Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn

Beyond the Dawn expands the story of Tales of Arise by 20 hours, which are effectively intertwined with the main game. Ideal for fans who don't expect any dye gameplay innovations.

Tales of Arise - Beyond the Dawn might not be the most necessary followup ever made and you’ve seen this kind of story told in RPGs many times before, but it's still delightful nonetheless. Combat remains a blast, the story is thoughtful with a fantastic final boss, and the world feels like a realistic impression of what a year after global slavery would be like. Beyond the Dawn is exactly what it should be, nothing more and nothing less.

Tales of Arise: Beyond Dawn is too little too late. The expansion tells a somewhat predictable story amid tons of basic side-quests with basically no twists to the familiar gameplay: it's OK if you absolutely loved Arise cast and world building but otherwise skippable.

Beyond the Dawn builds on the strengths of Tales of Arise and offers a lot of scope for a DLC, but unfortunately little that is new.

At $29.99, I can only recommend Beyond the Dawn to Tales of Arise fans. If you liked the game, but everything I have mentioned does not convince you, wait better for a discount, where you can get this expansion at a more reasonable price. It's not bad, it's just that your admission is worth more than it should be.

Tales of Arise Beyond the Dawn is a welcome revisit, providing a satisfying epilogue for those who value engaging character relationships and complete the sidequests. Nazamil is an exceptional new character who gives the expansion a unique identity. Unfortunately, the same gameplay issues from Tales of Arise persist, but they are not particularly egregious in practice. In all honesty, the price point for Tales of Arise Beyond the Dawn may be too steep for what it offers, but it was undoubtedly crafted with care, so fans have nothing to fear in that regard.

With Beyond the Dawn, you can easily dive back into the world of Tales of Arise and experience the engaging dynamics between Alphen, Shionne, Rinwell, Law, Kisara and Dohalim. The world has been enriched with new monsters, dungeons and other small elements that encourage exploration and promise a good time.

Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn is a good opportunity to return to the role of Alphen and discover the facets of a new world that now only needs to be rebuilt. On the gaming side, unfortunately, something is missing and some new features could have been added, especially to draw a difference between the original chapter and the expansion, which is very useful only in narrative terms.