Tony Hawk's Proving Ground demo available now

I have the opposite opinion Re. controls Shiraj

I found Skate's controls to be too difficult, and only got somewhat used to them by the end of the demo. The THPG demo showed that the series had undergone some change in this instalment with quite a different point of view for the camera, and a new style of gameplay.

I'll be buying both this and Skate, though THPG will be the one I will play for fun and achievements, while Skate will just be for chilling out and hoping to get better at!

The THPG demo includes only a small section of the Philadelphia level, and there's a lot of videos around the place showing off new things you can do in the full version. Theres a few challenges, and they present themselves in a format of three different skating styles, the kind that builds things with a dynamic editor to nail the perfect trick, the hardcore skater who are in it not for the fame or money, and the pro style, where you compete in tournaments against other skaters. As you complete these challenges, you'll start to fall into one of the styles.

I quite enjoyed the demo and gave it 2 play-throughs, and I look forward to the release.