Trials Fusion

 PlayStation 4
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7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 311 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 43 out of 311
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  1. MotorCityHammer
    Apr 20, 2014
    4
    It's late at night, my head is pounding, and I'm trying to figure out just what ruined this game so badly. To spare you a mindless rant, I've decided to separate my opinions into normal categories.

    Graphics: 7/10. A very pretty game, with lots of action going on in the background and crisp visuals up front. The explosions and other effects looked very decent. However, the horrid    It's late at night, my head is pounding, and I'm trying to figure out just what ruined this game so badly. To spare you a mindless rant, I've decided to separate my opinions into normal categories.

    Graphics: 7/10. A very pretty game, with lots of action going on in the background and crisp visuals up front. The explosions and other effects looked very decent. However, the horrid graphical glitching (pixelatwrion and major texture pop-in) really pull you out of the game. Not only that, but they'll ruin your run of a level if they appear in the wrong spot.

    "Story": 1/10. If I didn't know better, I would think that there wasn't a story to this game. Turns out, the so-called "announcers" are trying to tell you something. What that is, I'll never know. For the most part, there mindless droning on about everything under the sun will make you want to shut them up more than actually listen to them.

    Gameplay: 4/10. Don't get me wrong, I love Trials. I've sunk at least 400 hours into Trials Evolution, and gotten almost all the gold medals. This game is no Trials. The learning curve spikes with about 16 levels left, and it is harsh. But not harsh because the levels were cleverly made (they were all pretty **** really), but because the controls have been absolutely **** upon. ALL of the bikes feel sluggish and unresponsive, not ever even coming close to the twitch-control gameplay of Evolution.The whole trick mechanic is completely broken, like trying to give someone a surgery with a rotten mango. The tricks just did not work at all. Overall, the horrific gameplay really did make me want to cry.

    Audio: 6/10. The openong theme is... meh. This is better than Evolution's start up theme though. The rest of the audio however, consists of maybe 2 songs. They loop ENDLESSLY, and I had to turn them off entirely within an hour. The bikes did sound pretty nice though, with a better rumble to them this time around.

    Overall: 4.5/10 This game was the worst possible scenario. Unbelievably short, and repugnantly awful until the end. Don't give in to your temptations; avoid this game like the plague.    … Expand
  2. Zomguz
    Jul 1, 2014
    4
    There's not a whole lot to say as there's not a whole lot to the game. There is a "campaign mode" which has you travel to tracks which take a minute at a time to beat on average to earn a Gold medal. There is no story mode.

    The gameplay is press the gas while you lean forward or back on your bike. The game is a side scrolling racing game on rails. You can only move forward and can't    There's not a whole lot to say as there's not a whole lot to the game. There is a "campaign mode" which has you travel to tracks which take a minute at a time to beat on average to earn a Gold medal. There is no story mode.

    The gameplay is press the gas while you lean forward or back on your bike. The game is a side scrolling racing game on rails. You can only move forward and can't position your bike along the "track". There are more movement options on Excitebike for NES than this game has.

    There's no on-line multiplayer, only couch which I did not try. The on-line tournaments feel like an extension of campaign as you stack your times up against other people.. but none that you play against live.

    The "announcers" repeat mostly the same lines on each course. If you're having a hard time with a course, prepare to hear the same speech numerous times.

    The graphics are really nice and your friends names showing up as you race is a cool feature so you know where you stack against those on your friends list. You can also customize your biker, which seems mostly worthless in a racing game where no one else will ever see you on a track with the lack of good multiplayer.

    In all, even the graphics and cool features can't help the repetitiveness of the audio and the gameplay.    … Expand
  3. NeedleBanger
    Aug 19, 2014
    2
    This entire instalment of Trials for PS4 is a joke, Riders Of Rustland is no different. The season pass IS NOT worth the money, and Ubisoft basically stole the extra $20 from people by advertising the game for $40 for months on PSN, then dropping the price weeks later after the game came out. This whole game sucks, taking on some sort of futuristic techno-laced robotic theme instead of theThis entire instalment of Trials for PS4 is a joke, Riders Of Rustland is no different. The season pass IS NOT worth the money, and Ubisoft basically stole the extra $20 from people by advertising the game for $40 for months on PSN, then dropping the price weeks later after the game came out. This whole game sucks, taking on some sort of futuristic techno-laced robotic theme instead of the traditional heavy metal & hard-edged dirtbiking theme - cool man! It's a lazy cash grab and it shows. The tricks you can now perform are little more than a burden. The DLC SUCKS! There's no online multiplayer. There's no decent bike/character customization. The tracks are boring and thoughtless, and I usually can't even waste my time to make it through a single couse. I loved Trials Evolution, but this is trash. The whole game is a letdown.… Expand
  4. cusman
    Apr 17, 2014
    2
    In most games, even if you don't like the game at first, if you give it a chance, something about the game generally grows on you and you end up overall more positive about the game.

    Trials Fusion is not that game. This is a pretty short game, and increasingly short depending on your skill and patience with the games generally overly sensitive (i.e. poor) controls and poor level designs    In most games, even if you don't like the game at first, if you give it a chance, something about the game generally grows on you and you end up overall more positive about the game.

    Trials Fusion is not that game. This is a pretty short game, and increasingly short depending on your skill and patience with the games generally overly sensitive (i.e. poor) controls and poor level designs (especially later into the Skill/Expert levels).

    The reason for this is the game developers don't know what is fun about their game, and for some reason feel that 10 second checkpoints of extremely hard (essentially luck based due to fussy physics/controls) and un-fun bunny hopping levels is what the later levels of a game like this should be. I would have hoped as you went further along, the more spread apart the checkpoints would get with longer stretches of needing to maintain good momentum to make the jumps and land correctly, but instead the checkpoints get ever narrower leaving the player to get lucky or die trying for each successive bunny hop section for whole length of tracks.

    The local multiplayer mode (no online) is also pretty worthless. It is again just small checkpoint sections pieced together as players rubber band each other forward until the end of the level and then whomever had the least "faults" is the winner (regardless of who crossed the finish line).

    The track editor and level sharing might be one saving grace for the game, but as of now, most of the created levels I tried were buggy, but it did have a few stand out tracks that were better than the included tracks in the game. I should also mention that the game crashed most of the times I used the share feature to post a screenshot to Twitter. The PS4 would allow me to Close Application and submit a bug report whenever that happened so only the game was crashing and not the system.

    Chances are if you get this game, the more you play and progress, the more you will end up hating it, and I doubt anybody would truly consider playing this game as "fun".

    If you are still interested in the game, then at least save yourself some money by getting just the $20 version instead of the $40 version. They are the same game currently, but the $40 version includes season pass which will bring some added content/features down the road.    … Expand
  5. madojora
    Apr 17, 2014
    3
    Last gen graphics and last gen gameplay. This is one of those games that gets high scores because it's difficult and for no other reason. Only trophy whores should apply.
  6. DaftLikePunk
    Apr 18, 2014
    0
    Trials Fusion is an extremely irritating game if you don't like to try again millions of times. But if you do, this is certainly the game for you. You get to ride around in a 2D level, in a motorcycle.
  7. laziestninja
    Apr 16, 2014
    0
    This game is terrible in my opinion. No multiplayer, resolution issues. No friends ever playing on PSN. Graphics are ok - seems like just another clone from previous games. New vehicles seem the same as bike. Not happy.
  8. TheDahaka
    Sep 10, 2014
    1
    Terrible sequel to one of the best pick up and play games of all time. The heart and soul has been taken out of the game. The content has been stripped back, the game-play mechanics dumbed down and so many features have been broken since launch it's not funny. It's a real shame to see such a great franchise be flushed down the toilet due to greed. Save your money for games made byTerrible sequel to one of the best pick up and play games of all time. The heart and soul has been taken out of the game. The content has been stripped back, the game-play mechanics dumbed down and so many features have been broken since launch it's not funny. It's a real shame to see such a great franchise be flushed down the toilet due to greed. Save your money for games made by developers who respect their fans and put their heart and souls into their game.… Expand
  9. tehgreg
    Jun 11, 2018
    2
    Graphics are alright, music is repetitive and annoying - bikes sound like lawnmowers and your rider is constantly screaming for some reason.

    Gameplay is simple: hold gas and hope that this time the physics won't screw you over. Seemingly same jumps can result in crashing or perfect landing. Reminds me of Angry Birds - just keep presssing restart till you win. I had more fun playing    Graphics are alright, music is repetitive and annoying - bikes sound like lawnmowers and your rider is constantly screaming for some reason.

    Gameplay is simple: hold gas and hope that this time the physics won't screw you over. Seemingly same jumps can result in crashing or perfect landing. Reminds me of Angry Birds - just keep presssing restart till you win.

    I had more fun playing Across or Elastomania about 18 years ago.    … Expand
  10. JohnsonStJonson
    Jul 27, 2017
    3
    I don't believe in ghosts, but i saw a ghost when I played this game. The ghost of old man jenkins telling me i was not #1. Frick. Why did Squidward's dreams have to die, I believed in him so much. Life goes on I suppose. SQUAAAAAA
  11. ShockLobster
    Jun 16, 2018
    2
    I gave it two points for graphics... they're fine really. Good, even. But whether a game is good or not, is not pinned on graphics. It has to be fun to play.
    At first I was delighted at what appeared to be a modern take on ExciteBike. The luster wears off extremely fast, as some of the worst interpretations of physic and wonky controls soils whatever charity nostalgia might provide.    I gave it two points for graphics... they're fine really. Good, even. But whether a game is good or not, is not pinned on graphics. It has to be fun to play.
    At first I was delighted at what appeared to be a modern take on ExciteBike. The luster wears off extremely fast, as some of the worst interpretations of physic and wonky controls soils whatever charity nostalgia might provide.
    There's no 'left' or 'right', you're just a driver on a vehicle, going in some rail-like path, and it's up to you to either accelerate, brake, lean forward or back to get through things. The rider never returns to a natural position by instincts that any of us that have ever learned a bicycle will do, so you may find yourself flipping backward or flopping forward because of that failure to adjust for the driver that a proper equilibrium system does for us. If this sounds exciting to you, then just give the game five more points I didn't.
    No matter what though, the actual physics are derpy, and too frustratingly divergent from reality for me to give it a pass.
    The final nail in the coffin for me, was with the flakiness of the Ubisoft score tracking service. I spent quite a while on a couple tracks trying to get a decent score to beat some of my friends' times, only for the system to throw me errors that it lost connection to Ubisoft, and it will not successfully reconnect until you leave the final score window. Once you're out of that window, you have to redo the race and hope it stays connected to get ranked with your friends.
    I can't even recommend anyone with PSPlus to touch this, this month while it's offered for free.    … Expand
  12. Jollyolfun
    Nov 18, 2022
    3
    i barely remember playing this game but i remember the series on captainsparklez's youtube channel

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#45 Best PS4 Game of 2014
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#51 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2014
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#57 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2014

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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 51 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 41 out of 51
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 51
  3. Negative: 1 out of 51
  1. Quarter to Three
    Jan 20, 2015
    80
    There’s something uniquely thriling about all the crazy futuristic touches in Trials Fusion, with sliding platforms and hoverships and weird purple alloys and force fields. I say that I couldn’t care less about all the customizable constume bits, but I still find myself playing dress up with my motorcyclist. I mean, I paid to unlock those costume bits, so I might as well use them.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jul 23, 2014
    70
    Not a game that will go down in history of electronic entertainment, but it provides lots of fun, especially in multiplayer. [06/2014, p.62]
  3. Games Master UK
    Jun 7, 2014
    85
    FMX, local multiplayer and quads miss the sweet spot, but everything else is very special. [July 2014, p.66]
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