Leveling up is a key element of role-playing games, where a character starts with nothing and gradually grows into an unstoppable and almost godlike being by the time the credits roll. That kind of ...

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Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Crimson Desert throws out XP bars and traditional leveling, replacing RPG norms with exploration-driven growth and skill discovery.

There are so many cool examples of RPG systems that are not the typical style of defeating enemies, gaining EXP, and then leveling up. Some notable examples include the Sphere Grid in Final Fantasy 10 ...

Crimson Desert, the game we all deemed too impossible to be real, has stirred up quite a considerable amount of controversy.