Trial By Fire

After becoming addicted to Perfect Dark (again) upon it's release to the Xbox LIVE Arcade last week, I started to take more interest in the arcade and decided to pick up a few new arcade games.



Trials HD

Trials is a very interesting game. Part motocross, Part puzzler, The idea of Trials is to ride your bike across an obstacle course and reach the goal in the shortest time and with the least amount of falls. You may think this sounds very simple but the game is happy to show you just how wrong you'd be. With 35 tracks ranging greatly in difficult from the very simple to the extremely hard, you'll spend quite a bit of time trying to perfect this game, but never really feel frustrated because you just end up having so much fun, even when you're failing. In the event that you do manage to pass all the tracks, The game also offers a level editor allowing you to create your own tracks with all the parts and obstacles used in the main tracks, Plus 12 'Skill Games' to play, Which range from riding your bike inside a giant steel ball as it rolls down a track, To intentionally bailing with the intent to break as many bones as possible. Overall Trials HD is a challenging but fun distraction from that game you've probably already played twenty times this week. The only downside is the games price tag (1200 MS Points) which may seem a bit steep but with the level editor and more tracks and items being added via DLC it's something that you'll probably end up playing more than a few times.

You can try out a flash version of the game HERE