Motion Tennis App Reviews

There is nothing positive to say about this game. The user has almost no control over his player. The only aspect you can control is type of swing - normal, slice, or lob - based on the orientation of your iPhone when the ball is near your player, and even this works only about 20% of the time. Basically, holding your palms facing down is like pressing the A button, facing down is B, and facing up is C on a Nintendo 64. Except in this game, you have less control over when the button-press actually occurs, and you dont control at all where the player is on the screen. You cant move up toward the net or back toward the baseline, you cant anticipate where the opponent is going to place his volley, or anything like that. The thing that differentiates this game from a Nintendo 64 (not Wii) game is the way the user controls the virtual player. With all of the iPhones precise sensors (accelerometer, gyroscope, etc.) along with 20 years of advances in software, I expected more control over the player than I could get with a standard D-pad style controller. The description and tutorial for this game instructs the user to swing his iPhone like its a tennis racquet. But there is no reason to swing your iPhone. A slight flick of the wrist does accomplishes the same thing, because the user only controls whether its a normal, slice, or lob shot. Swinging your iPhone faster, slower, with more or less follow-through, etc. does nothing.

The idea of using the Apple TV in combination for the iPhone as a gaming console is great. The problem is that the response times between iPhone and Apple TV via wifi are too delayed. In addition, mirroring the iPhone image results in a skipping experience. Please keep trying to make this work. The idea is great.

My kids love playing this game together

Thanks! This is a real fun app.

I did not believe this game was good. I needed it to see it first. Very nice and cool game for me to burn some calories and for the kids for having fun.

Good game but graphics needs improvement :) And a D-pad on center of the screen to control the player.

The motion sensors arent super accurate but still its pretty fun and my kids really enjoyed it. I really love the whole AppleTV genre of games and applaud the developer for building this.

Very good

OK while not a brilliant game this is a good start from which to build & improve on. Love the idea of Motion Control used with the Apple TV. And now that the first game is out. Hopefully other developers will see this & think "what a great idea, lets do something like that." Well done guys- now whats next?

A great idea but a buggy implementation. With an iPhone 5s and recent Apple TV, the game locked up when loading the first time. After that, it worked but would stutter and freeze during play. Its not playable for me.

I have to admit, it took about a half-dozen crashes before it finally loaded up my first match. It’s buggy and needs a bit of tweaking. There’s really only so much you can do with this kind of hardware and software. People who think it’s supposed to be just like a Wii experience don’t realize that Wiis use IR and Bluetooth sensors in addition to their accelerometers. You just can’t do the same with only accelerometers, but this is a very pioneering start that I hope to see go somewhere very big very fast! I’ll upgrade my rating when some of these glitches have been worked out, though! Keep the ideas coming, guys!

The game has real promise, but was a bit too laggy. I cant wait to try it again after a few improvements.

The most interesting thing here is the idea itself. The experience is nowhere close to the Wii. There is too much lag in spite of a very solid network. The novelty wears off quickly. However it will probably do in a pinch.

Outstanding. So much work put into this app. Graphics lag, but the concept of mirroring the game to the Apple TV is just great.

Even if you choose left hand the racquet is in your players right hand. You still can control the ball but your head will explode. Ha! Great concept! Keep it up. Youre scaring Nintendo Wii.

I love dis game.So much better than the wii.

Add new levels pls !!

It doesnt seem to be compatible with iOS 8 at the moment. The game crashes every time after you calibrate your iPhone (before ANY match). Please fix this because this is a very good game and it would be a shame if the crashing doesnt even allow you to play it.

I really like playing this game. Excellent way to combine game play and a little moderate exercise.

Love playing this game. I hope they make more games that interact with Apple TV