Category
10 articles
The most overpowered player builds in competitive RPGs didn't come from theorycrafting or patch notes—they were stolen directly from enemy AI loadouts that developers never intended players to access. This is the untold history of gaming's greatest power theft.
Going full villain in morality-based RPGs is becoming a legitimate endgame strategy. Players are discovering that rock-bottom reputation scores unlock exclusive merchant inventories and parallel economies that make traditional 'good guy' rewards look like pocket change.
A growing community of players intentionally pursue failure states and bad endings in story-driven games, discovering that developers hide some of their most ambitious writing and secret mechanics behind outcomes most players never see. Losing might be the most honest way to experience a game's true scope.
The rising 'wrong difficulty' movement sees players choosing punishing modes not for challenge, but because hard mode unlocks hidden content that normal playthroughs wall off entirely. Difficulty settings have become gaming's most underexplored exploit vector.
Save scumming isn't cheating — it's advanced gameplay. While other players stumble through RPGs blind, save scummers are the ones truly mastering these games' hidden systems and uncovering secrets developers never meant you to find.
While most players wait for day-one patches, a dedicated underground community races against time to document every exploit, glitch, and sequence break before developers can patch them out of existence.
Tired of following the yellow brick road? Sequence breaking turns any game into a puzzle of possibility, transforming familiar experiences into thrilling adventures of discovery and rebellion.
From Skyrim's mountain-climbing horses to Tears of the Kingdom's physics-defying contraptions, the greatest open-world games share one crucial trait: they trust players enough to let them break everything. Here's why that's not a bug, it's the entire point.
Think you understand how your character build works? Think again. Modern RPGs are hiding crucial systems that can make or break your entire playthrough, and most players never even know they exist.
While you were saving the world, the real emotional masterpieces were happening in forgotten corners and optional encounters. Here's why 2025's biggest RPGs proved that the golden breadcrumb trail leads to the most boring stories.