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Topic	Tales of Arise Review Zone
NBIceman 09/21/21 6:27:13 PM #348:	The thing about the presentation being the thing that got the biggest upgrade with Arise, though, is that its the least important thing to me in a JRPG, which leads me into talking about the most important things: story/characters/etc. Ill save the majority of my character takes for my eventual ranking topic update (and because I still have some side content), but I quite liked the cast even if Magilous Menagerie was always gonna be a very tough act to follow. The plot is the really interesting part. I get the impression that, because of all the focus being put into updating the series to modern standards in other ways, there was a conscious choice made to play it a little safe with the story. They kinda played all the Tales hits. Two worlds with one sapping energy from the other? Check. Discrimination between races? Check. Amnesia? Oh, yeah. Hell, one of the big pieces of lore in Hearts R had to do with a princess in a forest of thorns, and I think youd be hard pressed to find a better description for Shionne. And its all executed quite well - I never even had the problem with the pacing that some others have considering I was always gallivanting off to do something else when given the opportunity - but it makes for an experience thats comparatively less memorable than the peaks of the series where things got a little wilder. Huge shout-out for the actual happy ending, though - maybe the happiest in the whole series, even, depending on your interpretation of Abysss. The bittersweet thing had started to become almost as much of a Tales staple as traitor characters, so its nice to get a bit of a departure. Im even willing to forgive that the resolution was a little silly and out of nowhere, because otherwise I think the ending that was being teased wouldve been among the worst Ive ever seen in a game. I could probably go on, but thats all the big stuff. Not a perfect game, but a top 3 entry into my all-time favorite series says a lot, and the only reason its not #2 is that Berseria lands with me thematically much more. Makes me very excited for the future of the series; once Namco feels more comfortable with this new direction and decides to really spread their wings, they could put out something special again before too long. Oh, yeah, and Hootle is the new best mascot character. --- Chilly McFreeze https://imgur.com/UYamul2 <cite>NBIceman posted [p:958275110] in Tales of A... [t:79651389]...</cite> <quote>The thing about the presentation being the thing that got the biggest upgrade with Arise, though, is that its the least important thing to me in a JRPG, which leads me into talking about the most important things: story/characters/etc. Ill save the majority of my character takes for my eventual ranking topic update (and because I still have some side content), but I quite liked the cast even if Magilous Menagerie was always gonna be a very tough act to follow. The plot is the really interesting part. I get the impression that, because of all the focus being put into updating the series to modern standards in other ways, there was a conscious choice made to play it a little safe with the story. They kinda played all the Tales hits. Two worlds with one sapping energy from the other? Check. Discrimination between races? Check. Amnesia? Oh, yeah. Hell, one of the big pieces of lore in Hearts R had to do with a princess in a forest of thorns, and I think youd be hard pressed to find a better description for Shionne. And its all executed quite well - I never even had the problem with the pacing that some others have considering I was always gallivanting off to do something else when given the opportunity - but it makes for an experience thats comparatively less memorable than the peaks of the series where things got a little wilder. Huge shout-out for the actual happy ending, though - maybe the happiest in the whole series, even, depending on your interpretation of Abysss. The bittersweet thing had started to become almost as much of a Tales staple as traitor characters, so its nice to get a bit of a departure. Im even willing to forgive that the resolution was a little silly and out of nowhere, because otherwise I think the ending that was being teased wouldve been among the worst Ive ever seen in a game. I could probably go on, but thats all the big stuff. Not a perfect game, but a top 3 entry into my all-time favorite series says a lot, and the only reason its not #2 is that Berseria lands with me thematically much more. Makes me very excited for the future of the series; once Namco feels more comfortable with this new direction and decides to really spread their wings, they could put out something special again before too long. Oh, yeah, and Hootle is the new best mascot character. --- Chilly McFreeze https://imgur.com/UYamul2</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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