Trials Fusion Review

"Welcome to the Future"

Campaign

The jingled music quoted above plays in the menus as you prepare to race trials in the future. Taking the series to new heights and really just going crazy with a nice realistic based future setting. Now when I say realistic, it really doesn't look too outlandish in terms of scenery or even road style.

Moving forward with this it is really awesome seeing track pieces slide in or out and track coming out of nowhere to help form a completely new direction to traverse through. For me this is really interesting and dynamic in gameplay as I have honestly never played a Trials game before electing just to miss out on them as I never thought it would be my sort of thing.

Though with a lack of releases I thought I might as well give it a shot and I am quite happy with the purchase as it really does offer a fantastic set of default maps with an editor that will bring almost an unlimited amount of more to play. The actual story itself or really just the campaign area is split into multiple areas that each have a certain environmental theme and basically just carry from there.

To unlock further areas you must gain a certain amount of medals in order to progress with every area having the usual; Bronze, Silver and Gold to gain. When it comes to the levels provided there is a great variety of sections available to play. These range from futuristic metropolis settings to crazy creeper ruin swamps.

With the settings come a couple of different levels from the simple time trials to trick rides or even distance goals. This wide variety keeps the action going and changes the pace of challenges constantly. The maps feature a crazy set of things that can mix up exactly what is happening. On top of the main goals for each of tracks there are also challenges which require you to perform additional tasks to gain extra XP and money.

I did find the difficulty really spikes towards the ending area, really intensely. From where you can simply go over to custom tracks in order to keep the gameplay going if you so choose. Or if you're really determined you can tough it out for ultimate glory. This is where the phantoms of other riders is really interesting as it gets just a tad more competitive when you can see your friends ahead of you in the game.

Gameplay

Trials Fusion looks beautiful and has a great style within each of its tracks. There is everything from sunny worlds to foggy swamps and even deathly dark lands. The vehicles all run with a differing style and handle quite well. Some had some raw power whereas others were a little bit more tame in their style.

They even added an ATV this time which was a neat mix-up in the levels. I really have no complaints in how the actual game runs or even how it looks, some parts got frustrating later on and caused some anger. Though if there wasn't a challenge the crazy great folks wouldn't be faced with difficulty.

There is also a multiplayer section which is set in local play since the online servers are not available at the current moment or really until months later. So there really isn't much to go over in this aspect, but for the meantime there are many other things to enjoy.

Track Editor

The editing system that has been well known in the Trials series is back with all the fancy and magical new pieces presented in the future. Coupling the ability to change the environment, weather and day cycle every map with be ultra unique.

The maps I have already played on were very fascinating and should even have earned a place in the regular roster. There are seriously a vast number of items to place, special effects to place or even user triggered events to set up. It is a tool set like this that will really extend the life of Fusion for a very long time and I'm sure creators will love it.

The Conclusion

The next generation Trials title is here bringing us the future. The same old motorcycles are back in the future for some reason, funny though they definitely fit in. Featuring a number of differing items to collect or wear and bikes to customize you make your experience even more intense.

There are a great selection of maps to choose from which range in difficulty and an unlimited amount of possible tracks to play in the future. Multiplayer at this point is disappointing, though I'm sure when online comes out it will be awesome. If you're looking to be tested in an amazing futuristic world with a motorcycle, here's the game.

Trials Fusion Review on Xbox One

Rating Overall: 8.2