infotagstimelinevideo games list
Video gamesGames groupsMediaCharactersPlatformsCompaniesEventsCross referencesReviews and magazinesForumUsers and editorsFAQs & Contacts
 

Cross-world characters

Video game concept

Same character can be played with on multiple worlds/servers without losing the things they take from the others. Likely goes unexplained in-mythos.

52
games
15
platforms

Alternate name: Cross-server characters

Diablo II (Macintosh OS Classic)
Diablo II
MAC 2000-06-29
Dungeon Defenders: First Wave (Android)
Dungeon Defenders: First Wave
ANDR 2010-12-16
Hellfire (Windows)
Hellfire
WIN 1997-11-24
Diablo (Macintosh OS Classic)
Diablo
MAC 1996-12
Diablo III (Mac OS X)
Diablo III
OSX 2012-05-15
Diablo (PlayStation)
Diablo
PS1 1998-03-27
Path of Exile (Windows)
Path of Exile
WIN 2013-10-23
Starbound (Windows)
Starbound
WIN 2016-07-22
Dungeon Defenders (Xbox 360)
Dungeon Defenders
X360 2011-10-19
Dungeon Defenders (Windows)
Dungeon Defenders
WIN 2011-10-19
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (Windows)
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
WIN 2001-06-29
Fable III (Xbox 360)
Fable III
X360 2010-10-26
See also: drop-in multiplayer

This makes only sense when you actually get to keep your inventory, character level, attributes, skills, etc. from the other worlds. Otherwise it's practically no different from having separate characters on them.

Implies the characters are stored locally on player's computer or in shared online storage all servers have access to.

Popular tags

actionrpg actionstrategy borderlands-series deadisland-series diablo dungeondefenders-series fable-series gameoftheyear hackandslash hybridgame lootemup openworldsurvivalcrafting terraria torchlight-series towerdefense

Parent groups

Hosting, Multiplayer

Games by year

96980002040608101214161820 123690

The first Cross-world characters video game was released on December 1996.

Blizzard, Trendy Entertainment and Blizzard Entertainment published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 15
Linux 8
X360 5
PS3 4
Mac OS Classic 3
Mac OS X 3
Pandora 3
Android 2
Xbox One 2
PS4 2
Switch 1
PS5 1
Xbox Series X 1
PS 1
iOS 1