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Fantasy Tennis is a tennis MMOSG (Of course), with a little added flare. First off, the basic controls a, s, d, and the space bar, can be mastered in a matter of minuetes, same with different styles of shots, which is very good for beginners to MMO's who don't like to be bombarded with tons of buttons to master. Secondly, the game offers a variety of game modes such as: Basic, Battle, Guardian, and Battlemon. In Basic, it's a simple 1 v 1 or 2 v 2 tennis game in either a short match, or tie match. Battle mode is a 1 v 1 or 2 v 2 tennis game in which scoring doesn't matter, but what matters is that you kill your opponenet with a variety of items such as lightning, fireballs, meteors, etc. Guardian mode puts you against one or several guardians, whilst you, the humans, team up in parties of one, two, three, or four; it's basically battle, but you just work together. Battlemon mode is where you, and your pet, a battlemon, faces another human and their battlemon, all the basic game modes apply. The game offers a character system like Albatross18, with pre-made characters in which you buy and customize; the only bad thing is that, unlike Albatross, you have to start over from level 1 with that character.

Here are pictures and bio's of the characters:

Niki is a little rascal from the world of Gaia. A magical accident caused by LunLun brought him to FantasyLand. To be able to return to his world, he needs Isis' divine power which can only be obtained by winning the ultimate FantasyTennis tournament.

HP: 200
STR: 15
STA: 15
DEX: 15
WIL: 15

 

 

LunLun is a young apprentice of witchcraft and outstanding in her term. Although she can handle a lot of charms very well, she acidentally brought Niki to FantasyLand when practicing her new dimensional charm. To be able to return Niki to his home, she trys to help him at the FantasyTennis tournament. 

HP: 200
STR: 15
STA: 15
DEX: 15
WIL: 15

Dhanpir was one of Gaia's last vampires. He is 520 years old. After being killed by the vampire hunter Van Helsing, his soul was cursed to wander around the world forever. Then he learned about the wish which is granted to the winner of the tournament and the possibility to become mortal again. Only then Dhanpir can take revenge on Van Helsing, thus he participates in the tournament. 

HP: 200
STR: 10
STA: 25
DEX: 10
WIL: 15

 

 

She used to be travelling the world of FantasyLand with her father Ideran on his airship Aeolos. Then he disappeared without a trace. Having become a proud piratess, she is always on the search for him. For the sake of finding him and maybe also the lost treasures of Atlantis, she decides to take place in the ultimate FantasyTennis tournament.

HP: 200
STR: 25
STA: 15
DEX: 5
WIL: 15

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Now, it's time for my ratings.

Gameplay: 9/10 - Great game modes, great things to do. Will keep you entertained for a long time
Graphics: 9.5/10 - These graphics are surperb for a sports game and will even run well on the crappiest video cards.
Community: 6/10 - Well, since this game is a EU game, most of the people are German, there's lots of Americans, and South Americans, as well, but I hear it gets crowded with Americans during summer vacation, so look out for that.
Sound: 8/10 - The music fits every court perfectly, character sounds are repetitive, but tolerable.

Overall: 8.5/10

Hope you enjoyed my review and I hope you will see the rest of mine in the future. Happy gaming, and until my next blog!

-Phaux