![]() ![]() ![]() This can lead to either ecstatic celebration when you reach the next waypoint by the skin of your teeth, or crushing heartbreak when you wipe out inches shy of the finish line.It’s rare for any game to reward this level of comprehension and mastery.īut while that’s commendable, it also makes for some slavish track designs. ![]() Intricate understanding of bunny-hopping, momentum, and weight distribution are needed on nearly every checkpoint. By about midway through, sticking landings on the downslope of a jump and getting your rear wheel down first become minimum requirements, and the last two sets of tracks are on another level entirely. Fusion starts simple enough, with laid-back jumps comfortably separated by long, mellow ramps. Despite the variety of climates and locales, there’s a real sense of place here, a sense further emphasized by the quips of the two AI announcers, whose well-delivered voice overs provide a darkly humorous context for why anyone would ride, repeatedly, into near-certain doom.Īnd oh is your doom ever certain. You’ll ride over the backs of blimps floating high above skyscrapers, barrel through overgrown jungle ruins, and skip lithely from one set of solar panels to the next. The physics behind the riding implies a simulation, but the dystopia-tinged tracks look and play like something straight out of an arcade quarter muncher. Each input translates smoothly and accurately through your bike and rider, creating a rare sense of direct connection. The lightweight, powerful Pit Viper will lurch right out from under you if you pin the accelerator from a stand-still, and the acrobatic Fox Bat tumbles through the air end over end at your slightest suggestion. Each bike, and the one ATV, has a distinct weight to it, and you’ll feel the differences every time you feather the throttle. Trials Fusion borrows elements of platforming and motocross, then injects a concentrated shot of highly believable physics. ![]()
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