Top Spin 3 swings and misses

Perhaps you thought there could be nothing more difficult in the sport of tennis than beating Roger Federer? You were dead wrong. Try taking aim at Top Spin 3 from 2K Sports, an exercise in funless futility where success is even getting a proper rally going. Don't get me wrong. The premise here is good enough. Top Spin 3 ($59.99) has familiar ATP and WTA tour characters like the Andy Roddick and Maria Sharapova. And the game has good graphic details when you're sliding into shots on the red clay of Roland Garros in Paris. There are also lots of options for creating your own player and tweaking his or her look and playing style to suit your fancy. But unless you're willing to put in hours — and I mean hours — learning the least intuitive player controls ever conceived, you might as well go hit the ball (or your head) against a... [read full story]