📅 Date : February 26, 2019
🎮 Platform : PC, Switch, Xbox One, PS4
📍 Event : Official Game Release
Trials Rising stands out for its ability to combine demanding gameplay with a fun and laid-back approach, true to the acrobatic motorcycle game series. From the start, the game immerses the player in a world full of challenges, with varied tracks and dynamic environments that captivate from the very first races.
The heart of Trials Rising lies in its smooth and addictive gameplay, where the goal is to control your motorcycle through obstacle-filled courses while maintaining precise balance to avoid crashes. Players can explore famous environments such as major world cities and iconic locations. These places are not only beautiful to look at but are also designed to offer increasingly difficult challenges as you progress.
At launch, the game offers an impressive variety of tracks, with over 120 levels ranging from easy introductions to extreme challenges requiring high-level riding skills. Whether you are a beginner or an expert, Trials Rising provides courses suited to all types of players. The progression system allows you to unlock motorcycles and outfits for your characters while developing your skills as you succeed on the tracks.
Trials Rising also innovates with its content creation system. The built-in level editor enables players to design and share their own tracks. This allows for almost infinite replayability, as the community constantly creates new challenges for all aspiring riders. This system is a central aspect of Trials Rising, strengthening the community aspect of the game and offering many additional hours of gameplay through user creations.
The game offers several modes to keep players engaged. The solo mode follows a linear progression, but it is in the online competitions that Trials Rising truly shines. Global leaderboards and seasonal events add an intense competitive dimension, allowing every player to measure their skills against the world’s best.
The monetization of Trials Rising mainly focuses on cosmetic items. Players can buy skins, outfits, and customized motorcycles, but this does not affect the game balance. No paid content gives an advantage in gameplay, ensuring a fair experience for all players.
The game received generally positive feedback. It was praised for its intuitive controls and addictive gameplay. On Metacritic, Trials Rising scored around 80-85%, reflecting the product’s quality. Reviews from specialized press commend the franchise’s evolution while remaining faithful to the elements that made it successful. Players appreciate the increasing difficulty of the tracks and the extended experience through regular updates and community-created content. However, many players criticized the challenges and progression system via the world map at launch, considering these elements artificial additions to lengthen the game’s lifespan. The « agile » motorcycle physics also sparked much discussion, differing significantly from those in Fusion and Evolution, and being judged too rigid for the so-called « ninja » tracks.
This is also the first main entry in the series to include « ninja » content in the career mode, not counting Trials Fusion, where this content was hidden.
The standard version of Trials Rising offers a complete experience without needing DLCs or additional purchases, although these bring extra bonuses for players looking to extend their adventure. If you want to take on a challenge with an active community, Trials Rising delivers a captivating and rewarding gaming experience.
Fun fact : The phrase “Tireglitches are fixed” was said by a producer of the game, En0, because some players were complaining about it in Fusion. Unfortunately, the physics in Rising are inconsistent, which led some players to say that the problem wasn’t fixed, but just moved elsewhere.