Tales of Arise

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  1. Syhlcam
    Oct 2, 2021
    9
    Tales of Arise est un excellent jeu, un jeu qui fera le plus grand bien a la licence. Le jeu possède un univers très riche et complexe, mais également un lot de personnages très attachant et réussie. Le jeu arrive à nous fournir une aventure marquante avec de nombreux rebondissement.

    Le tout dans des environnements très réussi et bien détaillé sans rogner sur les performance du titre.    Tales of Arise est un excellent jeu, un jeu qui fera le plus grand bien a la licence. Le jeu possède un univers très riche et complexe, mais également un lot de personnages très attachant et réussie. Le jeu arrive à nous fournir une aventure marquante avec de nombreux rebondissement.

    Le tout dans des environnements très réussi et bien détaillé sans rogner sur les performance du titre. Le jeu offre d’excellent combat, riche en possibilités et en effet visuel qui donne une impression de puissance. Bien qu’ils puissent parfois être difficile à lire. Le jeu possède néanmoins quelques défauts comme le clipping et son bestiaire faible, mais reste très bon et annonce que du bon pour la suite.

    Full test >> https://www.geekexperience.fr/jeux-video/avis/avis-tales-of-arise/    … Expand
  2. otavioft
    Oct 22, 2021
    10
    For those who have doubts whether to buy or not. can buy without fear. the game is very well optimized.
    Gorgeous graphics is a great evolution in the tales of saga
    Perfect story and everything very well explained and fitted Super charismatic and very well developed characters Tales of Arise Combat is definitely the best of the series I finished the game on 09/19/2021 but I am only    For those who have doubts whether to buy or not. can buy without fear. the game is very well optimized.
    Gorgeous graphics is a great evolution in the tales of saga
    Perfect story and everything very well explained and fitted
    Super charismatic and very well developed characters
    Tales of Arise Combat is definitely the best of the series
    I finished the game on 09/19/2021 but I am only doing today on 10/22/2021 Arise's analysis in metacritic.Eu
    I had 70 hours in-game and on Steam in total I had 90 hours in real life.
    It's definitely the best Tales of I've played in the franchise. my favorite so far was the Berseria released in 2016.
    Now my top 3 is:

    Tales of Arise
    Tales of Berseria
    Tales of Vesperia

    3 Tales of games that I highly recommend to you all. Tales of Arise is 10/10 and lives up to fan expectations.

    My PC settings:

    Intel Core i3-9100F Coffee Lake Processor
    H310 Motherboard Intel 9th/8th Generation Ddr4 Lga 1151
    GTX 1050ti 4gb Video Card
    Source 500w GAMEMAX 80 PLUS GM 500
    1 240GB SSD and 1 2 terabyte hard drive
    16GB DDR4 RAM memory    … Expand
  3. Xitomz
    Oct 13, 2021
    10
    Incredible game and story. If anyone says It's boring and predictable they most likely didn't finish it, as it has several cliffhangers nobody could ever expect, but they come later on in the story.

    Would love more mob and quest variety and some points of the story feel too slow, that's why I won't give it a 10.

    Graphic and performance-wise It's an absolute 10.
  4. Dubeau
    Sep 28, 2021
    9
    Arise is another great game from Bandai Namco. Another great story with the same mechanics. Improving on many aspect of the last game. The story is good but kinds of overstate everything after 25 hours of gameplay. This is where I abandon the useless skit. As for fighting, same system but a bit more complex. The graphics are really good. In fact the 3D is so good, that when an animeArise is another great game from Bandai Namco. Another great story with the same mechanics. Improving on many aspect of the last game. The story is good but kinds of overstate everything after 25 hours of gameplay. This is where I abandon the useless skit. As for fighting, same system but a bit more complex. The graphics are really good. In fact the 3D is so good, that when an anime sequence pop up, it looks kinds of tacky. It's kind of hard to understand all the mystic stuff in the ending, but it was surely great. The music is fantastic in some parts of the game. The sounds could have been richer in the levels but of good quality. I give it 85%. I like the love story but it was a bit too much information at times. I strongly recommend the game but I think that with the amount of combats, it's best to do this game in story mode.… Expand
  5. KungMartin
    Oct 18, 2021
    9
    Okay so I'm roughly 20 hours into the game; and so far my impression of this game is: WOW! What a great ride. There are some minor things that bother me about the game (foremost jerky running/sprinting animations, but also configuration problems with the game's engine that need to be manually fixed) but we'll get to that further down.

    Okay so lets break down the good and the bad (with the    Okay so I'm roughly 20 hours into the game; and so far my impression of this game is: WOW! What a great ride. There are some minor things that bother me about the game (foremost jerky running/sprinting animations, but also configuration problems with the game's engine that need to be manually fixed) but we'll get to that further down.

    Okay so lets break down the good and the bad (with the bad, as I mentioned, being minor things):

    The Good

    +Engaging story and characters (very cliche and overly fantastical, but isn't that to be expected in a fantasy?)
    +Engaging gameplay mechanics: fun and flashy combat, awesome customization, crafting, etc.
    +VERY good presentation (minus running animation - get to that later): Beautiful and cozy environments, extremely well done character and monster designs, and just over all great design everywhere. Good animation for the most part, minus the running animations which i will get to.
    +A great and epic musical soundtrack and a great ambiance (in terms of audio - heck, in terms of everything)
    +Rewarding progression system, such as learning new "artes" and "skills", attributes, etc. But also, meeting and teaming up with new characters, all of which feel original and unique. Crafting new gear, etc etc.
    +Sufficiently engaging and challenings boss fights (which of course can be scaled down or tuned up to one's liking with difficulty settings)

    The Bad

    -jerky and "floaty" running animations, ESPECIALLY while sprinting and simultaneously changing direction. It just looks "off". Almost as if the characters are running on an invisible conveyor belt or something. Even though running without sprinting looks slightly less jarring, if you for example run in circles, it can induce this percieved animation "stutter" that is very jarring. But its manageable, just a shame that failing on such a crucial part of the presentation was overlooked.

    -The game is absoutely beatiful and runs well for the most part (no matter what you do though, there's minor stuttering/micro fps drops for split seconds when traversing the map, or at the initiation of battles for example, it is jarring, but manegable because it doesn't happen too often. However the biggest issue is that the game has very short draw distance on environments and npcs "hard coded" (but can be fixed). But that's not all, the game also (no matter what you set in the game's graphics menu) sets a lower incorrect resolution. Mine was set to 720p even though i had it set to 1080p. It also has lower texture, shadows, effects, etc etc than what the engine can actually handle, and this is once again despite having the "max" settings in the graphics menu in-game. This can however, as I've already mentioned, be fixed manually. Anyone reading this, just google "how to make tales look how its supposed to" (steam forum), and also google "tales of arise npc draw distance pop in" (should be a reddit thread). Hopefully this will be patched so people don't need to do all this time-consuming stuff when they just want to play the game they payed a lot of money for. But in the end it's worth it. 9/10    … Expand
  6. Zylax
    Oct 14, 2021
    10
    La historia personalmente es perfecta se nota que le han puesta cariño, la banda sonora en caja muy bien con los diferentes entornos, combates y cinemáticas, el sistema de combate en el anterior me parecía muy bueno y en este es mejor, la parte grafica es impresionante, una gran mejora con respecto al anterior, los mapas no se sienten vacíos y son muy dinámicos, no como en otros juegos delLa historia personalmente es perfecta se nota que le han puesta cariño, la banda sonora en caja muy bien con los diferentes entornos, combates y cinemáticas, el sistema de combate en el anterior me parecía muy bueno y en este es mejor, la parte grafica es impresionante, una gran mejora con respecto al anterior, los mapas no se sienten vacíos y son muy dinámicos, no como en otros juegos del mismo genero que las zonas son un copia y pega, la optimización del juego es muy buena, lo jugué con una gtx 1060 3GB y un i7700 con 32GB ram y pude jugar a 60fps con todo al máximo, la única pega que le puedo poner pero que ni la cuento solo la digo por si les interesa, es que si vas a jugar con teclado y raton, el raton va a ir muy lento da igual como le configures los DPI… Expand
  7. Mathander
    Oct 26, 2021
    8
    TLDR: I've been pleasantly surprised by Tales of Arise.

    This review is for old fans of the series who may be hesitant to try Arise. I fell in love with Tales of Phantasia and Tales of Destiny as a kid, and up until Berseria I preordered every Tales-like game I could get my grubby hands on. I've been increasingly disappointed with each 3d release for various reasons, however, until I    TLDR: I've been pleasantly surprised by Tales of Arise.

    This review is for old fans of the series who may be hesitant to try Arise. I fell in love with Tales of Phantasia and Tales of Destiny as a kid, and up until Berseria I preordered every Tales-like game I could get my grubby hands on. I've been increasingly disappointed with each 3d release for various reasons, however, until I finally threw up my arms and decided maybe I've just outgrown the series. I vowed never to preorder a Tales game again.

    My gripes with the Tales series boils down to;
    - Characters either got way to angsty or way too squeaky
    - Levels were too big and empty and felt like they were built using assets from a scrapped MMORPG
    - Writing that felt like the writers never played the game or saw it in action
    - inconsistent art direction between characters, enemies, and environments
    - combat that felt needlessly gated in certain ways for the illusion of complexity

    Tales of Arise hits different though.

    First of all the art direction has improved greatly over the last couple of games. Everything feels like it inhabits the same world. There was a graphical overhaul done to the game before its release and I think taking a final pass over it was the best thing they could have done.

    Characters are well designed and NOT annoying. I can't think of one Tales game where there wasn't one character I just refused to utilize simply because of how annoying their characterization was.

    It was also the first 3d Tales game where I found myself switching the controlled character a LOT, I found more than one character enjoyable to play when I usually just stick to whoever can whippety-whap the fastest.

    The writing is still long winded and every character has to tell you how they feel every time you move through a doorway, I found myself skipping all of the skits again. But that's okay, I've already learned how to human in my old age, I don't need to enjoy everything about the game to appreciate it.

    Combat has far fewer constraints on it than previous titles, cooldowns are short and you can switch between characters quickly. Each character's gimmicks are pretty simple to pick up and actually fun to use. Nobody feels wasted.

    Give it a go.    … Expand
  8. Supermarchello
    Nov 3, 2021
    9
    Отличное продолжение серии, крутые персонажи, дизайн, локации, хорошая оптимизация, первая за долгое время игра, где я не встретил ни одного бага, одно только это достойно уважения!
  9. pegoke7682
    Nov 25, 2021
    10
    A great continuation of the series, cool characters, design, locations, good optimization, the first game in a long time where I didn't meet a single bug, this alone is worthy of respect!
  10. Falcon2147
    Jun 5, 2022
    10
    This is my first review...

    Let's start with the Pros of the game, - Very well done story that ties together all the elements shown since the beginning of the game, basically it has almost no filler at all. -Well designed characters both to look at and character-wise, no one involved in the main quest feels left out at all which really helps connect and immerse in the world. The world    This is my first review...

    Let's start with the Pros of the game,
    - Very well done story that ties together all the elements shown since the beginning of the game, basically it has almost no filler at all.
    -Well designed characters both to look at and character-wise, no one involved in the main quest feels left out at all which really helps connect and immerse in the world. The world feels alive, the map is well made too. There are about 70 side quests, some of them are enjoyable
    -The cutscenes made by ufotable are like always insane especially at the end the music in this game is enjoyable too! Since it suits the theme of the game and nature very well :D (Don't skip opening "Hibana" 10/10) -The combat in the game is just pure joy, the skill tree system the weapons upgrade availability and the difficulty to get thisr mats is also perfect, the combat is very engaging with beautiful ultimate animations too :)    … Expand
  11. Melavin3
    Aug 29, 2022
    9
    I kinda loved this game. The art and graphics are beautiful. I like the characters and story though the story kinda got a bit worse in the last third of the game. I loved the ending. I really connected with the characters and their relationships. The gameplay was fun enough but nothing special. I can't really decide if i want to give it a 9 or a 10. But for now i'll leave it at a 9.
  12. JasonMassaker
    Dec 4, 2021
    10
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best JRPG beside Final Fantasy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  13. Mene0
    Jul 2, 2022
    9
    The best Tales game I've played. The combat is deep and fun and the cast is great. The locations are also very beautiful.

    Enemy variety is lacking a bit and the story quality takes a nosedive in the third realm, but it improves a bit more later. Highly recommend if you enjoy JRPGs.
  14. Jbolota
    Dec 4, 2021
    8
    Amazing game, a refreshing rpg, the combat is super fun,it was my first tales game and i had no problem following the plot except for some parts, but those parts had no grip to the old games, finished it in about 40 hours and if you like action rpgs you definitively gotta give it a try,there were only 2 things in the whole game that i didnt like, this 'Skit' mechanic that it has where uAmazing game, a refreshing rpg, the combat is super fun,it was my first tales game and i had no problem following the plot except for some parts, but those parts had no grip to the old games, finished it in about 40 hours and if you like action rpgs you definitively gotta give it a try,there were only 2 things in the whole game that i didnt like, this 'Skit' mechanic that it has where u gotta press a button to see a little snippet of interaction between the party members,in my opinion this could have been implemented while you are in the open world exploring and such.And the second thing i didnt like was the last stretch of the game,it just felt way too rushed.But overall a really solid game… Expand
  15. Zapoo0026
    Dec 6, 2021
    9
    Fantastic Tales game. Improves on many graphical fronts, as well as maintaining a heart felt, pretty intelligent story and like-able characters. It's rare that I am able to finish an RPG in its entirety these days. This one I will absolutely be finishing though!
  16. Adamant92
    Dec 25, 2021
    9
    This was my first Tales game, and I really enjoyed it. The beginning is a little bit bland, but it really picks up and the story goes for a long time (I think it's longer than most single player games releasing now). Combat is really fun, graphics are amazing (very optimized and well-done PC port). You get your money's worth for sure.
  17. Tyrant103xx
    Jul 14, 2022
    9
    Tales of Arise convinced me that I can enjoy the modern JRPG. When I think about JRPGs in my head, I think about turn based combat. I believed a game just can't be a real JRPG without turn based combat.
    Boy was I wrong. Tales of Arise is a masterful JRPG. The combat is fast, flashy, and exciting. The world is bright and beautiful. The item and skill progression is satisfying. Most    Tales of Arise convinced me that I can enjoy the modern JRPG. When I think about JRPGs in my head, I think about turn based combat. I believed a game just can't be a real JRPG without turn based combat.
    Boy was I wrong. Tales of Arise is a masterful JRPG. The combat is fast, flashy, and exciting. The world is bright and beautiful. The item and skill progression is satisfying. Most importantly, the characters, although somewhat one-dimensional, are wonderful, and the story, although cheesy, is engaging, interesting, and emotional.
    I finished the game with a strong feeling of melancholy that I was leaving this world and these characters that I had shared so much time with. In gaming, this is a feeling I most strongly associate with JRPGs, not any JRPGs, but the really great ones, and Tales of Arise is a really great one.    … Expand
  18. hoviadko123
    Sep 16, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Tales of Arise is truly splendid game.
    The story is really long but it is captivating and full of surprises and i wasn't bored not even a single minute. All characters are great, I loved how relationships between characters were gradually strengthening during story. Graphics are pretty cool and soundtrack is epic (very suitable for a fantasy game). I also adore outfits, some you acquire during game and some u have to buy, if you want to wear them. As for combat, I think it's pretty simple to learn and it's fun.    … Expand
  19. lasmas
    Sep 15, 2021
    10
    144 fps and good graphic options

    BEST port made on the tales saga

    The combat is pretty good and all works as expected

    NO DENUVO
  20. shoeletariat
    Sep 18, 2021
    10
    One of the most compelling stories I've ever played in a JRPG, along with an interesting and beautifully rendered world, and a battle system that never really grows stale. This is on par with Dragon Quest XI for best modern JRPG. What more could you want?
  21. Sholva
    Sep 19, 2021
    8
    A really good JRPG.

    I had a really fun time playing Tales of Arise and, after almost 100 hours spent with the game, when I think back what I enjoyed the most, I think the answer is “mostly all of it” but, particularly, it’s the combat. The improved action combat never felt boring to me, never felt like a chore and always made me want to engage into those enemies while roaming around    A really good JRPG.

    I had a really fun time playing Tales of Arise and, after almost 100 hours spent with the game, when I think back what I enjoyed the most, I think the answer is “mostly all of it” but, particularly, it’s the combat.

    The improved action combat never felt boring to me, never felt like a chore and always made me want to engage into those enemies while roaming around the different areas, I barely skipped any enemies because the combat is just enjoyable.
    The one thing I would’ve loved as an extra bonus is the ability to cancel artes, or at least the normal attacks, into a dodge, but it is what it is, I got used to it.
    The different playstyles of each party member were also very well realized, there wasn’t a character I didn’t like and using them was very fun and interesting.
    The Boost Attacks and Strikes mechanic works pretty well and the epic animations that happen for the Strikes aren’t long at all, so it’s always a joy watching them over and over, they’re really well done.

    This game uses Unreal Engine 4 and I think it was a good decision to switch to a modern and versatile engine at last, because the older custom engine was showing its age.
    With UE 4, Arise shows that it’s a good engine for JRPGs, and especially combined with the new graphical effect they chose for the graphics here.

    But the PC port has launched with certain flaws, like a very poorly implementation of Steam Input, which made certain Xbox Controllers not work for many people, and needed to tinker with the Steam Settings, or a severe lack of proper Draw Distances that makes any NPC disappear from view 10 meters away from the player, and not only NPCs but also Shadows and most Geometry in general, had very obvious popping issues.

    The game also had resolution issues on certain screen setups, lack of proper ultra-wide support and stuff like that.
    Some of the issues have been partial or fully fixed by some awesome members of the community but, that’s no excuse, and Bandai Namco should at least release a proper patch for all these issues. They’ll probably take their sweet time though, if the issues are ever officially patched, that is : )

    Aside from those problems, which won’t affect everyone in the same way, my personal experience was that of a game that runs relatively smoothly, I had zero crashes or performance issues, so in the end my experience was quite enjoyable, once I downloaded a mod to increase the View Distance.
    On my R5 3600 and RTX 3060 Ti the game runs quite fine even at 1620p DSR Downsampling and after I used a mod to unlock the Unreal Console, I could raise the internal scale to 170-180% and still stay at 60 FPS.

    The story in Arise is quite “familiar” if you have played other games in the series, or JRPGs in general, with the usual twists and turns. I liked it, and the characters are well written and acted.
    Played in English voices, and instantly recognizing Ray Chase as Alphen (Noctis from FFXV), and Erica Lindbeck as Shionne (Magilou from Berseria, Vita from Trails of Cold Steel) was quite fun, and the actors for the rest of the cast also did a really good job.

    Having Alphen react to fish in the water reminded me instantly of Final Fantasy XV, which had incredible fishing mechanics, it was so fun, so hearing the same voice actor say similar lines here was quite a throwback. He’s not the fishing expert in Arise though, but that’s okay, because Kisara is also a really excellent character.

    The new format for Skits, being fully 3D presented in a comic-panels style does work very well, I still like Zestiria and Berseria’s skits more, when it comes to style, but the new ones really made me realize that the change wasn’t bad at all, and I loved some of the more funny ones, there are a ton of them.

    The soundtrack in general is really high quality, and the new battle theme is very good, reminded me of some of Nihon Falcom’s themes, which is a good thing, but then some of the most epic pieces are just used in areas where you don’t expect such ominous music, like just walking around or something, haha, but that’s alright.
    The “Formidable Foe / Giant Zeugle” theme is back and remade for this game, once again, and that’s also nice to listen to when fighting these giant enemies.
    Overall, sound design could’ve been a little bit better because once in combat the music is quite overshadowed by the characters voices but…that’s usually what happens in the Tales series.

    All in all, this is one of my favorites games this 2021, I have enjoyed great JPRGs on the PC this year, like Trails of Cold Steel IV and Ys IX, both magnificent games with most excellent PC ports, and then with Arise I had a lot of great times with it, just as much as with those other two JRPGs I mentioned, despite the port not being up to those standards, but still quite enjoyable nonetheless.
    An 8/10 due to the mild PC port issues, hopefully they patch it.    … Expand
  22. disposable
    Dec 15, 2021
    0
    What a dismal misunderstanding of what makes a dark story. A story isn't "dark" because the world is sad with sad people in it. A story is made dark by complex moral choices and characters that don't default to "we MUST save everyone!" For such an old series, the Tales games remain remarkably immature.

    Beyond the eye-roll inducing plot and cast, the combat isn't much better. What    What a dismal misunderstanding of what makes a dark story. A story isn't "dark" because the world is sad with sad people in it. A story is made dark by complex moral choices and characters that don't default to "we MUST save everyone!" For such an old series, the Tales games remain remarkably immature.

    Beyond the eye-roll inducing plot and cast, the combat isn't much better. What initially seems like a mildly entertaining combo based hack-and-slash devolves into clear evidence that Bandai Namco only publishes Dark Souls. Particle effects make the dodge system a moot point, since you can't see anything, and the bosses have more hp than Hewlett-Packard. A thorough waste of time in every regard, and a truly sorry waste of money.    … Expand
  23. Hudfe
    Sep 11, 2021
    9
    The game over all is a really fun one. There's few issues, and they can generally be easily forgiven or ignored as the game goes on. The combat is fast, fluid and really interesting. It starts out slow at first though, you only have two characters to play as and not a lot of moves to use. As you progress through the game though you get more and more options. More characters, more moves, aThe game over all is a really fun one. There's few issues, and they can generally be easily forgiven or ignored as the game goes on. The combat is fast, fluid and really interesting. It starts out slow at first though, you only have two characters to play as and not a lot of moves to use. As you progress through the game though you get more and more options. More characters, more moves, a better understanding of the system. You'll start out mashing buttons at the beginning and a bit later be fighting with fluid combos as you juggle enemies through the air. Its a super fun progression!

    The story is great, and takes a bit of a dark turn. I've never played a tales game before so i cant really compare this one to them, but overall i really enjoyed the story in this. I wont spoil anything, but i think most people will really enjoy it.

    The music itself is amazing. It perfectly sets the mood, and gets you pumped up during fights.

    For some issues though, later in the game there's a lot of special effects. The moves you use in fights cause a lot to go on and it can get really hard to see what's happening around you. There's also a bit of pop in when wandering around.

    Overall its a very fun experience. If you like action games or JRPGs I'd say its a must have. If not, then maybe skip it or wait for a sale.    … Expand
  24. TRMonteiro
    Sep 13, 2021
    10
    As a fan of the franchise since Phantasia, it's impossible not to emphasize how much this game has managed to adapt to current times while maintaining that feeling of "Tales of"

    My favorite by far and the best game i played in 2021
  25. VG_Alex
    Sep 22, 2021
    9
    As the 17th orthodox game of the series, 'Tales of Arise' has excellent graphic performance and improved combat system. Its solid story foundation and excellent performance have added many colors to this game. Although there are still some small shortcomings in the game itself, it is still at an excellent game as a whole and is still a JRPG worthy to recommend.

    Review of "Tales of    As the 17th orthodox game of the series, 'Tales of Arise' has excellent graphic performance and improved combat system. Its solid story foundation and excellent performance have added many colors to this game. Although there are still some small shortcomings in the game itself, it is still at an excellent game as a whole and is still a JRPG worthy to recommend.

    Review of "Tales of Arise"

    Graphic/Art: 9.5

    Music/Sounds: 9.5

    Narrative/Performance:8.5

    Gameplay: 8

    Score: 9    … Expand
  26. zArtesz
    Sep 16, 2021
    9
    Замечательная игра подарившая мне массу разнообразных эмоций.
  27. Kisielec
    Oct 5, 2021
    10
    One of the best game what I played in 2021. Story is that good like in Witcher. Bandai please continue Tales series you do it great ;)
  28. VoxLuden
    Oct 7, 2021
    7
    One of the best, but most polarizing Tales games since Berseria, Arise is a mixture of familiar tropes, intermingled with a charming cast, and brilliant soundtrack, all culminating in one of the best JRPG experiences of the next generation. This instalment alone makes me excited for what comes next for the series, and frankly I have sincerely enjoyed my over 50 hours with this game andOne of the best, but most polarizing Tales games since Berseria, Arise is a mixture of familiar tropes, intermingled with a charming cast, and brilliant soundtrack, all culminating in one of the best JRPG experiences of the next generation. This instalment alone makes me excited for what comes next for the series, and frankly I have sincerely enjoyed my over 50 hours with this game and counting. The game falls short of a perfect 10 due to some questionable decisions with DLC content, prices and restrictions, alongside a dragging experience towards the end of the story which slightly overstays it's welcome. The second half of the game particularly falls somewhat short in how it overstays its welcome in classic RPG-padding fare, yet the subplot is filled with strange twists, lateral commentary to the real world, and enthralling characters which I personally enjoyed thoroughly.… Expand
  29. Scotchraider
    Sep 14, 2021
    9
    Although there are some obvious issues about the story, marriage between main characters can be what my demand
  30. Jaeger423
    Sep 26, 2021
    9
    Super fun combat that makes me want to walk into any enemies I see in the open world, which is coming from someone who always has a repel turned on in Pokémon to avoid wild Pokémon fights when not trying to train. Some people have said the combat is button spam, but that’s not really the case at all. There’s an elemental system in the game which give strength and weaknesses to differentSuper fun combat that makes me want to walk into any enemies I see in the open world, which is coming from someone who always has a repel turned on in Pokémon to avoid wild Pokémon fights when not trying to train. Some people have said the combat is button spam, but that’s not really the case at all. There’s an elemental system in the game which give strength and weaknesses to different characters in n each fight. There’s also a really fun combo system where I feel like I’m always trying to string together the longest combo I can get. If you spam attacks in this game it probably won’t take long to die, or you could probably stand to tune up the difficulty.

    This is my first time playing this series (except for Symphonia, but I was very little and don’t remember much so I’m counting it out.) The ensemble cast is really fun and dynamic and have lots of lighthearted moments in between the serious story, which is common for a JRPG but is something I always like. I heard that there’s some features that series veterans have had mixed reactions to the changes made, but I can’t really speak to that.

    It’s not one of my top favorites of all time (at least maybe not yet) but it’s still totally sucked me in and I spend multiple hours a day playing that feels like 15 minutes, and when I’m not playing, I’m thinking about playing. It’s that kind of game for me.

    One thing to note, as it might turn off some is the amount of grinding. It’s not unusual for a jrpg to be heavy on the grind, but it’s slow paced even at low levels. This normally would bother me, but as I said, the combat is so fun that I’m always waltzing into it by choice.

    The negative reviews seem to be people that are just tired of the genre, the series, or just enjoy having unpopular opinions. If you are new to the series like me, I think this is a really good place to start.    … Expand
  31. Andrudis
    Sep 15, 2021
    9
    Decent RGP with with good deep characters, beautiful world. With coop it would be 10/10, I still do not understand reasons to cut it off as it would fit as good as in any previous game
  32. FaylenSol
    Sep 11, 2021
    10
    Been a Tales fan since Eternia on the PS1, so far I am loving this entry. Not sure if this is going to take the place of my top two Tales games (Eternia/Vesperia) but it is in my top 3 now for sure.
  33. LorDofLegEnd
    Sep 20, 2021
    9
    Great game. This was my first tales of experience so I didn't know what to expect But the overall experience was satisfying.

    Story : 4/5 It could be a 5/5. The first part is really good but what ruins the story is the ending part. Everything was so out of place like WTF I really don't know how they ruined it. They could have just gone a more simple way and also the 2d animations were    Great game. This was my first tales of experience so I didn't know what to expect But the overall experience was satisfying.

    Story : 4/5 It could be a 5/5. The first part is really good but what ruins the story is the ending part. Everything was so out of place like WTF I really don't know how they ruined it. They could have just gone a more simple way and also the 2d animations were meh.... I mean come on Ufotable can do better
    Gameplay 5/5 At fist I thought it was a turn based RPG as a lot of my friends told it was like final fantasy from sakaguchi era. But I really liked this action RPG approach. I also played scarlet nexus earlier this year. My biggest complain was you can't change characters in battle so tales of arise is a better experience for me. still i wish the enemy design was a little bit better
    characters 5/5 Thats the best part of the game even if the story at the end is a bit messy but the characters easily fills the gap. They are memorable and likable
    Overall a great game definitely recommended. even if you dont know anything about tales of you will still like this game    … Expand
  34. ergosato
    Sep 22, 2021
    7
    The story and characters are silly and fun enough, but the open world aspect of this game is so mind numbingly boring. Combat is super fun though. Its really just get from A to B that is just such a slog and side missions are not worth doing.
  35. Baronz
    Sep 26, 2021
    6
    The story is quite boring, tipical Japanese RPG cliché. A lot of boring cutscenes. Maybe ok if you're a teenager and never played jrpg before...
  36. ItGeraltOfRivia
    Sep 12, 2021
    10
    Хорошая картинка, красивые девушки, не плохой сюжет, да и в целом для своего жанра игра очень даже хорошая, советую любителям подобных игр как минимум опробовать.
  37. jyphel
    Sep 30, 2021
    9
    Tales next-gen is here. Amazing painting-like graphics, best anime RPG to this day., ultra_dynamic interesting combat. A good story. A long journey with multiple playable characters. Best RPG to this day.
  38. Oldones
    Sep 30, 2021
    5
    Its a kidgame ; story already saw, and if u played to a tales games the last 10 years its litteraly the same thing with an graphic update.
  39. NoahGame
    Sep 16, 2021
    9
    It's wondrefull game with wonderfull music. I want this anime
    Это потрясающая игра с потрясающей музыкой
  40. Zewis
    Sep 23, 2021
    9
    Un Juegazo entre los JRPG modernos, y con un muy buen sistema de combate que si bien al comienzo es algo lento por que contamos con 2 personajes, a medida que se integran mas miembros se vuelve un espectáculo jugable y visual que es realmente placentero, además que el diseño de enemigos son muy buenos.
    Su banda sonora esta realmente bien y acompaña a cada momento, visualmente es muy    Un Juegazo entre los JRPG modernos, y con un muy buen sistema de combate que si bien al comienzo es algo lento por que contamos con 2 personajes, a medida que se integran mas miembros se vuelve un espectáculo jugable y visual que es realmente placentero, además que el diseño de enemigos son muy buenos.
    Su banda sonora esta realmente bien y acompaña a cada momento, visualmente es muy bueno aun que lamentablemente tiene mucho Popping que saca un poco de la inmersión.
    Lo único que es un poco bajo del titulo lamentablemente es su historia, La cual no esta mal pero abusa de clichés clásicos que si bien no es mala definitivamente es lo mas bajo del titulo. Sus personajes (sin contar los 2 principales que son lo mas cliché del mundo)son personajes Bastante buenos con los que llegas a encariñarte.
    También su apartado técnico es maravilloso (exceptuando lo del Popping), corre muy buen en pc de gama baja, además que en las 50 horas que jugué el titulo no tuve ningún bug o problema con este mismo.
    Sin duda un muy buen tales of y excelente JRPG que incluso recomendaría a alguien nuevo en el genero.    … Expand
  41. sex69
    Oct 8, 2021
    10
    It's fun. I especially enjoyed the open world RPG. The female character is pretty.
  42. Tailed-Raven
    Sep 11, 2021
    10
    This the best tales since vesperia, it finally feels like the fast paced tales game they've been trying to make with zestiria and berseria. The soundtrack is one if not the best in the series backed by easily the best visuals. GG Bandai Namco GG
  43. Thothistox
    Nov 14, 2021
    7
    It's meh. It seems like all jrpgs have the same flaws, and they're here in force:
    * shamelessly respawning enemies (it feels like most of my kills aren't "for real")
    * completely and utterly linear plot--not a single decision to be made anywhere * side quests that are mostly "go out and kill this because it's a problem for me", which is utterly ridiculous when the problem enemy is    It's meh. It seems like all jrpgs have the same flaws, and they're here in force:
    * shamelessly respawning enemies (it feels like most of my kills aren't "for real")
    * completely and utterly linear plot--not a single decision to be made anywhere
    * side quests that are mostly "go out and kill this because it's a problem for me", which is utterly ridiculous when the problem enemy is surrounded by other infinitely respawning enemies
    * overly convenient salesmen and crafting. How did those merchants just happen to be placed in the right spots on the map?
    * invisible walls galore
    * HP spongey enemies

    To compound all of this, you have a party of extremely chatty individuals who point out the obvious ad nauseam. Eighty percent of the dialogue could be removed without affecting the coherence of the story. Typical dialogue:
    "We're here, but we have to go over there."
    "I don't know how I feel like going over there. I'm finally going to discover something new about myself and this world."
    "I think we should go over there."
    "I'm not sure how I feel about going over there."
    They walk ten steps to over there.
    Same conversation. But now they're not sure how they feel about being over here and needing to go somewhere else. Meanwhile I'm screaming inside.

    The problem with this game's storytelling is that it spells out things that should be silently treated as mutually understood by the characters. In other words, it doesn't separate the latent message from the overt one. When depicting an exotic society, it is their social norms that make them interesting. In this case, where some enslaved people were rebelling against their oppressors, there was a lot of potential to develop the characters by showing them through their assumptions and misconceptions about their lives and world. But no. They spell everything out for the audience repeatedly, as if it has zero imagination and the attention span of a goldfish.

    But at least the story is coherent. I'll give it that. On the other hand, it uses the cliche crutch of magic soul crystals the properties of which it discusses ad nauseam too.

    The combat was just fun enough for me finish the game once. The enemies mostly feel the same and so do the fights. The average enemy requires some two hundred jabs and slashes to go down. It doesn't seem to feel the impact of those slashes, nor do your characters when they get hit. Often I only realized that I was being attacked when eyeing my HP bar. Maybe they had attack animations and maybe not. Fights are such a spinning cacophony I often couldn't tell what was going on. For example, I still don't know how to counter exactly, even though the game stats said I did it more than three hundred times.

    On the plus side, it's a long game. They actually resolve everything in the end.    … Expand
  44. smahlt
    Dec 22, 2021
    8
    It's pretty solid. The combat is fun, the story and characters are interesting, and I like the setting and concept.

    Started feeling kinds grindy near the end, but that just might be my doing. I tend to get hooked into a Tales story and then skip random battles to see the next cutscene and end up underlevelled.
  45. Nekster
    Oct 8, 2021
    7
    Probable best combat in the series along with a bland story and characters. Overall an enjoyable experience.
  46. NerdN8
    Nov 27, 2021
    10
    Игра-Аниме с интересным сюжетом, приятным геемплеем и отличной рисовкой. Бои не успевают надоедать так как постоянно идут вставки с сюжетом и раскрытием главных героев. Главные герои харизматичны, к каждому проникаешься и сопереживаешь. Женские персонажи в игре как на подбор : красивые, милые, сильные личности, при этом не жирные и не похожи на огров. Отсутствие геев, негров ,Игра-Аниме с интересным сюжетом, приятным геемплеем и отличной рисовкой. Бои не успевают надоедать так как постоянно идут вставки с сюжетом и раскрытием главных героев. Главные герои харизматичны, к каждому проникаешься и сопереживаешь. Женские персонажи в игре как на подбор : красивые, милые, сильные личности, при этом не жирные и не похожи на огров. Отсутствие геев, негров , трансгендеров, жирных страшных феминисток и прочих атрибутов дерьма которым нас кормят западные игры, пытаясь усидеть на всех стульях и запихивая повестку куда только можно. Огромное уважение японцам что не прогибаются и делают игры как считают нужным! Доволен на 12/10, наиграл 30 часов и надеюсь дальше меня ждет столько же!… Expand
  47. BeeSting1
    Nov 26, 2021
    6
    I've been a fan of the tales series ever since Tales of Symphonia. It felt like a group of friends going on an adventure to save the world. The dungeons, monsters, and traveling the party did made it all a great escape. Tales of Arise is similar, but the game has a darker approach and the characters are no longer chibi, making the visuals feel more mature. These are all things I welcome,I've been a fan of the tales series ever since Tales of Symphonia. It felt like a group of friends going on an adventure to save the world. The dungeons, monsters, and traveling the party did made it all a great escape. Tales of Arise is similar, but the game has a darker approach and the characters are no longer chibi, making the visuals feel more mature. These are all things I welcome, as I am well into adult hood now. However, the overworld is replaced by linear areas, with the main form of travel being fast travel. This took away a bit of the immersion. I understand the devs may have taken out the overworld because traveling did become a little tedious later in the old Tales games, but I felt the immersion was worth it.

    The combat system is one of the biggest changes. Arise has perfect dodging, which is a great addition. Timing and reflex was now a necessary skill to have. I love perfect dodging, parry, perfect shielding in any games. I'm a big fan of QTEs, as long as it isn't spammed too hard. The fighting animations, the visuals of the attacks all had an omph, and it felt good to cut down enemies.

    The huge issue however, is the party strategy management, and the enemy HP pool. Bosses specifically are the worst. They have massive HP pools, you can hardly see their HP dwindle unless you stared at ot every 5 mins. It's ridiculous. All those epic attacks you dish out, all those crazy animations mean jack all when after a really strong looking charged up boost attack ends up cutting down less than 0.01% of the bosses' HP bar. As the game progresses the bosses become more and more like damage sponges. It also doesn't help that my entire party are squishy af. A regular boss attack can take away half of a characters' HP. Meaning 2 or 3 regular hits, and my characters' gone. This means a lot of CP is needed to heal and revive. This CP gauge usually runs out about 10% way into the fight, which then I have to use CP recovery items, which cost a fortune. Buying 10 will wipe out all the currency you've collected. Clearly the devs did not intend for the players to use that much. so what to do? Well, there is the strategy modifier. This is where I could customize and change the party's strategy mid-fight. There defensive strats, and offensive strats. The problem is even the most defensive strats, my party eventually dies. There's no option to have my party run away, and dodge everything. Eventually, they're gonna be retarded and get hit by a couple attacks and die, or I'd have to waste precious CP on them. I blame this on poor AI design. There's also no option to have the AI heal ONLY ME. When I set it to heal, they bring back the idiot AI, and guess what, they'll die again in a few seconds. Absolute headache. Change strats was also not very intuitive. I'd have to pause the game and press a button a couple times to set the strat I want. This broke the pace, which I'd have to keep doing it every minute. FF13 is a game that relies on strategy change as well, but it could be done on the go without breaking any pace. That's how it should've been done!

    There is the option to have the AI use only long range spells. This meant I'd have to go through every single one of their spells and see which were long range and didn't have long charge times. This was way too tedious for me. I play a Tales game to hack and slash and have a blast. Not micro-manage AI behavior. I'd be playing an RTA or turn based RPG if I wanted to do that. This is real time combat for f*** sakes, akin to Kingdom Hearts, God of War and the like. I DON'T want to be micro-managing, especially mid-fight.

    Overall, this game is a huge disappointment, which is really unfortunate because I loved where the story was going. Shionne was also a really interesting character. The topics the story touched on were mature, like discrimination, and oppression. The dynamics between the characters were also kind of interesting.    … Expand
  48. Mooteddy
    Sep 23, 2021
    0
    Remember strugling through the most boring lecture in the university? -> The game.

    It has it's moments. It has 3 moments. That's it. And an infinite amount of boredome.

    I've played Tales of Berseria, Symphonia, Xillia 1 + 2, Zestiria, Abyss but this dude, it's really awful.
  49. Gabrielct93
    Sep 12, 2021
    10
    Game of the year for sure, superb gameplay, story and graphics. The maps are organically intertwined with a lot of verticality, which is much better than past Tales of games. Also the gameplay is addictive, and all the other tales games I played I found them boring, so that's a huge plus. The soundtrack is nothing mind blowing but is very lovely. And the story so far is very good withGame of the year for sure, superb gameplay, story and graphics. The maps are organically intertwined with a lot of verticality, which is much better than past Tales of games. Also the gameplay is addictive, and all the other tales games I played I found them boring, so that's a huge plus. The soundtrack is nothing mind blowing but is very lovely. And the story so far is very good with interesting characters and decent voice acting. And the graphics are just eye candy, so colorful and beautiful designed architecture and overworld maps. Overall I would give it a 9.5 out of 10! 1… Expand
  50. JonsGone
    Oct 17, 2021
    7
    Kinda good.
    Very generic shonen anime plot.
    Doesn't fall flat on its face at the end which is surprising. No character really stands out and the party could have used a couple more. However, the amount of dialogue and interaction the game provides really fleshes them out. Kisara embodies the "Business in front and Party in the back" meme perfectly. Different playstyles for every    Kinda good.
    Very generic shonen anime plot.
    Doesn't fall flat on its face at the end which is surprising.
    No character really stands out and the party could have used a couple more.
    However, the amount of dialogue and interaction the game provides really fleshes them out.
    Kisara embodies the "Business in front and Party in the back" meme perfectly.
    Different playstyles for every character is a big plus, considering how spammy [Amnesiac generic shonen anime protag #155] 's gameplay feels.
    Hard mode is fun enough and doesn't really feel ****
    Visuals are meh.
    Fishing feels like an half-baked afterthought.
    Monster design is awful.
    Very long, doesn't really get boring or grindy.
    Outfits and skins available in game are essentially just recolors or terrible accessories.
    The good skins are locked away in the cash shop.
    **** cash shops.

    Doesn't stand out among other, better JRPGs.
    Buy on sale maybe.    … Expand
  51. VerminosoGames
    Sep 12, 2021
    10
    obrigado Bandai por traduzir os jogos Tales para nós brasileiros, isso nos deixa muito felizes!
  52. Karas
    Jan 19, 2023
    1
    Tales of infinite boredom.

    Pros:
    Looks gorgeous
    Sounds great

    Cons:
    Game is just an endless chain of corridors filled with monster aka HP bag
    Story isn't interesting
    Characters are huge cliches, so much that's even laughable
    Huge amount of uninteresting cutscenes
    Combat becomes really Boring after 10 hours

    Do yourself a favor do not play this.
  53. Olkadan
    Oct 12, 2021
    5
    Jrpg with a bad story is a bad jrpg!
    They keep making them and players rate them 10/10. So strange.
  54. Trix122
    Sep 11, 2021
    4
    Spam combat with 0 depth and boring slow animations, havent died once in 20h. Cliche japanese story, boring characters, boring plot, meaningless progression.

    Only decent thing is music. Completely overrated.
  55. mugaro4201
    Sep 12, 2021
    5
    нельзя играть за других персонажей и это большая проблема так что 5/10
  56. Ranzbert
    Sep 13, 2021
    0
    No Multiplayer so basically unplayable and not a Tales of Game anymore. Tales of was always heavily focused on Multiplayer and Teamwork which made the Games appealing, apart from the mostly brilliant and catching stories of course, but got worse with every Title and now they gonna scrap that part entirely so Cero Rating for me and defenitely the Tales of Series are now officially dead to me...
  57. Sepherim
    Nov 27, 2021
    6
    Tales of Arise es un juego entretenido pero nada especial tampoco. La historia, como suele ocurrir en estos juegos, es predecible y llena de tópicos, pero cumple lo suficientemente bien como para tener algo de interés y unos personajes algo decentes. Aunque a menudo se siente un poco como un libro de autoayuda y tiene todo el topicazo clásico sobre la amistad, el amor y demás. Los combatesTales of Arise es un juego entretenido pero nada especial tampoco. La historia, como suele ocurrir en estos juegos, es predecible y llena de tópicos, pero cumple lo suficientemente bien como para tener algo de interés y unos personajes algo decentes. Aunque a menudo se siente un poco como un libro de autoayuda y tiene todo el topicazo clásico sobre la amistad, el amor y demás. Los combates son entretenidos, especialmente al principio, pero son demasiado simplones. Y cuentan con algunos problemas, primero que el juego está hecho para jugar con pad, lo cual hace que no se saque partido a las posibilidades del teclado y ratón como sistema de control; la forma más obvia en que esto se manifiesta en que el personaje activo solo puede tener 3 habilidades "disponibles" lo cual hace que bien pronto dejes de comprar otras habilidades activas porque no las vas a usar, y siendo unas mejores que otras, el combate se vuelve más repetitivo. Luego falta variedad de enemigos para un juego de esta duración, lo cual encaja con que, en general, la segunda mitad del juego se siente apresurada y falta de contenido. Finalmente, como suele ocurrir en los JRPG, el desarrollo del personaje es más bien limitado, la subida de nivel o equipo simplemente mejora los stats sin ningún tipo de elección, y a partir de cierto punto las habilidades desbloqueables ya las irás teniendo en cantidad, desapareciendo también de ahí las posibilidades de priorizar un estilo de juego u otro. Unido a que, en general, no hay ninguna razón real para jugar con distintos personajes o cambiar la alineación más que en momentos muy puntuales, hace que el juego se vuelva crecientemente repetitivo a medida que pasan las horas.

    Gráficamente Tales of Arise es un juego que está bien. No es impresionante ni nada así, pero cumple, con un diseño agradable y algunas situaciones con encanto. El sonido cumple muy bien, eso hay que reconocerlo, aunque hay momentos en que las canciones se hacen algo repetitivas por escucharlas una y otra vez en bucle. Y me he encontrado algunos bugs, como alguna salida a escritorio, nada terrible pero sin duda molesto; lo cual se une a unos fallos de control que no tienen mucho sentido, como indicarle a un personaje que se cambie con uno de los que está fuera y que no lo hagan, y cosas por el estilo; y es que la IA de nuestros acompañantes es, en el mejor de los casos, discreta, cuando no directamente tonta.

    El resultado de ello es un juego entretenido que tiene una buena cantidad de horas de contenido y que, si bien no dará nada memorable a nadie, puede valer la pena a quienes busquen un entretenimiento ligero. Un 6.    … Expand
  58. Mugaro26
    Oct 23, 2021
    0
    you can not play for other characters and this is a big problem for developers
  59. LegendOfAzerot
    Dec 30, 2021
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perseguitati, buttati nel lager manco i nazisti con gli ebrei, sta storia parte leggera con pretesti apparentemente stupidi. I boss di zona devono giocare a chi ce l'ha più grosso e per farlo opprimono la razza opposta.

    Graficamente indietro con i tempi, i colori sono sporchi e tutto sembra confuso. Non mancano i muri invisibili in giro, manco PlayStation1, che impediscono movimenti fluidi continuando ad incastrarti in giro

    Tecnicamente non si discosta dai soliti tales. Pare di giocare allo xillia di 10 anni fa. Stesso battle system del cavolo

    Mi blocco dopo le prime ore di gioco, dopo una scelta di trama di altissimo livello... Perseguitati con gente che muore a destra e sinistra e tutto va in fiamme. Avvengono i primi combattimenti in cui le difficoltà costringono alla prima cagata del gioco. In pericolo tutti, ovviamente solo qualità giapponese, da in mezzo le tette della ragazza il protagonista tira fuori una spada di fuoco.

    Dopo 2minuti di fuga ed una curva di mappa arrivi alla città nascosta della resistenza...
    Non tardano le missioni secondarie "obbligatorie" inutili dopo manco 10m di gioco. Quando scopri che un tempio "antico" possa risollevare lo scempio arriva un tutorial su una meccanica di cucina trita e ritrita ormai scopiazzata ovunque che a nessuno frega una minkiazza. Comunque il dungeon era un pretesto per far cambiare di abito la protagonista che adesso è meno coperta. L'importante è quello a quanto pare per i grandi sceneggiatori della serie

    Sono costretto ad abbassare il voto quanto più possibile data la media che ha sta schifezza di nuova generazione    … Expand
  60. fortelik
    Jun 12, 2022
    4
    I was eager to play, after finishing Tales of Berseria. It started out strong, with many improvements when it comes to gameplay, but the story is just plain bad. Not only is it quite basic, most of the story progression is somehow outside of any gameplay. Character X died after you've known him for two hours of game time? Suddenly that character is the main driving point of characterI was eager to play, after finishing Tales of Berseria. It started out strong, with many improvements when it comes to gameplay, but the story is just plain bad. Not only is it quite basic, most of the story progression is somehow outside of any gameplay. Character X died after you've known him for two hours of game time? Suddenly that character is the main driving point of character development for two main characters. Its just so bland and comes out of nowhere, it hurts.

    The chemistry between the main cast leaves very much to be desired. It also changes drastically in a matter of minutes - at one time, it looks like there's finally some character development coming your way, characters are going past some hurdles, coming to terms with other character's flaws, just to be mad at them a couple minutes later for the same things they've seemingly came to terms with.

    Also, when will developers finally realise that removing powers from the main character after a big plot point is just an awful mechanic, that brings nothing but being annoying to deal with.

    Its not a bad game, but mostly it has the gameplay itself going for it. Story-wise, its really bad. Pay-offs are non-existant, character development is awful.    … Expand
  61. 0xInternal
    Jan 8, 2023
    7
    The plot starts off good but the writing for the characters are horrible and annoying and the quality of life is signifcantlly downgraded from characters and skits compare to their previous game "Tales of berseria" the only thing this game improved on from their previous game was combat and thats about it, the characters are horribly written especially rinwell and it just so damn annoyingThe plot starts off good but the writing for the characters are horrible and annoying and the quality of life is signifcantlly downgraded from characters and skits compare to their previous game "Tales of berseria" the only thing this game improved on from their previous game was combat and thats about it, the characters are horribly written especially rinwell and it just so damn annoying and makes it hard to progress through the game and there was a ton of plot holes going towards end of the story. I hope their next tales game is well written like berseria but have combat from arise… Expand
  62. Sairento
    Aug 13, 2023
    9
    For me one of the best Tales game. I'm let's call it veteran of this serie and Arise made huge step forward. Easly in Top 4 with Tales of The Abyss, Vesperia, Berseria(this one mostly for story and characters). Great graphic with music. Characters are as always interesting and well written (specially Rinwell), story is great, even combat is pretty good. Maybe it looks like no depth in itFor me one of the best Tales game. I'm let's call it veteran of this serie and Arise made huge step forward. Easly in Top 4 with Tales of The Abyss, Vesperia, Berseria(this one mostly for story and characters). Great graphic with music. Characters are as always interesting and well written (specially Rinwell), story is great, even combat is pretty good. Maybe it looks like no depth in it but it's just easy entry to combat, u can do rly nice combos ( I recommend to try Rinwell ofc :V). Huge success after bad Zestiria and good Berseria. And if multiplayer was for someone important in Tales game, then this person is funny, cause it was one of the most boring part in Tales games ^^.… Expand
  63. smilodon142
    Mar 8, 2022
    8
    Really fun JRPG I got around 90 hours of gameplay out of it. I really liked the story and characters.
  64. MajorKusanagi
    Feb 13, 2022
    9
    Excellent jeu. J'adore tout les personnages que l'on contrôle.

    L'histoire est intéressante / le bestiaire est bien fourni / Le gameplay est très bon.

    Je lui met la note de 9, c'est mon jeu de l'année 2021.
  65. Deaden
    Feb 11, 2022
    9
    I always give priority to story telling which is the soul for a movie or a game and this game is doing overwhelmingly good. Gameplay also well made for an RPG but seems there is few lack of elements on itemizations. Also some repetitive voice acts are also a bit pesky. But overall this is the RPG you must play if you are hungry the genre.
  66. ThereIsNoFuture
    Apr 29, 2023
    9
    My first Tales of game and what a game it was. Great chracters, world, music and all around plot. The combat is flashy and fun. Looking forward to playing more of the series.
  67. Scary_R_US
    Jan 23, 2022
    9
    Having played a good number of Tales games this is the best one since Vesperia.
    The characters are great as is the interaction between them. The two main characters for me have the best writing and are some of the best characters in any game ever.
    The action is fast paced and simple but with a high celling if you spend the time to master it. Last mentions that the soundtrack is awesome    Having played a good number of Tales games this is the best one since Vesperia.
    The characters are great as is the interaction between them. The two main characters for me have the best writing and are some of the best characters in any game ever.
    The action is fast paced and simple but with a high celling if you spend the time to master it. Last mentions that the soundtrack is awesome and so are the visuals!
    Buy this game, no excuses!    … Expand
  68. spreyz
    May 10, 2022
    6
    godawful combat balance, i just cant recommend this game for its price. If you like spamming the same button and relying on healing items then this game is for you. I need games where i need to use my brain.
  69. Bioreactor1987
    Dec 28, 2021
    10
    Игра линейно-коридорная. При столкновении с противником начинается бой на аренке.
    В игре 6 играбельных персонажей.
    Есть переключение между героями, уклонения и контратаки, воздушн. комбо, стихийные атаки и резисты, есть слабые места у противников, накапливаемые способности напарников имеют свои особенности. Есть готовка еды для бафов, крафт, рыбалка, расходники, артефакты, косметики,    Игра линейно-коридорная. При столкновении с противником начинается бой на аренке.
    В игре 6 играбельных персонажей.
    Есть переключение между героями, уклонения и контратаки, воздушн. комбо, стихийные атаки и резисты, есть слабые места у противников, накапливаемые способности напарников имеют свои особенности. Есть готовка еды для бафов, крафт, рыбалка, расходники, артефакты, косметики, собирательство регов и сундуки, из шмота броня/оружие/аксессуар.
    Прокачка нормальная. В основном пассивки и открытие скиллов. Взяв макс. лвл вы всё откроете.
    Есть поиск совушек, которые дают косметику.
    Сложность, как по мне, немного дисбалансит. Играл на сложной, которая базовая (без артефакта). Мобы слабые, а боссы ваншотят. Но в целом я доволен.
    ИИ напарников хороший и имеет возможность минимальной настройки.
    У каждого героя свой характер и стиль игры.
    Отыгрывания ролей или выборов в сюжете - нет. Всё рпг в циферках и геймплее.
    Боссов куча разных. От лордов, до огромнейших зверюг. Лицо они ломают нормально.
    Гринда обязательного нет.
    Побочки - это и базовые квесты в стиле подай/принеси/убей, и поиск совушек, бойцовая арена, убийство боссов, рыбалка, готовка еды, хил неписей. Есть побочки раскрывающие героев. Всё это явно отмечено на карте, хотя есть и скрытые.
    Сюжет прекрасен и закручен. Есть несколько очень наивных моментов, но это имхо.
    Персонажи все со своими характерами, меняются и раскрываются хорошо.
    Подается сюжет прекрасными катсценами, кайфовыми аниме вставками, анимироваными комиксами. Персонажи постоянно общаются между собой.
    Это не персонажи... Это друзья, с которыми не хочется расставаться.(((
    Картинка просто о***нная!
    Это лучший селлшэйдинг, который я видел.
    Хоть игра и коридорная, но локации прекрасны и задники проработаны охренительно.
    Кат сцены отличные, анимации кайф. Каждая эмоция на лице персонажа видна отчетливо. Движения хорошие. Текстуры не западают друг в друга (кроме некоторых косметиков).
    Есть только одна претензия. Женщины стоят очень странно. Подозреваю, что сделано это было чтобы текстуры рук не западали в юбки.
    Особенно кайфуешь от совместных добиваний - они просто о***нны!
    Музыка кайф! Японская озвучка очень хороша! Побочки не озвучены.
    Баги в 2к21... Не думал, что скажу это... ИХ НЕТ!
    И оптимизон отличный!
    Повестки нет!
    Нет сизонпассов и прочего кала. Продается тока косметика.

    Минусы.
    ПОЧЕМУ в такой красивой игре нет фотомода?!
    Реально бесило, что при боях с боссами побег не доступен и нельзя тупо загрузить игру. >_<
    Не самый удобный интерфейс, имхо.
    Хотелось бы видеть визуализацию скиллов, а не только текстовое описание.    … Expand
  70. CompleteIdiot
    Jul 17, 2022
    7
    Very solid start to the game. Beautiful aesthetic, relatively fun combat and nice story concepts. But as the game unravels the world starts to feel smaller and smaller. The characters are rather generic and the will they/won't they shtick here is multiplied by 3. Main issue is that once you learn the most powerful move relatively early on, to save time you start spamming it constantly.Very solid start to the game. Beautiful aesthetic, relatively fun combat and nice story concepts. But as the game unravels the world starts to feel smaller and smaller. The characters are rather generic and the will they/won't they shtick here is multiplied by 3. Main issue is that once you learn the most powerful move relatively early on, to save time you start spamming it constantly. There is not much incentive to vary things up as that single move is most powerful by far. By the end of it I turned the difficulty down to very easy to not waste time grinding and be done with it. There are some interesting mechanics for future games here, so I'll look out for the next instalment! Chemistry between the main leads was cute though.… Expand
  71. 2random
    Jun 24, 2022
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game was fun in the beginning, when there was just you and the girl doing funny quests like in borderlands. But then, your generic anime party of 10 forgettable characters came in.… Expand
  72. Yaav13
    Apr 27, 2022
    8
    My truthful honorable incorruptible conclusive rating of this considered game: 8.
  73. Ryu003
    Jan 26, 2022
    10
    Il gioco è veramente molto bello e divertente. I personaggi sono caratterizzati in maniera perfetta e la storia è una delle migliori mai fatte da questa serie.
  74. DemonLordNTR
    Jan 29, 2022
    9
    Love Tales of Arise, has a wonderful cast of 6 unique characters. Great gameplay, beautiful atmosphere and a good soundtrack that sometimes is blasted a bit too loud. Only complaint is sometimes AI team just fail miserably.
  75. rechechelly
    Apr 26, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. JRPG中顶级的画面，一流的演出，优秀的人物设计，happy end，絢香的歌喉，这些都足以成为我给出高分的理由。可惜通关后内容太少，缺乏重复游玩的动力。… Expand
  76. Rhex98
    Jul 22, 2023
    8
    El gameplay es bastante bueno, podemos controlar hasta 6 personajes y tenemos varias opciones para configurar el gameplay a nuestro gusto. La historia es decente, es bastante simple, toca temas como el perdón y el amor cayendo bastante en lo cliché la verdad, igualmente cumple, pero se esperaría más de un rpg. Los personajes son bastante variados y carismáticos y lo considero uno de losEl gameplay es bastante bueno, podemos controlar hasta 6 personajes y tenemos varias opciones para configurar el gameplay a nuestro gusto. La historia es decente, es bastante simple, toca temas como el perdón y el amor cayendo bastante en lo cliché la verdad, igualmente cumple, pero se esperaría más de un rpg. Los personajes son bastante variados y carismáticos y lo considero uno de los puntos fuertes del juego. La banda sonora cumple, no me pareció tan memorable, pero sigue estando bastante bien y épica en algunos momentos.
    En general un juego bastante bueno, lo recomiendo bastante.    … Expand
  77. YamatoHayabusa2
    Jun 13, 2022
    7
    Tales of Arise est un excellent jeu, un jeu qui fera le plus grand bien a la licence. Le jeu possède un univers très riche et complexe, mais également un lot de personnages très attachant et réussie. Le jeu arrive à nous fournir une aventure marquante avec de nombreux rebondissement.
  78. kinsang
    Sep 10, 2022
    7
    ภาพสวย ตัวละครปฏิสัมพันธ์กันได้น่าสนใจ การต่อสู้สนุกแต่ก็ซ้ำซากไปบ้าง เนื้อเรื่องน่าสนใจแต่เขียนบทมาไม่ค่อยดีซักเท่าไหร่
  79. PenetratorGod
    Aug 20, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Tales of Arise is the next game in a popular Japanese RPG series launched by Tales of Phantasia, which was released on console named SNES in 1995. The game is developed by a subsidiary studio of Bandai Namco Entertainment. It takes place in a universe that combines action, fantasy and science fiction elements. The plot of the game revolves around two planets, Dahna and Rena. The inhabitants of the latter have been plundering the precious resources of the former for the past several hundred years. The game tells the story of a group of heroes from different sides of these two conflicts. Tales of Arise is a continuation of ideas from previous games. The game world can be freely explored and fulfilled numerous missions. The world has a partially open structure and is completely three-dimensional. The game mechanics are highly arcade combat based. Players have access to a wide variety of attacks and special techniques, and can improve their reflexes from their heroes' abilities through the outcome of battles. Improvement of character stats and better equipment collection system also play an important role in this process. Tales of Arise offers three-dimensional visuals designed in a highly cartoon-like style. The game is developed with Unreal Engine 4. It is enriched with animated cutscenes developed by the famous anime studio Ufotable. The game has a size that can vary between 50-100 hours in terms of content.… Expand
  80. imalynxcat
    May 29, 2023
    6
    15 saat sonunda sıkıntıdan bıraktım. Yan görevler ve haritayı keşfetmek hem zevkli değil hem de ödüllendirici değil. Kombat çok sıkıcı.
  81. Only_A_User
    Apr 27, 2023
    9
    Certamente um dos melhores da franquia.

    Desde a evolução gráfica, sistema de combate e história, tudo excelente.

    O pinto negativo é o sistema econômico do jogo, difícil ganhar dinheiro e itens muito caros, tudo para "incentivar" a compra com dinheiro real de pacotes com dinheiro do jogo.
  82. hk300
    May 1, 2023
    8
    Very visually beautiful game, concepts in the story started very strong, I did very much enjoy the characters. I put about 40 hours into it and the first 30 were a joy, but the latter 10 or so kind of turned into nonsense. Overall if you have a tolerance for story lines that become convoluted and some grinding then I think you will enjoy this.
  83. Tintler
    Jun 25, 2023
    7
    Dünya, karakterler ve bu karakterlerin gelişimi güzel işlenmiş, hikaye ilk başlarda çok jenerik olsa da sonlara doğru güzel açılıyor.
    Grafik olarak 4k'da görsel şölen oluyor, animasyonlar, parçacık efektleri, karakter modellemeleri iyi olmuş. Optimizasyon da çok iyi oyun boyunca 4k 60 fps'nin altına düşmedim, stutter yaşamadım. Oyun sürem boyunca herhangi bugla karşılaşmadım.    Dünya, karakterler ve bu karakterlerin gelişimi güzel işlenmiş, hikaye ilk başlarda çok jenerik olsa da sonlara doğru güzel açılıyor.
    Grafik olarak 4k'da görsel şölen oluyor, animasyonlar, parçacık efektleri, karakter modellemeleri iyi olmuş. Optimizasyon da çok iyi oyun boyunca 4k 60 fps'nin altına düşmedim, stutter yaşamadım. Oyun sürem boyunca herhangi bugla karşılaşmadım.
  84. Neuromaster4
    Jun 27, 2023
    8
    Mon tout premier Tales Of.

    J'ai tout simplement adoré xD
    - Histoire pas mal (pas suivi tous les dialogues).
    - Gameplay vraiment Fun cela me fait pensé au dernier opus de FF16.

    Cela faisait longtemps que je n'avais pas fait de JRPG mais cet opus est pour moi une vrai réussite.
  85. Alicedcac
    Aug 8, 2023
    10
    Tales of Arise is a stunning JRPG with a great story, characters, and combat. It's a must-play for fans of the genre.
  86. Borderlinez
    Aug 8, 2023
    10
    Tales of Arise is a beautiful, emotional JRPG with a great cast of characters and an epic story.

Awards & Rankings

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#27 Best PC Game of 2021
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#34 Most Discussed PC Game of 2021

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. GameCritics
    Feb 23, 2022
    75
    It’s not an absolute slam dunk for the return of the Tales series, but it’s a solidly-crafted JRPG with a great battle system and fabulous environments to adventure through. It’s a shame the dialogue and story don’t match the stellar work done elsewhere, but on the whole it’s still a trip well worth taking.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Nov 30, 2021
    77
    If you don’t mind the cliché story, you’ll probably enjoy Tales of Arise – it has good graphics, good pacing and fluid (if a bit too easy) combat. [Issue#256, p.64]
  3. PCMag
    Sep 29, 2021
    80
    The Tales series makes a triumphant return with Arise, a game that delivers excellent, highly polished RPG action that stands above its predecessors. Despite being a RPG, Tales of Arise features a rich combat system that makes the title contend with some of the best action games released this year.
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