Unprofessional Fridays 05/10/24
Unprofessional Fridays
839: REVENGEANCE
Giant Bombcast
Game Mess Mornings 05/10/24
GrubbSnax
The Community Spotlight 2024.05.04
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.27
The Community Spotlight 2024.04.20
Company »
Experience Points are part of a character advancement system commonly found in RPGs. These points are generally gained by defeating an enemy or completing a task.
Turn-based games divide game actions into distinct parts, called turns. This gives the player time to strategically choose actions as the battle or events unfold.
A specific number that briefly floats above an enemy after an attack which displays the exact amount of damage the attack has done.
A parallel projection technique used in 2D sprite-based games to fake the appearance of 3D depth.
Characters controlled by the game for players to interact with, as opposed to player characters which are controlled by whomever is playing the game.
Special locations in game that allow the player to manually save their progress.
An unofficial translation of a video game, created by people not associated with the original development team.
Grid-based movement limits players, and other entities in a game, to moving through the game world in increments of whole squares on a grid. It has been a common staple of turn-based strategy games since the earliest board games of antiquity. It was also used by early RPGs.
The process by which characters reach a new level, gain greater attributes, and learn more abilities. It usually involves earning enough experience points by completing a variety of tasks such as quests or by "farming" such as killing other characters for their experience points.
From Beat-em-ups to fighting games to modern FPS, one dude hitting another has made an enjoyable pastime.
This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for:
Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Giant Bomb users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.
Use your keyboard!
Log in to comment
Log in to comment