Forza Motorsport 6: Apex Review

Forza Motorsport 6: Apex Review - Part 2

FORZA MOTORSPORT 6: APEX

Game Modes and Scenarios

In Rival races, the player goes against a racer’s ghost driver in a one-on-one challenge. The game also includes Multiplayer lobbies, full matchmaking facilities and a new League system.

Leagues are special multiplayer divisions that will group you with players that have a similar skillset to yours -- and the more you races in these Leagues, the better the player’s standing will be; and as their skillset improves, they will be able to access higher-level League types.

Forza Motorsport 6: Apex sports many Special event types like Top Gear bowling, Autocross or Overtaking challenges. There are also a wide variety of event types to participate in, many are optional, but in completing them players can challenge themselves and reap additional XP and rewards.

In Forza, the player has a chance of winning a car with each level earned. Upon gaining a level, the player is presented with a prize board and a randomly moving cursor. Hitting A will stop the cursor in its place and award the player the prize it lands on.

The prizes include mod packs, credit bonuses and even new cars. However, the player will not be able to utilize many of these in the Career, until much later in their progression; although they can try them out in free races.

Memorable Gameplay Experience

Playing Forza Motorsport 6 for the first time, I was surprised to be instantly thrown into multiplayer without the usual option to race against the CPU; you know, to practice.

This was in stark contrast to what I had just experienced prior in the tutorial race, where racing against easy AI turned out to be a silky smooth way to learn the ropes of a driving sim -- getting a firmer grasp of the main controls and overall better understanding the game’s mechanics.

In the races following, I had deliberately revised my driving style as not to slam into players and be a reckless idiot.

Until later when I found out I wasn’t in fact racing against live players online, but their Drivatar AI. This is some sort of aggregate data gathered using a particular player’s driving habits averaged over a period of time. Those gamertags were just too convincing.

I believe this is a very innovative approach, which could lead to a more favorable experience for the player for the following major reasons:

Instead of the CPU following a predictable ‘best path’ in any given circumstance, Drivatars offer the subtle nuances in human ability
Drivatars of similar skill level can be placed in a race -- filtered to appear based on the player’s ability and selected level of difficulty
Drivatars could offer the player a greater degree of challenge during the race, while trying to find a way to get around it

A Drivatar makes for a very intelligent AI that can challenge the player to quickly adapt to change and learn to adopt new driving styles on the fly.

EA Play 2017 Announcements

EA Play 2017 Madden NFL 18 EA's presser kicked off with a Madden 18 trailer showing off its new Longshot campaign mode. Alongside FIFA 18 and the newly-refreshed NBA LIVE 18 , this looks to be a step in the right direction for the Madden NFL franchise - especially, in the last decade. Watch the trailer Battlefield 1 - Expansion Battlefield 1 now has eight new maps, within its 'In the Name of the Tsar' expansion. This boasts new vehicles, weapons, the addition of a women's battalion and interestingly a new gameplay mode based off of player feedback, was teased. More about that will shared in August, at Gamescom. FIFA 18 The official trailer for FIFA 18 was shown, alongside a video of Cristiano Ronaldo performing motion capture. EA announced the return of Alex Hunter in the campaign mode. A Nintendo Switch version will also be released, although a 'lesser product' than the mainstream next-gen release. Watch the trailer Need for Speed

Review of the Alienware Graphics Amplifier

Laptop VS Desktop? Have both. What is a "graphics amplifier"? In essence an external GPU you can plug right into your system. Many companies have tried to release these onto the market, but sadly many haven't gotten past announcement phase. Users either resort to painstakingly building custom external graphics cards with components purchased all over the web or simply tossing aside their laptop and building a $10000 gaming PC for their graphics power needs. Both are acceptable, but Alienware and Razor (or any other company to announce one aain) give you another option: a mini-tower outfitted with a build-in PSU and cooling fan for your graphics power needs. Easier and More Flexible Wouldn't it be great to bring your laptop to work, coming back to your home office 2 hours later and gaming away as if it were that $10000 desktop? What a versatile workstation! No stray red, black and yellow cables sticking out of a shoebox or melted GPUs.

Level Design in God of War (Part 1)

Becoming the God of War God of War is one of the most-critically acclaimed franchises to ever hit the Playstation market. In this pipeline deconstruction, I will refer to elements of the series as a whole. Dominus the main character in concept, needed to be summed up in a single word -- wrath . Covered in the ash of his wife and child, the character is a demigod who seeks revenge on the gods who betrayed him. Once the artists stripped away his armor and shield, the character’s true raw, animalistic side was exposed. Tall with upper-body musculature, covered in ashes and hunched over with his signature Blades of Chaos, Dominus was a force to be reckoned with. Dominus set the stage for the today’s Playstation mascot -- Kratos. Level Design Mood and exploration is a staple part of level design in God of War . Areas that are more open are also relatively barren; while many objects are placed around smaller areas like rooms. I think this encourages the player’s sense o

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