If a lock-up occurs during one of the game's many auto-save trigger points, your entire save file can become corrupted.
The share button, one of the system's most popular functions, also suffers from major technical difficulties at the moment, often causing Trials Fusion to freeze up and crash back to the PlayStation dashboard with a CE-34878-0 error code. While it's possible to play Trials Fusion without a server connection, doing so negates the game's best feature: online leaderboards.ĭespite having no difficulty logging into Uplay (Ubisoft's digital rights management client) from my computer, I initially could not access any of Trials Fusion's Uplay-required menus, until I found a workaround that involved signing in to the intrusive bloatware from the PlayStation 4 home screen.
That much has become evident in the game's opening days on the PlayStation Network, during which Ubisoft's servers have spent more time offline than online.
Trials Fusion was not ready to be released. Like the next-gen debuts of NBA 2K, Forza Motorsport and Battlefield, Trials' foray into PlayStation territory showcases how easily a successful intellectual property can have its enjoyment robbed by the decisions of businessmen who know plenty about spreadsheets and bar graphs but nothing about balancing profitability with consumer respect. The Finnish developer's fun, creative level designs and captivating, “one-more race” gameplay have been sabotaged by frustrating bugs, missing features, unnecessary DRM systems, online server issues and another release-day “Season Pass” that costs just as much as the new, incomplete game you've just purchased. It could just as easily allude to the rising conflict between giant game publishers like Ubisoft and subsidiary studios like RedLynx - a tug-of-war that the RedLynxes of this industry are presently losing. That chorus, which cycles maddeningly throughout Fusion's menus, means to reference the game's 20XX sci-fi setting. And with long-term support for fresh features and content, the Trials experience will continue to expand and challenge players in new and exhilarating ways.“Welcome to the future!” sings Trials Fusion's soundtrack. Let your imagination run and create insane tracks for even more fun. Alone in career mode, with your friends in the frenzied multiplayer or in a crazy global tournament, competition is always available, so string together insane tricks and become the best trials rider! If the official courses are still not enough, thanks to the all-new track editor you are able to create your very own tracks. Using your skills to traverse across obstacle-laden, ramp-ridden courses, you must strive to set track records against the best Trials players around the world. Take on an unlimited array of platform-racing challenges in the unreal world of Trials Fusion.
With unique platform-racing gameplay, ubiquitous competition and an ever-expanding destination for new content and features, the Trials Fusion experience is never over. It melds the classic, proven Trials formula of simple yet addictive competition with the social and visual breakthroughs of the next generation of gaming.
Built upon the Trials franchise’s proven gameplay foundations, Trials Fusion challenges players endlessly in both classic and all-new ways.