Board 8 > Tales of Arise Review Zone

(+) Yeah! (+)

I am still waiting for the part where all of a sudden the english VA gets terrible like some of these reviewers keep saying, lol.

Purists.

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A heads up, they kind of give you the wrong expectation about the super monsters. That first one is insanely higher level, but the rest you encounter (so far) are barely above you.

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Just beat the first boss after right at four hours of playtime. Game definitely rocks. Love the battle system, love the interplay between the two leads so far, and I'm blown away by the quality of the cutscenes. Berseria's were good, but this is a massive leap forward for a series that's definitely struggled in that area for a real long time.

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That first boss fight was so good.

Just entered the first "major" city area, and am quickly introduced to the least trustworthy looking character in Tales history.

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Less trustworthy than Orwin? That's impossible

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

I am still waiting for the part where all of a sudden the english VA gets terrible like some of these reviewers keep saying, lol.

Purists.

I'm early on but I've run into a few sound mixing issues and some odd line timings. The voice acting itself is fine, but there's a few technical hiccups

Main thing that's kinda nagged at me is that Rinwell has an odd effect to her voice that's similar to the sound issues that plagued Estelle in Cold Steel 4.

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_stingers_ posted...

Less trustworthy than Orwin? That's impossible

Party members don't count.

It's amazing how effect giving a character closed fox eyes can be to make them untrustworthy.

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

Just entered the first "major" city area, and am quickly introduced to the least trustworthy looking character in Tales history.

Far be it for me to doubt you but I do find that hard to believe when Garnet from Hearts exists!

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....Tales of Arise plz

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Oh OK so Overlimit triggering is heavily based on perfect evades. The demo did not have the games actual Overlimit system in place.

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Oh, and more important than anything, it looks like Rinwell has all the hits. I have gotten plenty of Blah Blah Blahs, but I just got a straight up Magikazam.

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Loving it. Just beat the first boss and everything has been hitting for me.

I'm assuming the owls are missable, are the accessories locked to those specific owls or are they based on the number you found (i.e. the 5th owl is always the ____)

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They are locked to specific owls, the owl is always wearing the accessory.

Means it will be really easy to find out which ones you missed once it's all cataloged.

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Menji posted...

Loving it. Just beat the first boss and everything has been hitting for me.

Same.

If Berseria was the step the series needed, this is the leap. Granted, story wise it is a Tales game so it could fall apart the later third of the game.

Gameplay is top notch for the series though, along with presentation.

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I feel like the third act flop is still primarily a Hideo Baba thing. Symphonia and Abyss didn't have it. Berseria didn't have it (the middle is where Beseriankond of dips?).

Doesn't mean it can't happen on its own, but I don't think the "trend" flows in here.

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

Beseriankond

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Just finished the first boss fight. Loving this so far. Though I can't help but hearing Guy Pearce in Memento whenever Alphen is speaking.

Since we have a bunch of people playing it seems.

What difficulty is everyone playing? I'm playing on moderate. I think I'll keep it there. I haven't lost a fight yet(had some close calls) but it seems to be pretty balanced.

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Moderate myself for now. Looks like it gives more rewards.

I vastly prefer systems where increasing difficulty grants more rewards (Graces) versus gives you penalties (Berseria)

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I always go for the highest difficulty in Tales games, so I'm on Hard right now. Personally feel like these games shine the brightest when I'm really pushing for mastery of their mechanics. Sometimes that backfires when the systems just aren't put together well - like Zestiria - but usually they're impressively well crafted!

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Moderate for me as well. Think it's striking a good balance so far and I've been challenging myself enough with hard games this year!

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I'm playing for the story....

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Don't worry, same here. Normal mode for life.

I wish I had a Hootle plush.

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Apparently the DLC makes the game easier? Is it worth playing Hard to start to counteract this?

I hate when games are a cakewalk but I also hate X to win.

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DLC can be toggled after redeeming. I think the only thing that effects battle DIFFICULTY is the weapons you get, but from a damage perspective they drop off as soon as you beat the second lord (still can be used for glamour). There is tuff in there to make crafting and skill learning much faster/easier though.

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I read something about the dlc skins unlocking extra skill branches early or something?

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There are 3 title groups that have an ability on each, as well as 4 other skills/buffs. The way the combat system works this doesn't really allow for any abuse. At worst you may be able to hit a weakness a bit earlier than you are supposed to on some mobs?

The actual unlocks on these cost way more than the stuff you would be getting naturally at that point, so that's also not very a usable.

The only thing that's a little busted is one of Shionne's let's you unlock CP recovery skills for before and after battle right from the get go.

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I think I've found something that bothering me, playing as Law.

Alphen is ust....AGRESSIVELY knocking enemies around, and I CANNOT combo them with Law while he's doing that. I'm constantly wiffing because suddenly they've been moved a dozen feet in a other direction.

I am also not seeing a true individual character tactics thing at all, to tell characters to target jfferent enemies, unless I'm missing it.

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So I don't know if I did something wrong, but there's a pretty brutal bug -

I had Shionne cast Resurrection, the CP was used, but then a combo arte was used. The character resurrected stayed dead and the CP was still used up.

Honestly, I'm not really understanding how to do some of these non-zegule bosses correctly. They never stagger and you can't juggle them, so artes that send you in the air feel absolutely useless.

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How long into the game do I have to get before I unlock Kisara?

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I am TERRIFIED of this hidden affection stat with your characters.


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Question for everyone playing: has Tales finally progressed beyond environments and dungeons made in RPG Maker

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

I am TERRIFIED of this hidden affection stat with your characters.

did someone say affection stats

you have my attention

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KamikazePotato posted...

Question for everyone playing: has Tales finally progressed beyond environments and dungeons made in RPG Maker

Environments in this game are gorgeous. Dungeons are meticulously designed and varied so far.

It's an enormous leap forward. Berseria in particular, as fantastic as that game was, had maybe the worst dungeons of the entire lot visuals wise.

Tales of Arise is a AAA game.

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Law's default outfit is the worst of the entire bunch, that's for sure. This is the character that's throwing off the entire party aesthetically.

Using a DLC costume and it looks MORE a asthetically pleasing in group shots than the actual intended outfit.

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All I needed to hear.

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IMPORTANT QUESTION

Is there a scene where the male and female protagonists sit on a bench outside while its snowing

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To nail the point home KP, I just did a 360 slowcam of this completely generic underground cave area. This complete filler room makes even the most lavish dungeons in any other Tales game look like dog shit.

https://youtu.be/BzyE7wPZd-Q

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Tales...in the 21st century...never thought I'd see the day.

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Demo zone ENGAGE

I'VE RUN THIS 9 TIMES, BITCH.

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Ok apparently my ex wife bought this game and I'm still signed into her account on my PS5 so I guess I got it for free. Time to take advantage

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Get toasty!

This has been my update.

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So when they introduce chain bonuses they don't tell you that when at max chain one of the super monsters has a chance to show up during any fight, I assume until you kill it, and I assume one in each zone but not sure.

That mother fucker does not fuck around!! 9 life bottle, 7 orange gels, OOOF.

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Shadow Dino posted...

Honestly, I'm not really understanding how to do some of these non-zegule bosses correctly. They never stagger and you can't juggle them, so artes that send you in the air feel absolutely useless.

At least against the first boss, being in the air let you combo right through a lot of his attacks since he'd be swinging below you. It's a weird choice that you can't truly combo them but your air artes do still have a role to play.

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Well, congrats Arise, for the first time in as long as I can remember I've reached a city in a jROG where I actually WANT to go around and talk to all the random NPCs to see what they have to say.

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Um, spoilers maybe, I don't know??

This chick in the red jacket has been everywhere I think? She first showed up when Balseph was introduced. She never says anything and nobody ever acknowledges she exists. Is this like secret final boss shit? Is this a meta thing where nobody but the player can actually see her??

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UshiromiyaEva posted...

So when they introduce chain bonuses they don't tell you that when at max chain one of the super monsters has a chance to show up during any fight

Nah, they mention that. They don't stress it but I definitely remember reading it myself.

Anyway, I continue to be astounded at the depths of my nerdiness. Always funny when I get into a game like this to the point that I'm disappointed when all of the random books found in the games libraries don't have several pages worth of lore text for me to soak up.

Also, the area I was just in had a Storeroom, which made me miss the block-pushing warehouse minigames from Abyss and Vesperia. By which I mean I miss the music that played while I followed a guide for the block-pushing warehouse minigames in Abyss and Vesperia, because some of those were ridiculous.

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Wasn't there a bonus for beating the demo?

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