Trials HD
| Trials HD | |
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| Developer(s) | RedLynx |
| Publisher(s) |
Microsoft Game Studios Ubisoft (PC) |
| Series | Trials |
| Engine | Bullet Physics Library |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360 (XBLA) Microsoft Windows |
| Release |
Xbox 360 August 12, 2009 Microsoft Windows March 22, 2013 |
| Genre(s) | Racing game, Puzzle game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 86.1% |
| Metacritic | 86/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| 1UP.com | A- |
| Eurogamer | 9/10 |
| GamePro | 4.5/5 |
| GameTrailers | 8.5/10 |
| IGN | 8.3/10 |
| OXM (US) | 8/10 |
| PALGN | 8/10 |
| Award | |
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| Publication | Award |
| Xbox Live | Best Overall Arcade Game, Best Innovation (2009) |
Trials HD is an Xbox Live Arcade game developed by RedLynx and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released on August 12, 2009 as part of the second annual Xbox Live Summer of Arcade and was later re-released in a retail pack alongside Limbo and 'Splosion Man in April 2011. It is a 2.5D puzzle/racing game. The player must guide a trial motorcycle with exaggerated physics through various obstacles to reach each stage's finish line. On September 6, 2012 it was announced that a Microsoft Windows version of Trials HD would be bundled inside a special version of Trials Evolution, dubbed Trials Evolution: Gold Edition—although this version changes the physics of the game. It is the third game in the series. On February 11, 2016, Microsoft added Trials HD as part of its backwards compatibility program for Xbox One.
The game was well received by critics, averaging 86.1% at GameRankings and 86/100 at Metacritic, two video game aggregate sites. In 2009 it received the Best Overall Arcade Game and Best Innovation awards, voted on by the Xbox 360 community. In September 2010 IGN listed Trials HD sixteenth in their top twenty-five Xbox Live Arcade titles of all time. The game was a commercial success, with sales exceeded two million units factoring in collective downloadable content sales.
In Trials HD the player controls a rider on a physics-based motorcycle from the start of the level to the end while navigating a number of obstacles. The objective is to complete the course as fast as possible and with as few crashes, known in the game as faults, as possible. The game uses 3D graphics, but is played on a 2D plane, so the rider can only move forwards and backwards. Players can also control the bike's pitch at slow speeds or while in the air.
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