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Started playing it a week or two ago. And this game is totally one of my favorites, and I didn't even know about Tales franchise before. Previously I thought Persona 5 or Final Fantasy X are the best JRPGs but now ToA is totally my number one.

LOVE the review! LOVE the passion! I've always been a fan of the series but it was so awesome to see it through your eyes as you found an appreciation for it! 😁

Yep. JRPG's are generally a mixed bag but TOA was constantly good throughout. The only gripe I have is sometimes the loading time was a bit long and in some parts it wasn't clear what I should do especially if a I missed an important bit of conversation. But these are only minor gripes compared to the overall experience. Anyway good review that I hope will get others interested to play it.

I really enjoyed your passion and enthusiasm for the game throughout this review!

Love the review and the energy! Definitely subbed 😊 keep on keepin on

I was the same way. The Tales games were always good to decent for me, but this one was a huge step up for the series. I can’t wait to see what’s next for the series.

Just started playing this game a few days ago and I can’t stop myself from grinding out mobs of zuegles

Just picked up Tales of Arise can't wait to play it. Great insight into the game just makes me want to play it more.

A solid review. Great energy too man. Cheers!

This is definitely one of my favs.

Thanks for the great information. I can’t wait to the play the game ☕️💙

I'm very excited to play this game now. It's on sale for Xbox for 20 bucks and I am making that move!

I was this many days old when I found this channel. Good job my dude! Subscribing to catch future content!

As far as Tales goes, I think Xillia 1 and 2 have the most similarities to Arise in terms of gameplay and features, and would probably be a good option to try after this one. The series' prior big 3, Symphonia, Abyss and Vesperia are really good, but do all show their age in their own ways, though I'd wager if one were to play all 3, at least one of them would shine through enough to make up for it, depending on the person.

PLay it on PC with a strong system. Use the mod to make everything load out, including people then THEN you got a beautiful game.

sale on steam today, definitely getting this after seeing this review

This is a great review..thank you

Really good review!

Ive played tales of symphonia, didn't care for it much. Played tales of vesperia and beat it, thought it was good but not great. Played tales of xillia, didnt care for it much. Played tales of berseria, I liked it but was never compelled enough to finish it. Played tales of arise and beat it, I agree its the only tales I think is absolutely a great game! it was so much better than the others!

Great review!

Thank you for the cool review.. game looks great.. I’d love to see you review Atelier Ryza or Atelier Sophie

I just picked this up and Scarlet Nexus for $29.99!!! I’m soo stoked to play both!! I’ve been wanting to get into some good RPGs!

Should i buy ultimate version or base game?

I'm here in January 2024 noticing that this video was posted 10 months ago. I understand you've gotta do what you've gotta do and sometimes a cheeky title change is necessary for optimal CTR, but the real reason you should play Tales of Arise in 2024 is because the Unreal Engine VR injector just came out, making this game fully VR compatible. I tested it out just now and it works surprisingly well after you play around with the settings for a bit.

I bought it on the previous Steam sales with good price!

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Same! 🔥🔥

The check definitely cleared

Im only 9 hours in and im absolutely loving it. The story, the art style, the gameplay... it's all great. The loot sorta sucks so far but theres still loot. Its just very repetitive when the the baddies waiting right there for u to fight to claim the stash .. although its easy to trick them and run right around to grab the treasure. Its not without its shortness...like the loot and the skill tree...it has a decent skill system but it just isbt my favorite at all. Theres some i dont like more then this one so skill system is a 5/10 for me. The game was made the way the devs and writers wanted it to be made. So im not gonna judge on how open the world is or any of that( its open enough) so im judging on other things. And im not gonna do a real review but im gonna say graphics are great gameplay is great so far story is great . I really like the art and u feel like youre watching an anime show im between gameplay of the time. Some people seem to hate this and say theres to much .. but im personally loving it so far...it really pulls me closer to the characters and world..i don't skip the scenes.. they definitely arent borring if u actually give it a chance. Anyways Only ten hours in and like i said its already got a high score for me. Well see if it lowers or raises. Yes im stoned. Yes i live in cali. Does any State still have this illegal? 😂

You keep saying "Tales of series" but it's actually just caled the Tales series. That being said, this was a great review as always. I have been watching a lot of your reviews lately and played a few games because of them actually. I think my favorite Tales game might actually be Tales of Legendia. I played that one a lot as a kid but I think it's still stranded on PS2 unfortunately.

I enjoyed the story, not the pacing. I'm pretty sure I didn't miss any quests, but side content was underwhelming. It was a good overall experience, but pacing sucked after the last lord.

As someone who thoroughly enjoys this series, I gotta say, this isn't the best one in my opinion.... but it is one of the best titles overall. The big thing to me is accessibility. If I were to describe all of the mechanics of a game like Vesperia or Xillia 2, a newcomer would be frightened thinking of it, but if I put them at the beginning of those games, theyd think they were overly simple button mashers (and I have seen it happen). Since I got the multiplayer mod, I explained the controls and gave them their controllers and within minutes, they were already figuring out the game. I think the combat lacks the depth of past titles, but makes up for it in its presentation and accessibility. As for the overall package, I think it strikes a balance. For Symphonia, the combat was good and the story is considered the best in the series, but the graphics and presentation overall have aged poorly. For Vesperia, it has the highest skill ceiling for combat in the whole series, timeless stylized cell-shaded graphics, and some of the best written characters too, but the actual story that takes place is a little loose and becomes weak in its final act due to the shift in focus. Arise balances its entire package very well with accessible, yet very engaging combat, a meticulously crafted world, beautiful art direction and graphics, well written and fleshed out characters, a good story that is easy to follow while still being entertaining, and a wealth of quality side content to invest more time into. While Arise doesn't beat certain other entries in their strongest aspects, it does present a great and well balanced package worthy of being in the top 5 for the series at least. It's a great introduction to this series for newcomers and it paints a bright future for it too. Thank you for reading my little review here. I love analyzing games just as much as i love playing them. 😅

I fucked up by playing Tales of Arise first... then tried to go back to older ones, lol

Based on your enjoyment of this one, I do recommend going back to abyss and Symphonia, for me it was pretty mid of a series after that until arise

What did you think about Tales of Arise?

I love Tales of Arise, but I am stuck at first boss fight...

What is your favorite Tales of game?

Please tell me you have never played either tales of xillia games to say this.... edit: phwew just got to 0:45 in the vid and if those are the only tales games you played I could understand thinking this is the best one....well tales of graces has excellent combat too but because of the story maybe (still a good story just more character based and charming yet cliche) someone could still prefer arise.

I always thought Tales of Phantasia was ahead of it's time.

Technicly you are incorrect, shionme doesnt wield the blazing sword, it did not exist until alphen created it from the master core, she is only somewhat controlling it because its fuelled by the master cores power which is in her, the sword itself cannot be wielded or created by anyone else besides alphen

This or Gran Blue Fantasy relink?

Just finished this game. One wrong move and my opinion of this game will be different. Glad I picked English dub over the cringe Japanese lol. Because there's a lot of cutscenes (so if I'd pick Japanese I would probably be annoyed a lot). Cutscenes which are actually good for me. Just let me go through the story as I don't care about battles. Well, I care a little but Tales had this you know, awesome battle system coupled with colorful great artes, which will become repetitive as you play along. And one boss battle is enough to satisfy myself on the gameplay really coz the enemies have too high HP that took me forever to defeat hahaha. The bigger plus of Arise is the amount of quality of life the game has, you can save anywhere aside from autosaving and the fast travel.

I like how anime this looks but good god why is there a disturbing lack of blood 😢

Just picked this up. Brand new copies on ps4 for $5 at gamestop.

Tales of arise is now £15 just got it this morning on ps5

It’s like 20 bucks at gamestop rn And it’s A FUCKING STEAAAAAAL!

People will probably hate me for saying this.... Something that could have made the combat better would be to have an option to set it to turn based

The game was alright. Easier to 100% the trophies than other Tales of Games though.

I enjoyed the game thoroughly, however, few issues. After mid game it becomes a tv show rather than a game, and this game suffers from ff10 syndrome as where each characters have a special monster type associated but it's annoying how there are more breads of wolf in this game than there are on the planet. I know reusing assets is a thing in JRPGs but this game takes it a fair bit too far.

Of course you never liked the Tales franchise. You’ve never played Tales of Abyss and Tales of Graces f

Stay away from this game if you don't want to go through 1 hour of anime dialogue for each 5 minutes of combat gameplay...

I'm 50 hours in and only 7 of those hours was combat. This is a serious issue for me. But hey... I don't begrudge those who enjoyed this title. Think about that, though: 86% of this game is walking around and dialogue.

Everyone says these games are great, but I don't like how they look.

I didnt like this game at all,extremely boring had to quit

I literally give no fks about stories, cutscenes and build up. I ONLY care about gameplay, how i level up, how addictive the powers are and their use. When I see a game advertised and its just a cut scene video, I pass it by. I'm not alone. I'd prefer companies had no cutscenes and went straight into the game. No dialogue, no story, just GO GO GO !