![]() For the first time you can perform actual, proper tricks on your bike. Stunts!įlipping a quad bike is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to stunts in Fusion, though. Oh, and yes, you can still flip 'em like a pro if you want to. You can also take the quad out in multiplayer (once again featuring four players) against other motocross bikes and the always-hilarious pushbike, which makes for some wonderfully topsy-turvy races. I didn't find a level I couldn't complete with it, though, at least in my brief time with the game. It's good fun too, making some levels easier and others more difficult, particularly those with delicate jumps. There there are levels specifically designed for the increased speeds, weight, and slightly more forgiving handling of the quad, but once it's unlocked you can take it out on any of Fusion's tracks. It's not the first time quads have appeared in Trials game, thanks to some neat user generated content for Evolution, but they are the first to come from Red Lynx. Sadly, you'll have to provide your own beer, deer, and beef for Fusion, but you can at least roll around on four wheels thanks to the inclusion of quad bikes. ![]() Two wheels? Pah! Real men only ride on four, with a beer in one hand, a freshly shot deer in the other, and a hulking great slab of beef drooping out their mouths-cooked rare, natch. Besides, you get a bunch of XP for beating the penguin, not to mention the satisfaction of wiping the creepy smile off its face (you'll see what I mean when you get your hands on Fusion). The controls were a bit awkward, and the hit box for the rather odd-looking tennis racket was very forgiving, but that was all part of the charm. My favourite moment has to go to the Park and Ride level, though, where you can stop your bike on a tennis court and play tennis against a penguin-and it's a penguin that's damn good at tennis too. ![]() There, viewed from the first-person, you're treated to a humorous, if slightly terrifying gathering of penguins over your now deceased Trials rider. On the snow-covered level Expedition, if you reverse into a certain cave you fall in a particularly painful-looking fashion into a penguin hideout. Yes, there are penguins everywhere in Trials Fusion, some in full view, others hidden behind challenges. Other levels showcase Red Lynx's rather odd love for penguins. On the same level there's a hidden button you can reverse onto, which changes the level from daytime to nighttime, and increases the difficulty dramatically. Stay there long enough without resetting the bike and the level starts again, only this time you're flying through the air on a rocket-powered bike trying to guide it through rings of fire. In Eco Park, for instance, there's a challenge that involves purposefully reversing into a fiery pit. But there are some more, shall we say, cryptic challenges assigned to each level. The usual suspects are there, like completing a certain amount of flips during a level, or acing a particularly tricky jump. There's also plenty going on with Fusion's levels in terms of challenges, with three per track. Suffice it to say, there's plenty going on with Fusion's visuals. The end of each level is particularly ludicrous, with the poor Trials driver getting shot up into the air on a rocket, thrown through multiple glass panes, or zapped to death in the middle of an energy reactor. Turbine Terror takes place on a rapidly collapsing wind farm, Base Invader floats in the air on wind turbines, and Eco Park has you driving over exploding solar panels and through rings of fire. The early level Fusion Factory places you in is a shiny steel factory, complete with platforms that float in from a distance and light up as you drive over them. Where Trials Evolution began to take the series into some zany directions with its level design, Fusion totally goes for broke. It's a far more joyful thing to look at, and indeed there's lots more going on in each level too. Gone are the overly brown areas of old, replaced instead with sharp, shiny surfaces, and heaps of bright colours. Much like how Killzone: Shadow Fall surprised people with its sudden love for all things colourful, so too does Trials Fusion. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's
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