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You don’t need to pull up the menu to change active party members in battle. You simply hold L1 and the dpad direction of who want in and then select the person you want tagged out and they will swap
You don't even have to hold in L1... unless you mean L2 for the support characters, but yeah, just the dpad and then hold L2 and then dpad again for the character you want to swap in, but this only lasts for the current battle, and resets back after
There's also artes proficiency, as you keep using artes, your proficiency count will go up, and with high enough counts, you will unlock new artes for your characters. I found a kind of 'idle' way to farm for proficiency points: first you have to acquire the artefact Blade of Sealing at some point in the game, turning it on will make your and the enemies' attacks only cause 1 damage, then switch combat mode to full auto, next simply find a group of monsters, preferably those with high HP (or a boss if you so prefer). With only 1 damage, you cant die too soon, and neither can the monsters, and the characters will just keep spamming their artes to the hundreds ( if you want to level up certain arte(s), just switch the other off on the character artes list). This is quite handy when your not actually around to play the game, just let them fight in auto mode and then go work, eat or whatever you like. check back after sometimes as the monsters will eventually run out of HP.
I'm so happy about the new side quest management. I got overwhelmed in Tales of Vesperia with how easily you can miss side quests and have to have a walkthrough open at all times. This method is much less stressful.
@@RedRobinTitan very true, something else i realized that is awesome is ending the battle directly after the finishing hit, then displaying the results on the screen after you exit the battle. Really saves time as well as defeats repetitive Berseria-esque conversations.
@@duncanpackham5330 : The problem is that the more you play, the more locations you have where they can pop up and the number of possible things you might need to do to trigger the next step just skyrockets. There's also the lingering question of 'can I continue this yet and I'm just looking in the wrong place? or can I not do any more yet?' I've always felt like the ideal would be to leave things open to discovery, but give people a solid in-game way to 'reveal' anything they might not find on their own just by working for it somehow.
I remember when I played the demo, it doesn't tell you much. The character swapping with back and front members can actually be done without opening a menu. You hold the D Pad on the character you want to swap with instead of tapping. You can swap between all 6 any time without opening a menu.
@@themarchinggoblin8294 agreed. Playing the main game is a lot better at grasping the game’s battle system as an evolution of Berseria and Zesteria. I honestly forget how Zesreria plays but I remember Berseria, i played it a few months ago. Yeah, demo you get the tutorial prompts and just experiment.
I just wanna give you props on this video for a few reasons, the buggest one being that yoy actually ahow us in the video examples and etc of what you are actually talking about in real time, as much as you can at least. Some sections dont lend themselves well to this so i understand when its not possible lol. The second, and morw baffling reason i like it, is because youre actually talking/teaching us things that the game doesnt ACTUALLY tell you at some point in tutorial popups or whatever. Ive been watching lots of Tale of Arise videos because im about to jump into the game for the first time and i wanna gather as much info as i can about what i should be doing, looking out for etc, and your video is one of the better ones, for the reasons ive already mentioned. Ive wasted so much time watching videos that cover things the game already blantatly and easily teaches you, so thank you good sir! 🙃
I played many tales series, but I am proud to say that the difficulty in this is just the right aamount. No hacking and slashing to victory, but more planed and strategic. Like for once I get to use the strat system more than I ever did than other tale series. The graphic is awesome and more mature. I'm am really satisfied
Just started, the game is awesome! Only wondered why they don't add the training ground in the beginning when you most need it to learn your moves. Thanks for the tips
I just picked this game up on PlayStation Black Friday sale, I got to say I’m very impressed with this game so far, I should have purchased it when it first released but I’m still happy that I waited and still got a good price for it.
You can swap active party members without going into the menu by long pressing the member you want in, then long pressing the boost attack of the member you want out.
I am trying to get this work, but somehow i just see the "circular loading" icon and the characters don't swap even after they have completed their artes?
I read if you don’t do side quests you get out leveled like crazy. #4 you have to get 300/320 for platinum so do not skip any. Once you leave an area you’re sol for them, fire pits are your last chance for any missed in that place.
subquests don't provide exp, but they do give a large amount of SP and Gald. You don't even get a reliable method of gald gain until much later into the game
This actually isn’t true, just like the missable owls, there aren’t any. If you check at the fire pit you will see that green exclamation by ones you missed or had no idea about, check it out and thank me later. Guides are really screwing that up
Just play on hard. It's still pretty easy since the baddies are thankfully less damage spongy in higher difficulties compared to other namco games, but at least you have to dodge sometimes
@@harrisonmakris1376 It was more of a meme about being OP before the 1st boss because you did hella sidequests but yeah I'm on Moderate and the challenge isn't too bad. First lord was rough because I AI wasn't dodging and then I wasn't dodging well either lol, but otherwise I've been able to handle it fine, so I may go up to Hard.
@@mrbastos Hards a lot of fun because it actually does make you pay more attention to the gimmicks of each character. I just got rinwell and trying to figure her out on hard is a lot of fun because she doesn't really make any sense, once you figure out how to combo with her, if there's any art using character on screen she's OP as hell. She just is a straight nuke. I really like how each character seems to have their own specialty so it makes you want to switch to them
Good to see that skills/titles menu explain how to get what and that regions inform you of side quests. I'm playing Vesperia remastered atm and if you look up from a strategy guide for five minutes I feel like you can miss entire side quest lines. I got the boat and decided to be a brat and return to the starting city. Found a guy that wanted me to find his brother. I'm like, "Cool." Asked around all over, found a lead and learned an arte. "Cool," I again say, but can't find anything else. Decided to look up where the guy is and OH MY GOD IT GOES ON FOREVER HOLY FUCK I JUST WANTED A SWORD OR SOMETHING. This shit spans continents and main story chapters. Like it's not that serious ToV, damn.
So, with this game.. are you able to go back to previous locations and “farm” monsters if you will to get XP or level up? Like in final fantasy 13-2 for example you could go back to maps over and over to grind out XP killing things. Or is this the kind of game where you should get everything you can in the map, kill everything and move on because you won’t be able to go back and grind?
I've noticed the exp diminishes after a bit so I'm just killing everything on the map and moving on. Going back only for materials. I'm also playing on hard mode and only the bosses require strategies, can't just overpower them
@@warrxnt even hard so far I've been matching up with the enemies levelwise. It's honestly good to be slightly below the baddies level just to actually get something out of the battle system. I mean, this one isn't as easy as zesteria, but it's definitely not a hard game. Which is good too because in the past tales games hard just meant damage sponges
You can alwys go back and grind but you actually dont get stronger by leveling up you get stronger by earning SP(skill points) and unlocking skills in exchange for your SP. The SP numbers you get from enemy mobs are surprisingly low im glad they're kinda fixing the problem of being overpowered than the upcoming boss. FF13-2 is a literal cakewalk i wished the added a hard mode tbh
…I would actively do the side quests off the start as it will help with the leveling curve early and make the first and second boss much easier without having to farm or grind nearly as much.
Played tales of symphonia (the legendary one) back in the day , then abyss. Just bought this 5 minutes ago , really glad they are moving this franchise forward and from all the reviews/comments it looks like it might be the best one in the series
made me smile, you went that extra mile and blurred the map names and skit names so we saw nothing. Thank you for that small detail. I am so on the fence about this, its been years since I played a Tales game, and without PS5 I can't play the demo to see if I enjoy it :(
I hope that I can unlock new members early in story. Masked one and gun girl dont look very original. Why every review main them, when there is a shield and pole-stick?. Visuals are fine but I need some non sparcly combos to actualy jujdge how character plays.
how do i see the armor i buy or find?i have a costume armor equiped an no matter what i do its always the costume look.i cant unequip the costume .I even deleted the pre order pack an the game.just installed the game an couldnt play where i left off cause it made me re intall the pre order
If you’re talking about the costumes/equipment. In the main menu there’s equipment (armor icon) and costumes (top hat icon). The former effects a character’s stats while the latter only changes the look of a character. All you need to do is equip any armor you like for those stat boosts in the equipment menu. Then head to the costume menu to change a character’s appearance. If theres a costume equipped, hit the remove button. That will leave the character with only their equipment appearance. There’s no need to uninstall any of the bonuses. Hope this helps. :D
@@GcorpCoPrez wish I could send a picture to show I have no remove button for costumes.Its funny though cause I have a remove button for attachments an weapon skin
from what i've heard, it's apparently pretty easy on normal so playing on anything higher than normal would be good. though it might be best to stick with normal then increase it once you get a feel for the difficulty and systems.
@@LordRoyalTee Shinon is basically Velvet on Xanax. I like Alphen, but honestly so far he's just there to push shinons development. I feel like this is a ffx situation and shinons the real main character and Alphen is just the shonen view point guy. At least so far
@@harrisonmakris1376 I understand that feeling with Alphen and Shionne. I do like them both as characters. At least Alphen is less so viewpoint heavy as Tidus, more as a foil for Shionne. I think i used that word right lol
I started the tales of series with tales of graces f can’t wait to pick up my copy tomorrow couldn’t on day or release even though I preordered been working constantly
18 hours into the game, halfway through the 3rd city and just got Kisara joining me. Have to say Kisara's mechanic is fun and challenging since dodge is replaced with shield
I’m pretty annoyed that Bandai have delays for the collectors edition, but luckily they had the common sense to send out free digital download codes to people so we can play while we wait on the collectors edition to come.
Could someone go over the preorder and deluxe edition bonuses for me? I can't find a description of what the "Premium Item Pack" and "Premium Travel Pack" actually have in them any page where the purchase is listed (Steam/GMG/etc). Is it just consumables and cooking stuff or is it something else?
@@lunebadru5997 Well for the ultimate edition there are also costumes. I don't really care about that so it's not missing out for me, but if you do care about costumes you might feel like you're missing out. The deluxe edition comes with the preorder bonus costumes and I guess an item and cooking ingredient pack which I don't really see the need for. Certainly not worth the extra $25.
I'm a fairly OCD Completionist. Exploring every single nook and cranny of the map is what I live for! 😂😆😎 Edit: Side Note - Really wish more Tales games were ported to Xbox... One can dream! Lol. 😁
Okay the first function is basically like sword art online Alicezation licorice because they are in a 4 man party and you basically switch characters the same way while in battle
So does anyone else have the issue where hair cosmetics just don’t show during cutscenes for Alphen? Or will it fix itself when the mask is fully gone since that is a story thing.
There is, it just separates the attack/combo part from the swapping characters part. Basically during battle each character has a meter that fills up and when it's full you can tell that character to do a special attack that will extend combos, refill some of your arte gauge, and each character has a special effect that's unique to their attack. For example, Kisara stops enemy charges and boosts party defense while Rinwell can stop enemies casting and steal their spells. You can do it with any character whether they're actively in combat or not, the ones who aren't currently active will do their move then jump back out of combat. You can swap characters during combat in the menu, but it just changes who's active without any special attack related to it. Basically it's Berseria's switch blasts but better.
@@ansalem12 in Berseria you could switch characters without an attack involved by holding guard and pressing the appropriate switch direction. In this game you can switch active party members without opening the menu. This has been discovered since the demo came out. Why do you people misinform others without looking stuff up.
@@MirruArcade I wasn't intending to be misleading, I just didn't think it was important to explain every detail of each game's systems just to get across the fact that it has similar systems to Berseria but different in some ways. The things I said are true, I just didn't explain all the intricacies of each game. Maybe I made a bad decision, but I didn't need to look anything up. I'm well aware of how each of the games work. But the question was whether or not there are switch blasts in Arise, and I didn't think writing a detailed tutorial of how combat switching works in each game would be necessary to answer the question.
@@ansalem12 so instead you go off on a tangent instead of answering his question with a simple yes or no? I didn’t ask you to give an intricate answer I simply stated you were wrong and you can switch on the fly without opening the menu. So what are you getting at? You started breaking down Boost Strikes when all the person wanted to know is if it’s possible to switch on the fly like the switch blast from Berseria
This outfits is part of the waring states costumes and it bundled together with the premium costumes dlc. This dlc pack can't be bought separately unlike the beach and school dlc.
Also the 9th thing you need to know is the game does not work with controllers mostly you can mess with big picture mode and stuff on steam but most controllers if not all dont work from all the reviews on the games steam page.
Newbie. Is it worth it and what’s reply value like? I’m starting to think games like this are more fun then call of duty and battlefield. I don’t care for story much just fun gameplay and exploring and leaving up
I'll trade you. You gave me some Tales tips, I'll give you some synonyms for _daunting_ : deterring, intimidating, discouraging, horrifying, disheartening. I look forward to this being my first Tales game; it looks so gorgeous! I bet the art really pops after 🍄
Love the vid...... but can we sometimes get a translation for buttons on Series X 😂😂😂. Looking for "square" on an Xbox controller is a bit difficult. (Joking). Keep up the great vids bro.
4m in to this and telling ever one what will know and 1m in the video i was not paying no mind to what you was talking about as well as really people can pick this up with out worry unless do not know how to play games lol
I know nothing about the previous games, is this new game connected?? Do I need to know general information about the world of the game to fully understand everything?? Or is more like a final fantasy with no strong connections between each game??? 🤔🤔🤔
The combat in general is so backwards compared to Berseria. I'm now afraid to use auto mode because my ai seems dumb af. I can't even set up each character exactly how I want them to play.
Why would you play on auto mode, unless you're backtracking through an area or farming or something, in which case, does it matter that much unless you're dying constantly? Idk I'm just starting out but I'm not new to RPGs or JRPGs but maybe I'm missing something
@@Zakhar597 it sucks you have to revive the ai nonstop because they are too dumb to react. The developers did terrible programming. You can't play as all 4 characters at the same time. That's why you have to optimize their combat so they'd be effective in battle.
@@mookiestewart3776 Wow no shit an rpg has grind but when you make it overly excessive and it takes 5 hrs to gain 1 level but you can buy levels thats the problem
Back in my day, we didn't complain about grinding for 5 hours for one level, because that was our only option. Micro transactions that affect your actual gameplay/stats, etc are one of the single worst things to happen to video games. Ever
That's a hard question to answer. Arise is slightly more accessible in how it works and the gameplay is faster, and the game heavily promotes using all the characters instead of just the protag through how the mechanics work, but it's still fundamentally the same character based run around and combo things until they die system. I don't know what you didn't like about it. The break system is much simpler in arise and that could be what you didn't like because berseria did rely on that too damn much. Arise is actually pretty good about not over relying on it's gimmicks. That's been a problem with tales for the last like 4 games, but arise is layered in a way where nothing is straight up a mandatory way to play. Like I like it better than berseria and it's just miles better than zesteria, which just was straight ass, but if you fundamentally dont like what the battle system is, then you're still not going to like this. It's definitely smoother and more accessible than berseria, but you can look at it, it's still essentially building on that system
@@harrisonmakris1376 my main problem is that I felt no “impact” with the combat in berseria. I never understood what the flow was supposed to be. I could just button mash until everything died. Combat I like in games: red dead 2, bayonetta, nier automata, DmC, god of war 1-4 Combat I Hate: tales of berseria, souls games,
@@Kingsnax12 Arise is a little better. Basically you can mash until things die, unless it's a boss. Arise plays out more like a fighting game where your rewarded for consistent combos with what is essentially a burst damage special move for free. The way character boosts work in arise is literally the exact same as marvel vs Capcom. The difference is it's not a fighting game. You can't cancel anything so mashing just gets you smacked and you cant combo infinitely (kinda, but especially at the beginning) because there is a recovery period at the end of a characters string. The way around that is obviously to use an assist, which fills the gauge so you can use your specials to cover your recovery then repeat til you run out of assists, but certain assists help with specific enemies like flying, shield, charging, magic, so maybe it's better to save them instead. Each character also has a gimmick they get to play with on top of that and generally does well against a specific enemy type, but it's not necessary to switch if you don't want to.. It's actually a really involved system that plays out well, but only on the hard difficulty. On anything less, it's probably kinda wack because you don't need to do any of that
@@harrisonmakris1376 firstly I wanna say thank you for this in depth break down of the combat I really appreciate it and it sounds really good. I’m gonna get this game but imma wait for a steam sale when it’s about 30-40 bucks.
Then you would be doing it wrong 😂😂. I jest. It just seem like most JRPGs release on PS only. I think of Xbox more as a "western" console and the Playstations as more "eastern".
I dont get why they have made combat worse than Tales of Barseria... And whats up with there being like 5 different monsters in the game that they only change the colour and name of? AI settings are so simplified and not character specific... The Story as far i i have come is really dull and forced... Really dissapointed in this Tales game :( Skits are way better than the older games though. The Graphics is ok but nothing fancy. All in all i would place this Tales game somewhere on the lower half on a Tales "best to Worst" list.
A load screen every 10 feet. A convoluted broken map system. I spend more time trying to find a location to a quest or side quest than it takes to do that quest. This game is a rage inducing mess.
This game has a bunch of weird issues. The waypoint is annoying….map annoying….the combat system is unnecessarily deep and over complicated….a lot of overcomplicated systems…my first jrpg…western games are much more user friendly.
That's... generally, what games of this genre are like 😂😂. It's a JRPG. It's like an anime but as a video game. Have you never played other games in the genre?
Do you have any tips for new players??
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You don’t need to pull up the menu to change active party members in battle. You simply hold L1 and the dpad direction of who want in and then select the person you want tagged out and they will swap
@@M1rakel21 I'm curious about this as well, though it might be too soon to ask.
@@M1rakel21 i dont believe so, unless the story makes characters into romantic partners they wont do that, pretty much like every other tales game
@@M1rakel21 from the previous games I dont think so, like there might scenes were you talk to em more but never seen that in a tales game
It's crazy how many people played this game and didn't know you can switch the active character on the fly.
You don't even have to hold in L1... unless you mean L2 for the support characters, but yeah, just the dpad and then hold L2 and then dpad again for the character you want to swap in, but this only lasts for the current battle, and resets back after
There's also artes proficiency, as you keep using artes, your proficiency count will go up, and with high enough counts, you will unlock new artes for your characters. I found a kind of 'idle' way to farm for proficiency points: first you have to acquire the artefact Blade of Sealing at some point in the game, turning it on will make your and the enemies' attacks only cause 1 damage, then switch combat mode to full auto, next simply find a group of monsters, preferably those with high HP (or a boss if you so prefer). With only 1 damage, you cant die too soon, and neither can the monsters, and the characters will just keep spamming their artes to the hundreds ( if you want to level up certain arte(s), just switch the other off on the character artes list). This is quite handy when your not actually around to play the game, just let them fight in auto mode and then go work, eat or whatever you like. check back after sometimes as the monsters will eventually run out of HP.
I'm so happy about the new side quest management. I got overwhelmed in Tales of Vesperia with how easily you can miss side quests and have to have a walkthrough open at all times. This method is much less stressful.
After putting some hours in, i agree. I love even more that if you already have the items, you can start and end the quest in the same conversation.
@@motivatorsoftheheart0007 So many more games need that feature. It is a hugely beneficial aspect of the game.
@@RedRobinTitan very true, something else i realized that is awesome is ending the battle directly after the finishing hit, then displaying the results on the screen after you exit the battle. Really saves time as well as defeats repetitive Berseria-esque conversations.
@Kuwago none of them are missable btw
@@duncanpackham5330 : The problem is that the more you play, the more locations you have where they can pop up and the number of possible things you might need to do to trigger the next step just skyrockets. There's also the lingering question of 'can I continue this yet and I'm just looking in the wrong place? or can I not do any more yet?'
I've always felt like the ideal would be to leave things open to discovery, but give people a solid in-game way to 'reveal' anything they might not find on their own just by working for it somehow.
Got it 1 day early and began playing it today. It's awesome!
I remember when I played the demo, it doesn't tell you much. The character swapping with back and front members can actually be done without opening a menu. You hold the D Pad on the character you want to swap with instead of tapping. You can swap between all 6 any time without opening a menu.
Yeah the demo really put me off, got overwhelmed straight away. Full game eases you in alot better
@@themarchinggoblin8294 no shit--- it's so you can test everyone in the demo and see how they each play
Dude, I just got rinwell and had no idea. That's great. I was kinda mad there wasn't a quick swap option tbh
@@themarchinggoblin8294 agreed. Playing the main game is a lot better at grasping the game’s battle system as an evolution of Berseria and Zesteria. I honestly forget how Zesreria plays but I remember Berseria, i played it a few months ago.
Yeah, demo you get the tutorial prompts and just experiment.
Has anyone ever combo’d across all the characters? 😆😅
I just wanna give you props on this video for a few reasons, the buggest one being that yoy actually ahow us in the video examples and etc of what you are actually talking about in real time, as much as you can at least. Some sections dont lend themselves well to this so i understand when its not possible lol. The second, and morw baffling reason i like it, is because youre actually talking/teaching us things that the game doesnt ACTUALLY tell you at some point in tutorial popups or whatever. Ive been watching lots of Tale of Arise videos because im about to jump into the game for the first time and i wanna gather as much info as i can about what i should be doing, looking out for etc, and your video is one of the better ones, for the reasons ive already mentioned. Ive wasted so much time watching videos that cover things the game already blantatly and easily teaches you, so thank you good sir! 🙃
I played many tales series, but I am proud to say that the difficulty in this is just the right aamount. No hacking and slashing to victory, but more planed and strategic. Like for once I get to use the strat system more than I ever did than other tale series. The graphic is awesome and more mature. I'm am really satisfied
What difficulty did you choose?
It seems more fleshed out with finer control too for the strat system in comparison to past Tales.
Just got the game from Amazon a whole day early! Starting my play through after this video.
Just started, the game is awesome! Only wondered why they don't add the training ground in the beginning when you most need it to learn your moves. Thanks for the tips
I just picked this game up on PlayStation Black Friday sale, I got to say I’m very impressed with this game so far, I should have purchased it when it first released but I’m still happy that I waited and still got a good price for it.
Same got the ultimate edition for £30 will play it after ragnarok
You can swap active party members without going into the menu by long pressing the member you want in, then long pressing the boost attack of the member you want out.
I am trying to get this work, but somehow i just see the "circular loading" icon and the characters don't swap even after they have completed their artes?
@@ainouta123 you need to do this for the one you want to switch out too
I read if you don’t do side quests you get out leveled like crazy.
#4 you have to get 300/320 for platinum so do not skip any. Once you leave an area you’re sol for them, fire pits are your last chance for any missed in that place.
Fire Pits?
subquests don't provide exp, but they do give a large amount of SP and Gald. You don't even get a reliable method of gald gain until much later into the game
@@Vexal50 I understand but he's saying I'm SOL if I leave the area..but you can fast travel back to said quests..
@@RazorBladezX g
Hes talking about skits not quests . They are missable
This actually isn’t true, just like the missable owls, there aren’t any. If you check at the fire pit you will see that green exclamation by ones you missed or had no idea about, check it out and thank me later. Guides are really screwing that up
Waiting to do sidequests? How else will I get OP before the 1st boss?
i know who im makin op the firl with the massive ponytale n giant canon😍
Just play on hard. It's still pretty easy since the baddies are thankfully less damage spongy in higher difficulties compared to other namco games, but at least you have to dodge sometimes
@@harrisonmakris1376 It was more of a meme about being OP before the 1st boss because you did hella sidequests but yeah I'm on Moderate and the challenge isn't too bad. First lord was rough because I AI wasn't dodging and then I wasn't dodging well either lol, but otherwise I've been able to handle it fine, so I may go up to Hard.
@@mrbastos Hards a lot of fun because it actually does make you pay more attention to the gimmicks of each character. I just got rinwell and trying to figure her out on hard is a lot of fun because she doesn't really make any sense, once you figure out how to combo with her, if there's any art using character on screen she's OP as hell. She just is a straight nuke. I really like how each character seems to have their own specialty so it makes you want to switch to them
Good to see that skills/titles menu explain how to get what and that regions inform you of side quests. I'm playing Vesperia remastered atm and if you look up from a strategy guide for five minutes I feel like you can miss entire side quest lines. I got the boat and decided to be a brat and return to the starting city. Found a guy that wanted me to find his brother. I'm like, "Cool." Asked around all over, found a lead and learned an arte. "Cool," I again say, but can't find anything else. Decided to look up where the guy is and OH MY GOD IT GOES ON FOREVER HOLY FUCK I JUST WANTED A SWORD OR SOMETHING. This shit spans continents and main story chapters. Like it's not that serious ToV, damn.
So, with this game.. are you able to go back to previous locations and “farm” monsters if you will to get XP or level up? Like in final fantasy 13-2 for example you could go back to maps over and over to grind out XP killing things. Or is this the kind of game where you should get everything you can in the map, kill everything and move on because you won’t be able to go back and grind?
I've noticed the exp diminishes after a bit so I'm just killing everything on the map and moving on. Going back only for materials. I'm also playing on hard mode and only the bosses require strategies, can't just overpower them
Any difficulty below Hard I’ve found that you really don’t need to worry about farming outside of materials
@@warrxnt even hard so far I've been matching up with the enemies levelwise. It's honestly good to be slightly below the baddies level just to actually get something out of the battle system. I mean, this one isn't as easy as zesteria, but it's definitely not a hard game. Which is good too because in the past tales games hard just meant damage sponges
@@harrisonmakris1376 exactly it allows you to focus on all aspects of the game
You can alwys go back and grind but you actually dont get stronger by leveling up you get stronger by earning SP(skill points) and unlocking skills in exchange for your SP. The SP numbers you get from enemy mobs are surprisingly low im glad they're kinda fixing the problem of being overpowered than the upcoming boss.
FF13-2 is a literal cakewalk i wished the added a hard mode tbh
I love how im 40 hrs in and only half way through. Fantasric game when the story is as long as it is. Worth money.
The training ground is nice as I’m really bad for only playing the MC in Tales games.
I do to, but only because every other game wants in most other series you to play the main character so 🤷🏻♂️
why not just hold down L2 and hold left or up Dpad to select a hero, release L2 and press and hold the dpad you want that hero to swap with?
…I would actively do the side quests off the start as it will help with the leveling curve early and make the first and second boss much easier without having to farm or grind nearly as much.
Thanks for covering this! Can’t wait to dive in.
Just ordered this today. Never played a Tales game so can't wait to get stuck in
Played tales of symphonia (the legendary one) back in the day , then abyss. Just bought this 5 minutes ago , really glad they are moving this franchise forward and from all the reviews/comments it looks like it might be the best one in the series
made me smile, you went that extra mile and blurred the map names and skit names so we saw nothing. Thank you for that small detail.
I am so on the fence about this, its been years since I played a Tales game, and without PS5 I can't play the demo to see if I enjoy it :(
Do you have a ps4 or pc? Its on there too
@@lunebadru5997 I didn't notice it on PC, I go through steam and it shows the game, but no demo.
Pre order downloaded and ready to goooo!!!!!
Me too. Waiting for Steam to unlock it.
Thanks for this! Just downloaded this last night and have only played about an hour. New sub too!
Can't wait for tomorrow to play this
I hope that I can unlock new members early in story. Masked one and gun girl dont look very original. Why every review main them, when there is a shield and pole-stick?. Visuals are fine but I need some non sparcly combos to actualy jujdge how character plays.
how do i see the armor i buy or find?i have a costume armor equiped an no matter what i do its always the costume look.i cant unequip the costume .I even deleted the pre order pack an the game.just installed the game an couldnt play where i left off cause it made me re intall the pre order
If you’re talking about the costumes/equipment.
In the main menu there’s equipment (armor icon) and costumes (top hat icon).
The former effects a character’s stats while the latter only changes the look of a character.
All you need to do is equip any armor you like for those stat boosts in the equipment menu. Then head to the costume menu to change a character’s appearance. If theres a costume equipped, hit the remove button. That will leave the character with only their equipment appearance.
There’s no need to uninstall any of the bonuses. Hope this helps. :D
@@GcorpCoPrez wish I could send a picture to show I have no remove button for costumes.Its funny though cause I have a remove button for attachments an weapon skin
Thanks just started playing today.
Don't know when you surpassed 1M subs but congrats bro, and thanks for the info with the vid!
5:56 THAT move. How do i execute that move???
Very helpful and nicely presented. Thanks!
What difficulty do you recommend playing on? I have played a couple of the tales games so I was thinking on raising the difficulty.
Same
1 under the hardest I'm going for. Moderate I think it is!
from what i've heard, it's apparently pretty easy on normal so playing on anything higher than normal would be good. though it might be best to stick with normal then increase it once you get a feel for the difficulty and systems.
At the very least moderate if you don't want it to be too easy, I'm a few hours in on hard and still having no issues.
It’s forgiving for the most part but the later half is challenging
Yes heal manually, even with many artes disabled the AI has a habbit of not healing when required.
...and they'll be active in comb-bat. I love that
Does the main character finally dethrone, Yuri "Mofoking" Lowell, as the best main character in the series? Thats all I wanna know y'all.
No 😔
No but Alphen is cool. Velvet is still second to Yuri tho lol
@@MirruArcade No Velvet is my #1, along with the best support character ever Magilou. Yuri is cool but he just comes off as a pompous ashole to me.
@@LordRoyalTee Shinon is basically Velvet on Xanax. I like Alphen, but honestly so far he's just there to push shinons development. I feel like this is a ffx situation and shinons the real main character and Alphen is just the shonen view point guy. At least so far
@@harrisonmakris1376 I understand that feeling with Alphen and Shionne. I do like them both as characters. At least Alphen is less so viewpoint heavy as Tidus, more as a foil for Shionne. I think i used that word right lol
I started the tales of series with tales of graces f can’t wait to pick up my copy tomorrow couldn’t on day or release even though I preordered been working constantly
In the Artes screen what does the Square box (with the sword icon) signify? Some Artes have it, others don't.
Martial arte; arcane arte
Those artes usually require more than one AG. (The blue rhombus shapes that dictate how many artes you can use in one combo)
@@MirruArcade makes sense now. Here im thinking they might lead into mystic artes
@@GcorpCoPrez in this game any arte leads into mystic artes. Except the level 2 arte that requires you to use a 5hit arte combo before initiating it
I can't wait for this game
Thank you. I shall find you a nice Christmas Ham for this.
12 hours to go till I can play Tales of Arise can't wait to play it
If youre on Xbox switch your location to NZ. Play early:)
@@RazorBladezX thanks but I can wait until 8 O'clock tonight play
18 hours into the game, halfway through the 3rd city and just got Kisara joining me. Have to say Kisara's mechanic is fun and challenging since dodge is replaced with shield
Yo does anybody know why my in game text and in the menus is non existent? like its all blank
I’m pretty annoyed that Bandai have delays for the collectors edition, but luckily they had the common sense to send out free digital download codes to people so we can play while we wait on the collectors edition to come.
The email stated with the pandemic happening, there were delays. XD im glad i get to play day 1.
Could someone go over the preorder and deluxe edition bonuses for me? I can't find a description of what the "Premium Item Pack" and "Premium Travel Pack" actually have in them any page where the purchase is listed (Steam/GMG/etc).
Is it just consumables and cooking stuff or is it something else?
Consumables.
@@FewNewReasonss Gotcha, thanks.
Ok i was worried i was missing out on something by not splurging and spending 109 dollars
@@lunebadru5997 Well for the ultimate edition there are also costumes. I don't really care about that so it's not missing out for me, but if you do care about costumes you might feel like you're missing out. The deluxe edition comes with the preorder bonus costumes and I guess an item and cooking ingredient pack which I don't really see the need for. Certainly not worth the extra $25.
I'm a fairly OCD Completionist. Exploring every single nook and cranny of the map is what I live for! 😂😆😎 Edit: Side Note - Really wish more Tales games were ported to Xbox... One can dream! Lol. 😁
Im so excited
Whoa how do you get that layerd armor?
ultimate ed
@@NADAREGaming pass
Okay the first function is basically like sword art online Alicezation licorice because they are in a 4 man party and you basically switch characters the same way while in battle
So does anyone else have the issue where hair cosmetics just don’t show during cutscenes for Alphen? Or will it fix itself when the mask is fully gone since that is a story thing.
there is no switch blast like in Berseria? To change support character on the fly and extend combos? That was the best :(
There is, it just separates the attack/combo part from the swapping characters part. Basically during battle each character has a meter that fills up and when it's full you can tell that character to do a special attack that will extend combos, refill some of your arte gauge, and each character has a special effect that's unique to their attack. For example, Kisara stops enemy charges and boosts party defense while Rinwell can stop enemies casting and steal their spells. You can do it with any character whether they're actively in combat or not, the ones who aren't currently active will do their move then jump back out of combat. You can swap characters during combat in the menu, but it just changes who's active without any special attack related to it.
Basically it's Berseria's switch blasts but better.
Yeah tales of bersaria is awesome still would go back and replay it
@@ansalem12 in Berseria you could switch characters without an attack involved by holding guard and pressing the appropriate switch direction. In this game you can switch active party members without opening the menu. This has been discovered since the demo came out. Why do you people misinform others without looking stuff up.
@@MirruArcade I wasn't intending to be misleading, I just didn't think it was important to explain every detail of each game's systems just to get across the fact that it has similar systems to Berseria but different in some ways. The things I said are true, I just didn't explain all the intricacies of each game.
Maybe I made a bad decision, but I didn't need to look anything up. I'm well aware of how each of the games work. But the question was whether or not there are switch blasts in Arise, and I didn't think writing a detailed tutorial of how combat switching works in each game would be necessary to answer the question.
@@ansalem12 so instead you go off on a tangent instead of answering his question with a simple yes or no? I didn’t ask you to give an intricate answer I simply stated you were wrong and you can switch on the fly without opening the menu. So what are you getting at? You started breaking down Boost Strikes when all the person wanted to know is if it’s possible to switch on the fly like the switch blast from Berseria
Guys what does level artes do? I have a 4 star arte that they have used a lot but don’t see any difference?
The arte gets stronger, that's all.
HELP!!!!! All of my characters are only hitting for one damage and I don’t know how to fix it!
Does this game have quick save
It has autosave
And you can also manually save as well
I want to play this game but I have all tales games in Steam bought on sale and haven't finish one of them. So I'll wait on sale
Omg that girl with the long ponytail is soooo cute. Is that a preorder skin?
I believe it comes with the ultimate edition but it's also buyable in a pack for a few bucks
This outfits is part of the waring states costumes and it bundled together with the premium costumes dlc. This dlc pack can't be bought separately unlike the beach and school dlc.
@@hastomohadi7563 bs! Why not?
This games look awesome
You can also change to the other party members without even going into a menu
I also mean for moving character that aren’t in the main party can be added to the main party without needing a menu
The game will launch on steam in 5 hours
Tip there is one missable owl in the game.
Nope, it gets washed ashore 👌🏻
Whoever made the idea of missable quests and many other missable things are bound to hell.
100 percent the game , my first JRPG loved it.
This game looks gorgeous
Also the 9th thing you need to know is the game does not work with controllers mostly you can mess with big picture mode and stuff on steam but most controllers if not all dont work from all the reviews on the games steam page.
What are you talking about, it works fine.
@@Jujuwhat People had controller problems on day 1 I guess its fixed now and my comments outdated.
Is there a manual save option? This is one thing that has kept me away from JRPGS.
Yes
Most jrpgs have manual save these games are normally very long and can't rely only on auto save.
@Ji H That's what I wanna know, wth.
Just got this game
Why the hell did they put the training grounds on the third zone...?
Newbie. Is it worth it and what’s reply value like? I’m starting to think games like this are more fun then call of duty and battlefield. I don’t care for story much just fun gameplay and exploring and leaving up
The replay value on takes games is always really good ,
Kind of a staple of the series
This looks fun
-Sees Thumbnail and immediately thinks of Tanjiro-
this game reminds of Radiant Mythology
Do enemies drop loot?
Not really... More like you get rewards for each battle.
@mad0813 so, yes 😂😂. The game loterally tells you what each monster drops when you kill them
why do I always get these videos after I've played the game😭
I wanted to play this with my wife but sadly they removed that feature.
Is the game multiplayer?
Local co op? No sadly.
This game good?
Seems to be around 8.5 / 10 based on reviews thus far.
I'll trade you. You gave me some Tales tips, I'll give you some synonyms for _daunting_ : deterring, intimidating, discouraging, horrifying, disheartening.
I look forward to this being my first Tales game; it looks so gorgeous! I bet the art really pops after 🍄
Love the vid...... but can we sometimes get a translation for buttons on Series X 😂😂😂. Looking for "square" on an Xbox controller is a bit difficult. (Joking).
Keep up the great vids bro.
4m in to this and telling ever one what will know and 1m in the video i was not paying no mind to what you was talking about as well as really people can pick this up with out worry unless do not know how to play games lol
I know nothing about the previous games, is this new game connected?? Do I need to know general information about the world of the game to fully understand everything?? Or is more like a final fantasy with no strong connections between each game??? 🤔🤔🤔
Tales of Arise is an independent story. This is a GREAT time to get into the series!
All you need to know is THIS GAME IS SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK.
Is good in android phones???
The combat in general is so backwards compared to Berseria. I'm now afraid to use auto mode because my ai seems dumb af. I can't even set up each character exactly how I want them to play.
Why would you play on auto mode, unless you're backtracking through an area or farming or something, in which case, does it matter that much unless you're dying constantly? Idk I'm just starting out but I'm not new to RPGs or JRPGs but maybe I'm missing something
@@Zakhar597 it sucks you have to revive the ai nonstop because they are too dumb to react. The developers did terrible programming. You can't play as all 4 characters at the same time. That's why you have to optimize their combat so they'd be effective in battle.
dont forget to but all the DLC so you can actually play the game without having to grind for 100 hrs
I don’t get why people complain about grinding lol. It’s a damn jrpg……….grinding is part of the game
@@mookiestewart3776 Wow no shit an rpg has grind but when you make it overly excessive and it takes 5 hrs to gain 1 level but you can buy levels thats the problem
The problem is actually micro transactions in all forms, and are one of the absolute worst things about the gaming industry these days.
Back in my day, we didn't complain about grinding for 5 hours for one level, because that was our only option. Micro transactions that affect your actual gameplay/stats, etc are one of the single worst things to happen to video games. Ever
Yo
This game for me is an 8/10 had it been open world i would have been a 10 but that is just my personal preference still this game is freaking good
The first thing you need to know is, you still can't buy a ps5 anywhere
I'm over it
The best game was tales of graces f
As a person who wants to like tales of games but just hated and I mean HATED the combat and berseria is this games combat more or less the same.
That's a hard question to answer. Arise is slightly more accessible in how it works and the gameplay is faster, and the game heavily promotes using all the characters instead of just the protag through how the mechanics work, but it's still fundamentally the same character based run around and combo things until they die system. I don't know what you didn't like about it. The break system is much simpler in arise and that could be what you didn't like because berseria did rely on that too damn much. Arise is actually pretty good about not over relying on it's gimmicks. That's been a problem with tales for the last like 4 games, but arise is layered in a way where nothing is straight up a mandatory way to play.
Like I like it better than berseria and it's just miles better than zesteria, which just was straight ass, but if you fundamentally dont like what the battle system is, then you're still not going to like this. It's definitely smoother and more accessible than berseria, but you can look at it, it's still essentially building on that system
@@harrisonmakris1376 my main problem is that I felt no “impact” with the combat in berseria. I never understood what the flow was supposed to be. I could just button mash until everything died.
Combat I like in games: red dead 2, bayonetta, nier automata, DmC, god of war 1-4
Combat I Hate: tales of berseria, souls games,
@@Kingsnax12 Arise is a little better. Basically you can mash until things die, unless it's a boss. Arise plays out more like a fighting game where your rewarded for consistent combos with what is essentially a burst damage special move for free. The way character boosts work in arise is literally the exact same as marvel vs Capcom. The difference is it's not a fighting game. You can't cancel anything so mashing just gets you smacked and you cant combo infinitely (kinda, but especially at the beginning) because there is a recovery period at the end of a characters string.
The way around that is obviously to use an assist, which fills the gauge so you can use your specials to cover your recovery then repeat til you run out of assists, but certain assists help with specific enemies like flying, shield, charging, magic, so maybe it's better to save them instead. Each character also has a gimmick they get to play with on top of that and generally does well against a specific enemy type, but it's not necessary to switch if you don't want to.. It's actually a really involved system that plays out well, but only on the hard difficulty. On anything less, it's probably kinda wack because you don't need to do any of that
@@harrisonmakris1376 firstly I wanna say thank you for this in depth break down of the combat I really appreciate it and it sounds really good. I’m gonna get this game but imma wait for a steam sale when it’s about 30-40 bucks.
You speak too quickly, guy, but other than that very informative
1st - change voice language to original.
I am offended you always put your controls in PlayStation format, sigh.
Some of us (a lot of us) play on Xbox!
Then you would be doing it wrong 😂😂. I jest. It just seem like most JRPGs release on PS only. I think of Xbox more as a "western" console and the Playstations as more "eastern".
I dont get why they have made combat worse than Tales of Barseria... And whats up with there being like 5 different monsters in the game that they only change the colour and name of? AI settings are so simplified and not character specific... The Story as far i i have come is really dull and forced... Really dissapointed in this Tales game :( Skits are way better than the older games though. The Graphics is ok but nothing fancy. All in all i would place this Tales game somewhere on the lower half on a Tales "best to Worst" list.
I hate this... why has MY game not become playable -_-.
A load screen every 10 feet. A convoluted broken map system. I spend more time trying to find a location to a quest or side quest than it takes to do that quest. This game is a rage inducing mess.
Are u sure? Another boring generic game
This game has a bunch of weird issues. The waypoint is annoying….map annoying….the combat system is unnecessarily deep and over complicated….a lot of overcomplicated systems…my first jrpg…western games are much more user friendly.
Combat is typical JRPG - they're all like that. Don't forget, these games are mainly for the Japanese market - it's a different culture to the west.
Played alot of the earlier tales games. While not bad they are pretty mediocre jrpgs. Might give this a shot tho when the price comes down.
That its an awful waste of money wasn’t one the things.
I dont like the cartoon look and backgrounds of this game
That's... generally, what games of this genre are like 😂😂. It's a JRPG. It's like an anime but as a video game. Have you never played other games in the genre?
You font need to know everything tbh game pracitcly play it self and there is almost no settings aswell