This week we’ve been mastering the technical tricks and tracks of Trials Fusion on the Xbox One. So here’s a look at how we got on and what we thought of the game.
At first, we were a tad hesitant to play RedLynx’s Trials Fusion as it didn’t really sound all that appealing. The idea of the game is to ride a motorbike, quad bike and/or a BMX in a straight line while doing a few flips, all the while trying not to fall off your bike. It’s certainly not the ‘hacking the city with one touch of a button’ kind of game. However, once we got playing we just couldn’t stop…
If you’re a fan of games like Angry Birds and Candy Crush, or any type of game that could see you playing the same level for hours at a time, then you’ll definitely love Trials Fusion. It’s a perfectionist’s game that requires quite a bit of patience; otherwise your controller will be smashed into the front of the TV in no time. Trust us.
The smallest flick of an accelerator pedal, or the slightest shift in weight could ruin your entire run, so we have a feeling that gamers will definitely make use of the restart button.
Trials Fusion is set in the future, 2042 to be exact, and while the ‘story’ doesn’t really make a difference to the game, it does help to explain all the crazy tracks featured in the career mode.
That’s just one of the many great things about this game. The physics that control your rider, who’s named Rider, are surprisingly accurate and mimic what would happen in real life, but the game allows for a bit more creativity and ‘fun’ in its settings and locations. You’ll find yourself back-flipping over blimps and 50ft solar panels in one level, while in another, you have to precariously bunny hop over a case of TNT in an ancient ruin.
To progress further in the career mode you have to pick up medals. The medals are obtained by completing the various tracks either within a particular time limit or by completing the run without any faults. There are four medals to be picked up on each track (Bronze, Sliver, Gold, & Platinum) and while getting a gold or platinum medal on the first few tracks is easy enough, getting a bronze – let alone a gold – in the ‘Expert’s Club’ level is next to impossible.
While some of the tracks are incredibly hard to complete, playing them over and over until you finally get a bronze medal certainly doesn’t get boring. This is due to the fact that most of the levels can be completed in under two and half minutes, so if you do mess up a jump then you’re never too far from the finish line to start over again without feeling like you’ve wasted a good portion of your time.
New to the trials series are the FMX tricks, tracks and challenges. These do exactly what they say on the tin. Gamers have to pull off and land as many tricks as possible using the right and left analogue sticks. Once again, the game’s physics really shine through, as the wrong timing or wrong weight distribution can really make a difference to your tricks and score.
The other main aspect of the game is the track creator. While this is a pretty big part of the game, it’s not exactly user-friendly and it takes a steady hand, a clear head and a whole lot of time just to create a half decent track. Needless to say, we didn’t spend much time creating tracks on Trials Fusion.
Thankfully, there are plenty of people out there that do have the time and patience to make absolutely mind-boggling tracks, all of which can be played online in the track selector. Unfortunately, there’s no online multiplayer which means you can’t show off your epic trials skills to the rest of the world, but the worldwide leader boards are easily assessable no matter where you are in the game, which helps to add a nice bit of healthy competition.
The only thing we would complain about are the ‘announcers’ whose voices pop up every so often with quips that were sometimes funny, but mostly annoying. Thankfully, there’s an option in the settings menu that lets you turn off the added unnecessary commentary, which we were grateful for.
Other than that one little annoyance, we were really surprised with how much we liked Trials Fusion. We managed to pick up a copy of Trials Fusion with the Season Pass, which includes 6 DLCs equating to what Ubisoft says is one year of additional content. Needless to say, we’re already looking forward to playing the new DLC.
You can pick up your own copy of Trials Fusion over on Littlewoods.ie from just €39.40.
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