A few cool things that I discovered, huge selling point for people that care about content and online play.
1. I play on PC, and of course the community is MUCH smaller. However, I played about 7 Quick Matches online yesterday, and every opponent I played was skilled, good at the game, and played the entire match. They also used different players every time. I won 4, and lost 3 I believe. This is refreshing, because it means that the people who are playing this game and going online, are putting in the time. This means that online matches are competitive and not a waste of time.
2. My brother got it for PS4 yesterday so we could play our careers at the same time, and the online community is a lot bigger. The guy on the top of the leaderboard has like 1000 match wins. So, while it's not highly touted in reviews, the game is getting played quite a bit online it seems. Easy to find a match on PS4.
3. Cross Platform sharing is insane - As I said, my brother got it on PS4, he can download any faces/venues/logos cross platform. Meaning, I can make a cyberface on PC (Legit cyberface, like the 2K games for modding), and after I share it online, anybody can download it. Example, I made touch-ups to a scanned Sampras on PC, and shared it online, he was immediately able to download it on the PS4. This would be insane for NBA games, that means we could bring a lot of the mods to consoles. Sadly, I don't think this will be happening anytime soon. The game also has amazing face scan technology that allows you to put your face in the game, and it looks great. The graphics are really good in this game.
4. Your entire player roster, and venues, can be used online - Let's say I wanted to use Roger Federer (community created) online in a quick match, I can. Let's say I wanted to play at the US Open (community created), I can. This is super underrated, as some games make you play with stock players and venues when going online. I played against a girl online yesterday, when I saw she selected a girl tennis player, I was able to choose Sloane Stephens (not in the original game), and we had a great match.
This is the Sampras I shared, I edited the texture in Paint.net because it was really rough. It's on the Operation Sports thread. I shared this on PC, and my brother downloaded it on PS4.
https://forums.operationsports.com/forums/tennis/931009-ao-international-tennis-35.html#post2049393103A few negatives:
1. The "Invite Friend" option online doesn't work for the time being on PC, and it doesn't even exist on PS4. Yes, you can create a match and someone can find it and play you, or a random person can find it and play you, but you can't directly invite a friend.
2. You can't create a online friends list in game: For example, if I play a guy and we have a great match, I can't add him to a list of people I want to play again. For all I know, I may never get to play against him/her again.
3. Some slight lag online that occurs from time to time: Online isn't the cleanest of experiences. Sometimes it's good through the whole match, sometimes it stutters slightly. It needs to be fine tuned.