Everybody wants to have a smooth experience playing games where they don't have to worry about getting stuck on a loading screen forever. Loading screens were once a fact of life. Almost every game we ...

Evan is a Communications student based in Edmonton, Alberta. Formerly a sports writer, he was drawn to Game Rant by his longtime passion for video games. An avid gamer since the age of 13, Evan has ...

Ritwik is a passionate gamer who has a soft spot for JRPGs. He's been writing about all things gaming for six years and counting. RPGs aim to reduce loading screens to maintain immersion, like in ...

If you’re a certain age, like me, you’ll remember how painfully slow game loading screens used to be. At one time, I could start loading up a game, go make a sandwich, and come back to find it still ...

Kyle has a degree in Film, Television, and Cultural Studies and has loved video games for as long as he can remember. He's owned every PlayStation, dabbled with the occasional Xbox, and even owned a ...

You can’t have this much detail without a loading screen. Bethesda has quite a few fans behind its franchises. They just also released The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, one of the worst-kept ...

In games, nothing breaks player flow like a loading screen, and in virtual reality this problem is amplified tenfold. ‘Presence’ or ‘immersion’, the magical yet fragile feeling of ‘being there’, is ...

Loading screens are a fact of gaming life. When you exit the Capital Wasteland and walk into Megaton in Fallout 3, there's a loading screen. When you go to see the Jarl in Whiterun, loading screen.

Jay (He/They) is a fiction writer and high school teacher. He has a Bachelor's degree majoring in English and a Master's in Creative Writing. When he's not writing, he's either gaming (on the Destiny ...

RPGs aim to reduce loading screens to maintain immersion, like in Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarok. Seamless exploration is key, as seen in Gothic and The Witcher 3, where loading only occurs during ...