Friday, April 5, 2013

Adventure Racing & the Open-World Locations I Can See

By Rob Sutter


If there are video games which I am very much drawn to, it's those which allow you the freedom to go about whatever task you'd like. Most of the time, you'll play games and you'll be given an objective which you cannot steer too far from. However, there are a select few which give you the freedom to go about tasks at your own pace or you may be able to ignore them entirely. These are the ones which I can see adventure racing being connected to.

"Fallout" is a series which seemed to have always been grounded in a sandbox-like structure and being allowed to go about the games in your own way. You can simply ignore the story being told so that you can explore all of the ends of the wasteland. It is a big world, to be certain, and each of the landmarks deserves all of your focus. You may be able to uncover a litany of weapons and items as well, thereby increasing the incentive to go about traversing the landscape at your own pace.

How could such games prove to be useful alongside such subjects as adventure racing, though? I think that when you look at something such as "The Legend of Zelda," you will find that there is a great deal to do in the landscapes you're confined to. Horseback riding is one of the actions to take up and you will find that is often exhilarating to explore the ends of Hyrule while speeding along on a horse. I always wished that events like Spartan Race took hold and you could compete in such an open space.

Video games on the whole are not perfect, though, and no other series seems to capture this mentality more than "Elder Scrolls." It's not like they aren't enjoyable but I think that they would be more so if there were fewer glitches within them. Too many times have they crashed on me and I had to turn the system off so that I wouldn't become terribly angry. It's almost made me regret ever picking up a controller and it's made me a far savvier buyer than I was in the past.

Adventure racing stands as one of the better competitions in the world and I think that gaming can bring this feeling to the forefront as well. I enjoy the element of conflict in gaming, especially when it comes to people going up against one another in races. These are challenges worth tackling and the rewards which come with it are definitely worth making note of. There is a feeling of satisfaction present and races can convey that kind of emotion very nicely.




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