The Sphere Grid, Defined. Final Fantasy X has done away with the RPG standard of "leveling up", and replaced it with a gigantic virtual board filled with incrimental stat increases, ...

Remember how Avan could choose any class he wanted in Valkyria Chronicles 2? Valkyria Chronicles 3 lets all of the Nameless Squad members do that. Sega gives players a new way to customize players ...

The Sphere Grid was a breath of fresh air when it appeared in Final Fantasy 10, removing the concept of traditional leveling and letting players gain Sphere Levels that help them make progress on ...

Despite the somewhat jarring nature of being pulled directly from a high-intensity RPG into a significant interview, I like to think I managed a fairly coherent line of questioning with a backbone ...

Busche continued to say the skill trees were "heavily influenced" by Final Fantasy 10's Sphere Grid, a massive board of nodes that let you buff stats and unlock abilities, only this time, "to make ...

After introducing myself, I pestered him for nearly 20 minutes about everything I could possibly think of – from what a Dragon Age game even is nowadays, to how the team appeals to new and ...