The only thing standing in your way is a gauntlet of slopes, ramps, overhanging beams and gaps, and the knowledge that any misstep or accident will mean a restart at the last checkpoint, and seconds added to that all-important time. Capcom Arcade Stadium Review. This is not an easy game by any stretch of the imagination, but RedLynx has designed it in a way that even through countless retires on its trickiest tracks, the game always makes you want to do better. Visually, Trials Evolution looks about as good as THD, but it is hurt by little details that affect things in a major way at times. Trials Evolution retains the core Trials DNA, but puts it at the centre of a bigger, better-looking and more accessible game. Good luck! Do you have the skill and the finesse to succeed? Trials Evolution’s main game starts off simple with you racing on tracks trying to get the best time in the least amount of attempts resulting in either a Bronze, Silver, or Gold medal. Publisher: Ubisoft. For 1.200 Microsoft Points you will get a huge amount of content. Writer. Most of the time, the younger members of the team just humour us whenever we attempt to regale them with stories of teenagers balancing on inexplicably narrow planks of wood. Reviewed on: X360; The thrilling rides and engrossing competitions return along with robust improvements in Trials Evolution. Trials HD , its predecessor, also featured some over-the-top moments, but it was the sort of on-the-leash insanity that comes with a more modest debut. It is challenging, it is fun and the new courses are brilliant. Fundamentally, this is the same game you played three years ago. Platform: PC, PS4, XBox One. We may earn a commission if you click a deal and buy an item. Trials Evolution Review. By all accounts, this is the bigger, better game. Trials HD , its predecessor, also featured some over-the-top moments, but it was the sort of on-the-leash insanity that comes with a more modest debut. The original sucked me in like no other downloadable game before it. Posted on 31/08/2012. For a start, it’s a less claustrophobic and more spectacular Trials, with levels that stretch out in open countryside, through junkyards, across rooftops and over mountains, and where the series’s implicit debt to platform games becomes explicit in levels that pay homage to gaming classics. Here we are today, now finally able to play the sequel, Trial Evoluti In most games the moment the “Race ends in x seconds” message is the sign of impending disaster. Addiction. Trials Evolution is so ridiculously simple in it’s basic design, that you’d easily mistake it for a lesser game, but nothing could be further from the truth. Back in 2009, I was introduced to Trials HD when I was at E3 and gave it a test drive. The graphics don’t look much better than the 360 version of the game, although that’s by no means a complaint. April 25, 2012 Brian Himmelfarb Leave a comment Go to comments. True to its name, Trials Evolution is the biggest, baddest version yet of RedLynx's brutally tough … Simplicity is a beautiful word. Finally, Trials Evolution has gone big on community features. Track sharing and multiplayer make it more communal. Trials has cleverly adapted to its environment and become even more of an everyman's game. With Trials Evolution’s potent popularity still regularly resonating with XBLA players, you’d be forgiven for forgetting that the successful series originated on the PC. I take a look at an awesome Xbox Live Arcade game called Trials Evolution. “Just one more go” you’ll find yourself thinking at 2am in the morning, only to remember that you said the same thing some twenty goes before. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/trials-evolution-review/1900-6373247 True to its name, Trials Evolution is the biggest, baddest version yet of RedLynx's brutally tough physics-based motorbike racing-platforming thing. It's almost identical to the Xbox 360 version, with a few minor inconveniences thrown in. Its success was thanks to decidedly […] Added Features Trials Evolution has also embraced multiplayer, with a supercross mode that puts four players on four separate tracks at the same time. Difficult Regular checkpoints and an instant restart make things easier, but as using them will cost you precious time you have to think to yourself: would a complete restart be more effective? And at last we have a proper sequel, Trials Evolution. Trials Evolution Review. Share: Twitter Facebook Reddit. Graphics. Trials Evolution is the latest attempt by developer RedLynx at bringing a physics based motorcycle game to Xbox Live Arcade. And while winning the silver and gold medals can be tough, all it really takes is a bit of focus and persistence, and the ability to string together a sequence of motions without losing control. Trials Evolution does a lot more than just follow its predecessor. For anyone who knows me, it should come as no surprise that Trials Evolution was easily one of my most anticipated games of 2012. With Trials Evolution, that verdict applies with no reservations. Trials isn’t so much a stunt-race game as a constant test of balance. Trials Evolution Review. Review by Tom Bramwell, Contributor Updated on 17 April 2012. Hell, I'll be happy if I just FINISH the Gigatrack course. Trials Evolution also includes a number of mini-games. Trials Evolution: Gold Edition will be optimized and enhanced for the PC gaming platform. Just thinking about running it perfectly seems so unrealistic that I don't even know why I'm considering it a … Trials Evolution: Gold Edition Review Some of us in the office are old enough to remember Kick Start; the BBC's legendary combination of show jumping, obstacle courses and dirt bikes. Evolution gives you just about everything you could want out of a Trials sequel. Trials Evolution review: Trials has evolved, and now there’s no escaping its one-more-go obsession. The original sucked me in like no other downloadable game before it. The other strength of Trials is control. Bust out of the warehouse into an outdoor world of night and day, curving drive lines, and spectacular scenery. Trials Evolution is everything an XBLA game should be, plenty of content, broken into bite size pieces, with fun, skill based gameplay. And at last we have a proper sequel, Trials Evolution. Rogue Heroes: Ruins Of Tasos Review. The result of all this is that Trials Evolution is horrendously addictive. On another level, that’s more to worry about than you might think. In the past Trials could be daunting for those lacking experience or commitment. Getting through the later levels took such a degree of timing, so much muscle memory and a healthy dose of luck. For Trials Evolution on the Xbox 360, a reader review titled "Bikes,danger,dirt,explosives and fire, What can possibly go wrong? Trials Evolution Gold is a very entertaining game with lots of spectacle, variation and challenges. Trials HD was perhaps one of the most difficult games of this generation. Most of the time, the younger members of the team just humour us whenever we attempt to regale them with stories of teenagers balancing on inexplicably narrow planks of wood. Trials Evolution Review 5. All of the features of its forerunners – from the in-game editor, player sharing of tracks, and global Leader Boards, will be re-integrated into the game in a way that fits the new platform. Trials Evolution Review. Trials HD was a game we could recommend, but with a warning that it might not be for you. By the time the medium levels start throwing in moving platforms and gushing water pipes it’s all gone a bit Sonic the Hedgehog – and sometimes to a fault – but it makes for a less dark and dour experience. Including DLC, the 2009 Xbox LIVE game moved more than two million units. Get the full engine power in this review and find out if this xbox-live arcade game is worth the 1200 microsoft points. What is the concept? Trials Evolution keeps the core experience that made the first game so great intact, but it adds a slew of brand new tracks and circus events to change up the gameplay experience a bit. Trials HD is one of the top five best-selling games on Xbox Live Arcade, has moved over two million copies, and was voted Best Arcade Game of 2009 … Of course, being Trials this generosity only goes so far. The greatest effect of this new stage in Trials’s evolution is that it provides a more accessible and satisfying structure without diluting what has always worked. Writer. It?s hard to believe that three years ago a little title called Trials HD would make such a big buzz on XBLA. By all accounts, Trials Evolution is a bigger, better game than its predecessor. Nobody could have predicted the gargantuan success of Trials HD. Find out why we gave Trials Evolution a 5/5!Enter our Trials Evolution giveaway on the WeTheGamerz forums! VerdictTrials Evolution retains the core Trials DNA, but puts it at the centre of a bigger, better-looking and more accessible game. Trials Evolution: Gold Edition Review Some of us in the office are old enough to remember Kick Start; the BBC's legendary combination of show jumping, obstacle courses and dirt bikes. These involve seeing how far you can go on one tank of fuel, or even trying to roll a ball along a puzzle-type environment. Metacritic Game Reviews, Trials Evolution for PC, "Trials Evolution" is on every front, the next dimension of the smash-hit, award-winning "Trials HD." 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