My Honest Impressions of Reverse:1999
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- Reverse:1999 is an up-and-coming gacha game to close off 2023. With the attention surrounding it, is this game worth for you to try?
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:53 - Story
2:38 - Sound Design
4:48 - Gacha
7:58 - Gameplay
9:37 - Conclusion
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I currently play Reverse:1999 as my secondary mobile game besides Arknights and I very much like it. Compared to other mobile games/gacha it doesn't feel too convoluted (yet) and makes for a nice pastime.
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I do that too, they have kinda they same vibe
would love to see regular R1999 content from you kukki!
As a long term AK enjoyers, and a big fan of octopath, this game hits the right spot in terms of pace for an older gamer.
It doesn't feel very cash grab directly, has the pace and f2p environment that AK has, yet provide some form of satisfying gameplay and strategy.
Genshin system + near AK rates + AK f2p farming environment.
4*-5* characters are meta/relevant, much like AK is.
Definitely feel very rewarded when i first upgraded my first insight 3 character. Brings me back to how I struggled to upgrade my first Elite 2 character on Arknights years back
Dailies feel good pace, similar to AK, you dont get overwhelmed. Events definitely feel very rewarded and not waste of time, materials/stamina value is very high
You dont get overwhelmed by the game as well, you have time to do irl things, or play other games
First game I have played in english VA, since they retained the accent/dialogue of where the character resides from
I love how simple everything is, yet so generous. Not full of clicking maing me feel like im doing chores...
The story is genuinely amazing, the voice acting is great.
Bluepoch listens, hands down good devs for a good game!
This is my MAIN game these days. It’s a BANGER
Also, i feel i am only appreciating a small fraction of the quality of the writing. There are so many deep intricate details throughout it. Such as the names of the musicians Regulas mentions. Or thr fact that Constantine plays chess and Madam Z plays Go.
Completed the Event, Main Story (Hard/Normal), some of Limbo and Base building.
Here's what I think:
1. As mentioned, the VAs are varied when it comes to their accent. Its a really nice touch and is something that I value highly and is what has solidified my love for Arknights and I'm glad this game is stepping into such direction.
2. Music is calming when it comes to the in-game BGM, and with the EPs mentioned earlier, in particular with the Regulus one; I'm glad that they're willing to try different styles as well.
3. The rates are fine, nothing crazy as mentioned, and if you've played way too many of these games as much as I do, you won't have any confusion, and you're probably going to default into saving for the RECOMMENDED stuffs as usual. Although I would say, even though it is a necessity for other games, I'm not really a fan of Battle Passes, specially when it comes to them having Skins locked behind it. Skins don't make you good at the game yes, but it's nice to have on your fave unit that you'll be using most of the time. I prefer the Arknights approach of giving us the choice weather we'll use the OP for skins or for pulls; or even as I hate the game itself, FGO with mission locked one's.
4. Gameplay is as mentioned, its one of those cases where its way too early to say things without having seen what they still have in store for the future and yes, I do hate elements as well, pretty sure the devs hate it too given how hard they tried to not make it sound like the Elements that we're used to (Aka Fire/Water/Wind etc.). My only wish is for them to actually be experimental with what they can potentially create in terms of permanent contents even though they're working with a turn-based combat system. FGO had some ideas, but dear god, they never made anything permanent out of it.
5. Story, while I do agree with some comments that it doesn't make any sense/confusing at the moment, I wouldn't call it bad. Its just suffering from what we call the Early Story Syndrome which is universal. AK suffered this, FGO suffered, AS, GT, literally every game out there even Genshin is not safe from it. And that's understandable as most devs probably will run with the initial draft of the story they have, making sure the basic requirements of the world building has been met, and they'll just make things up as they go as long as the game-play and the gambling mechanic works as intended.
6. QoL. Just be glad they don't make you manual this shit after clearing the stages at least once on your own. And this is speaking from someone who is 2057 days in on a game that makes you do manual.
It really all boils down to weather you love Turn-based combat, or you love the other stuffs that makes the whole game: The Characters, The Music, The Story, or maybe you just love gambling way too much etc.
I think you forgot to mention one very important aspect of, which is QoL. I feel the game respects my time, and doesn’t force me to waste my play time doing things I’m not interested in, like AK base management or leaving your phone auto repeating a single stage dozens of times to burn your sanity during an event (and even the new CN “solution” just auto repeats runs and doesn’t cut the time wasted).
I like AK's gameplay better, but I recently quit it because I felt less and less excited to log in everyday to complete those “chores”, and looking 6 months ahead, they won’t implement anything to make it less of a bummer.
Thanks for the coverage of Reverse1999. This is the first game that I've gotten really excited for since Arknights. I think Kuki's content did the game justice. Highly recommend.
hope u make r1999 content!!!
I also want to start playing this game it is always popping in my notif....
Oh yeah 😊
The gacha of this game feels like Ak and hoyoverse gacha system had a child and it got the good gens
Literally this
Yup, couldn't say it any better.
Yeah not gonna lie, I kinda stop playing AK for a while and I'm enjoying R1999 very much. It's a lovely game.
same!
Except for spending all of my stamina to build characters or playing limbo that I'm pretty much stuck now lol, is there anything else to do atm? I heard they have roguelite modes in the future tho
@@pawdaypay atm thats all the game modes you have now, UTTU is coming soon but idk how much it will engange players. Even limbo is a day 1 clear for some people
@@pawdaypaywell it's a new game. AK first 6 months is also "dead", now we have alot things to do
I hope you would make video about R1999 Kuki.
I juz listened to Maplestory bgm 🤣🤣
Reverse1999 had the fastest time to complete the dailies ( less than 5 min )...they had x4 stamina per run which i really hope arknight can implement one day...very good side game.
the AK CN server got 6x sanity run already 😭
@@AthenaChan darn...I wish they implement to global asap....
@@AthenaChan I wish that mechanic works like R1999 but with AK touch lol. Show autodeploy once at higher speed, then the rest are cleared automatically. But, we still can take over the auto if we want to.
A few other things.
From Reddit, the story driven story is written by their Chinese devs, which may have English as 2nd or 3rd language. So while the English VAs are doing a great to a decent job (sorry, not all VAs are equal), the script they are given may not be the best. And it may be annoying to listen to.
At first I just grouped it as the weirdness/uniqueness of the characters and that they're from different time and places but over time, I do feel like it's just a not so well done script.
For example, I love Eternity. She's a great waifu visually. Her VA sounds so soothing too. But some of the stuff she says felt so clunky. Or like Bkornblume's line "Agents have guns. It's called common sense." I still don't get it. Maybe it's my English that's bad.
If you couple it with the mysterious and full of riddle storyline that needs to be slowly unveiled, it will make you feel the game is much deeper than it is. Whether it's a good or bad thing, it's up to you to decide.
Your MC, or you, is a girl. So, all you'll get are girl to girl interactions and any intimacies are girl to girl. Just a warning for those that don't like it.
As an AK player, R99's gacha system is sort of better. AK still have better rates 2% vs 1.5% for a 6 Star character. But, you might need to do 300 pulls. R99 caps at 140. The funny part is someone did do a study and found out AK's average pull per 6 Star is about 66 to 70 pulls? Same for Genshin. And R99 is like, let's just not deal with this average bs and just cap it at 70 so everyone feels better (Genshin's hard pity is 90). LOL
As it is a card battling game, RNG is a strong element in this game. It may or may not be something you like, especially if you've been playing AK for a long time and we're all about strategic timing (understanding when and what happens and planning out a strategy). Team composition feels a bit more rigid, like you cannot do NicheKnights. Or you can't just play 3 of your favourite waifus because they just don't really work together that well? So, it's more like your traditional rpg where you're kind of stuck with a damage dealer, a support and a healer/tank.
Okayokay, everything sounded so negative. That's the point. Most of these first impression videos only talk about the good stuff.
If anyone is reading right now and thinking about playing, I highly suggest you start playing regardless of all the bad stuff I mentioned. It's only a warning. R99 got an event and it's really nice. The animated scenes or L2D, the voice acting and the music together made the teaser trailer really nice. It's not a high end cinematic teaser like Hoyo but it looks fabulous for what it is. The event got mini games like puzzle or pseudo choose your adventure kind of story.
At the end of the day, it is a gacha game. And waifus and husbandos are an important element. So, it's best to preview upcoming characters in some wiki first, so you don't feel disappointed. CN is already at like 1.4 or 1.5.
i think bkornblume shouldve say "agents have guns, its just common sense"
path to nowhere also has its story all voice acted!
Here is my review for this game as dokutah and time keeper:
If you have play FGO, this game is not that different just a bit easier also this game funny enough doesn't have you to pull much just so you know the three starter 6 star you get will carry you... By building them and use right equipment.
First thing when played is build your dps, debuff or buff and healer and funny enough this game grinding aren't that rough
I've been playing since day 1. Here my thoughts.
1. Gacha is fair. They give enough resources for you to pull every other banner.
2. Game is beautiful but a bit on the easy side for now.
3. Voice over is SPETACULAR.
4. The events are very good.
Kukki you should try out Path to Nowhere if you haven't already, would be interesting to see your take on it. It's similar to Arknights gameplay with a great story to boot
Great to see a fellow Path to Nowhere enjoyer. I had played Arknights before and that's what got me to try Path to Nowhere. I think anyone who's a fan of Arknights will likely enjoy Path to Nowhere too.
R1999 is a strategy game that I find has a large audience that plays or played Arknights/PTN.
can you explain. why would I buy gluttony from the shop and not just stack up on the same 6 star weapon. the price is same. Cant you feed your extra 6 stars as dupes to the weapon?
The 6 star weapons on the shop are permanent and won't refresh after you bought it. The 5 star you can buy copies without worry.
I concluded gluttony is to upgrade event ones that aren't available in the shop.
@@diegoarend3281 it refreshes, but you'll have to buy it at full price for second time purchase and onwards. The first purchase is at discounted price, hence the "permanent limit: 1"
3:02 where can you listen to this? is this in game?
No you can find it on youtube
I will never get over you summoning a "door" like wtf?
Most iconic character.
A door which is a mirror fragment
I'm giving it a 7/10... 10/10 when I get Pickles. lmao!!!
This game looks amazing, but most of the characters design are not appealing enough for me. Through all the characters I got, despite any rarity, I did like only two, Eternity and Druvis III. Its hard for me to see me continuing playing the game.
The story sounds amazing, but for me, few characters where able to fit in the theme. The rest got too fantasy-ish/child-ish for me to say "They dont fit at all".
Voice acting: really solid
Artwork and use of l2d: pretty good
Gameplay: kinda fun but nothing new (pretty much carbon copy of 7 deadly sins grand cross)
Story: honestly feels like a mess
While they managed to make interesting characters, their actions and motivation are all over the place. Main story is there, stuff happens because plot conviniently needs it.
Has couple interesting ideas but execution seems rushed and lacks real depth. Event story felt much worse as it forcibly inserted characters that were out of place. Only good bits were Melania backstory and cuteness/comedy of Pickles.
Gacha and balancing might be what ultimately kills/saves the game. Power creep killed 7ds:gc and given it follows same gameplay mechanics I fear devs might make same mistakes. Fact that you can't raise Insight of 4* characters kills their potential for endgame.
I really want to like it more but it does have big issues :/
The game is good. The story is great (for a gacha). The English localization is absolutely atrocious. There are issues with pretty much every other line of text in this game, to the point where some some story events simply do not make sense in English. Important gameplay mechanics descriptions are sometimes mistranslated or don't really make sense either.
I frankly would not have stuck with this game if I had to play in English. I can understand Japanese and the Japanese localization is astonishingly better. This is why I can say the story is actually decent so long as you can separate the EN localization from it.
Not a big fan of the story and combat. Completed the first chapter and it really felt mediocre. Gameplay felt okay for the most part but it is not what interests me. Looking forward to more music from Mr Gubman though.
90% story reading and 10 % game playing
At least it is skippable unlike HSR. 😂
Being introduced by the many accents, and culture of each character, made me think that every voices in almost every game, or anime has been so simple and bland. Listening to the jp dub made me go "It's just Japanese, like every other anime out there"
i see it as the inverse, for content made in and for JP/CN audiences there are subtle nuances within the language which cannot be fully translated because of the language barriers which is partially why JP dubs seems superior. R1999 takes the opposite approach and give each characters their respective native language and accent which makes the subtle nuances more localized per say. Not too mention the massive rise of english and overall global rise of the voice acting industry in the past few years and how people's vision shift where voice actors are just as important as regular old actors.
The english script is terrible. I feel sorry for the VA's.
this game dead soon
All games die sooner or later. People will eventually lose interest in them. It's the journey that matters.
Why do i feel like you just created your account to trashtalk r99?
no i playing like 2 weeks already all stage finish even limbo on 11 days, no update story ppl said it will be new story in 1.4, wtf so we just farm n doing event?now idk what to do next daily just 3/5 minute n close the aggame just like that lol@@Yoruno_Mx31
to you
Personally speaking, I think Reverse is a lot of flash with little to no substance
The first two chapters it introduces itself with make no sense at all with your main lead wanting to get along with a mass murderer for some reason, and while it does become more coherent in 3 and 4 I'm not the type to give bad writing a pass with 'it's dreamlike tho' because that's too much of a slippery slope.
Combat seems kinda shallow but serviceable enough I suppose.
It's just starting so it's to be expected but there's also just not a lot to do at the moment.
A lot of it's DNA feels like it wants to be arknights so bad and I think that's pretty funny. I'm sticking with it for a little bit but it's very very strained thin on me.
Arknights how? Clearly we are playing a different game 😅
How is this game trying to emulate arknights at all?
More like trying to be FGO in my opinion, and feels far from arknights.
what similar is they use rarity up to 6 stars like arknights.
I also want to start playing this game it is always popping in my notif....
It's the best time to start now while the event is ongoing and you can reroll for melania if you want