of the various events are awarded with medals and a new Tour begins. The SPT Online Tours have players from around the world competing in events in order to accrue Tour Points. If you do get into online play, a couple of game types await you. Unfortunately, the lag present in online matches will prove to be unbearable to most players. Speaking of online play, the ability to port your created player from Worl Tour online makes the competitive component more engaging this time around. If you do find yourself truly engaged, eight of them are available to be played online. These games are a nice diversion during World Tour, but they don't exactly hold up on their own. These 'surreal' mini-games will have players knocking over barrels, taking out aliens, dodging waves of massive tennis balls while picking up fruit, feeding animals with well-placed returns, and playing billiards with your serves are just some of the fun options available. The Court Games are as interesting this year as they were in VT3 - that is to say, they are mildly amusing.

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