Trials Fusion is the latest game to come out of the
Ubisoft stable of the dirt bike racing series. Despite being set in a
futuristic environment and a move to the next gen consoles, the core game play
mechanics are still there.
For the uninitiated, Trials is a racing game for one
or more players on dirt bikes. While the game is 3D it plays as a side
scroller, unlike other typical racing games where the camera is usually angled
behind the vehicle of each player.
The single player mode is enjoyable with a variety
of different tracks.
However, the game does begin to get very frustrating in
the later stages as you must perform difficult tricks to progress over ever
increasingly difficult obstacles. You can go without doing these stages but
avoiding them means you cannot unlock and play the later tracks. I felt the trick
reliance on later tracks was too heavy and it reaches a point when playing that
the game’s simple racing style fun is replaced only by seething frustration.
There’s no doubt there will be people out there who
have mastered the tricks and completed these stages but I found the monotony of
doing the same tracks repeatedly to achieve this level too much personally.
On the other hand, the multiplayer aspect of the
game is just as good as it predecessors. It’s fun to watch the bikers hit
obstacles, fail tricks and find ways to kill themselves at the end of each
stage. With its simple controls it is a good game to play with the family or
friends, if not as cute as Mario Kart.
Track Creator also allows you to build your own
tracks as well as play others. While it can be a lot of fun the internet is
plagued with broken ones. These can be hilarious a lot of the time but I would
not recommend playing them if you are a serious racer.
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