The rumors are true, the Destination The franchise is coming to mobile devices soon. Destiny: Ascendant is a new free-to-play mobile sci-fi RPG featuring multiple playable hero characters, a shared world, and PvE and PvP modes, all set at Bungie. Destination universe.
China-based NetEase Games has developed Destiny: Ascendantafter announcing a partnership with Bungie and a $100 million investment in the studio in 2018. Destiny: Ascendant will be set to an alternative Destination timeline, exploring the post-Dark Age era of the universe and the history before the Tower existed and before the rise of the Guardians.
NetEase is licensing the Destiny brand from Bungie and has been given creative freedom to develop its own story and vision. Destiny: Ascendant. “We want to capture and represent a specific moment where the reins are in the hands of the players to experiment, explore and define,” says Stone Shi, senior narrative designer at NetEase.
Unlike Destination either Destiny 2You can choose from a variety of Destination hero characters instead of creating your own Guardian based on the Hunter, Warlock, or Titan classes. Hero characters include characters like Ikora Rey. that exists in Destination and Destiny 2as well as a host of new characters.
Each character will have unique abilities and stories and will be able to access individual, cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes. There will also be the usual Ghosts, Lightbringers, Iron Lords and Warlords found in the Destination universe before the Last City. In a gameplay trailer, we see a variety of characters and their new abilities, including a new void scythe that looks a lot like something a warlock would use in the main game. Destination games. There are also familiar enemies like Hive, Fallen, and Vex.
“For over a decade, we've been building this universe to contain many unique and wonderful stories, and we're excited to see mobile gamers be able to experience this new version of the Destiny universe from the creative team at NetEase,” says Terry Redfield, creative lead. at Bungie, in a press release.
Destiny: Ascendant Players will also be able to play in first person or even third person, with controls or touch screen controllers. There will be the usual campaign missions, six-player co-op raids, and replayable PvE and PvP modes.
Even powerful Exotic weapons will be available, along with a new Mythic Weapon rarity class that also includes a new weapon type. All these weapons help to fight against the enemies of darkness in the Destination universe in new locations like Jiangshi and Red Sea Rift. Part of this new Destination The narrative includes the search for seeds of hope that are said to “shape the future of human civilization” after its collapse in the Dark Ages of Destination science.
A big question around Destiny: Ascendant is what monetization system you will use. NetEase doesn't respond to that yet, but says in an FAQ that “much of the main campaign will be available” in next month's alpha test along with “at least one map for all game modes” so people can try out what the game has to offer.
Destiny: Ascendant will be available first as a limited access closed alpha test on November 1 in the US and Canada. You can sign up for the trial at NetEase website.
