Trials Fusion

Like previous games in the series, Trials Fusion presents an arcade take on the real-life sport of observed trials. The player controls a rider on a physics-based motorcycle from the start of the level to the end while navigating a number of obstacles. The game uses 3D graphics, but is played on a 2D plane, so the rider can only move forwards and backwards. The player controls how the rider shifts their weight forward and backward in order to perform wheelies and stoppies as well as flips while in the air and controlling how the bike lands. Trials Fusion, like the other games in the series, is known for, among other things, its notorious difficulty, particularly towards the end of the game. Unlike in previous Trials games, players can also perform freestyle motocross stunts while in the air by moving the right analog stick.{{cite web | url=https://www.eurogamer.net/trials-fusion-possibly-the-last-trials-game-youll-ever-need | title=Trials Fusion: Probably the Last Trials Game You'll Ever Need | date=February 26, 2014 | website=Eurogamer | publisher=Gamer Network | accessdate=March 19, 2023 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228102553/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-02-26-trials-fusion-possibly-the-last-trials-game-youll-ever-need | archivedate=February 28, 2014 | url-status=live}} Also new to the Trials series is the ability to choose a quad bike for a handful of levels: the 'TKO Panda'. Other vehicles included are motorbikes 'Baggie', 'Roach', 'Pit Viper', and 'Foxbat', minibike 'Donkey', the cat in the 'Unicorn MK II' and BMX bike, 'Rabbit'.{{cite web | url=http://www.xboxgamer.me/trials-fusion-update-9/ | title=Trials Fusion: Update 9 Adds Donkey | author=Maxen | date=June 11, 2015 | website=Xbox Gamer | accessdate=March 19, 2023 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612121044/http://www.xboxgamer.me/trials-fusion-update-9/ | archivedate=June 12, 2015}}

Trials Fusion also features a track editor, allowing players to create their own courses and games.

Trials Fusion's multiplayer allows up to 8 players (PS4, Xbox One and PC) to race in different tracks, while the Xbox 360 version of the game only support 4 players. Online multiplayer was added in an update on January 24, 2015.

The game is set in the year 2042,{{cite web | url=https://stevivor.com/review/trials-fusion/ | title=Review: Trials Fusion | last=Wall | first=Shane | date=April 17, 2014 | website=Stevivor Creative | accessdate=May 18, 2014}} after an object "fell from the sky and changed our world",{{cite web | url=https://www.gamezone.com/reviews/trials-fusion-review-welcome-to-the-future/ | title=Trials Fusion Review: Welcome to the future | last=Splechta | first=Mike | date=April 16, 2014 | website=GameZone | accessdate=March 19, 2023 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518175256/http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/2014/04/16/trials-fusion-review-welcome-to-the-future | archivedate=May 18, 2014 | url-status=live}} and after the creation of the "Anomaly AI". Descended from this AI are two characters, SynDI and George whose disembodied voices are heard by the player's character, Rider, throughout the game. Also in the events leading up to the game, the UN has designated some parts of the planet as "United Nations Ungoverned Regions".{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}

{{Video game reviews

| MC = (PC, XOne) 80/100{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/trials-fusion/critic-reviews/?platform=pc | title=Trials Fusion for PC Reviews | website=Metacritic | publisher=Fandom}}{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/trials-fusion/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-one | title=Trials Fusion for Xbox One Reviews | website=Metacritic | publisher=Fandom}}
(PS4) 79/100{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/trials-fusion/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-4 | title=Trials Fusion for PlayStation 4 Reviews | website=Metacritic | publisher=Fandom}}
(X360) 77/100{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/trials-fusion/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox-360 | title=Trials Fusion for Xbox 360 Reviews | website=Metacritic | publisher=Fandom | accessdate=March 19, 2023}}

| Destruct = (X360) 8/10{{cite web | url=https://www.destructoid.com/reviews/review-trials-fusion/ | title=Review: Trials Fusion (X360) | last=Devore | first=Jordan | date=April 17, 2014 | website=Destructoid | publisher=Gamurs | accessdate=March 19, 2023}}

| EuroG = (PS4) 8/10{{cite web | url=https://www.eurogamer.net/trials-fusion-review | title=Trials Fusion review (PlayStation 4) | last=Bramwell | first=Tom | date=April 16, 2014 | website=Eurogamer | publisher=Gamer Network | accessdate=March 19, 2023}}

| GI = 8/10{{cite magazine | url=https://www.gameinformer.com/games/trials_fusion/b/playstation4/archive/2014/04/16/trials-fusion-game-informer-review.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419050322/http://www.gameinformer.com/games/trials_fusion/b/playstation4/archive/2014/04/16/trials-fusion-game-informer-review.aspx | url-status=live | archive-date=April 19, 2014 | title=Trials Fusion Review (PC, PS4, XOne) | last=Miller | first=Matt | date=April 16, 2014 | magazine=Game Informer | publisher=GameStop | access-date=April 16, 2014}}

| GameRev = (PS4) 8/10{{cite web | url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/63744-trials-fusion-review | title=Trials Fusion Review (PS4) | last=LaBella | first=Anthony | date=April 16, 2014 | website=GameRevolution | publisher=CraveOnline | accessdate=March 19, 2023}}

| GSpot = (XOne) 8/10{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/trials-fusion-review/1900-6415733/ | title=Trials Fusion Review (XOne) | last=McShea | first=Tom | date=April 16, 2014 | website=GameSpot | publisher=Fandom | accessdate=April 16, 2014}}

| GT = (PS4) 8.8/10{{cite web | url=http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/may4aj/trials-fusion-review | title=Trials Fusion - Review (PS4) | last=Bloodworth | first=Daniel | date=April 16, 2014 | website=GameTrailers | publisher=Defy Media | accessdate=March 19, 2023 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903061350/http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/may4aj/trials-fusion-review | archivedate=September 3, 2014}}

| IGN = 8.2/10{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/16/trials-fusion-review | title=Trials Fusion Review (PC, PS4, XOne) | last=Ingenito | first=Vince | date=April 16, 2014 | website=IGN | publisher=Ziff Davis | accessdate=April 16, 2014}}

| Joystiq = (PS4) {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url=https://www.engadget.com/2014-04-16-trials-fusion-review-lean-to-live.html | title=Trials Fusion review: Lean to live (PS4) | last=Kietzmann | first=Ludwig | date=April 16, 2014 | website=Engadget (Joystiq) | publisher=Yahoo | accessdate=March 19, 2023 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416212210/http://www.joystiq.com/2014/04/16/trials-fusion-review-lean-to-live/ | archivedate=April 16, 2014 | url-status=live}}

| OPMUK = (PS4) 8/10{{cite magazine | title=Trials Fusion | magazine=PlayStation Official Magazine – UK | publisher=Future plc | date=June 2014 | page=78}}

| OXM = (XOne) 8/10{{cite magazine | url=http://www.oxmonline.com/trials-fusion-review | title=Trials Fusion review | last=Cooper | first=Hollander | date=April 17, 2014 | magazine=Official Xbox Magazine | publisher=Future US | accessdate=March 19, 2023 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420011501/http://www.oxmonline.com/trials-fusion-review | archivedate=April 20, 2014}}

| PCGUK = (PC) 85%{{cite magazine | url=https://www.pcgamer.com/trials-fusion-review/ | title=Trials Fusion review | last=Griffin | first=Ben | date=April 16, 2014 | magazine=PC Gamer | publisher=Future plc | accessdate=March 19, 2023}}

| Poly = (PS4) 6.5/10{{cite web | url=https://www.polygon.com/2014/4/16/5617986/trials-fusion-review | title=Trials Fusion review: back to the future (PS4) | last=Frushtick | first=Russ | date=April 16, 2014 | website=Polygon | publisher=Vox Media | accessdate=April 16, 2014}}

| SN = (PS4) 7/10{{cite web | url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/84101/trials-fusion-review-ride-along | title=Trials Fusion review: ride along (PS4) | last=Workman | first=Robert | date=April 18, 2014 | website=Shacknews | accessdate=March 19, 2023}}

| VB = (XOne) 90/100{{cite web | url=https://venturebeat.com/games/trials-fusion-is-a-beautiful-poem-of-physics-and-motion/ | title=Trials Fusion is a beautiful poem of physics and motion (review) [XOne] | last=Grubb | first=Jeff | date=April 16, 2014 | website=VentureBeat | accessdate=March 19, 2023}}

| rev1 = Digital Spy

| rev1Score = (XOne) {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web | url=https://www.digitalspy.com/videogames/a564677/trials-fusion-review-xbox-one-teaching-an-old-bike-new-tricks/ | title=Trials Fusion review (Xbox One): Teaching an old bike new tricks | last=Nichols | first=Scott | date=April 16, 2014 | website=Digital Spy | publisher=Hearst Communications | accessdate=March 19, 2023}}

| rev2 = National Post

| rev2Score = (PS4) 8.5/10{{cite news | url=https://financialpost.com/technology/gaming/review-trials-fusion-solidifies-the-franchises-status-as-the-excitebike-of-our-time?r | title=Review – Trials Fusion solidifies the franchise's status as the Excitebike of our time (PS4) | last=Sapieha | first=Chad | date=April 16, 2014 | newspaper=National Post | publisher=Postmedia Network | accessdate=March 19, 2023}}

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The game received "generally favorable reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

Game Informer{{'}}s Matt Miller stated: "Trials Fusion, like its predecessors, is a bundle of fun packaged in frustration, repetition, and memorization. If that kind of punishment is your cup of tea, Fusion offers more of what you've come to expect. The existing formula is an awfully good one, but with few meaningful steps forward, it's easy to feel like we've crashed down this road before." Lucas Sullivan of GamesRadar+ spoke positively of the replayability, addictiveness, and physics of the Xbox One version, but disliked the FMX tricks, story, and certain level designs.{{cite web | url=https://www.gamesradar.com/trials-fusion-review/ | title=Trials Fusion review | last=Sullivan | first=Lucas | date=April 16, 2014 | website=GamesRadar+ | publisher=Future plc | accessdate=April 16, 2014}}

GameSpot{{'}}s Tom McShea praised the course design of the Xbox One version, calling it "clever" and "imaginative", the motocross style tricks, the rewards system, the track editor, which he called "powerful", and the optional objectives. He did however heavily criticize the game's create mode for having poor tutorials; he called the creation tools the "one downside" of the game and said that "without a proper tutorial, [he] couldn't wrap [his] head around the obtuse tools". Vince Ingenito of IGN said: "Trials Fusion{{'}}s precision controls and exacting challenge make it a great pickup for leaderboard perfectionists." Polygon's Russ Frushtick was more critical of the PS4 version and said in his review that "Every aspect of Fusion feels like a less imaginative experience that coasts rather than strives for something better. There's no question that the core Trials gameplay within Trials Fusion remains fun. But the host of missing features and bad design choices make it a significant step backwards after Evolution and for the franchise."

GameZone gave the PlayStation 4 version nine out of ten, saying that it "doesn't change up the formula drastically from its predecessors, but adds some nuances that helps it distinguish itself. It might come with a few graphical hiccups that detract from its beauty, but the fun factor eclipses any of these issues." Push Square gave the same console version nine stars out of ten, calling it "one of the best games on the PlayStation 4, there's no doubt about that. Convince your friends to get it, and established relationships will turn sour faster than an Evel Knievel-esque stunt. Challenging, funny, and exciting – gaming rarely gets any better than this."{{cite web | url=https://www.pushsquare.com/reviews/ps4/trials_fusion | title=Trials Fusion Review | last=Growcott | first=Mat | date=May 30, 2018 | website=Push Square | publisher=Gamer Network | accessdate=March 19, 2023}} EGMNow gave the same console version eight out of ten, saying, "While Trials Fusion isn't the best entry in the long-running motorbike-racing franchise, the core of what made previous entries so great remains, which should satisfy longtime fans and newcomers alike."{{cite magazine | url=http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/egm-review-trials-fusion/ | title=EGM Review: Trials Fusion (PS4) | last=Carsillo | first=Ray | date=April 16, 2014 | magazine=EGMNow | publisher=EGM Media, LLC | accessdate=March 19, 2023 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521013316/http://www.egmnow.com/articles/reviews/egm-review-trials-fusion/ | archivedate=May 21, 2019}} Edge gave the PC version eight out of ten, saying, "While it attempts to blend FMX, quad bikes and more familiar Trials action, the new elements sit uneasily with the old. Trials has always been about precision and skill, traits that are blunted or obfuscated by four-wheel drive and fussy inputs."{{cite magazine | url=http://www.edge-online.com/review/trials-fusion-review/ | title=Trials Fusion review (PC) | author=Edge staff | date=April 16, 2014 | magazine=Edge | publisher=Future plc | accessdate=March 19, 2023 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420085220/http://www.edge-online.com/review/trials-fusion-review/ | archivedate=April 20, 2014}} Retro Gamer gave the Xbox One version 78%, saying, "It still works fantastically well thanks to solid online integration and cleverly designed tracks, but the core formula is starting to wear a little thin."{{cite magazine | title=Trials Fusion (XOne) | last=Jones | first=Darren | magazine=Retro Gamer | publisher=Imagine Publishing | issue=129 | date=May 22, 2014}}

411Mania gave the PlayStation 4 version a score of nine out of ten, saying, "I'm always excited to come back and play the Trials games, and while ultimately it's more of the same, that's not a bad thing. As long as Redlynx{{sic}} can keep turning out tracks of this quality, I won't stop playing anytime soon."{{cite web | url=http://www.411mania.com/games/reviews/327971 | title=Trials Fusion (PS4) Review | last=Yates | first=Doug | date=July 7, 2014 | website=411Mania | accessdate=March 19, 2023 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712013457/http://www.411mania.com/games/reviews/327971 | archivedate=July 12, 2014}} National Post gave the same console version 8.5 out of 10, saying, "Trials Fusion, like its predecessors, is a super-charged, neck-breaking blast of a motorbike game, and solidifies the franchise's status as the Excitebike of our time." The Digital Fix gave the same console version eight out of ten, saying, "Ultimately what RedLynx has done here is create Trials for the current generation, and brought it to more folks than ever before given the cross-platform availability."{{cite web | url=http://gaming.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/2364/trials-fusion.html | title=Trials Fusion (PS4) | last=Howard | first=Luciano | date=April 30, 2014 | website=The Digital Fix | publisher=Poisonous Monkey | accessdate=March 19, 2023 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140510062056/http://gaming.thedigitalfix.com/content/id/2364/trials-fusion.html | archivedate=May 10, 2014}} Digital Spy gave the Xbox One version four stars out of five, saying, "Trials Fusion may not make as far of an evolutionary leap forward as its predecessor, but that doesn't make it any less worthy a successor to the Trials name." Metro gave the PS4 version a score of seven out of ten, saying that it was "Not an evolution like the last game, and certainly not a revolution – there's a great deal of fun still to be had in Trials Fusion but unfortunately not much in the way of new ideas."{{cite news | url=https://metro.co.uk/2014/04/17/trials-fusion-review-on-your-bike-4701726/ | title=Trials Fusion review – on your bike (PS4) | last=Hargreaves | first=Roger | date=April 17, 2014 | newspaper=Metro | publisher=DMG Media | accessdate=March 19, 2023}}

In a special edition of Edge, listing their 100 top videogames of all-time, Trials Fusion was one of only two racing games on the list, along with OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast.{{cite magazine| title=The 100 Greatest video games | author=Edge staff | magazine=Edge | publisher=Future plc | page=104}} Trusted Reviews put the game their list of the best racing games of 2018.{{cite web | url=http://www.trustedreviews.com/guide/best-racing-games | title=Best Racing Games 2018: The best racers on the market | last=Phipps | first=Brett | date=April 11, 2018 | website=Trusted Reviews | publisher=Incisive Media | accessdate=March 19, 2023 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630155330/http://www.trustedreviews.com/guide/best-racing-games | archivedate=June 30, 2018}} VideoGamer.com listed the game as the 10th best racing game of all time.{{cite web | url=https://www.videogamer.com/top-games/racing-games-all-time | title=Best Racing Games of All Time | website=VideoGamer.com | publisher=Resero Network}}

As of February 25, 2015, the game sold 1.7 million units.{{cite web | url=https://www.eurogamer.net/trials-fusion-breaks-1m-sales-after-three-months | title=Trials Fusion breaks 1m sales after three months | last=Purchese | first=Robert | date=July 24, 2014 | website=Eurogamer | publisher=Gamer Network | accessdate=March 19, 2023}}{{cite web | url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/trials-fusion-sells-1-7-million-new-dlc-released/1100-6425513/ | title=Trials Fusion Sells 1.7 Million, New DLC Released | last=Makuch | first=Eddie | date=February 25, 2015 | website=GameSpot | publisher=Fandom | accessdate=February 25, 2015}}

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