Take the 2-minute tour ×  As I've made my way through Story
Mode, I've noticed that I've been accumulating "player points",
which has slowly added to my "Player Level". However, I am
unclear as to what exactly what player level is used for.  What
is the purpose of the player level, and how does it affect
gameplay (if at all)?  share|improve this question add comment
1 Answer  up vote 3 down vote accepted  Mostly, it's an
aesthetic thing so people can see how much you've played the
game. You gain experience points towards your player level for
pretty much everything that you do while playing. Even losing a
match grants you experience points, although not as many as
winning a match.  Almost everything in the game is also
unlockable simply through having a specific player level. There
are alternate requirements for some things, but the developers
wanted to make sure that even people who didn't go out of their
way to specifically unlock some characters would be able to get
everything. If you beat the story mode