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Review sentiment over time
Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.
How this score was computed
The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.
| Component | Positive | Quality (0-100) | Weight (pseudo-reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press reviews (OpenCritic) | – | 78 | 19 |
| Creator reviews (2 tracked) | – | 92 | 1 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 67% | 65 | 1000 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | 72 | 12 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 89% | 83 | 2 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 6 reviews sampled · 7 total reviews in window · weighted 4.1 up / 0.5 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →
Press & Creators reviews (84)
Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.
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“Trials Fusion is one of the most entertaining games you can come across nowadays. It can be one of the best choices among Playstation 4 actual games to have fun for a while and you will always have a challenge to face. ”
read full review ↗ - 80
“With a few smart and unobtrusive tweaks to its thorny heart, Trials Fusion nails its balance between purity and cruelty. The new tricks system doesn't betray the game's simple roots, and instead makes a perfect landing seem even less attainable at times, and more rewarding. The primal pleasures of Trials live on and into the future, leaning forward just a tad.”
read full review ↗ - 76
“Trials Fusion is a fun game for a first timer like myself but I can't help but think there was a near-perfect formula that has been overly tinkered with before I got here.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“This engine may not roar as loudly as it did in Trials Evolution, but it's a solid entry in the series, nonetheless.”
read full review ↗ - 70
“All is not perfect in the future, but Trials Fusion is another worthy entry in the series' bizarre bike-bouncing world.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“Trials Fusion is one of the best games on the PlayStation 4, there's no doubt about that. Convince your friends to get it, and established relationships will turn sour faster than an Evel Knievel-esque stunt. Challenging, funny, and exciting, gaming rarely gets any better than this.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“Familiarity breeds contempt, or so they say. But I don't think this well-worn phrase applies in all circumstances. In the case of Trials Fusion, it would seem that familiarity has bred, well, simply, familiarity. Yes, it feels like we've been here before, partly because we have. But when it's executed with such finesse, is that such a bad thing?”
read full review ↗ - 82
“The next generation Trials title is here bringing us the future. The same old motorcycles are back in the future for some reason, funny though they definitely fit in.”
read full review ↗ - 85
“All in all, I find myself very happy with what Trials Fusion has to offer, and I think this is a fantastic first entry for the new generation of console hardware. It's a great-looking game with active background and foreground elements, fantastic track designs, an interesting future aesthetic, and some strangely appealing narrative pieces provided by the quirky AI announcer. While the general Trials mechanics are largely unchanged, outside of the misstep represented by the tricks system, I've never seen much need for improvement in the series' basic controls and physics. RedLynx certainly hasn't lost any of the ideas that make the Trials series so much fun to play and has escalated the track design in a way that makes this game feel fresh and new, despite being the 13th entry in a decade-old series.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“Perhaps that was always likely to happen after a game as complete as Trials Evolution, and I have still spent a dozen hours enjoying everything Fusion has to offer and can't imagine anyone finding much fault with any of it. All the same, I hope that whenever RedLynx returns to the drawing board in future, it does so with more of a daredevil heart. We've had enough evolution - what Trials needs next is revolution.”
read full review ↗ - 80
“Trials Fusion delivers the same exciting racing action from previous games, with a beautiful new aesthetic and enough humor to keep you laughing.”
read full review ↗ - 90
“Trials Fusion continues the tradition of finely balanced frustration and joy that always made previous games in the series so compelling. The online multiplayer situation is a little unclear at launch but this series has always been mostly about the leaderboard struggles and Fusion delivers that in spades. The user-generated content adds plenty of longevity, even beyond the promise of those six DLC packs over the next year and the new trick system, frustrating and difficult to master as it is, is a perfect fit for the game.”
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Patch history
- Online Multiplayer & Fire In The Deep DLC Now AvailableJan 27, 2015significant · resets scoring window
- Trials Fusion Update #3: Custom SupercrossJul 24, 2014
- Trials Fusion Update #3: Custom SupercrossJul 24, 2014
- Tournament Feature Pack & June 18th Patch NotesJun 18, 2014
- Tournament Feature Pack & June 18th Patch NotesJun 18, 2014