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Tales of Arise Review Thread
- Thread starter Rainy
- Start date
Shit I had this pegged as a low 70s game, I think I might have to give this a look now. Will probably wait for a sale because too much to play but this really wasn't on my radar at all
You have to read the WCCF article all over the internet to appreciate this joke
I should have stayed away from this thread...
Can't wait for my copy to arrive.
Alright now I'm hyped. I did enjoy Xilia, Berseria and Zestiria but it always disappointed me how they absolutely nailed combat in Graces and then just regressed afterwards. Happy to know that this game is a return to form.
I mean, the entire premise of the game is about 2 planets, one being enslaved by the other lol.
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).
I am remaining optimistic, but I wouldn't be surprised if there is a sect of the forum that comes around to agreeing with your critiques. Some positive reviews seem to paint the back-half of the game in a similar light(despite their own high scores), so I suspect in a week or so the OT will get heated on the subject as players finish off the game...
Actually lots of disagreement on combat too among reviews I am seeing. Some loving it throughout, others mixed or disappointed, but most scores hover high. So yea, OT will likely have a lot of arguments incoming.
This isn't even a spoiler, it's the basic premise. Like if you look at the official website right now you'll learn that there are two planets, because the entire premise is that the one planet (Rena) is basically enslaving the other (Dahna)
this is the premise blurb from the official website
The setting for the game is that one planet esnlaved the other lol.
Never played a Tales game before, really glad to see it reviewed well. I just wish there was a demo on PC, will probably wait a bit to pick up only because so many games are releasing in the next month but am glad to see it's an all around solid JPRG.
Wow. I haven't enjoyed Tales game in ages, but this is reviewing very well. I may end up actually getting it. Neat!
The vast majority of jrpg threads go this way to be fair, there's too varying an idea of what people want the genre to be
I read somewhere that the dungeons are kind of linear, but I can't remember where I read it.
I have never played a Tales of game before. Today I saw the trailer of Arise and I thought it looks cool, but Idk if this game can be for me or not.
I have a huge backlog so if I know that a game is not for me, I just skip it.
So… what makes Tales of games special? Convince me to buy it!
Idk if this can help but to me (for JRPG) Characters > Gameplay >= Story
Don't get me wrong a story has to be at least good and I hate plot holes, but if the game has some really really really good characters and a fun gameplay, I love it even if the story is not the best of the best.
I have a huge backlog so if I know that a game is not for me, I just skip it.
So… what makes Tales of games special? Convince me to buy it!
Idk if this can help but to me (for JRPG) Characters > Gameplay >= Story
Don't get me wrong a story has to be at least good and I hate plot holes, but if the game has some really really really good characters and a fun gameplay, I love it even if the story is not the best of the best.
I just wanted to specifically thank you for your review! I'm a lapsed JRPG fan and sometimes I get swept up in hype and reviews that tend to appeal specifically to JRPG fans so your review does a lot to properly set the tone for what Arise does and doesn't do well.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.
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).
This will probably help me to avoid Arise until it's on sale -- if I'm still curious at that point -- and puts a stake in the ground where it might be a good time to stop playing (around the 2/3rd mark, where the narrative undergoes a huge shakeup, as you described).
Again, I really appreciate your perspective because I desperately need it. I was ready to dive headfirst into Arise but it sounds like I'd have ended up just as frustrated as I was with Persona 5 (I ended up hating it after completing its 90h runtime) if I didn't know how tropey and repetitive it would get, going in.
Yeah, I'd say so. There aren't many instances at all that I feel could have really used VA and didn't have it. Given the length of the story, that's impressive.
I'm very surprised at the scores, I didn't think it'd get this much high praise. Is this the highest Metacritic score for a Tales game?
I'm not a big Tales guy but the ones I've played shares that formula: Characters > Gameplay >= Story (good but nothing really of note)