Matchpoint - Tennis Championships Legends (DLC)

My first thought when I saw the Legends DLC pop up was: of all the retired players to license, they went with Tommy Haas and Tim Henman. Solid careers, absolutely, but no one on a Saturday night sofa is going to gasp the way they would for a Sampras or an Agassi. Manage expectations accordingly, because that choice tells you a lot about the licensing reality Torus Games is working within, and it shapes how much value you will get from this add-on. To understand whether the DLC is worth anything, you have to understand the base game first. Matchpoint - Tennis Championships is one of the more control-friendly tennis sims to come out in years. The left stick handles movement and shot direction, face buttons map to your shot types (top spin, flat, lob, slice), and holding a button tweaks power. There is a small aiming reticle when you are winding up, which makes positioning feel genuinely tactical rather than button-mash random. Court surfaces matter too: grass, clay, and hard court each play differently, which adds a layer of strategy to quick matches. The career mode runs on a merit-based ranking system where you grind smaller events before the big ones, hire a coach to build individual stats like strength, fitness, and backhand, and scout rivals using the rivalry system to identify weaknesses before a match. For a sports sim with a modest budget, the mechanical core is legitimately enjoyable, and the controls hold up well with a standard gamepad. The problems with the base game are real and they carry over to any DLC assessment. The atmosphere on court is pretty flat: crowd noise is barely there, commentary runs out of lines embarrassingly fast, and the licensed roster of 16 players does not include the sport's biggest names. Doubles mode is absent entirely, which hurts the couch co-op crowd hard. If you were hoping to run a four-player local tournament with mates, forget it - this is strictly a one-versus-one experience. Split-screen head-to-head is supported, so two people on the couch can go at it, and cross-platform online play works, but the depth of modes around that is thin. Character creation for career mode is also limited, with little room to differentiate your player's animations or serve style from anyone else's. Back to the Legends DLC itself. Tommy Haas and Tim Henman become playable in both single-player and multiplayer modes. That is the entirety of what you are getting: two character slots. There is no new content, no new courts, no throwback tournament bracket themed around their eras. Community feedback noted that the player likenesses are not particularly convincing up close, and at least one critic pointed out that the stat differences between characters are subtle enough that the DLC functions more as a cosmetic add-on than a gameplay expansion. If you already own the base game and genuinely have an attachment to either of those players, it is a low-cost way to rep your favourite. If you are hoping two extra roster spots will fix the thin content problem, they will not. For the casual crowd: the base game is accessible enough that a tennis-curious friend can pick up a controller and hold their own after one tutorial. The difficulty slider is adjustable mid-match, which is a nice accessibility touch. For the hardcore sim crowd: player animations lack the individuality you would find in something like Top Spin 4, and the AI starts to feel exploitable once you clock that most opponents fold when you target their backhand repeatedly. This DLC, specifically, is a footnote on top of a game that is already a mixed proposition. Riley, Scout Team