Surf's Up Demo Review

If you have not figured it out by now I'm a sucker for game demos. Earlier this week the demo for Surf's Up was released. Even though I know the game is based on a kid's movie and is directed for children I still had to check it out. I'm glad I did because even though it is a really simple game it is fun to play and that is what I look for in a game. Sure, nice graphics or innovative game play are great, but in the end the game has to be fun. The whole game consists of "surfing" waves and doing tricks. However, since it is designed with kids on mind you don't have to do any of the hard parts of surfing like keep your balance or wait for a good wave. You have one continuous wave to throw down all your tricks on and you stay on your board automatically unless you run into something. Even though the game is really simple I had a lot of fun playing the demo. The simplicity makes makes it a fun game to just throw in my Xbox 360 and play for a little while without having to worry about strategies of goals. Instead I can just surf as a penguin while doing some extremely unrealistic tricks and have fun.