Hi there,
just wanted to give a bit of feedback on TEM2 after 40+ hours put into it. First of all, I had a blast playing it so thanks for the game. As a Football Manager fan, it felt good having a similar game ofr tennis, even though of course the two games are hardly comparable.
However I did have a few issues with the games that made the experience feel a bit "unfinished" :
1) The regens are always absolutely insane in my games. They come at age 18 with 90s everywhere and quickly dominate the "real" players. It makes a fun challenge trying to compete with them but it feels weird.
2) Another problem with the regens, why do they have fake names ? If they are indeed randomly generated, why not give them actual names from their countries; without the changed letters ?
3) It feels like training is more important than playing. I would love to play 16-20 tournaments a year but I always end up playing only slams + masters 1000 because I feel like I'm losing stats. The only good point in tournaments is having access to good sparring partners for the 150% bonus but there should be another mechanic to encourage players to play more tournaments.
4) My motivation always seems quite low. It is unclear how I can improve it.
5) The AI players are too inconsistent. It often feels like there are too close from one another and thus keeps exchanging positions from ranks 1-20. I like the unpredictability but it is a bit too much.
6) I would love to have more feedback on my stats gain in training. Like a bar of a different color for the bits that I gain during the training week, with a combined total number at the top for example. "Total stats gained during this week : X%". That would allow players to improve slowly by seeing which training strategy is better. Is it going day-by-day, resting one hour or two at the end of each day ? Is it better to train for like 18 or 24 hours straight before resting ? I honeslty still can't tell after 7 combined seasons in my two games.
7) For the in-game strategy, I don't know if it is a bug or not, but to have access to the service and return strategy, I need to be in the according type of point. For example, if I want to change my return strategy on the opponent second serve, I need to wait for a point where he is second serving or it won't show up. It would be less of a hassle if we had both screens accessible at the same time !
8) I don't seem to have access to boosts in text mode, I assume it is because the simulated matches don't take properly into account all the players stats in input like the real 3D matches ?
Hope the feedback is somewhat useful. Great job on the fun game !
Cheers.