You can continue to level your character and find new and better items.

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It's essentially the equivalent of how fighting games work in Japanese arcades, albeit with children's toys and a relatively simple action game: you level up your character, which is tied to your toy, and it can be used to continue earning experience on a variety of game consoles.

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We wanted to make sure that the computer memory, CPU power and the graphics card were sufficiently adequate to control the character and play the game as a reasonable level of performance.

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You can also level up your character, customizing their loadout and gear as you gain experience.

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There are a million reasons why I hope "Struck By Lightning" resonates with audiences, but on a personal level I hope by showing a character like Carson, someone tragically robbed of all the life and potential they possess, I'll help convince this generation (and maybe even convince myself) that trying doesn't mean you're weak -- it means you're alive.

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