skate. Demo Released To Xbox Live, PS3 Demo Soon

A demo for EA’s upcoming skate sim finally hit Xbox Live, which leaves you enough time to experience it well before it’s release on Sept. 12. PS3 players are left in the dark for now, but should be able to experience the demo as well, before the end of the week, or next week at the latest.

Being a huge Tony Hawk Pro Skater fan, I was looking quite forward to skate. because THPS only comes out once a year and I want something else to hog my time. Well, I played through the demo and can’t say I am immediately impressed, though I admit I need to better get used to the controls.

While playing, I can’t help but think that the developers deliberately did everything different from the Tony Hawk series, but in some cases, I wish they -had- “borrowed” some features. I’d much rather tap the A button to jump than to flick the analog stick down and up in a fluid motion. Now, I realize that skate. is meant to be a sim, not a THPS clone, so I am willing to give it more time before sitting on a conclusion.

Source: skate. Website