A Viewpoint

    The last decade in Need for Speed has been largely crafted by Ghost Games, and has had some of the most divisive titles in the longstanding and iconic Arcade Racing series. And although those games were incredibly ambitious and brought some really neat ideas to the franchise, they were ultimately let down by lackluster executions and lack of care in the form of post-release supports. In this article I'll be discussing one of the most annoyingly recurring issues with some of those games and how they have plagued the overall gameplay experience, in ways that became a strong deterrent to the otherwise enjoyable racing that those titles aimed to deliver.  And this has nothing to do with the driving model in those games (which is quite inaccurate, stiff and wonky in NFS 2015) or any other metric but the level designs themselves which often uses unfair and artificial ways to bump up the difficulty. In many of the races, the layout of the tracks and many of the objects aroun...

    The past decade in Videogames has seen a gigantic step-up in terms of it's ability to tell cinematic stories and memorable, branched narratives that shape itself based on the choices made by the player. Both of these elements have ushered a whole new era of non-linear storytelling in gaming that is simply unmatched by any other entertainment medium that has ever existed. Today, almost all the games that's out there and those that are currently being made, make use of this in some way or the other, resulting in added layers in their narrative that rewards multiple playthroughs.  But underneath this non-linearity lies a groundbreaking and genre-bending innovation that took place in gaming quite silently and to this day, is barely appreciated or even noticed. And today's article is about what it really is and why it's been so pivotal in shaping Videogames of the 21st Century.    All Videogames are primarily made up of 3 core components that work in synergy to c...