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[lashman]

Game Information

Game Title: Trials Rising

Platforms:

• PlayStation 4 (Feb 26, 2019)
• Xbox One (Feb 26, 2019)
• PC (Feb 26, 2019)

Trailer:

• Trials Rising: E3 2018 Announcement Trailer | Ubisoft [NA]
• Trials Rising: E3 2018 Conference Presentation | Ubisoft [NA]
• Trials Rising: Spectacular Crashes, Customization, and Tandem Co-Op | Interview | Ubisoft [NA]
• Trials Rising: Closed Beta and Launch Announcement Gamescom 2018 | Gameplay Trailer | Ubisoft [NA]

Developer: RedLynx

Publisher: Ubisoft

Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 81 average - 86% recommended

Critic Reviews


Gamerheadquarters - Jason Stettner - 9 / 10

Trials Rising is an awesome entry in the series that takes content from the past and expands upon it in many ways.

Critical Hit - Brad Lang - 9 / 10

Trials: Rising is a wildly fun game that offers both simplicity and depth in the most satisfying of ways, despite an occasionally annoying soundtrack.

GameSpew - Richard Seagrave - 9 / 10

Trials Rising is simply the biggest and best Trials game yet, and with more content coming down the road by way of a season pass, it’s bound to only get better.

PCGamesN - Ben Maxwell - 9 / 10

A marvellously accomplished realisation of RedLynx's deranged vision for the series, which somehow manages to be both the most accessible and most unforgiving Trials game to date.Ben Maxwell

Stevivor - Stuart Gollan - 9 / 10

Anybody who enjoys, or has ever enjoyed, a Trials game owes it to themselves to check this out. Folks out there that just really enjoy challenging themselves should probably give it a look too

The Games Machine - Stefano Calzati - Italian - 9 / 10

Trials Rising is another hit for RedLynx and Ubisoft: fun, stimulating, extremely solid and almost infinite.

IGN Italy - Marco Esposto - Italian - 8.7 / 10

A great Trials game, perfect for veterans and newcomer, with online features is a potential endless game.

NoobFeed - Adam Siddiqui - 85 / 100

Trials Rising captures the franchise’s signature motorcycle platforming action along with the intense challenges that come with it. The developers have remained dedicated to the game’s iconic formula and complex gameplay but at the same time provided a training option for newcomers without sacrificing the game’s core systems. Players diving into the series will need to devote time to learn the tricky systems while veterans will be able to pick and play just as always. Trials Rising delivers an outstandingly challenging experience requires nothing but your best if you want to succeed.

Gamersky - 北方凛 - Chinese - 8.4 / 10

No doubt, comparing to the prequel, Trials Rising has a huge leap on both map design and gameplay. In the Trials Rising, you will have plenty of new stuff to try, such as the tandem mode. But still, we found some technique issues and network lags in it too. So hope Ubisoft will fix those things in the future soon.

Cerealkillerz - Gabriel Bogdan - German - 8.3 / 10

Trials Rising surprises with creative Multiplayer approaches and also local elements for your next couch co-op sessions but doesn't manage to deliver a consistent singleplayer experience because of carelessly integrated Lootbox/XP Systems and overusing some tracks. The game still is the best Entry so far for newcomers and delivers a lot of challenges in the endgame for veterans.

Hobby Consolas - David Martinez - Spanish - 83 / 100

Although we drive a motorbike, Trials Rising sits between platform and puzzle games. It is spectacular and incredibly fun to play (even more in local or online multiplayer modes), but some elements, such as loot boxes system and loading times, spoil the experience.

We Got This Covered - Eric Hall - 4 / 5 stars

Trials Rising is not an evolution for the franchise. Instead, RedLynx delivers a smart sequel that offers up the same great gameplay while improving upon various side-aspects of the series.

Boomstick Gaming - Deadite AGK - 8 / 10

Trials Rising offers some truly crazy gauntlets of death and balance, to test your equilibrium to its limits.

Nintendo Life - Dom Reseigh-Lincoln - 8 / 10

Trials Rising is the (mostly) full package you've been waiting for. With its huge list of tracks to tackle and all the races and trick-based stunts you could ask for, RedLynx has served up the best instalment in the series since Trials Evolution. With a killer soundtrack, tons of customisation and an impressively deep tutorial mode, it's only really let down by a tutorial-free Track Editor. The drop to 30fps might put off those also playing on other platforms and the drop in visual fidelity can be hard to miss at times, but despite its blemishes, Trials has proved its right at home on Nintendo Switch.

Press Start - Brodie Gibbons - 8 / 10

Rising is without a doubt the best Trials game yet. The community this series has garnered over the span of two decades finally gets a little of the limelight and, quite frankly, serves as the lynchpin of this game. The gameplay is as tight as ever while the tracks themselves are scintillating, showcasing the developer's creativity which is, even at this late stage of the Trials saga, first-rate.

Leadergamer - Alper Dalan - Turkish - 4 / 5 stars

When you win the race, you can dance like a belly dancer!

GamesRadar+ - Lucas Sullivan - 4 / 5 stars

Even with a clumsy progression system, Trials Rising's vibrant tracks, tight controls, and excellent tutorials are some of the best in the series.

Destructoid - Jordan Devore - 8 / 10

Even if you never end up touching the head-to-head online multiplayer, local co-op, ambitious track editor, or any of the ensuing user-made creations, Trials Rising will keep you plenty busy at launch. Some of the out-of-level elements could use another pass, but progression pacing issues, loot-box bloat, and technical hiccups weren't enough to put me off what is ultimately another great Trials game.

USgamer - Caty McCarthy - 4 / 5 stars

Trials Rising adds a layer of annoyance on top of its already-winning formula, with its clunky world map and tedious level gating. Luckily, beneath that exterior it's just as electrifying as it's always been. The tracks are all a joy to race through as you chase landing on the leaderboard or overcoming tough Contracts. With its international approach and attention to detail, each level's design—from an art and gameplay perspective—feels like the best Trials has ever been.

Game Revolution - Michael Leri - 4 / 5 stars

While the gear system is full of unwanted fluff, Trials Rising is not. Its collection of well-designed tracks are wonderful playgrounds for its familiar yet still addictive physics-heavy biking gameplay. Familiarity in this case is not a bad thing because of how satisfying it is to improve your technique and overcome new challenges throughout its bevvy of additional modes.

TheSixthAxis - Stefan L - 8 / 10

Trials Rising takes us back to basics with the real world inspiring a long series of new and inventive trials, but losing none of the challenge or RedLynx's dark sense of humour. The menus are a bit messy, the loot boxes pointless, and it doesn't really advance the series, but when you get into it this is the series back to its addictive, infuriating, "one more go!" best.

God is a Geek - Chris White - 8 / 10

Trials Rising is a thrill ride of crazy tracks and various challenges ,pushing physics-based racing to its limits.

IGN - Tom Marks - 7.9 / 10

Trials Rising has an impressive new tutorial, even more extensive customization, and an awesome pool of levels that can be disappointingly discouraging to unlock.

Push Square - Sammy Barker - 7 / 10

The physics are still phenomenal, and the series has retained its addictive quality, but it can occasionally feel like a game looking for answers to questions that didn't necessarily exist to begin with.

Wccftech - Nathan Birch - 7 / 10

Trials Rising dishes out the tricks we've come to expect from the series. Developer RedLynx steps up their level design and delivers more content than ever, but overly-familiar mechanics and unseemly microtransactions make it hard to get too excited about the game. If you're hungry for new Trials action, this game delivers, but don't expect it to rise to the occasion if you're already weary of the formula.

Shacknews - Bill Lavoy - 7 / 10

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GamingBolt - Corey Gavaza - 7 / 10

Trials Rising is the same Trials that you've been playing for years and years. Fans
should be happy, but don't expect too much in terms of innovatio

Eurogamer - Martin Robinson - Recommended

A layer of modern nonsense can't obscure the purest, most entertaining Trials game in an age.

 

[RionaaM]

Looks like the game is great, although there's some serious grinding required. I really should play the previous 2 games, already own both but never even installed them. Unless Trials of the Blood Dragon counts, because I finished that one and it was awesome.

 

[lashman]

Unless Trials of the Blood Dragon counts

it doesn't (no, really)

and yes, you should play the previous ones

 

[RionaaM]

it doesn't (no, really)

and yes, you should play the previous ones

Hey, don't go hating on BD! I love its humor and style. In fact, I wish we'd get more games set in that universe. We already had Far Cry and Trials, now we need a Child of Light, Rayman and Splinter Cell. I'd say Assassin's Creed too, but I hate that series so it'd be painful to have to sit through another one of those.