Wakeboarding HD Demo!

Great news, I’ll be sure to check it out!

Fair play to you all for doing that….. will definitely check out the demo & if all’s good may even purchase the full product. I struggle to understand why alot of developers don’t offer demos, i’ve bought many games that i didn’t think i’d like purely based on a demo alone, so surely its a win win.
Anyway, thanks

ps. entertaining blog post.

Sick! Ive been tempted to buy this so many times but wanted to try it first. Any DLC planned?

A demo is good, but, too bad the game is utter [DELETED]. Played it at a friends house and listened to some reviews and fact is : it’s really bad and the pricepoint is way to high considering what the game actually offers in gameplay.

What you meen is sales have dropped off for the game so you’re hoping a demo will get you a few more. I don’t blame you Sony are the ones to blame it should be compulsory to have a demo before any psn game is released.

Will do Scott, i dunno yet i need to play it, but from what ive seen maybe some free wakeboard skins, new levels for a SMALL fee :p

me too can’t wait to test it

So even though people asked for a demo the day the game was announced you waited till after the full game was released to release the demo. well done for openly admitting that. I’m not having a go at you most PSN game devs hide behind the fact Sony don’t make you release demo’s on or before the release of these games.

Glad you`re adding a demo. I`ve been reluctant to buy it on the basis of screenshots. Niche titles like this need playable demos to get more players trying something different and perhaps gaining fans too.

I will definitely be downloading this demo tonight. Game looks really good, but I do like to try before I buy. Thank you for listening!

If you will add some DLC don’t forget to add some trophies. We (players) love this

i certainly hope AE stands for All European
but then again AE in the comic & videostore is doesn’t mean AllEuropean

Great to see there’s a demo for this game now. I already purchased the game a few weeks back but it’s great that more people will be able to enjoy this game now. Wakeboarding HD is definitely one of my favourite PSN Games alongside Magic Orbz, Lead and Gold, Flower and Hamster Ball.

Hopefully there will be some DLC in the future like new missions as it would be awesome to carry on the fun experience with the game.

@S-Cript:

AE stands for ‘United Arab Emirates’ unless i’m mistaken.

Hopefully Sony have decided to add PlayStation Move Support to this title, in fact, HAVE SONY DECIDED TO ADD PLAYSTATION MOVE SUPPORT TO THIS TITLE?!?!?! XO

C’MON SONY!!!
PLZZZZZZ XP

havent even heard of the game until now but by looking at those screens it looks like something relaxing and really fun. gonna DL it when i have time tomorrow!

Sorry Scott but you seem desperate to sell the game. You sound like a used car salesman lol.

Btw for anyone who is interessted. This game got a 58 on metacritic so yeah i think i will pass.

I still don’t understand why you developers don’t release a demo along the full game. If Microsoft can do it on Xbox Live, then surely Sony can do it for Playstation Network

great i will for sure try it thanks.

Hmm, what would I like to see as DLC eh? Maybe different environments similar to the style that Magic Orbz uses. For example you could have a jungle environment just like the new Magic Orbz DLC but you would be riding through a rainforest on a big river, with tropical trees, animals hanging out of the trees, fruit dropping down etc on the side of the river. Then you could have alligators jumping out of the water trying to eat you, like the sharks do in the original game. Would be great fun to play something like that.

@Jester: If you actually take a look at the reviews on Metacritic there has been a fair few favourable reviews to the game. It’s just because one stupid website *cough* TotalPlaystation *cough* don’t know what a good game is so they rated it at 35 which then brings down the total Metacritic rating of the game.

I downloaded the game a few days ago after seeing the preview video, and have really enjoyed it.

It reminds me of old school skating / bmx games & has a really “arcadey” feel to it.

The price initially seemed quite high, but thinking about it, thanks to the Playstation Store downloads, you can get a game with plenty of replay value which would otherwise have cost £40 as a full retail release just a few years ago.

Thanks for listening to requests for a demo Scott.
tbh, i’m almost tempted to buy it based on one of your comments above

The thing is,if you ask Mike Kebby about aking for demo’s, all you get is ‘we can’t due to ‘certain’ [by certain add a word to cover up] reason, and that we have to play nice with the developers.

Every Xbox Live arcade title comes with a demo on release day, and the fact that some of the aracde games that both consoles get, the xbox gets a demo and the full game while the PS3 only gets the full game, then possibly the demo later.

What’s up with that? Microsoft don’t seem to have any problems requesting demo’s all the time

Truth be told, Demo’s are just as successful as the Full verison

New maps / levels would always be welcome.

- a south American level where the water is pea green, you see ruins from ancient civilisations, poisonous snakes pop up from the water, maybe trees overhanging the water that monkeys swing from that like to kick you off your board etc ?

- a snow / icy level, maybe a beat the clock type game where you are trying to escape from somewhere but the water in front starts freezing if you aren’t quick enough. Alternatively, a standard level, where certain passages are frozen and it becomes really difficult to maintain balance (use balance meter / screen shakes etc).

Any offline multiplayer where you can all do something on the same screen is always fun, but often is limited to football games. Maybe you could do a game similar to Tubin, where you take turns to do a race, and the other players try to sabotage your run.

I recommend this game to all SSX fans. Day one purchase for me and I don’t regret a cent of it. If you’re interested, you can read my review here: http://tinyurl.com/yjme933

yaay I have been dying to try this game out.

Excellent news!

good stuff was thinking about getting this but was a bit hesitant will try this out tommorow

I’ll definitely test the demo!

About the DLC: try to combine free DLCs and some DLCs that dont cost a lot, like 3 maps 1,99€-2,99€…. If you want to make the maps free, thats even better…

@Scott Hymna: it is very nice of you to take your time and answer to the most of us here in the blog. If all developers would do the same it would be great!

Can we expect some special offers on your other games? I know you already did special offers for Smash Cars… special offers are always appreciated

Hey man, it’s cool that you’re replying to almost all of the comments here, and stuff. Will download demo tomorrow!

so basicly this means the majority of the EU is not getting this game???

what the …. is going on @ sonot?

I love water in games so I will defenetly check this out.

I was very tempted for this, but wanted to try before i bought. Thanks so much for providing a demo, I am sure I will be buying it after I have tried the demo. Does look great though.

I bought this the day it was released , It is somewhat like coolboarders but on the water instead . How about dolphins use the as tunnels when they are jumping , but we got to judge when and if to go through incase they land on us . Unlocking new characters like an Alien , maybe even some PSHome unlocks would be the way forward also . Oil rigs half sunken pirate ships ALL to be used as obstacles and ramps , It would be a good thing if we could design our own tracks we could unlock things to be added .

Same ideas should be added to smash cars another game I own i would love a RC ornament for my home space . Home unlocks are the way forward I think .

If you give away 2/3 small bits of FREE dlc in the store, one per week (stuff like new characters / boards), and a level pack with 2/3 maps for £1.99 I think it will please the existing customers as well as keeping the profile of the game prominent in the store for a few weeks.

I know when I have bought games in the past, a part of my decision to buy has been how much additional content had been released for it. When people see free downloads are available, it will encourage them to buy the full game.

Hi
Can not find Wakeboarding HD Demo! on PSN

That was the most boring demo ever… just some lame tutorial.

I was really happy about the news, that we got a demo from the game.

but the tutorial (as a demo) was a bad idea, i guess… i’m disappointed – because there is no way to check out, if its “really” funny, even if it look pretty cool

@Sipu If you cancel out of the ‘buy’ screen after the tutorial, you can go back to the map and do two proper missions in the demo.