Advantages: The attention to detail! Variety of Venues! Online play!
Disadvantages: Suprisingly difficult at first!

...different game modes to choose from. You can get straight in the action with a normal exhibition match or you can battle through the ranks and become number one in the career mode! Or why not take on the challenge of any of the millions of players playing on the playstation network! Top Spin 3 features a superb variety of different venues to choose from, including venues in London, The U.S. Open, the Sony Ericsson Open, and Australia, Dubai. Pretty much anywhere you can think of! Your player can hit many different shots varying from TopSpin shots to Flat Shots and Drop Shots and Lobs and using the R2 And L2 buttons you can adjust weather your player hits a powerful shot or a strong accurate shot on the line. The realistic of the game are simply stunning and it is by far, in my eyes the best tennis game out there. The game itself... Read review

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Advantages: Choose from top players (and some not so top).
Disadvantages: players reaction after points,to few players to play against.

...at each end then orange with a bit of red in the middle.There is a little line on this bar which starts moving up the idea is to swing down to hit the ball on the orange part or even better the red part.If you hit the bar on the lower part of the grey it will hit the net or if you hit the top part of the grey it will go out.This bar seems to move quickly specially at first but once again is easy to get the hang of.If you hit the orange or red part the ball will stay in so long as you don't put to much direction on it .You can put direction on your serve as soon as you start to swing up but to much and it will go out.You can also move your player before serving.... Read review

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Advantages: Nice graphics, Relatively easy achievements, Easy to play
Disadvantages: The career mode can be a little long winded and tedious

...Top spin 2 on the 360 is an easily playable game, It does have depth also but the biggest thing about it for me is that I can not play it for months and then when I do fancy a game I can pick it up and pretty much start exactly where I left off. The game has several modes including exhibition match and obviously it plays on x-box live but the main mode is the solo career. In the solo career, as you may expect you have to create yourself a tennis player and then try to get them up the rankings and win tournaments. You start off as a very mediocre tennis player but it is not too difficult to make your way up the first 40-50 rankings to get to a level where you can start to play some of the smaller tournaments. You also have to go through several varied training modes in order to get starts to allocate as skill points to your tennis... Read review

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Advantages: Brightly coloured, eye catching, fun, durable
Disadvantages: Doesn't spin much

...you to find the animal etc... If you then press down the plunger it will change to another mode and the buttons will make strange sounds, tell you numbers, play music............ Songs included are "Row Row Your Boat" "ABC" "Dance Of The Sugarplum Fairy" and several other well known nursery rhymes. The spinning top has 3 volume settings, you change this by using the slide switch on the top. The off setting stops the lights flashing and music playing however it can still spin, then there is volume 1 and 2, with 2 being the loudest. The spinning top takes 2 AA batteries which are included, the compartment to change them is in the base of the top. It is not recommended that you use rechargeable batteries. The top can still work without batteries although it will only spin. The top also has an automatic shut down feature, when it... Read review

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Advantages: Good graphics and gameplay
Disadvantages: Lacks long term interest

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Advantages: Real players greqat gameplay
Disadvantages: out of date players.

...Top spin tennis exclusive to Xbox is a clever game with your pro tennis players and real courts. Tennis is really brought to life. There is a range of different modes including exhibition with men, women in singles and doubles. Or you can go to tournament mode to create your own player and take through the rankings of the professional Tennis world! You can create anybody you want whether it be you, Tim Henman, Roger Federer or even your best friend, it brings fantasy to life! The players you create can be used anywhere you could put them in the French Open or even Wimbledon. With top spin you get all the action of the tennis world at your fingertips! Creating your own players is great you give them clothes, do their hair and even get down tothe nitty gritty detail of the nose shape. You can bring anything to the life of tennis... Read review

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Advantages: Very realistic; tremendous attention to details; Good career mode
Disadvantages: Very steep learning game; Frustrating game-play at times; Can get repetitive after a while

...I've always enjoyed playing tennis games on consoles, and Top Spin 3 is easily the best and most realistic tennis game yet. The attention to details by the game developers is quite simply impressive. From the way the players get progressively tired and missing shots as a match drags on, to the sweat on the players' faces and attire to match the level of fatigue, to the authentic sounds of the tennis bounce and hits, and to the way one has to exercise proper positioning on the court in order to hit a ball, the game developers have succeeded in creating a tennis game that looks, sounds and feels like the real thing. There is a pretty comprehensive career mode in place too, allowing for players to create their own fictional character, starting from the bottom and slowly winning his/her way to the top of the tennis hierarchy... Read review

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Advantages: Good graphics in a lot of places, OK gameplay, Good career mode
Disadvantages: Again graphics sometimes, controls too complicated, Long loading times, Short longetivity

...Topspin 3 has introduced a new, unique, control system. It really does take a long time to get used to. I would advise not to play this while you are tired because you need to be concentrating fully on when the ball bounces or you will not be very successful at this game at all. The whole gameplay mechanic in Top Spin 3 is about timing and less about positioning. In my opinion this new system is pretty pointless. I have played many tennis games and I don't see why the controls on this have to be overly complicated and why they couldn't be the usual. I don't actually see what they were trying to achieve in making it like this. It is much too hard to win a rally. Even if you time the ball perfectly there are normally rallies in the 20s and 30s with you just hitting the ball from side to side, waiting for a chance to hit a winner... Read review

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Advantages: Anything you want thats any good
Disadvantages: May be difficult to find if you dont know Newcastle

...Spin have been going for about ten years, although that's something thats based on my memory rather than fact. They are probably one of the best music shops around and specialise in quality rock especially The Grateful Dead and Frank Zappa. But thats just a tiny part of their appeal. They carry a lot of stock that the majors don't and are a lot more helpful if you are looking for a particular item. My recent purchases have been The Nice Immediate Years triple set , and The Fairport Convention Cropredy triple box, both costing a mammoth £12.99 each. If you're looking any rarities or boxed sets, especially from the major American Groups af the sixties and seventies then this is your place. The web site is extremely informative as well , born as much out of a desire to inform people, as to sell music. An excellent record shop.... Read review

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Advantages: Free Internet Free Msn We-Pay Tariff
Disadvantages: Signals

...I have recently Joined 3 Pay as you go to go with my contract phone. Also the free usage off MSN Messenger Application. Good Points- The Planet 3 Internet Access - The free services which you can use in planet 3. MSN Messenger Free (Until December) - Access MSN from your phone for free chat with contact and use normal services. The We-Pay Tariff - Get paid for receiving calls and texts. Customer Service - Very quick services. Quality Of Phone. - The phones have very good cameras but battery life is poor. Bad Points- Lacks the Normal E-Top Up Card - You still have to buy Top Up vouchers. Not always able to get 3G signal. - If not in a 3G area you use the 02 or Orange network. Phones sometimes crash. - When using MSN or Internet the sometimes crash and restart. 3 Mobile is a new mobile network which is based around... Read review

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