*Looking like Tales of Arise is shaping up nicely! I liked how distinct each of the characters felt. What do YOU think?* _Boomstick Gaming is the haven for core gamers who value gameplay mechanics and systems, because that's what continues_ _to make anything from 8-bit to 8k, equally enjoyable. Consider sticking around on the channel if you fall into that category! -Alex_
I am loving ALL the cast and finally the combat system seems like an evolution from the old games with the new aditions from the new ones, it is by far the best system mechanic we had IMO. I am loving it, tried it on XSX and PS4, pre order fo XSX, I am so damn happy for this Tales, after playing all the other tittles and always feeling something was amiss always this combat system feels just right, no need to manual cancel or free run like old games but it has the classic 3 normal hits from them, and the new art system with each button, mobility and other stuff from the recent games. Happy 25 Anniversary
Playing berseria for a while now but stopped to play the demo and damn, I think the all characters are a must to play and I still only able to play the sword guy, gun girl, and my fav Law. imma try the others next.,
I hope this doesn’t get lost but a quick note about everyone’s command attacks Alphen builds up armor break Shionne breaks aerial units Rinwell cancels enemy spells and gives her magic charge Kisara breaks charging opponents Dolahim binds agile enemies Law breaks armor Of the command attacks, Kisara’s and Rinwell’s are very important as most early bosses seem to love charging and the ability to cancel spells is very helpful from Rinwell. Throwing out the others will be very useful for breaking and I imagine Dohalim’s will be important in later parts of the game.
Really important to know this cuz thier call in skills literally are the biggest weaknesses to all the enemies so u need to time them perfectly. Well u don't need to but it makes the game much easier . They are not just simply extra attacks, but actually straight counters
I am so excited for this game. I jumped the gun and pre-ordered the ps5 edition without having a ps5. Took some time but manged to grab a console In anticipation for Arise!
Luckily for anyone else that has done this, you are ordering both PS4 and PS5 versions for the one price. Have a look at what it says you have 'bought' and it will say something like 'preorder for PS4 and PS5' Quite a lot of PS pre orders do this. Unfortunately, it can result in both versions downloading on PS5 but you can just delete the PS4 version.
I own this game on ps5. I've been playing it for the last 3 days and to be honest I am not a fan of it at all. I absolutely love RPG's but this game is boring and extremely repetitive. The ps5 version feels more like a PS4 port too. It certainly doesn't feel like a next gen game.
As others have noted you get both versions when you buy it. I'm playing on ps4, I cant imagine how great it would look on ps5 but after I finish my buddy is gonna use my acct to play on his ps5
@@johnnys8393 u must be so bad how can u find the gameplay boring and tedious lmao. the game makes u feel like an overpowered anime protagonist. git good
Typically I'd play as Alphen or Law, but how often does your cleric have a gun? I'm definitely going to give Shionne a try. Kisara and Dohalim seem a bit too technical for my taste, but Rinwell seems like she'll be able to break the tedium of playing a mage, since there'll be more to her than just standing still and waiting for her arte to charge.
Rinwell feels like you're going to be able to break the game with her pretty easily (Like Rita in Vesperia). Expect some long high damage combo builds from her lol.
I started playing yesterday and I honestly immediately switched to Shionne as soon as I got her (which is very early into the game) and it's more fun than Alphen, at least in early stages
Always appreciate what you provide Alex. Normally I go sword or melee but Kisara and Dolahim have me intrigued so gonna go with them first playthrough.
In Tales of Vesperia after trying out all of the playable characters I never felt the need to switch off of Yuri. He was by far the best character to me. In this one? I’m going to be switching like crazy, whenever I can because I’m sure certain characters will depart from the party at times during the story.
I loved Vesperia for how different every character was. I think Rita was probably the most OP character, though Judith had definitely a lot of appeal if you like insane "DMC style" combos. Estelle was a very good turtling character, basically invincible, but quite bad damage wise. Raven was very fun with all his versatility and the fact he felt like Huang Zhong in Warriors of Fate.
@@KrieGor27 Yup. Rita was defo the most op there. Not really op but more like great AOE damage dealer. She'd be like blah blah blah, and bam! Done. Funny coz Rinwell defo is a copy of Rita with the blah blah blah and whole appearance wise, except for Rita's haughty personality.
That game was good at the time . Went back to it before arise came out and I can see it's age but it was definitely great at the time. I do wish that arise to more of its more combo strings from that game tho .since Arise only has one basic combo unfortunately
Great video! Informative without spoiling the deeper aspects of combat (for example, a huge part of Law’s gameplay is the ability to use a pretty any time you take damage after a combo). I really wanted to switch between characters as I played, but after getting Rinwell and seeing how high her skill ceiling was, I stuck with her for the majority of the game. Playing Rinwell and switching to another character feels like playing a new game entirely. Same for Shionne to a lesser extent. Gameplay wise, this game is a masterpiece.
Hell yeah, glad to see you covering this game! I'm super hyped as a long-time Tales fan to see them really breaking the mold here and moving the series forward in a way that hasn't been done before.
I really struggled playing this demo, i played with 3 characters through it only using them so will now try the other 3 with the knowledge you have shared thank you 😄
Love the series but playing the demo each character definitely controls differently this is a case where I wish they had a training session for each character because it took me a minute to understand some of the dynamics behind those characters and I still didn’t understand everything until I watched this video. I hope in the main game they definitely have an option to simply train your character just run around in a mock battle with fire infinite HP enemy you can practice on
@@Vegetto19 i'll say both games are different but both are fire. I hope we'll get a very well-made story from Tales of Arise just like on Scarlet Nexus
I'll admit I've fallen into the "just using the main character in battle" thing before in most of the games but recently especially with berseria it's super fun to have other battle styles to choose from. With this game I'm gonna try to do that even more. Law and Kisara seem right up my ally in terms of play style as well as alphen of course. Never been a fan of pure mages (always been more of a get in close and destroy type but Rinwell seems like she'd be fun to play as also
Velvet is perfectly set to be the easy choice for ongoing combos. I tell my friends if they wanna multi, I'll play Rokurou or Magilou and let them stick with Velvet :P
Here in Arise, I also am just playing with the Alphen (MC). I guess because I am just accustomed to him, but of course, I make sure to level up all the other characters I have so in case I want to use them I can be as strong as I can with them.
Thank you for this overview. I haven't played the demo yet but Rinwell and Shianne look pretty interesting and unique in their playstyle. Definitely going to try them out.
Am loving the game. I just hope that there is a way to assign more attacks to a person. Having 3 for on ground and 3 for in air makes it awkward if you want to assign a lot of spells or grounds attacks for a combo for some characters. Another issue is if you want to play a spellcaster/healer/ranged character like Shionne you can't without going into the menu and swapping artes which breaks the flow of combat. The reason being is that with only 3 artes assigned, that leaves you with one heal, one spell attack and one regular attack, not much diversity tbh. Playing with melee only characters is fine though because it flows naturally to have 6 artes that can links into one another.
Awesome video, so with Rinwell you can stack a magic attack and when you cast a different one after that, you create like a altered arte. Or the thing that you said, you stack of the same type, to create a super powerful one, like high tier class. Damn, this game it's much more than I have expected, I can't wait for 10 September
@@kx2174 I won't lie, the graphics really did look amazing at the time (and still do), it just felt like they didn't really know where they wanted to go with the story. Till the end of time was the last best one they made, the twist near the end was crazy!
This wasn't on my radar at all to be honest. My backlog of games is massive and I just haven't been crazy about anything lately. Started replaying kings of amalur on ps4 and then saw this went on sale for $30 so I picked it up. So glad I didn't miss this game. This is one of my favorite jrpgs I have played in a LONG time. I think I'm even enjoying it more than FF7 remake. I've been playing jrpgs since the original final fantasy on nes for reference so I have over 30 years of rpg experience. That being said if anyone else can recommend any other games in this league I'd love to hear some more! Thanks for the great video..I just got rinwell and I'm trying to start to get more experienced with my combat so this definitely helped out
This game was definitely an amazing journey, I would recommend this game not only for the deep narrative driven story but the gameplay is fast and fun to mess around with. If you haven’t played it definitely give it a try 👍🏼
I hardly ever subscribe to channels, but this video was so good I just had too. Thanks for the vid and I hope you keep on updating the info when the game comes out.
Great video, awesome breakdown short simple, easy to understand and straight to the point. On the last stage of the game and I’ve disagreed with other creators w their opinion on the game and characters... but ur’s is very unbiased. Great work!
Gameplay definitely looks different to what the trailer led me to believe it would be. Thought it was an action RPG with tight combat, although this doesn't look bad either.
Honestly, the ones I thought I would like from the opening movie seem like they would be right up my alley in this too. They're Rinwell, Law and Dahalim
Very important to note that you should not play characters that aren't proficient in the desired playstyle have them in your group with only those abilities enabled and hold sp until you unlock most of the trees or there will be regrets. Late game though this guide slays like I thought Dohalim was a weaker Shineon that died alot nah bruh he is op
I picked up Tales of Arise the other day and I'm really enjoying it so far. That said, I do find melee combat to be pretty awkward, so I usually stick to Rinwell and Shionne. Currently trying to figure out how best to combo with Rinwell since sometimes allies can just stop attacking the enemy while I'm charging my spell, so trying to weave RB's between spell charges, though I could also play around with the AI to make them more aggressive.
What got me sold on this is the 70 something Bosses. I need my games to have high replayability value, if not content, seeing this games is apparently like 30-40 hours just
Ive almost never played anyone else aside alphen in this game and while everyone else looks fun to play as especially rinwell, ive always stuck with alphen. Might try out everyone else after i either beat the game and go to the training grounds, or try them out in other playthroughs.
I noticed Rinwell can store combined artes to chain to your 3rd arte. So during the 2nd cast after storing 1 arte you can store the 2nd spell to hold onto a Shooting Star, then SS will release at the same time as your next spell. It's 3 casts in but for burst phases it sounds great. Makes me wonder if Rinwell has hidden artes requiring a combo arte + a base arte.
Yeah, it took me a while to realize how deep Rinwell’s magic charge is. If you charge air thrust and cast air thrust, she will cast cross blade. But, if you charge air thrust and charge and charge another air thrust, she will store a cross blade. After storing a cross blade, try casting spread…
I finished the game today and enjoyed my 50 hours i spent on it. However after watching this video i can't help but feel that I've robbed myself of some of the fun this game had to offer me . I only played as Alphen the entire time, i didn't understand how to use burning strikes until past lv30. Once I got the warrior emblem accessory i enhanced it and used transfer skill to max out attack and equip it on Alphen. This meant that my reigning slash was doing massive damage and would out DPS any combos I could hope to do . This lead to just spamming one ability behind the enemy for the last 15 hours of the game .
My first tales game ever, 33 hours in and liked it so far. On the get go i choose the 1 level before hard difficulty and oh boy every boss battle always have me on the edge of sit. So far im still trying to find the optimum setup for my play and to be honest i havent found one yet haha since almost every boss bottle i have to consume like 9 life bottle and some CP pot. I main alpen like almost all the time, hes just fells very flexible, dashing quickly, juggling nicely too. And when enemy, you can count on him to deliver punishment. I've been avoiding youtube so far since i dont want any spoiler. Some jackass on youtube put spoiler as their title and put a goddamn thumbnail zz. Got this vid from my friends, good job avoiding any unnecessary spoiler
I love all of these characters, Dohalim especially, but my biggest problem with playing him as the controlled character is his artes just get waaay too limited, especially late game. Since he has good heals, spells, and melee artes, and the controlled character is limited to 6 ground attacks (and 6 arial), you kind of have to pick how you want to utilize him if you control him in battle. Whereas if he's AI controlled he has access to his full artes list and can more easily fill any role on a dime. Over all though this is a fantastic Tales game, and actually better than I had worried it would be. This main cast has pretty solidly become one of my favorites, and I've played almost all of the flagship titles.
Honestly, I have the most fun with Law (despite his dumb name) cuz it feels so satisfying to do his combos and become an unrelenting torrent of whoop ass
Having only recently getting into the Tales series as of two years ago, I’m so glad I managed to pre order this game when I had the chance. I hope somewhere further down the like there will be a remastered version for the earlier games such as Symphonia and Destiny.
Thanks for covering this, Alex. Arise looks really promising combat-wise. On which system did you capture the footage? PS: So Dohalim's special art is Expand Dong. Sorry, I'll see myself out...
Might be a bit late, but this is what each character’s Boost attack does: - Alphen: Fire damage and instant Down on an enemy if not in Overlimit - Shionne: Unleashes a line AoE of multiple hits that will bring flying enemies to their knees for a brief time - Rinwell: Will do several hits of damage as well as prevent enemies from casting and steal their Arte as a Magic Charge for herself (only when they’re in the middle of casting) - Law: A brutal hit that can force enemies back in some cases, but in most cases is used to break armor and shields of enemies that reduces damage - Kisara: A wall that does damage while stopping charging enemies - Dohalim: Creates a small AoE of Earth-based damage and prevents agile enemies from dodging YOUR attacks Using the right boost on the right enemies will Down the enemy (such as using Rinwell on an enemy casting an Arte or using Kisara to stop a charging enemy); you’ll know who to use by party combat comments
Rinwell would probably get along quite well with Rita Mordio. I sure hope Rinwell won't chase down the baddies(looked like she was chasing a dog let loose) like Rita did before I customized her.
I have my eye on this game and while the combat looks interesting the enemies seem super tanky Are all enemies this durable or more in the build you have?
There is a stat in this game called penetration that is basically about how fast enemies stagger and its depends on which character you choose since the penetration stat differs
Kind of wish you would have actually gone into what their specials do. Each character auto breaks/downs different enemies as their specialty. Armored/Flying/Charging/Magic casting/Dodging etc, each character counter one type of enemy
Had a really hard time sticking with some of the previous Arise games, just due to some of the grindy tropes of JRPG's. But this one is really looking amazing. The much larger budget is easy to notice. Great video as always! Can't wait to try it out. BTW was surprised you didn't release any content on The Ascent. Did you happen to try it out? I really ended up enjoying it. Finished it a cpl days ago.
@@BoomstickGaming really? I had a lot of fun with it. I think a large part of it had to do with the world they built and the theme, but man did they do such an incredible job hand crafting the world.
*Looking like Tales of Arise is shaping up nicely! I liked how distinct each of the characters felt. What do YOU think?*
_Boomstick Gaming is the haven for core gamers who value gameplay mechanics and systems, because that's what continues_
_to make anything from 8-bit to 8k, equally enjoyable. Consider sticking around on the channel if you fall into that category! -Alex_
I am loving ALL the cast and finally the combat system seems like an evolution from the old games with the new aditions from the new ones, it is by far the best system mechanic we had IMO. I am loving it, tried it on XSX and PS4, pre order fo XSX, I am so damn happy for this Tales, after playing all the other tittles and always feeling something was amiss always this combat system feels just right, no need to manual cancel or free run like old games but it has the classic 3 normal hits from them, and the new art system with each button, mobility and other stuff from the recent games. Happy 25 Anniversary
Playing berseria for a while now but stopped to play the demo and damn, I think the all characters are a must to play and I still only able to play the sword guy, gun girl, and my fav Law. imma try the others next.,
Usually I typically only enjoy melee party members but Shionne and especially Rinwell were surprisingly fun and satisfying to play as!
I hope this doesn’t get lost but a quick note about everyone’s command attacks
Alphen builds up armor break
Shionne breaks aerial units
Rinwell cancels enemy spells and gives her magic charge
Kisara breaks charging opponents
Dolahim binds agile enemies
Law breaks armor
Of the command attacks, Kisara’s and Rinwell’s are very important as most early bosses seem to love charging and the ability to cancel spells is very helpful from Rinwell. Throwing out the others will be very useful for breaking and I imagine Dohalim’s will be important in later parts of the game.
I think law is just damage/dps hence the ramp up with consecutive hits. alphen already breaks armor.
You need an Xbox. BADLY.
Really important to know this cuz thier call in skills literally are the biggest weaknesses to all the enemies so u need to time them perfectly. Well u don't need to but it makes the game much easier . They are not just simply extra attacks, but actually straight counters
Rinwell in particular looks like an absolute blast to play but I'm excited to give them all a go! I hope you make some more content on Arise !!
I very likely will!
I am so excited for this game. I jumped the gun and pre-ordered the ps5 edition without having a ps5. Took some time but manged to grab a console In anticipation for Arise!
Luckily for anyone else that has done this, you are ordering both PS4 and PS5 versions for the one price.
Have a look at what it says you have 'bought' and it will say something like 'preorder for PS4 and PS5'
Quite a lot of PS pre orders do this. Unfortunately, it can result in both versions downloading on PS5 but you can just delete the PS4 version.
I own this game on ps5. I've been playing it for the last 3 days and to be honest I am not a fan of it at all. I absolutely love RPG's but this game is boring and extremely repetitive. The ps5 version feels more like a PS4 port too. It certainly doesn't feel like a next gen game.
As others have noted you get both versions when you buy it. I'm playing on ps4, I cant imagine how great it would look on ps5 but after I finish my buddy is gonna use my acct to play on his ps5
@@Eltron92 for DIGITAL. You don't get both for disc versions.
@@johnnys8393 u must be so bad how can u find the gameplay boring and tedious lmao. the game makes u feel like an overpowered anime protagonist. git good
Typically I'd play as Alphen or Law, but how often does your cleric have a gun? I'm definitely going to give Shionne a try. Kisara and Dohalim seem a bit too technical for my taste, but Rinwell seems like she'll be able to break the tedium of playing a mage, since there'll be more to her than just standing still and waiting for her arte to charge.
Rinwell feels like you're going to be able to break the game with her pretty easily (Like Rita in Vesperia). Expect some long high damage combo builds from her lol.
I Like Shionne but alphen AI is not good at dodging attacks -_-
@@kitkat2407 Yep, I have already discovered this as well.
I started playing yesterday and I honestly immediately switched to Shionne as soon as I got her (which is very early into the game) and it's more fun than Alphen, at least in early stages
@@kitkat2407 If by that you mean he takes every hit then yeah, but I still prefer to be the one in control of heal than praying for one
Always appreciate what you provide Alex. Normally I go sword or melee but Kisara and Dolahim have me intrigued so gonna go with them first playthrough.
In Tales of Vesperia after trying out all of the playable characters I never felt the need to switch off of Yuri. He was by far the best character to me. In this one? I’m going to be switching like crazy, whenever I can because I’m sure certain characters will depart from the party at times during the story.
I felt the same way, but for me it was Karol I stuck to
I loved Vesperia for how different every character was. I think Rita was probably the most OP character, though Judith had definitely a lot of appeal if you like insane "DMC style" combos. Estelle was a very good turtling character, basically invincible, but quite bad damage wise. Raven was very fun with all his versatility and the fact he felt like Huang Zhong in Warriors of Fate.
@@KrieGor27 Yup. Rita was defo the most op there. Not really op but more like great AOE damage dealer. She'd be like blah blah blah, and bam! Done. Funny coz Rinwell defo is a copy of Rita with the blah blah blah and whole appearance wise, except for Rita's haughty personality.
That game was good at the time . Went back to it before arise came out and I can see it's age but it was definitely great at the time. I do wish that arise to more of its more combo strings from that game tho .since Arise only has one basic combo unfortunately
The combat of this game is so responsive and satisfying!
Except 3 artes and then 6 which still isn't enough
Great video! Informative without spoiling the deeper aspects of combat (for example, a huge part of Law’s gameplay is the ability to use a pretty any time you take damage after a combo).
I really wanted to switch between characters as I played, but after getting Rinwell and seeing how high her skill ceiling was, I stuck with her for the majority of the game. Playing Rinwell and switching to another character feels like playing a new game entirely. Same for Shionne to a lesser extent. Gameplay wise, this game is a masterpiece.
Hell yeah, glad to see you covering this game! I'm super hyped as a long-time Tales fan to see them really breaking the mold here and moving the series forward in a way that hasn't been done before.
Heck yea! Seems like a big improvement.
I love the flashiness of Rinwell and Alphen so I'll most definitely play those.
I really struggled playing this demo, i played with 3 characters through it only using them so will now try the other 3 with the knowledge you have shared thank you 😄
This looks leagues better than previous Tales games & those is just the kind of coverage that helps you decide on a purchase. Great job.
Love the series but playing the demo each character definitely controls differently this is a case where I wish they had a training session for each character because it took me a minute to understand some of the dynamics behind those characters and I still didn’t understand everything until I watched this video. I hope in the main game they definitely have an option to simply train your character just run around in a mock battle with fire infinite HP enemy you can practice on
First time EVER that I played a JRPG with other characters and they are ALL amazing
with this and scarlet nexus arpgs are lookin damn good this year
Scarlet Nexus was fire.
Still playing that right now now, love the combat. Tales of Arise would be quite different though (for better or worse?)
@@Vegetto19 i'll say both games are different but both are fire. I hope we'll get a very well-made story from Tales of Arise just like on Scarlet Nexus
@@OneWingedMavrik scarlet nexus gameplay was good but the story was meh and the side quests are the worst i have ever done in any rpg.
@@arclight7892 okay, you win. Haha. Those sidequest were... Well, they were there, ya know?
I'll admit I've fallen into the "just using the main character in battle" thing before in most of the games but recently especially with berseria it's super fun to have other battle styles to choose from. With this game I'm gonna try to do that even more. Law and Kisara seem right up my ally in terms of play style as well as alphen of course. Never been a fan of pure mages (always been more of a get in close and destroy type but Rinwell seems like she'd be fun to play as also
Velvet is perfectly set to be the easy choice for ongoing combos. I tell my friends if they wanna multi, I'll play Rokurou or Magilou and let them stick with Velvet :P
Here in Arise, I also am just playing with the Alphen (MC). I guess because I am just accustomed to him, but of course, I make sure to level up all the other characters I have so in case I want to use them I can be as strong as I can with them.
@@axx012 Same!
Man this game looks great. If the story and underlying systems are cool too this one will rock.
Thank you for this overview.
I haven't played the demo yet but Rinwell and Shianne look pretty interesting and unique in their playstyle. Definitely going to try them out.
Am loving the game. I just hope that there is a way to assign more attacks to a person. Having 3 for on ground and 3 for in air makes it awkward if you want to assign a lot of spells or grounds attacks for a combo for some characters. Another issue is if you want to play a spellcaster/healer/ranged character like Shionne you can't without going into the menu and swapping artes which breaks the flow of combat. The reason being is that with only 3 artes assigned, that leaves you with one heal, one spell attack and one regular attack, not much diversity tbh.
Playing with melee only characters is fine though because it flows naturally to have 6 artes that can links into one another.
from what I heard, they will be six ground and six air assignable in the full game.
Awesome video, so with Rinwell you can stack a magic attack and when you cast a different one after that, you create like a altered arte. Or the thing that you said, you stack of the same type, to create a super powerful one, like high tier class. Damn, this game it's much more than I have expected, I can't wait for 10 September
DEMO's out tomorrow boys, can't wait
Oh damn really??? Thanks!
Mix and match spells to make your own. Now you have my attention Rinwell
Honestly majority of them look fun to play.
Felt the same
Wow Tales sure has changed a lot over the years. This one looks more like Star Ocean now.
I really wish they would bring back star ocean and give it this treatment. They just keep re-releasing First departure....SO5 felt too rushed.
@@kx2174 I won't lie, the graphics really did look amazing at the time (and still do), it just felt like they didn't really know where they wanted to go with the story.
Till the end of time was the last best one they made, the twist near the end was crazy!
I mean Star ocean team consisted of old Tales Of devs
Not really 😂😂
I do like Alphen he looks cool a Shieone looks great too , looking forward to release , thanks for the information to.
Have fun!
I honestly can’t decide which one most appeals to me. This is the first Tales game where I like all the characters.
This wasn't on my radar at all to be honest. My backlog of games is massive and I just haven't been crazy about anything lately. Started replaying kings of amalur on ps4 and then saw this went on sale for $30 so I picked it up. So glad I didn't miss this game.
This is one of my favorite jrpgs I have played in a LONG time. I think I'm even enjoying it more than FF7 remake. I've been playing jrpgs since the original final fantasy on nes for reference so I have over 30 years of rpg experience.
That being said if anyone else can recommend any other games in this league I'd love to hear some more!
Thanks for the great video..I just got rinwell and I'm trying to start to get more experienced with my combat so this definitely helped out
I can confirm Rinwell is OP at end game, her magic just hits like a truck against everything
Don't know if I'll get a reply. But how long did it take you to beat the game
@@NowKissMyChucks took me 112 hours to platinum
I almost always play the mages so maining Shionne & Rinwell is probably how I’ll go.
They all look awesome! Great video explaining everything! Can't wait till the full game drops💯 🤘😉
Hey thanks! It seems like it should be pretty good.
Just played the demo this morning and this video was a great help. I'll definitely be tuned in for more coverage!
Hey thanks!
My most anticipated game of 2021.
The Demo was fire, I'm sold. Can't wait for the full game. Not just for combat tho, music and skits were great too
The skits definitely felt more like real conversations but still held the innocence that they've always held. Can't wait
I pre-ordered the ultimate digital edition and the physical collector's edition. Rinwell is definitely my main, but all seem fun
Law all the way! looks like one of the best martial artists since early tales games
This game was definitely an amazing journey, I would recommend this game not only for the deep narrative driven story but the gameplay is fast and fun to mess around with. If you haven’t played it definitely give it a try 👍🏼
Rinwell boost skill is not a multi hit magic attack, it used to interrupt enemy spell cast and she stores it for use for herself to use whenever
Finally. Tales going back to the good gameplay features that made it great.
I hardly ever subscribe to channels, but this video was so good I just had too.
Thanks for the vid and I hope you keep on updating the info when the game comes out.
Though the combat system has improved, what I care more about is the story.
Hopefully the game delivers
Impressive tutorial..I now understand how the combat really works
Rinwell looks astoundingly fun to play.
Great video, awesome breakdown short simple, easy to understand and straight to the point. On the last stage of the game and I’ve disagreed with other creators w their opinion on the game and characters... but ur’s is very unbiased. Great work!
Didn't see much about this game , but, looks incredible.
Gameplay definitely looks different to what the trailer led me to believe it would be. Thought it was an action RPG with tight combat, although this doesn't look bad either.
It is very much an action rpg with super tight fast and responsive combat. But it is very much an rpg first and a action game second.
This is by far the best tales game I've played.
Honestly, the ones I thought I would like from the opening movie seem like they would be right up my alley in this too.
They're Rinwell, Law and Dahalim
I was wondering if this game would be worth picking up, but if Boomstick gave it a thumbs up then it's a no-brainer.
Very important to note that you should not play characters that aren't proficient in the desired playstyle have them in your group with only those abilities enabled and hold sp until you unlock most of the trees or there will be regrets. Late game though this guide slays like I thought Dohalim was a weaker Shineon that died alot nah bruh he is op
I picked up Tales of Arise the other day and I'm really enjoying it so far. That said, I do find melee combat to be pretty awkward, so I usually stick to Rinwell and Shionne. Currently trying to figure out how best to combo with Rinwell since sometimes allies can just stop attacking the enemy while I'm charging my spell, so trying to weave RB's between spell charges, though I could also play around with the AI to make them more aggressive.
The game is absolutely fun! Just wished it were couch coop like previous games.
What got me sold on this is the 70 something Bosses. I need my games to have high replayability value, if not content, seeing this games is apparently like 30-40 hours just
Ive almost never played anyone else aside alphen in this game and while everyone else looks fun to play as especially rinwell, ive always stuck with alphen. Might try out everyone else after i either beat the game and go to the training grounds, or try them out in other playthroughs.
I noticed Rinwell can store combined artes to chain to your 3rd arte. So during the 2nd cast after storing 1 arte you can store the 2nd spell to hold onto a Shooting Star, then SS will release at the same time as your next spell. It's 3 casts in but for burst phases it sounds great. Makes me wonder if Rinwell has hidden artes requiring a combo arte + a base arte.
Yeah, it took me a while to realize how deep Rinwell’s magic charge is. If you charge air thrust and cast air thrust, she will cast cross blade. But, if you charge air thrust and charge and charge another air thrust, she will store a cross blade. After storing a cross blade, try casting spread…
What a coincidence Dohalim, my special skill too is "Rod Extension" 5:52
Law and Dohalim will be my go to for sure
Awesome one of the best videos I've seen thus far with excellent details 👌😀
i've been waiting for a Tales game to be on the same level as Tales of Symphonia, hoping this can live up to that.
Law and Alphen are the most fun to play as in my opinion. Super excited about this game
Shield chick interests me the least...she'll probably be my favorite.
Rinwell seems like she's gonna be OP as hell just like Laphicet and Magilou on Berseria.
Blah blah blah Indignation!!!!!!! Lol
I finished the game today and enjoyed my 50 hours i spent on it. However after watching this video i can't help but feel that I've robbed myself of some of the fun this game had to offer me . I only played as Alphen the entire time, i didn't understand how to use burning strikes until past lv30. Once I got the warrior emblem accessory i enhanced it and used transfer skill to max out attack and equip it on Alphen. This meant that my reigning slash was doing massive damage and would out DPS any combos I could hope to do . This lead to just spamming one ability behind the enemy for the last 15 hours of the game .
That's what I did. No regrets.
This is an amazing game i had a blast playing it and finished it in a week after it's release
demon fang, it's so classic
Double demon fang
My first tales game ever, 33 hours in and liked it so far. On the get go i choose the 1 level before hard difficulty and oh boy every boss battle always have me on the edge of sit. So far im still trying to find the optimum setup for my play and to be honest i havent found one yet haha since almost every boss bottle i have to consume like 9 life bottle and some CP pot. I main alpen like almost all the time, hes just fells very flexible, dashing quickly, juggling nicely too. And when enemy, you can count on him to deliver punishment.
I've been avoiding youtube so far since i dont want any spoiler. Some jackass on youtube put spoiler as their title and put a goddamn thumbnail zz. Got this vid from my friends, good job avoiding any unnecessary spoiler
I love all of these characters, Dohalim especially, but my biggest problem with playing him as the controlled character is his artes just get waaay too limited, especially late game. Since he has good heals, spells, and melee artes, and the controlled character is limited to 6 ground attacks (and 6 arial), you kind of have to pick how you want to utilize him if you control him in battle. Whereas if he's AI controlled he has access to his full artes list and can more easily fill any role on a dime.
Over all though this is a fantastic Tales game, and actually better than I had worried it would be. This main cast has pretty solidly become one of my favorites, and I've played almost all of the flagship titles.
I’ve tried the guys so far. Fell in love with law. Gonna try the ladies today
I played the demo and it was alot of fun fighter is my playstyle tho and he plays very well
"Must never switch off the main protag"
Dude read me like a book.
Honestly, I have the most fun with Law (despite his dumb name) cuz it feels so satisfying to do his combos and become an unrelenting torrent of whoop ass
Something wrong with the other characters ?? Why they stay quietly and not going fight while the character we controled fight ??
They are set to Manual so they dont fight
Can't wait to get this for PS4
Having only recently getting into the Tales series as of two years ago, I’m so glad I managed to pre order this game when I had the chance. I hope somewhere further down the like there will be a remastered version for the earlier games such as Symphonia and Destiny.
I went to Gamestop and was about to be mad, when I thought this game was PS5 only. Thankfully I found it for PS4 Pro. This is my first Tales Of game.
Thanks for covering this, Alex. Arise looks really promising combat-wise. On which system did you capture the footage?
PS: So Dohalim's special art is Expand Dong. Sorry, I'll see myself out...
Might be a bit late, but this is what each character’s Boost attack does:
- Alphen: Fire damage and instant Down on an enemy if not in Overlimit
- Shionne: Unleashes a line AoE of multiple hits that will bring flying enemies to their knees for a brief time
- Rinwell: Will do several hits of damage as well as prevent enemies from casting and steal their Arte as a Magic Charge for herself (only when they’re in the middle of casting)
- Law: A brutal hit that can force enemies back in some cases, but in most cases is used to break armor and shields of enemies that reduces damage
- Kisara: A wall that does damage while stopping charging enemies
- Dohalim: Creates a small AoE of Earth-based damage and prevents agile enemies from dodging YOUR attacks
Using the right boost on the right enemies will Down the enemy (such as using Rinwell on an enemy casting an Arte or using Kisara to stop a charging enemy); you’ll know who to use by party combat comments
There is a certain level 100 boss that you most likely can’t beat unless you switch to shionne or dohalim near the end of the fight.
Definitely be getting this on Christmas
omg tales game is sooooooooooo much fun this time this gotta be goty
I love this game
Best JRPG in recent years.
*When you don't play either other than Alphen but plays them on the training grounds*
Oh god, I need to play it again on new game+ with swap options
Rinwell would probably get along quite well with Rita Mordio. I sure hope Rinwell won't chase down the baddies(looked like she was chasing a dog let loose) like Rita did before I customized her.
Damn bro, amazing video, really sold the game for me tbh, it's on sale on Xbox atm so will probably pick it up
cant wait to get and play it!
Dohalim's playtsyle is really interesting
Can you drop the spell combos you've found so far?
Did the demo not explain the assist attacks? Like Rinwell cancels enemy spells and Kisara blocks charging foes with the shield wall.
Got it for my PC and “Pre-Ordered” the day before it released hahaha and got the awesome skins
I have my eye on this game and while the combat looks interesting the enemies seem super tanky
Are all enemies this durable or more in the build you have?
I am playing on one difficulty higher than "normal". Also, the majority of this gameplay has the party members not attacking.
There is a stat in this game called penetration that is basically about how fast enemies stagger and its depends on which character you choose since the penetration stat differs
I almost never use the Flaming Edge perk on Alphen. I probably should use it more often...
you can stock rinwells spells i didnt know that
Kinda like what I saw with rinwell for sure and alphen
Kind of wish you would have actually gone into what their specials do. Each character auto breaks/downs different enemies as their specialty. Armored/Flying/Charging/Magic casting/Dodging etc, each character counter one type of enemy
Had a really hard time sticking with some of the previous Arise games, just due to some of the grindy tropes of JRPG's. But this one is really looking amazing. The much larger budget is easy to notice. Great video as always! Can't wait to try it out.
BTW was surprised you didn't release any content on The Ascent. Did you happen to try it out? I really ended up enjoying it. Finished it a cpl days ago.
I received The Ascent early but did not cover it. It felt really shallow and lifeless to me.
You mean tales games right not arise games
@@blakefenslerjr4858 Bingo thank u sir
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@@BoomstickGaming really? I had a lot of fun with it. I think a large part of it had to do with the world they built and the theme, but man did they do such an incredible job hand crafting the world.
nice ty bro for the vid
I'm not really a fan of Tales games, but this one looks awesome.
Basically, I always play as Alphen, because he’s like the leader of the group, but every now and then I choose someone else.
Not going to lie Kisara seems like my playstyle, Just love being a brick wall and mashing things with a shield