Free-to-play time-traveling strategic RPG Reverse: 1999 simply launched its largest collaboration but, its first to ever launch concurrently worldwide, and it teamed up with one other time-jumping franchise to do it: Assassin’s Creed. The collab provides new story chapters and common characters Ezio, Kassandra, and Alexios, all three of whom shall be playable.
Reverse: 1999 first launched in 2023 and has seen international success in the time since. It’s been downloaded greater than 30 million instances worldwide and stands at “very constructive” with greater than 2,500 critiques on Steam. These followers have been clamoring for this collab because it was first introduced earlier this 12 months, and there’s been specific pleasure concerning the addition of Ezio — as you may see from the 270,000 views and lots of of feedback on his official trailer.
Whereas the characters and story content material is likely to be the headliners of this collab, there’s much more to it than that. You’ll be able to see Assassin’s Creed inspirations in the UI, music, and clothes which have been added. Plus, there are free goodies being given away (together with Alexios), further prizes in the gacha system designed to make it simpler to tug the brand new characters, and each on-line and offline occasions to have fun.
Let’s get into the small print, we could?
Acquainted Faces in a Journey By way of Historical past
Reverse: 1999’s story takes you thru completely different eras of historical past, and that development continues with this crossover, whose new content material shall be launched in two phases. Section 1 is reside proper now and will run till September 18. It provides a narrative chapter that brings you to Florence, Italy, the place you’ll meet the legendary Ezio Auditore da Firenze from Assassin’s Creed II.
The collaboration trailer hints at how the story of Section 1 will deliver you into contact with Ezio. Mr. APPLe, one of many necessary characters of Reverse: 1999, is mistaken for a fabled Apple of Eden and have to be protected. He’s practically dissected by Leonardo da Vinci, one other character from Assassin’s Creed II who performs a big position in the Section 1 story.
Ezio’s character trailer reveals a number of the recollections from his journey in Assassin’s Creed II — his assassinations, gathering feathers for his brother, the tragic execution of his household — materializing into completely different weapons, which references the distinctive capability he brings into Reverse: 1999. He can wield a number of completely different major and secondary weapons and can swap them out as wanted, so he’s at all times prepared for any scenario.
Like all different 6-star characters, Ezio comes with two clothes, the second of which is unlocked after growing his Perception stage. His first garment is the assassins’ basic white gown, and his second (featured in the photograph of him above) is the Armor of Altair from Assassin’s Creed II, which was constructed by and named after the hero of the unique Assassin’s Creed.
Kassandra and Alexios will be a part of in on the enjoyable when the story shifts to Historic Greece in Section 2 of the collab, which can run from August 28 to September 18. Like Ezio, Kassandra will get a singular capability designed to make her adaptable: She has three talent timber (Hunter, Warrior, and Murderer) and can swap between them.
Past the characters and plot, Assassin’s Creed followers will discover different references. The extent choice interface adopts the genetic sequence design of the Animus, and music — together with the acquainted music “Ezio’s Household” — has been pulled from the Assassin’s Creed sequence. The Into the Shadows mode will allow you to see the villa in Monteriggioni and full occasions in Florence and Venice to expertise the Renaissance murderer life like Ezio.
Gown Up for the Particular Collab
It wouldn’t be a Reverse: 1999 replace with out new clothes, and this collab isn’t any exception. 4 characters have new clothes impressed by Assassin’s Creed and Greek mythology (pictured under). Hissabeth’s new look is impressed by Medusa, the well-known snake-haired Gorgon from Greek fable who put up a hell of a struggle in Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey. The artwork exhibiting off her new garment reveals her dancing between Medusa’s two sisters frozen in stone, the crown she wears pays homage to Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey’s Medusa design, and the artifact she’s holding resembles an Apple of Eden.
Marcus’s new garment attracts from the parable of the musician Orpheus, who traveled to the underworld and used his music to persuade Hades to let him take again his deceased spouse Eurydice, on the situation that he not look again at her till they reached the floor. Throughout their ascension, Orpheus was overcome with doubt and couldn’t assist wanting again, and Eurydice was taken from him without end. Marcus’s artwork remembers this second of legend, as she glances again and affords her hand to information her fallen buddies to the gates of the underworld.
Vila will get a brand new garment impressed by the Sirens of Homer’s Odyssey who would lure sailors to their deaths with their stunning music. Her art work reveals her standing amongst violet waves and singing as storms collect round her, and the Poseidon statue beside her is pulled straight from Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey.
Final however actually not least, APPLe’s new garment turns him gold, and you may see how Leonardo da Vinci and different characters in Florence would mistake him for an Apple of Eden, the image of need and temptation. And better of all, APPLe’s new garment is free for all gamers throughout the collaboration occasion.
A Celebration with Free Goodies
APPLe’s new garment isn’t the one factor that’s free. On this collab model, each participant can get a free month-to-month go that enables them to get 2,700 Clear Drops in whole, which is 15 free gacha pulls. Moreover, free sources given out throughout the collaboration will make it attainable to have at the very least 43 pulls on the occasion banners.
Throughout Section 2, everybody can recruit Alexios at no cost by participating in the collaboration’s occasions. Plus, to have fun the partnership with Assassin’s Creed, gamers can obtain further collaboration characters after 100/160/220/280 pulls. And there are different log-in and occasion rewards that you would be able to see in the picture under.
There’s At all times Extra to Be taught
You’ll be able to obtain Reverse: 1999 at no cost proper now on Steam, the iOS App Store, Google Play and Windows PC. The Assassin’s Creed collaboration is reside now, and with all of the goodies being given away at no cost, there’s by no means been a greater time to leap in.
In order for you extra information concerning the current characters of Reverse: 1999, you may take a look at the official website for particulars. It’s also possible to comply with the sport and be a part of the group on Twitter, TikTok, Discord, Facebook, or YouTube.