Table Tennis Toon!

I can see what this developer is trying to do differently for this simple but deceptively tricky table tennis game, and as there aren't many non-VR ping-pongs around, i decided to stick with it. With what? The control system, which is counter-intuitive to say the least and might be enough to put early players off. Your brain demands that you use your right-stick to take a shot, but instead that moves your aim while your left stick moves your character around and your main buttons determine the shot type, resulting is something a bit QWOP-ey. I'm not gonna lie, it can be frustrating and even when you're used to it you may well ask yourself . . why?? But credit for the dev sticking to their guns despite multiple requests in discussions for an alt control method. And it does work, in trying to emulate the co-ordination and movement needed for a real ping pong match. The control method contributes to another factor; the single player modes get very hard as the difficulty ramps up. Real hard, I mean! Of course, any ping pong game that is too easy will result in a quick burn followed by a lack of interest, so this difficulty curve requires a lot of you to learn all the techniques needed. But it is good fun, elegantly made and nice to look at for a super-cheap price and is a worthy addition to the rare beast that is Steam table tennis.