TRIALS RISING
Setting a new world record
Simplicity is the name of the game. Or at least it would be, if it weren’t actually Trials Rising. It’s all about balance. You ride your zippy little motocross bike from one end of the track to the other, making sure it stays on two wheels over all the bumps and jumps you encounter. Yes, Trials Rising will throw increasing numbers of obstacles in your way, but the essential objectives never really change: don’t fall off; reach the end as fast as you can.
Despite the fact that we all work with the laws of physics every day without thinking about it, they’re far from simple. The way physics works in Trials Rising is intuitive, but still has the same depth of physics as real life. 1 To master the courses, or even just clear some of the harder ones, you have to be able to make your bike move like an extension of yourself, to know how to keep your momentum going to kiss inclines just right, bump casually against statues, or push back on your suspension and lean forward to give yourself an extra bit of push to clear a tricky gap.
Every track in Trials Rising is built in a real-world location accessed from a world map. Gain enough experience to level up, and you can take on a final League challenge before unlocking more, progressively harder, tracks. You unlock extra experience and gear by completing additional challenges set by sponsors for each track, of which there are many. 2 Tracks are filled with variation and unique gimmicks, but all retain that core challenging premise. Sprinkle in ghost challenges, a superb co-op tandem bike mode, excellent tutorials, and minigames, and this is the best Trials package to date. Oscar Taylor-Kent