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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4: Foundry Demo Starts June 8

Drop in and shred early! Pre-order and play the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 Demo featuring the Foundry and College parks, skaters Tony Hawk and Rayssa Leal, a limited selection of songs. Plus, a special appearance by Doom Slayer is playable for Digital Deluxe Edition pre-purchasers.

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Drop in and shred early! Pre-order and play the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Demo featuring the Foundry and College parks, skaters Tony Hawk and Rayssa Leal, a limited selection of songs. Plus, a special appearance by Doom Slayer is playable for Digital Deluxe Edition pre-purchasers.

Get shredding ahead of the game's official July 11 release date with the arrival of the Foundry Demo* for Tony Hawk's™ Pro Skater™ 3 + 4, launching June 8 and starring the Birdman himself alongside new skaters, two legendary skate parks, and a limited selection of songs to back your sick tricks.

Available to all players who pre-order the game with additional access to Game Pass users, the Foundry Demo is coming to PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC (Battle.net, Steam, Microsoft PC Store).

 

[bender]

Downloading!

Silky smooth on base PS5.

 

[marquimvfs]

Wait... So I need to preorder to play the demo? LoL

 

[Seomel]

Anyone got code from amazon? I had it preordered, but nothing yet
Edit: i had issues with receiving in UK, so I preorder on amazon.com, got code immediatly and canceled. Works great for anyone who wanna try it

 

[Black_Stride]

Wait... So I need to preorder to play the demo? LoL

Or have Gamepass.

 

[MMaRsu]

Or have Gamepass.

Ultimate?

Anyway fuck this game

 

[adamsapple]

Ultimate?

Doesn't seem like it.

Just says Game Pass on the product page.

 

[Seomel]

Wait... So I need to preorder to play the demo? LoL

Preorder on amazon disc, get code and cancel order. Thats it

 

[marquimvfs]

Preorder on amazon disc, get code and cancel order. Thats it

Nah, too much trouble to get what looks to be a mediocre cash grab. The point in playing the demo was to decide if this is really what I believe or if I'm wrong and it worth the purchase. Maybe they open the demo for everyone later and I will be able to judge it without the hassle.

 

[Soodanim]

You're out shopping and see samples of a new product.
"I might like that, I'll try it", you think.

You go to try the sample, but you're stopped.
"Sorry Sir, you have to buy this first to get a sample."

 

[DenchDeckard]

Gamepass pc?

 

[Dacvak]

Hell yeah, I can't wait to play this. I never actually got 4 back in the day, so I'm super excited to try it out. Can't wait for the soundtrack, too.

 

[Puscifer]

Ultimate?

Anyway fuck this game

I still can't believe they said on stream it would take them a year to rebuild the pedestrian open world objectives.

On one hand, great that they're rebuilding these from the ground up and maybe realized in doing-so that it was more boring than expected.

On the other, how fucking crazy are you to admit that on stream without realizing the mirror you just held up to yourself?

I bought the special edition of the original and learned to skateboard in my 30s like an idiot and meanwhile this hasn't even inspired me to download the demo

 

[YCoCg]

So you're telling me this demo takes place in some kind of Digital Foundry?

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

I always found it weird locking a demo behind a pre-order option when those people already bought the game. Shouldnt the demo be free so more people decide to pre order or buy?

 

[drganon]

I'm not pre-ordering just to get a demo, they can go eat a bag of dicks.

 

[xrnzaaas]

I always found it weird locking a demo behind a pre-order option when those people already bought the game. Shouldnt the demo be free so more people decide to pre order or buy?

Or when the demo is offered only for a limited time. I've passed on several games (including the new Commandos game), because I didn't have time to check it out when it was available.

 

[Stafford]

I don't get why we still haven't got the first two on GP. Very odd. Licensing issue with music perhaps?

 

[Black_Stride]

I'm not pre-ordering just to get a demo, they can go eat a bag of dicks.

Not like you really NEED a demo, its the foundry level and its Tony Hawk.
Weird choice locking it behind a preorder and Gamepass.
Shoulda just let it fly.

 

[Orbital2060]

Demo went up after the show on Sunday, Ive been playing it and it feels good. I had forgotten how to revert and link combos though lmao. Took me a while to get going.

Has anyone bought the digitial deluxe uograde, and got the Slayer skater unlocked? Its still locked on mine, maybe it doesnt register yet if you have the upgrade for game pass.

 

[Soodanim]

I still can't believe they said on steam it would take them a year to rebuild the pedestrian open world objectives.

On one hand, great that they're rebuilding these from the ground up.

On the other, how fucking crazy are you to admit that on stream without realizing the mirror you just held up to yourself?

I bought the special edition of the original and learned to skateboard in my 30s like an idiot and meanwhile this hasn't even inspired me to download the demo

On top of that, a demo would have been the perfect opportunity to show THPS4's changes if they're confident people would enjoy it.

Hands on experience is exactly what people need to say "Actually this is still fun, I'll get this".

It might not convince everyone, but it would have converted more people than what they've done here.

 

[Larxia]

Anyway fuck this game

I get where you're coming from, we had talks about it in different threads, but sadly... it's kind of a lose-lose situation here.

The game has issues, the proper THPS4 campaign lacking, which is the most glaring issue (still have to see what will be there, apparently there are some objectives triggered by NPCs, but it's still all very blurry), but the BIGGEST issue for me, is the online.
They didn't learn anything from THPS 1+2, besides adding crossplay. THPS games need lobbies and custom hosted rooms. We need to be able to pick the map and game modes we play, we need text chat, that's how these games always worked online before. If you only rely on auto matchmaking where no one talks and you can't even pick the content you want to play, the online is already doomed... Thug Pro will remain the best way to play that it seems.

The reason I'm talking about lose-lose situation though, is that I love this series, and I've been dreaming about it coming back for so long (I'd like a proper new game more than a remake), and if we don't show support for this game here, the publishers will most likely understand it as "there's no interest for this franchise anymore", which is incredibly frustrating...

I don't know what I'll do, I don't like the state the game is in, but I also don't want for this franchise to be buried completely. But if we do purchase it, they'll also probably understand it as "they're fine with that, we don't need to do better", we can never win here...
It's the only game remaining in that genre, I would also love to see SSX come back, but that's dead too...

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

I don't get why we still haven't got the first two on GP. Very odd. Licensing issue with music perhaps?

I mean you can buy it. So I doubt it has anything to do with licensing. Its the same as COD, all future CODs are "free" on gamepass but previous ones you have to buy.

 

[SkylineRKR]

The problem here is that you get a THPS3 remaster, with a neutered version of 4. Now, when I bought 4 somewhere in 2003 on Xbox I actually returned it after a few days and took a used copy of 3 instead, since that was my number one and never regret it. But I would end up being a bit curious about 4, having only played a small bit of it.

It might've been better if 3 was included with 1 and 2 (its the exact same format), or release it separate. I think THPS4 was quite a shake up that it would've been better off as a stand alone remaster.

 

[Orbital2060]

Having played a bit more, its actually really damn good. Controls feel great, music is great I find myself nodding to Kick, Push with Lupe Fiasco like its 2006 again.

 

[RoboCain]

Damn. Actually considering getting gamepass for this.

 

[NeverYouMind]

Damn. Actually considering getting gamepass for this.

I intend to redeem a Gamepass code I have lying around to see whether S|X or One version plays better on the Series S myself. THPS1+2 S|X version was a mess.

P.S. I will definitely buy it once it hits $40 range as having THPS4 as an extra I can do without and I can't justify paying $50 to play THPS3 again. I already have two versions.

 

[RoboCain]

I intend to redeem a Gamepass code I have lying around to see whether S|X or One version plays better on the Series S myself. THPS1+2 S|X version was a mess.

P.S. I will definitely buy it once it hits $40 range as having THPS4 as an extra I can do without and I can't justify paying $50 to play THPS3 again. I already have two versions.

FYI, you can only play Foundry and College in free roam. I was expecting at least some goals.

 

[NeverYouMind]

FYI, you can only play Foundry and College in free roam. I was expecting at least some goals.

The THPS demos always had free skate instead of career as far back as I can remember.

 

[Orbital2060]

 

[NeverYouMind]

Awesome to know that it allows you to do hour long sessions if you want to explore the levels and knock out some of the goals at your own pace. The new waterpark level will probably be dope. I was pleasantly surprised to see more NPCs in legacy levels as well. I definitely think I will cop this at release now.