The Everybody's Golf series has won many fans over the 10 years of its releases and unsurprisingly so with its addictive cartoon style of Gameplay mixing simplicity with replayability. Yet I'm surprised that a spin off has never emerged until now. In the slow demise of the Playstation 2, does Everybody's Tennis have something special to capture people's attention with? Will it execute the same addictive mixes that its sister series holds so close to perfection?

With Virtua Tennis leading the path on the PS3 in terms of graphics and aesthetics, Tennis games of late have tried to make the game more appealing to a new generation of players using realism and gimmicks that playing 'Tennis Games' has never been so much like the real thing. Everybody's Tennis goes back to the early days using simple cartoon animations fully rendered in 3D to capture the players' attention. Taking the character engine from the Golfing series, ET (Everybody's Tennis) does nothing spectacular but then again it's not meant to.

The only really bad thing graphically that Everybody's Tennis has is that many critics will see this child like cartoon to be dated and perhaps not fully using the capacity of the PS2. Though I can see their point, this game looks and feels the part. Another glitch however is that sometimes in the replays the game engine slows down and flickers slightly ruining the smooth flow that the game mostly has. Though not huge it is there and noticeable.

This however does add a disadvantage to the games appeal because no challenge really is seen in the game. In the Challenge mode, as you rise through the classes though the matches get harder you still will find it hard to loose if you are use to playing tennis games often. With 6 different classes you would expect to face a really tight match but though your opponents uses a range of shots and mixes, plus the rally's get longer you will eventually find each characters weakness and expose them to it.

A nice feature is the weather system meaning if it suddenly rains on court the balls become much slower and the bounce is limited meaning you have to be extra aware of your opponents shot type. Added with each courts individual surface, speed and bounce attributes you potentially have a different match every time you play.

Another disadvantage this game has however is how short it is. With 12 players, 4 umpires and 9 courts all to unlock that simply means in 25 matches you have completed the game and with each match lasting on average 4 minutes … well you get the picture. A few days of play at most means the £29.99 RRP really isn't worth it and is best bought at less than half price.