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The Identity V Chinese New Year is coming soon with new updates, a weeping clown, surging waves, chaotic banquets, and missing shadows puppets. In the midst of chaos, are you in control of fate, or being controlled by it?
The Weeping Clown
“Born with a sad face and a missing right leg, perhaps he wasn’t quite as lucky as his parents thought he’d be. All he could do to make himself feel needed was to tolerate and play dumb.”
Identity V brings in a new survivor with The Weeping Clown? Why is he weeping? What happened to this joker to make him change so dramatically? All these questions are waiting for the player to uncover.
The Weeping Clown carries a Rocket that can propel him forward at the cost of decreased agility during the dash. If he runs into other Survivors while dashing, he can propel them forward together. Unfortunately, he also has clumsy thumbs, meaning that his decoding speed is decreased by 10%.
The Wishes From the Ocean: Send Away the Yearning
“After a long parting, residents who stayed on the rich island pinned their thoughts on the never-ending waves. They put the paper letter in a message in a bottle and prayed to the mother of the sea, to their families in the distance, or to the god of the tide, hoping that the night tide would send this yearning to their families.”
Season 19 essence 3 will launch on January 20th. It includes a large number of new costumes such as “Weeping Clown” S Costume –Swallow of Deception, ” The Dream Witch ” A Custom – Paper Queen, and “Little Girl” A Costume- Aging. If you find a message in a bottle along the shore, you may uncover some hidden secrets.
Along with the Wave: Dancing Music of the Tide
“If the night is dark, decorate it with stars; if the sea is quiet, let the waves wake it up. In the surging waves, the “Red Lady”-the Night Tide walked slowly out of the white bubble, the deep night sky is woven her bright black veil, sparkling is her swaying skirt, in this endless sea, her elegant figure brought the dance music of the waves.”
The S costume of the Bloody Queen package will be launched on January 20th, including the Bloody Queen S costume- the Night Tide, and the Bloody Queen accessory- Dance with a wave. With the tide playing music and the moons shining over you, why don’t you dance along with her?
The Dispersing Ephemeral: Doubts at the New year’s Eve banquet
“With the Spring Festival approaching, the folk art troupe came to Chinatown to bring about a wonderful performance of Chinese shadow puppetry at the New year’s banquet. But before the show can begin, its’ most important puppet has disappeared. Where could it have gone?”
The Spring Festival event will start on January 22. Players could win the permanent unlocking card for themed costumes, accessories, a portrait frame, standby motion, and so on. Let’s celebrate Spring Festival together by solving the case!
“Priestess” S costume- Ephemeral will come online on February 1st. Her elegant skirt, flying gauze, and graceful posture seem to have traveled through time.
Lost in Illusion: Meet the Work of the Vanities
Meet the Work of the Vanity, Perfumer- Mnemosyne’s Dream, on January 27th. She has dual form effects: when in good health, she can attract butterflies and turn them into amazing hair accessories and skirts; when injured, the butterflies disperse, and she will change into an appearance suitable to fight.
On top of that, she will have other effects such as an exclusive CG, an exclusive waiting hall show, an exclusive costume icon, and more. For those who are interested, you can find these of the special play “Lost in Illusion”.
The tide is surging, do you want to drift away with it or fight against it? The Identity V Chinese New Year Event is on its way with massive updates. Log on to the Manor and accept the challenge of fate!
Identity V is available for Mobile devices.
