Tales of Arise Review: Is the Hype Worth It? Should You Play it? Gameplay Impressions
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- Tales of Arise Review: Is the Hype Worth It? Should You Play it? Gameplay Impressions
In this Tales of Arise Review, we’re going to be taking a look at the 17th main entry to the Tales series and what this Action-RPG has to offer. Tales of Arise is a part of the popular JRPG series of games that follows up the previous title Tales of Berseria. This is not a sequel or continuation so you don’t have to worry about not having played any of the other Tales titles when it comes to story, but you will find some familiarity in the gameplay systems if you have.
Genre: Action-RPG
Developed by: Bandai Namco Studios
Published by: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Release date: September 10th
Platforms: PC (review platform), Playstation 4, Playstation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Price at the time of review: 59.99 USD Standard Edition
Timestamps
0:00 - Tales of Arise Review
0:24 - Story & Setting
1:41 - Gameplay
5:37 - Audio and Visuals
6:25 - Final Thoughts
7:36 - Summary and Score
Tales of Arise is a little slow to start, which makes the intro area a little boring as you really just want to get out there and start using some ultra cool moves. But hanging in there the abilities start to open up and the combat becomes much more enjoyable. The combination of character moves can result in some epic, flashy looking fights, but the auto lock-on can feel a little unnatural especially to begin with. The game reminded me a lot of Scarlet Nexus, as linear style and character ability swapping felt slightly similar, but I will say Tales of Arise feels much fuller as overall game with a deeper combat experience and more variety in storytelling in my opinion, making it more balanced and well-paced.
What’s great about Tales is that you can swap between playing characters Alphen and Shionne when exploring. There’s also a lot of great banter between the characters while you explore and at the camp areas when you rest. While the majority of the narrative is told through a mix of cutscenes, anime and comic strip styled conversations, you also get to pick up on the relationship between characters from their dialogues between these. There are also optional conversations to watch which will tell you more about the character’s thoughts on what’s going on in the story. I thought this was nice touch overall, but I could understand this might not be for everyone.
Tales of Arise offers some beautifully hand-drawn looking visuals, and definitely brings the “tales” side with the narrative. If you enjoy anime-inspired combat, a variety of customisation and can get on board with a linear world, you will enjoy Tales of Arise. You will definitely get your fill of content as there are 40 or more hours of content depending on how meticulous you are with side-quests, exploring and what level of difficulty you’re playing through.
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But $109.99 for complete game? No way! Will wait 6 months abd the Ultimate Edition will be $29.99
Just an FYI you don't need to go into menu to change character during fights, you can hold the Target button (LB/ L1) and press the Dpad.
That didn't work in the demo for me. I had to use the menu.
@Nykaitcha Naw, I've played through games before while missing out on mechanics because I completely ignore tutorials. It happens.
@Nykaitcha the demo id a bit buggy in my experience at least but it was def in the demo because I switched it by mistake mid battle and was confused lol
@Nykaitcha In all fairness I've played it today and don't even remember the game telling you how to do it. I just figured it out in the demo.
@Nykaitcha just like the auto lock on system gripe. It just seems to be based on her approach & delivery that although familiar w/ tales of through the berseria mention, this is clearly her first tales of game, given all the comparisons to scarlet nexus when there's an entire franchise to compare & contrast how far the series has come.
Goin back to my gripe, if you ignore the tutorials, there's a handy help menu, in this game it constantly reminds you of how to access it... oh & guess what, there's a change target mechanic.
On controller (same as it's always been)
Tap Lb to switch, or hold & move to change to the specified target of your choosing.
This is the first time in years where I’ve sat down with a game and haven’t been able to stop playing. I forgot what it felt like to be addicted to a game and want to stay up all night playing. That’s how good this game is.
I wish all review channels would give a comprehensive score of individual aspects like Fextralife does in the summary. Sometimes I just want to look at the Story and Gameplay aspects without caring about the rest, and this gives me a review for just that. Thank you!
It is true that they separate their score is a nice looking way but their scores are still meaningless because they are just like IGN they give most games the same typical scores of a 7-10 scale. Story good? instant 9 lol. I mean 7 is also good, but most games somehow are easily getting higher than 8 scores in story, i dont think that should be the case with a well made scale, same for gameplay, you can give Divinity OS2 score 9.5 because its gameplay is indeed one of the best if not the best in turn based ever, but then comes your average/decent game and it gets 8.5, like only 1 score below the best of the best? come on, visuals and replay seem to always get scores around 7-9 as well.
Fextra need to work on using the whole scale and stop catering to casuals who think anything below 7 is bad and 7 is average and 8 is maybe good, 9 is good and 10 is amazing lol.
That is a school grade scale and it doesnt really tell and differentiate well, its a scale that will lead to score inflation and a blurry, messy ranking.
Otherwise the review are good, they talking bits i mean, they just need to adjust scores.
@@jackjager8790 Fextralife don't really give 'most games' 7-10 and those kinds of scores are mostly exclusive to AAA games on IGN. IGN have always happily scored Indie or small publisher games well south of 8.
We aren’t a huge company with unlimited writers, we are a small team of content creators and therefore we only review what we have time to play, and we only have time to play games that interest us. So you are unlikely to find a game with a four or a five because we don’t have time for that game, last of us was an exception because we had made the time for the game given the hype and we were disappointed
just subscribe to her
@@Fextralife First time for me in this channel. I'm subscribing right off the bat after seeing this honest response.
Great job Fextralife 👍
First review I'm watching 🙃
I wish there would be a preview clip on all the available artes in the artes menu so it's easier to figure out which artes chain better with other artes..also wish we could toggle the target lock on/off instead of instant auto lock-on when combat initiates..still it's a great game though..it's on par with Final Fantasy 7 Remake for me....great review btw..
Damn, that spinny number got me, thought it was a 9.8 😆 Can't wait to try this one
The combat customization remind more similarity with Ys games tbh in which I really love.
It has become my favorite entry in the tales franchise.
Loved it so much.
Really enjoyed your review and thoughts too, you've made me wanna get it now, so cheers for that, big thankyou from me 👍
it will be better to say for example thank you for watching at the end of the video ❤️
I got this for my birthday a few days ago and I love it! This is my favorite tales game aside from abyss and berseria.
Nice Review. Thank You! Ive been waiting for this one.
I'm watching a "Should You Play it?" after I pre-ordered this gem months ago :D
Saaaame. Confirmation bias lol.
Same here. I am playing it now but still watching a "Should you play it" 😁
I pre-ordered the digital one on XSX. The game is up if switching to Asia Region.
Is it worth it?
@@TheSushiandme For me yeah, worth every penny!
Is it possible to turn down the flashy visual effects of the abilities?
It looks too much to see what's going on.
Fextralife are one of the few reviewers I actually trust now (especially after the Last of Us 2 controversy). Never played a Tales game before, looking forward to trying this at some point!
Why, what did they say about the last of us 2? I thought fextralife only focused ons rpgs
@@osmancardona3613 they didnt lie through their teeth and call it a 10/10 game
@@Freestyle80 It's a good game no matter what, not sure why people get so up-in-arms about it.
@@mandalore1089 its not 10/10, not sure why you are so keen on thinking that
Its an amazing game. For me wayyy better then Zestiria or even Berseria. I would rank it up there with my favs like The abyss and Vesperia.
I actually can't believe they said this game starts slow considering berseria haha
Yeah, this is up there with the best in the franchise. Bandai-Namco should take note and use it as the template for Tales moving forward.
Hype! Love y’all’s reviews
love the review FEX >3 PS you can switch charactes by holding directional on the dpad
One of my favorites. Tales of destiny got me hooked. Wish they remade ToD or made an anime on it. The concept of special element weapons and characters were completely charming. But back to subject ToA is top favorite game of all time now
Huh, dispite being the most critical review of the game i've seen so far (and with me disagreeing in some points, mostly 'cause of my personal opinion) you made a great job arguing it and making your point being well presented and substantiated, to say the least
Great job! I'm subscribing :)
Are there OPTIONAL areas?
Had no idea this was coming out and it looks clean and smooth as hell.
Great review, thank you
I follow video games like it's my job and I was also blindsided by this one. Graphics are great.
Looks better than I expected. Might check it out someday.
im absolutely loving the first hours of the game. best tales of in a loooong time for sure.
Yea tales of beseria and what ever was that last trash one were dog water best tales games ended with xilia rest were ugly.
The Tales franchise desperately needed this game as the series has been outright bad to just mediocre for an extremely long time (After Vesperia the franchise just seemed to meander).
Easy allies and fextralife always give good reviews
Don’t forget ACG
ACG has the best reviews, as a whole.
When I'm finished bravely default 2 will def be starting this
Haven't even watched this yet but pre ordered the collectors edition day 1. If something wears the name tales it's bound to be amazing
what? all tale games are a 6-7, this one is not doing anything better either
@@nocturne2172 If you think so I absolutely love tales games.
@@nocturne2172 Well sorry bud but so far this one is sitting at a 87 on Metacritic for the Ps5, and it's being considered as the best in the series by many people.
@@nocturne2172 get outta here and cry in a corner somewhere else, you hater.
Tales of graces f will always be the best tales. This game is hot garbage
Loved the review thanks
it says the ascent in the time stamps in the video
Hope it does well sales wise
I comment here to find out more: what difficulty do you recommend to get started?
And, above all, can it be modified during construction?
Thank you and nice review!
In Tales Of games sometimes the normal mode can be quite a challenge, especially if you're new to the series and still learning about the mechanic. If you just want to enjoy the story then I suggest you play on easy mode, or you can play on easy mode early on the game and after you leveled up your character and understand the mechanic and you feel more confident then you can switch to normal mode mid game or endgame, since you can switch the difficulty anytime as long as you are not in a combat.
@@thetarnishedone1248 thank you from the heart! Can't wait to play it today!
@@matteoiommi7844 I played on hard until the ozze hive boss in the sewers, your ai teammates arent goood for this fight and he can 1 shot people alot so I had to reduce down to normal lol
@@gaminginhdmax3854 lol.
I have three difficulty: normal, moderat and hard.
Moderat i think it's the best between them. What do you think?
@@matteoiommi7844 I would say moderate until you find the difficulty is spiking too hard for skill to win then reduce to normal and increase again after, the problem is some of the bosses are crazy hard and all normal enemies are too easy even on hard xD
Hold down left button and the fight will stop and you can switch targets or single out weak points
Anyone can recommend what is the best platform for playing it ps5, XSX, PC?
Just watched. Did I miss the part about PS5 haptic feedback? Was hoping to hear more about how they used the ps5 controller.
I couldn't tell anything from the Demo, but it's possible that stuff wasn't in there
FYI, Tales of Arise doesn't have a slow start to begin with. The introduction in the battle system is actually addicting that you're craving for more which I think suffice the sluggish pacing of the story in your first to two hours but it isn't a slow start partly because of the side quest and exploration and due to how large the environment is in this game and how engaging the combat can be to the extent you'd forget to advance the story which I think is a positive factor for me to enjoy the game at your own pace.
So I've played the demo for about 10 minutes and it feels pretty good, just enemies are a little spongey. As someone who's never played a Tales game, is it going to like cut through my current backlog into a must play?
It's an RPG. They're supposed to be spongy lol
@@yoshatabi I know that. However with the combat being action action oriented, like does that get better to deal with? I know it doesn't have OTGs or anything. So am I just doing KOF trials on every mob
@@qdotexe As the game progresses and you get more abilities that feeling goes away. After a certain point (I'm holding off due to spoilers) you will easily handle regular enemies, and only bosses and some mini-bosses will be somewhat spongy.
Great review, but absolutely no info on pc specific settings (controls and graphics).
Hell yeah, this game is day one. I love the demo, so Tales of Arise is 🔥.
Great review. 👍
I am playing on moderate, sometimes hard
I got to the second lord boss battle, boy was he hard, it was a struggle that lasted for about 15 minutes, with a lot of close calls, it consumed all my items and it required all the skill I had gotten over the 15 hours of playtime
This game is amazing people, I'm loving the combat and this is just the beginning, the story is also interesting by what I have seen so far
If you are a fan of jrpgs I'd say buy it from what I've seen so far
Elde Menancia was my favorite ❤
How does this compare to Ys Viii Lacrimosa of Dana
Would have loved to see a section (or even mention) about this game in comparison to previous entries in the series. I know you can't please everyone, but, as a veteran of this series who's grown a little tired of it, most of the facets of the game featured here are pretty much the generic framework upon which nearly all "tales of" games are built. Is there anything in this game that freshens up this series?
17th Hooooly crap didnt realize they did that many.
I bought this video game 2 weeks ago, I have never played a "Tales", it seems like the video game I have been waiting for a lifetime.
Very excited for this one.
I've heard complainta of microtransactions, do you actually need these(p2w)?
Hopefully it'll be on sale during steam winter sale. I have so many games in my backlog i feel it is a disservice to this game to let it collect dust.
Wish they discussed the microtransactions and its relation to the pace of progressing. Not sure if it's just me but I feel like the gald and exp acquisition rate is a little off and it seems we are being pushed to get the DLC packs with the exp and gald boosts, store discount rates, less CP costs in battles, etc. Feels reminiscent of AC.
Preorder cancelled
not only are there artifacts which literally double your xp and sp gain rates, all the microtransactions are almost like Devil May Cry's; vestigial and totally unnecessary.
Eh, doesn't feel like that in-game. Not just that, you even find artifacts in-game that drastically increase your EXP/SP/Gald gain rate on top of the multipliers for doing well in fights, Fishing, etc... The thing I have the biggest issue with is the cosmetics granting special titles with ridiculous stat boosts in-game.
Great video!
It's the best game of 2021, so far. Probably going to be Game of the Year, to be honest. Not much has came out to be comparable to Tales of Arise, save for No More Heroes 3, but that's not even going to be close to being selected, despite how good it is.
As much as I would love for it to be Goty it's not going to. It's going to be decided based on the popularity vote, so far Resident Evil Village and Ratchet and Clank are ahead of it no doubt, no way the industry will let this animeish game win unfortunately but I'm sure it will win and get nominations for RPG of the year etc.
I almost gave up on the game. But after the second main boss, the game got much more fun to play.
Amazing review as always 👌🏾
Berseria is the only other Tales game I've played. Just started Arise, and I'm liking it more than Berseria so far.
The game looks great, and I loved some of the previous entries (I'm looking at you, Tales of Vesperia!). I'll definitely pick it up at some point! :)
I started playing this game last night and I couldn't put it down. I have a BLAST playing this game, the characters are interesting and likable, the story is engaging, the visuals can be somewhat limited at times but other times they can look down right GORGOUSE. The controls take a little bit getting use to, but once you do and you get a rhythm down on what abilities seamlessly transition into one another you'll be taking down bad guys left and right. The game DOES have SOME microtransactions, but thankfully there not so "in your face" as others and are COMPLETELY optional. While I did purchase the one that gives your characters a 5 level boost, some Gald (the inworld currency) and a 20% reduction on the cost of using abilities you definitely dont have to. It did help with some of the quests and exploring earlier on, its definitely something you dont have to do. I will most definitely be finishing this game and I say to anyone whos a fan of games like Final Fantasy, Trials of Mana, Xenoblade Chronicles and while not turn based even for fans of Dragon Quest, this is a definite MUST BUY!!! I cant say enough GOOD things about this game, so far it is one of my new favorite JRPGs of the past couple years.
how can price point be 8.5. its only £50. what price did you need for it to get 10??
probably because all of the dlcs.
Music is very weird or is it just me, it just plays in the background mindlessly
Can you play it with a friend? I think you could in berseria (according steam)
No it's 1P.
Is this for GOTY candidate? Kudos to the devs.
As always , quality !!
I appreciate the reviews on this game. But when I first saw the reveal trailer, it was a day one pre order for me. Plus I am a die hard Tales fan.
Waiting my copie 😊
Like Scarlet Nexus you say? I might pick this up after all.
Seriously regretting getting this game on pc tho, as far as monitors and the settings go.
As the game itself however it's a blast to play
What’s wrong with the settings? I’ve been playing 60fps in 4K with max settings and the game plays and looks phenomenal.
I've been playing on 1440p at 144fps and it was a smooooth, wonderful experience.
I play on PC and run it fine on 4k and everything on Max
Any reason to actually change active characters? A lot of games that have that mechanic I never really found a reason to do it. In Ni No Kuni 2 I would do that SOMETIMES but very rarely. Mostly just played as the prince 99% of the time.
Haha. I never played the prince. Always the president. I guess that's the reason for changing characters, to each their own.
I would say that there are some fights that play better as different characters, but to switch rapidly in combat isn't too important. The ai does alright.
So Shionne is basically Rogue
Thoughts on performance? Could be the video but it seems sluggish in combat. Is it 30 fps?
Watch ACG's review of the game for performance :) you wont regret it.
On basic PS4 which im playing it on its 30. Demo run fine. PS5 and Series X should be 60.
60 on next gen with 4k I believe, uncapped on pc so its smooth at 144fps. Shouldn't be any less smooth on next gen.
Last gen 30 I think
Mine was running full 60-144 fps depending on the circumstances, never dipped below that (I forgot if the battles were locked at 60, but they certainly didn't go below that).
is there multiplayer? 1-4 players?
No.
@@kukasr sad would’ve been better if there was
love the 8.0 for replayability... tales of series is one of the best for replayability at end with various new difficulty and challenge to find all the secrets...
Are you being sarcastic? Are you saying the tales games aren't very replayable or are?
@Fextralife You're the best. You're the reason I decided to get more involved in the YT community. You have the most organized, well-spoken and detailed gaming content on YT, imo. Thanks for another great video.
I really like scarlet nexus so I may will like also this one
Gamespot gave this a 7. I trust Fextralife more.
Yeah, because if a review doesn't agree with you it's wrong.
@@trollingisasport sure. It's an opinionated review so it doesn't mean it's right either.
I trust this channel and happy console gamer
8.6...HYPE!!!
They gave Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous an 8.8.
Can you turn off combat voices for only combat in this one?
Waiting for complete guide before playing. Tales series side contents have reputation for being tedious, exhausting, but rewarding.
Griffith?
the boss fight is what makes this game so good, especially those big size bosses with multiple weak points. hit the weak points with reigning slash until it breaks the bosses will down, go quickly charged alphen's flaming sword ground artes till his hp 1. slam the shit out the boss. then quickly command shionne to heal alphen back to full hp. rinse and repeat. 😂
A very yes by the demo I’ve played
All Tales games are linear, it doesn't open up more until about 40 hours in when you get the airship
Pretty sure that's just called a JRPG lmao
@@SweetLuups That is Connor's first RPG!
Was worried it was gonna be super easy to the point where I ask why is this a game and not just an anime or movie but man I've had my shit kicked in a few times now
It’s tales , they’re never super difficult but have a couple spikes throughout the game
Now it needs some cool summons and this is my new Final Fantasy 😁
Nah, Tales of games are focused purely on combat as well as story, in a sense the MC is more stronger than a summon from a FF game
There ARE a few Tales games that had summons. Almost all of the games have Spirits. It's just a question of whether we'll be able to use them this time.
Thats such an insult to FF
@@godofsin4604 Combat & Cutscenes.
did these guys play the entire game without learning that you can switch characters on the fly?
No offense you sound like you didn't like this game much or the Tales series. I would encourage you to try other series, there's so much to these games and combat.
underrated game and got hit 😘 ...very beautiful game
Is it censored?
Why am are you fighting monsters not the slavers?
this game looks awesome , is there a pvp or something?
nope, this is a single player game.
Hope not pvp ruins characters and equates to nerfs of characters abilities. Keep pvp out
I love this game…but, can we get a new 2-D Tales with highly detailed and animated sprites? Tales of Destiny Remake is still the best game in the series.
Worth every bit of my money.
Can you turn off voices in combat? I hope...
The excessive battle cries are seriously grating. There needs to be an option to tone it down.
Idk, the tales games have always been missing something for me. Arise is pretty, but I’m not feeling it.
Same.all the noise put me off and actually got me agitated.. also seemed same old rpg stuff. so I'll have to pass. Weird for me
@@Hi11Zones You can’t. You can only turn their volume down, and you can’t do it for specific characters or specifically for battles.
@George James thats the point of these games, they arent gonna change the whole formula for no reason
@George James what did you expect, are you delusional? why get jrpgs then that's the point jackass
Arise is pretty much my favorite game of the year so far :).
Really enjoy the combat in this game enjoying even more you can turn off those irritating battle voices as there fighting coz gosh it grates my ears with the constant 'yip yip yargh yip yip' ...so annoying, man this makes me enjoy it so much more
The thing that prevents me from enjoying these games is the audiovisual assault on the senses. In particularly, the combat banter and constant shouting the skills they're using. It gets very overwhelming after a while.
some bosses were broken . just tedious and frustrating. even on story mode they just have 1 billion heath . i did 100 hits combos and it still took me like 15 minutes to kill the second one . my 2 cents.
This game is great. Worth it.
The answer is yes!
It's really hard to read the game title correctly.
Best Tales Game By far
This is a pseudo zen action game for me. Skippable generic story with cliche art style but graphics are impressive. Gameplay is very watered down which has somewhat satisfying moments but it get repetitive. Upping difficulty just forces you to grind a bit more rather than battle smarter. Once the game clicks, you can power through without grinding even at the grind walls (I.e., you don’t need to grind). The DLC UX stuff is annoying. The Owl Forest and collecting Owls mechanic is great and should be kept in future. Side quests are boring. Some levels look beautiful while others are bland. There isn’t enough adventure game like secrets. Bad guys have very little variety. This is a solid 7/10 for me.
It would be nice to remove the anime gimmicks and try to modernize its narrative/style a bit. It would also be nice if the combat had more fighting depth. I swear old Tales Of games had that but maybe I don’t remember too well?
i think the combat is very fluid. It CAN get a little boring with some characters like Rinwell since you can spam only a spell but I feel it is more on you as a player choosing to change your fight style than the game's fault