Even so, the voiceovers from a disembodied AI were mildly interesting until I started failing tracks and hearing the same voice samples over and over. It's an interesting idea, but if there was ever a game which absolutely did not need a narrative, it's Trials. The first thing players will notice is that the game actually tries to tell a story this time around. Sadly, Fusion misses beats in areas other than level design. I was happy to complete them in HD and Evolution despite the difficulty, but the magic just isn't there in Fusion and I felt little drive to test myself again. These extra-extra-punishing courses make for great viewing on YouTube, but I found it difficult to commit the free time and patience to best more than a few of these soul-killers.

Unfortunately, once completed, the game's balance spun off into loonyland with the Extreme tracks. For me, these few tracks were the best Fusion had to offer. These pale in comparison.Ī bit of its former glory returns when the Hard tracks unlock-they're a good mix of thrilling chasms and seemingly-impossible obstacles that require a grasp of the sometimes-insane physics to pass. The older games had bizarre, unpredictable courses full of distinct scenes and surprises. I blazed through them all with gold medals in a single sitting, and could hardly remember a thing about the lot. While high-flying jumps and agonizing climbs up vertical surfaces are still here, the first 75% of Fusion's tracks are utterly forgettable. This slightly-off feeling continues in the gameplay. Patches of nature that call back to the older titles pop up here and there, but it's a strange change of direction.

Gone is the crazy, in-your-face aesthetic of the previous two, now replaced by a generic future theme filled with boring white surfaces and neon.

Right from the start, something seems off about Fusion. Trials Fusion, the latest installment of the hardcore motorbike-platforming-time-trial-scorechase game from RedLynx is now available, but after two years and much anticipation, it arrives with an uncharacteristic whimper rather than the triumphant engine roar one would expect. LOW Adding tricks was a bad idea that's badly done. HIGH The Pit Viper is the best Trials bike ever.

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