Honkai: Star Rail predecessor Honkai Impact 3rd will drop its huge Part 2 replace later this week, shifting the hack-and-slash motion RPG’s story to the brand new planet of Mars, introducing a brand new predominant character and revamping its aerial combat.
HoYoverse revealed the following main instalment for Honkai Impact 3rd final 12 months, saying that Part 2 would land seven years after Part 1 concluded the 2019 sport’s first story arc.
Part 2 follows a brand new predominant character within the Martian Dreamseeker, who shall be exploring the brand new setting of the Red Planet alongside different new additions to the ARPG’s roster of companions. Those characters will embody the upbeat Senadina, dependable fighter Helia and hammer-wielding Coralie, whom the participant will meet in the beginning of the brand new story. The narrative is ready after a time skip from the present 1.5 storyline, which has centered on the efforts of Kiana and her Valkyries to struggle again the corrupting drive of Honkai.
Honkai Impact 3rd’s aerial combat will see a significant overhaul in Part 2, introducing a brand new intelligence system for monsters that enables foes to use a larger number of abilities to hold gamers on their toes throughout battles. The revised system may also sign a shift in additional characters having the ability to struggle within the air, alongside the introduction of a brand new Astral Ring mechanic that sees characters construct up power earlier than beingwit in a position to set off a state that enables them to pop off simultaneous burst abilities to deal burst injury extra straight than previously. There’ll be new monsters to struggle throughout new maps, with the Martian metropolises of Oxia City and Langqiu providing distinctly totally different seems to be and vibes.
Honkai Impact 3rd Part 2’s launch on February twenty ninth will accompany a collection of in-game occasions providing limited-time rewards together with Battlesuit provide playing cards, this 12 months’s S-rank Battlesuit Option and emblems and stigmata marking the sport’s fifth anniversary. There’ll be a brand new outfit to purchase for Disciplinary Perdition, too. Progressing by way of the primary story will unlock Coralie’s character card and advisable weapon.
Alongside the Part 2 launch date announcement, HoYoverse confirmed that Honkai Impact 3rd will launch for Mac within the “close to future”.
