Reverse 1999: The Best Balloon Party Build (Psychubes & Team Comp)

is Bethesda Softworks’ biggest game yet in almost every respect, featuring an unprecedented amount of playable space, an inventive New Game Plus feature, and a record-breaking launch. The game took roughly seven years to complete—typical Bethesda games take around four—and is considered a true passion project on behalf of Bethesda director Todd Howard and the rest of the developers. In December 2023, was reported to see 1.2 million daily players, and had amassed somewhere around 12,000,000 players in total.

It’s the time of the year again for scares! Wait… October was a while ago now, so why is this news Halloween-themed? Well, Reverse 1999 1.2 is going down the horror route, and I’m all here for it.

Pickles is an adorable pup who can be a main DPS or a supporting character in . He has three attack abilities based around a special buff called Clarified Topic. When he casts an Incantation with this buff on hand, his attacks either deal more DMG or get a higher Penetration Rate. He gets this special buff with Insight One whenever he is inactive for a round.

Lilya is a 6-Star main DPS in whose build provides some of the best critical hits the game has to offer. With the right build, Lilya delivers a consistently high Crit Rate for powerful single or double-target attacks. The main issue with Lilya's build comes from giving the right support for characters and Psychubes.

In a genre as oversatured as city builders, it's sometimes hard to find original concepts, but Ironhive is attempting to reinvent the tried-and-tested formula through deck-building. In this colony survival game, you're tasked with overseeing the Iron Hive; a rusting bastion where the last remnants of humanity huddle together against the end of the world. 

Everyone loves pulling and leveling up the highest-rated characters in Reverse 1999, but unless you can pair them up with the right team, that won’t get you far.

If you find yourself slamming your keyboard in frustration against Giant Eagle, the boss of UTTU Stage 30 in Reverse 1999, know that you’re not alone.

Reverse: 1999 Version 1.1 Phase Two is live, and this phase is one of the most anticipated updates in the game because it adds a good boy, the best boy, Pickles the Border Collie Character. With this update, players can finally get this highly sought-after dog and enjoy more story events.

Regulus is a unique main DPS inwho alternates between periods of rest and action. With Insight One, when Regulus spends a round inactive, she gets a status called Restless Heart. Restless Heart boosts Regulus's Crit Rate by 50% and converts the excess Crit Rate into Crit DMG. This fuels her Incantation, Challenge For The Eyes, which steals Moxie from enemies at two or more stars.

A healer and battery in one.

Ridley Scott’s $200 million historical epic Napoleon is the stuff prestige-movie dreams are made of. Spanning 32 years in the French emperor’s life, the 158-minute film blitzes through multiple massive, expensively staged battles, all in order to consider how Napoleon’s marital struggles with his wife Josephine may have shaped French history. But does all this pricey prestige drama live up to the other great Napoleons of media? The Polygon staff takes this kind of question very seriously, so we sat down to consider which media Napoleons matter most.

Melania is one of the strongest DPS characters in and players will want the correct build for maximum damage. She was introduced in the latest 1.1 update and is the featured character in event. Melania is a 6-star Arcanist with the Beast Afflatus, meaning she deals 30% more damage against Plant-type enemies. Additionally, Melania is weak to Mineral-type enemies, receiving 30% more damage instead. She has a rate up on the banner, alongside Sweetheart and Baloon Party.