The demo throws you into the deep end at the start, it should be fine starting from the beginning with just 1-2 characters and limited artes and mechanics.
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Tales of Arise Review Thread
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The demo throws you into the deep end at the start, it should be fine starting from the beginning with just 1-2 characters and limited artes and mechanics.
That's what I'm sayin. I came in expecting 80's-90's and to hear that it's "Better than Berseria but doesn't strike the same chord as some of the classics like Vesperia, Symphonia, Abyss etc." Definitely didn't expect to see such high praise for it
Might be just the right thing to counterbalance my playthrough of Horizon: ZD. I'm going in mostly blind too. Now I just need to decide where I'm getting it.
Good, the last twenty hours of Tales of Vesperia seemed like a bad epilogue.
Thanks!
the main game is about 50 hours long according to estimates but honestly from that demo, I think it'll feel much more like a breeze considering how much I like the characters already something that Vesperia took a little longer for me to get behind.
Nothing by them yet.
Forgot about Lost Judgment, but I need to finish the first one.
What a great time to be a gamer, eh?
Frankly I'm surprised, did not expect a Tales game to review this well. If the worst thing anything can say about it is that it's trope-y and has a weird second-half plot turn, well, welcome to Tales games.
A couple of reviews mention 40 hours, which would be a good chunk less than Vesperia took me
I could never get into Berseria. Not a fan of the general story and some of the cast like that little kid were bleh.
I was just thinking that maybe Tales is finally poised for a Persona/Dragon Quest style breakout in the west.
Tales! Who would have thought?
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A Tales of... is one of the highest rated games of the year? Since when?!
This just became a must play.
This just became a must play.
Mine is up here:
Tales of Arise - Review | Progress Bar
Tales of Arise is a linear RPG with a painterly art style and combat more akin to a brawler than your standard turn-based combat system.progressbar.com.au
I gave it 6/10 (not contributing to open or metacritic so don't fret lol). Honestly stunned by how much of an outlier I am with this one. It being 88 on OC is just asburd (imho of course).
Sounds like a Sakuraba Tales OST. Shame that Go Shiina is only allowed to score the bad Tales games.
Are there any reviews that talk about performance? I'm wondering if I should get this for PS5 or for my PC.
The games are completely unconnected other than sharing item and ability names kind of like Final Fantasy
I never know who to trust when it comes to RPG reviews.
I'm not writing off specific reviewers, but there's been many occasions where a JRPG gets praised by professional outlets while RPG regulars bring up the flaws later.
I was wondering who people typically listen to for RPG reviews/takes.
I'm not writing off specific reviewers, but there's been many occasions where a JRPG gets praised by professional outlets while RPG regulars bring up the flaws later.
I was wondering who people typically listen to for RPG reviews/takes.
PS5 is pretty much silky-smooth 95% of the time. There are a few fights, especially optional ones when the going gets rough and I can see a beefy PC helping out. But it's solid, solid, solid on PS5.
I am not sure if i can mention him here ? but acg does. states 2080 ti gets well above 60fps at 4k maxed. 1080ti does the same at 1440p. Pop in remains an issue which was the same on console versions
I'm only 5 hours into the game, but so far it's... alright. It'll probably open up in a big way soon, so I'm hyped for that.
If you look at the RPG focussed review sites they both gave them 9/10. I'd say that's a pretty good indicator.
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How did you like the story? How would you compare it to other games in the series if you played them?
I think People like Easy Allies and Happy Console Gamer do a good job. More on HCG because most of his reviews are RPG related (if not most). Though I would say the way he reviews games feels like overall on the fly thoughts/opinions and not reading a script. So I suppose there's some genuine feelings there.
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PC supports higher framerates than 60fps so the answer is quite obvious. :p
Loved it overall. It strikes a weird balance I didn't think existed between nuanced themes and more conventional JRPG cliches. I'm not sure if that makes sense on paper. What I'm trying to say is that the folks who are foolishly convinced that Arise is some kind of anti-Tales are going to be seriously surprised, but the folks who fear it's another Tales of Grace in terms of writing (...no offense to anybody who genuinely enjoys Grace's writing...?) should rest assured it won't be.
Excellent! I have a good laptop (RTX 2060, decent SSD), but it's still a laptop so I'll probably go with the PS5 version then.
I've only ever played Phantasia which I loved, I never really liked the shift into 3D combat.
I think I'll give this one a shot though, the reviews look pretty promising.
I think I'll give this one a shot though, the reviews look pretty promising.
Not in my wildest dreams I expected these scores. I was in with an 80 so, wait while I take out my wallet.
IMO Arise has the best romance subplot since Tales of the Abyss with Luke and Tear
Yeah I like Happy Console Gamer, but his off the cuff review style really grates on me, I don't think he's eloquent enough to pull it off. He ends up rambling and repeating himself a lot. But he's the exact target market for this game, so a great review from him is a good sign.
btw, I don't think we link to ACG here anymore.
Excited for this even though every Tales game since Graces has been disappointing in the combat part. Maybe this will be good.