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[shakeyclaret]

Ok, I know everyone probably doesn't care but here we go
The dust has fully settled and the tantrums and anger has dissipated...

First of all I'll start with the theme of Fusion.
I do like it but I feel it is a bit much throughout the whole game(perfect for a dlc).

Challenges.
These are a welcome addition to the franchise BUT I feel that its a bit confused at times. Some of the challenges are skill games and should be in their own section of 'skill games'. If they were, im sure people would be happier as when they go into the skill game menu(i think it should definatly have its own section) there would be lots to choose from. I know its not 'more' so to speak but it would look like more content.

Tracks.
This is purely based on individual taste, some I like, some I dont.
There are quite a few long tracks, personally I would prefer less so that other shorter tracks could have been included bringing the total amount of tracks up.

Story line.
Its a trials game....enough said.

Teams.
I really like this feature and by the look of it, many do too. The only thing I can say about teams is that the size of the teams are ridiculous, there is no real competition going on between the teams, it all seems to depend on how many members are in the team. Personally I think teams of 10 would have been much better, or even 3 tiers of teams, 50, 10 and 4.

MP.
Disappointed that its still not here but it has potential from what I have seen.

Track Central.
Its getting better but there are still improvements I would like to see like a 'ninja' section, 48hr feed and the good 5* rating system.

Tournaments.
Its good that you didnt drop it but I just get the impression that its not working. I finished in the top 10 of a tournament with a fault, this should never happen as it was not an extreme or hard tournament. No-one really plays them, maybe if it was a 'fixed tournament' people would be more inclined to play it as they could improve week on week.

Leaderboard.
Hugely disappointed that it is a combined lb, its just not fair on players that may have just got the main game, platinum beasted it but are still behind 'billy-bob' who only has silver/gold medals but on all tracks + dlc's.

Customization.
Again its disappointing, more is needed for both the bike and rider.

FMX.
Not my thing but I can understand that you wanted to try it. It would have worked better in its own section so as to not interfere with sp. As it stands, fmx imo has partly destroyed the game.

Conclusion.
Is it better than Evo? No, tbh it would be hard to make any trials game better than Evo.
Is it value for money? Definatly, although it should be cheaper on the 360 as there is no disk, box, distribution, less going on in the tracks, less can be done in the editor etc...maybe a reward just for 360 users should be given?
Overall it is a good game that I would reccomend to everyone but as a die-hard Trials fan, I cant see the love for this game...not like HD +Evo.
I know that sometimes different directions will be tried for the franchise but like the old saying goes 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.

I dont want this thread to turn into a negative debate....its just my opinions.

[KorIash]

It's not like more negative debates would hurt this forum anyway.

Honestly, I just play Fusion when the new DLC packs arrive, and then don't give a crap about it afterwards. But of course, I'm the one who fell victim and paid for the game + the season pass. I'm just hoping the multiplayer is something special. (I mean satisfactory)

There's no point in touching up on anything else since it's all completely obvious by now, but I'll add my two cents about the teams feature. I completely agree about teams of 50 being over the top. It makes it next to pointless because all the top players are a team together for obvious reasons. It completely bones any potential competition due to community bias. I got invited to 7 or 8 different teams just because I'm in the top 100 on XB360, even though I play the game very rarely and know barely anybody who even plays the game. This idea is ******ed, and had no potential to work since the beginning.

[shakeyclaret]

Dont worry mate, when mp comes you can smash me all over the place lol
I know what you mean about the team requests, ive had quite a few myself even though im in a team, they mainly seem to be requests from teams not in the top 100 lol

[funktastic-]

there is not such a thing as a negative debate only a negative response to a different answer

anyway might as well finish off my daily novel with the following lol , helps with learning.I will give this as a whole and not an indevidual coment on indevidual topics of the games structure.

My personel views on this games is this -

The editor is a massive tool that is pretty dam awsome , track central however has lots of issues but does not stop me from continuing to enjoy the game as its it given. I do however think that there is much more to this game that could be gained and it could generate alot more gamers with changing or implamenting some basic stratagies. This its self still does not take away from what an indevidual got could get out of this. There is alot more to this game then advertised and alot more avenues not pushed.

as a result of all the above my final opinion of the games in its current states is that its a great game but one with massive opertuneities that go a miss. in which could make it an either greater game then it is already. All games have bad points thats called a balance and i think the majority of the game weighs in favour of it being a great game. to be a part of

im done now , enough english for one day.

[RetiredRonin]

Thanks for the feedback, Shakey. Some good points in there, I wish there were more examples of why you feel certain ways, but this is good.

[shakeyclaret]

Thanks for the feedback, Shakey. Some good points in there, I wish there were more examples of why you feel certain ways, but this is good.

Thanks. Im more than happy to expand on my opinions if you would like, in a constructive way of course
Are there any specific points that you would like me to expand on?

[En0-]

Thanks for the feedback, this is useful. I think most of the points are correct (or at least understandable). I would disagree with a few of them but it's not important.

For the teams, it's hard to make a decision about which number would make sense. We have some feedback of people asking to go to 300+. And some feedback, like yours that would be "less for more competition". I think the main feedback though is: Would be great to use the notion of "team" in a more meaningful way for competition! (and it may not be related to the number actually).

For the "Story line", as you said, it's not the main point in Trials, and as you, I am not much into it myself. But there is this thread about the Easter Eggs (and there was an article on an obscur blog a few months ago). It probably appeals to a really small number of people but it seems deeper than it looks at first sight (I never worked on this part of the game, I am really far from it, so I am in the same position as a random player for that).

Also... you forgot the panda :-D

[shakeyclaret]

Thanks for the responses.

Yes Eno you are right, unbelievably I forgot the Panda lol It looks really good..........
I forgot about the notification centre too. I think that its good but some things I just really don't need to know. By this I mean when friends get to a new driver level, does it really mean anything anyway? I also keep getting the same notifications from old friend created tracks(360).
With regard to the customization, I would like to be able to change the colour of the individual parts of my bikes body kit, like in Evo.
The story line is really not a big issue at all, I just turn it off. I didn't realise that an easter egg was linked.
The teams inclusion is going great for us at the OTHG, with the new mp involved too it should be even better. What platform are the requests for 300+ teams? The 360 only has about 5 teams with 50 members.

[Apollo_ll_Tex]

I haven't posted in while here. I read your review and love it...feel exactly the same way.

[shakeyclaret]

Thanks Goob
1 more thing.... the Foxbat.
Are there any plans to let us use this bike on more in-game tracks? I have used it on some custom tracks and I honestly think this bike can roll with the Viper and Roach, used well and it is beastly lol (I got 11th out of 1700 using this).