I've now played this game for roughly 150 hours and I'm pleased to say that I love it.

As far as tennis simulations go it's probably the best out there. Through both a real-time simulation and just quick simulation you truly feel immersed with whom you are coaching. And with plenty of difficulty levels you can either make the game as easy or as challenging as you'd like it to be. In particular I love the various time periods that you can play in. You aren't limited to just the current generation of players; you can play with even the older lads. But how good this game is on its own is not the main reason to like this game...

The main reason this game is so enjoyable is its developer. He's constantly updating the game and will answer any question in what seems like less than 24 hours. If you want to change anything or mod the game in any way he'll be right there to help you. Any bugs are quickly sorted and the contact is frankly incredible.

Comparison with Tennis Manager 2021/2022:
Elbow Manager 2 is honestly the far superior game. The interface isn't as sleek looking but it runs a lot more smoothly and with fewer (no) game-breaking bugs. After a few years Tennis Manager 2022's saves become unreasonably large and the game eats RAM for breakfast. This seems to be true no matter how good your PC is. By comparison, Tennis Elbow Manager 2 doesn't eat your RAM and runs well constantly.

The one area where TM 2021/2022 shines slightly brighter in is in the current roster of players. TM simply seems a little bit more on top off the current players and potential future stars than TEM. Too often I see random nobody's winning Grand Slams as if they were nothing past the 2020's. That being said, there are certain mods on the forums that have a more recent calendar with that works a bit better than the TEM basegame.

If you're struggling over which game to purchase I can boil it down to this:

If you want a good tennis game that runs smoothly and focuses more on the player than the actual managment of an academy - choose Tennis Elbow Manager 2.

If you want a decent tennis game that has a, very good, current calendar - choose Tennis Manager 2021/2022.
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Developer response:
ManuTOO  [developer] Posted: Mar 25, 2022 @ 3:02am
Hello,

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy my game.

About your surprising hard loss, it could have a couple of reasons :

1) You met an over-buffed doubles specialist ; this bug has been fixed in the update released today

2) Your player has one or several of the following characteristics :
- a low Constancy, leading to random very bad performance days for him
- a high topspin and he beat a Djokovic on a slow surface, and lost on a fast surface (or vice versa)
- a low Short Term form, and thus was tired against the low ranked player
- had a bad strategy if you have played with the 3D match
- has the Upsetter talent
- played with an Injury against the low ranked player
- had the Coach or an good assistant with him against Djokovic, and was alone against the low ranked player
- changed of surface between the 2 matches and wasn't used to the new one

I may be forgetting some other things. You can send me a Bug Report (HowTo => https://www.managames.com/Forum/topic19-4589.php ) if you want I check more. :-)

3) Possibly another bug that the Doubles Specialist issue that has just been fixed ; you could also send me a Bug Report if you think it's the case


I hope it helps. :-)
7 Comments
ManuTOO  [developer] Mar 26, 2022 @ 8:15am 
Ok, this is fixed in today's update, thanks to your report ! :-)

If your Steam doesn't see the update, restart it.
ManuTOO  [developer] Mar 26, 2022 @ 4:27am 
I rechecked the log and now I know where you were looking your opponent, so I was able able to see the 118% counter skill ; I'll look at the issue in-depth and let you know the result between today & Monday... :-)
ManuTOO  [developer] Mar 26, 2022 @ 3:56am 
Thanks, I got your Bug Report !
I can see on the screenshot that your next opponent has 116% in Counter, but if I load your saved game, he has 85% as normal.
So I played a few matches both in Text & 3D modes, and the Counter Skill of the following opponents didn't get crazy either.
By any chance, would you have noticed if this bug triggered after you did something special ? Or does it seem just random ?
Marjack Mar 26, 2022 @ 3:11am 
I’ll do it next time I’m playing. It’s actually happening pretty much every game at this point. The counter will reach upwards of 160%.
ManuTOO  [developer] Mar 25, 2022 @ 11:54pm 
If you saw a player with 130% Counter, then it's definitively a bug, as the skills should be capped at 100%.
The next time you see such a value, could you send me a Bug Report ? (from the screen you see it)
ManuTOO  [developer] Mar 25, 2022 @ 11:53am 
Alright ! Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or need any help. :-)

The most common things are explained in the doc here : https://www.managames.com/tennismanager/doc/TeManager-Tennis_Game.html .
Marjack Mar 25, 2022 @ 3:41am 
I’m happy to look at these things. If I notice a change I’ll be happy to change my review :-)