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It's been some time since I finished Arise now. I look back on it and think it was ok. Not the best tales game, not the worst. I think the combat against normal enemies is the best it's ever been though. Definitely the highlight of the game. The characters are fine but not up there with the best casts. The game spent too long being serious for them to really get to shine.

The english voice acting is really good in small areas. I still think back to 6th characters overlimit where he goes "ahh....rage...." in this seething calm tone. Or in the later parts of the game when a certain character gets KOd in battle sometimes Alphen will scream like...well like one of his friends just died. The story starts off fine but ends up terrible. A shame. The world also ends up feeling kinda small by the end of it. Lot's of fields but not a lot of memorable destinations. Post game takes you to max level in like 5 hours and you can finish the whole thing super fast. A big let down there.

The boss combat is pretty terrible though. All the fun combos just don't work on them whatsoever and it becomes much slower and more reactive.