Tales of Arise

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8.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 245 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 186 out of 245
  2. Mixed: 40 out of 245
  3. Negative: 19 out of 245

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  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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...
  6. Mugaro26
    Oct 23, 2021
    0
    you can not play for other characters and this is a big problem for developers
  7. 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
  8. 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

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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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