I loved this game so much. Took a couple of hours to connect with it. Then I was addicted and I couldn't put it down. Loved the expansion too. Nearly perfect epilogue

This is a very great love letter to the game ^_^. I also really like this game and relate to most of your analysis. It's my favorite tales and also one of the best JRPGs I played. The combat is so great, I felt it went a bit short in your review and also the evolving relationship between Alphen and Shionne went such a great way, it's one of the best points of the story. That definitely needs an extra video.

@elixirvitaegames

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yeah I definitely did enjoy the combat, I think I just need to get more practice with it before I can really talk about it in depth. And I'm definitely planning on doing a video about Alphen and Shionne at some point in the future, their relationship has so much depth!

I bow to you with the utmost respect, this analysis is amazing and what I've been searching for for so long! The character and relationship analysis are delightful, you taught me a whole buncha stuff too! Also the "take a shot every time i mention the analysis" felt that felt that down to my soul

This was an amazing review of the game! I’m currently speedrunning the game and needed a good reminder of why this game was so special. My wife doesn’t like these types of games but after this she wants to play it.

The game’s just absolutely brilliant! Thank you for this amazing video! 😊🙏👍

I am so happy to see a video from you :) Miss your content so much! I love Arise too! xoxo

This game is such a gem I can’t believe it’s been out for so long now. I know they’ve announced that mobile tales of game but I’m dying to see what the next tales of will be after such a feat of a rpg

@MrsSetsuna101

Жыл бұрын

Can I get a source or name of this supposed "new announcement"?

This game was hype. Wonder what that new copyright with the Arise name is gonna turn out to be. Hope it's an epilogue anime.

Not gonna lie, Arise never really caught my interest, especially given Berseria's cast and story had me in a choke hold. But listening to your video convinced me to give Arise a chance, and I'm loving it so far! (also no worries on spoilers - spoilers usually make me more interested in a story than anything else)

I just finished the game and Dohalim's my favourite! Looking forward to your analysis on him.

Thanks for this. Btw- January 22, 2023 is Tales of Zestiria's 8th Anniversary. I was happy to find a Tales game review/commentary uploaded from your channel on a day that is already very special to me. I love your analyses- your style is always soothing and calming, for some reason. I always look forward to more from you. Again, thanks so much. ^_^

great video!

Great review of Tales Of Arise!~ I totally agree with your opinion with the Training Grounds. I played Tales Of Berseria and that game was pretty complex so i wished that game had a training area to practice to my hears content! 😁

Tremendous video. Even though I really enjoyed my time through this game it was kind of a let down, I still rank Symphonia and Vesperia higher in my personal Tales of list. As far as combat it was really enjoyable especially the risk reward fire blade of Alphen and as for the other characters I enjoyed Rinwell the most and Kisara was awesome to play too. I still have 30 mins to watch I'll watch the rest some other time really enjoyed your analysis of this game great stuff!

this was great keep doing these. also, tangent, but why did the make kisara so hot 😂 since release the had hear in the artwork at the EXTRA angles and that soundtrack art is just another example.

I’m a bit late commenting but I’d just like to say, this is hands down my favorite Tales game. It’s ridiculously good, 10/10 for me. I’ve played most of the Tales games but Arise is on a different level. Love the characters and the world and the story. Speaking of story, at around 16 min you say the story is “undoneable???”. What did you actually say right there? I even turned CC on and that’s how it spelled the world. I know it definitely not right but I’m just curious what you said about the story right there. Combat is fantastic 10/10. To me Arise is a perfect game.

Something I love is that the Owl King and Queen are voiced by Ray Chase and Erica Lindbeck in english, and I would assume the same is true in Japanese where it's the same VAs as Alphen and Shionne. Take that with the bit of Alphen and Shionne """""interpretting""""" the Owl King and Queen and it's pretty clear what the point is

What if Alphen was the Dahnan hero that first wore that armor? It would explain why it fits so well.

@us0_tsuki

Жыл бұрын

It wouldn't make sense. Alphen was a soldier from before the Renans' conquest of Dahna, and he wouldn't have been around in Cyslodia to be the Dahnan Hero because he was in hibernation for 300 years.

@elixirvitaegames I've never heard of the live action stage play. Where can I find it? Thank you in advance!

I’m also such a huge Lawell shipper!!!

I wonder if since zephr's animal imagery is a wolf and laws is a dog if law is carrying the weight of zephyr on his shoulders like zephyrs will and his own regrets

@elixirvitaegames

Жыл бұрын

I love that interpretation!

I hope you don’t mind that I watch this video in parts , it’s pretty long and I can’t watch it in one full session

@Sheevlord

Жыл бұрын

Well, the video has chapter markers, so the author made it more convenient to watch in parts. I'm sure she wouldn't mind.

for a first time playthrough for my self, Which audio language would you recommend the best?

@RandomWandrer

3 ай бұрын

English. I tried to play in Japanese, because I watch anime in Japanese. But honestly there was SO MUCH going on onscreen I couldn't relax and submerge into the story while racing mu eyes through the subs. I'm happy to say that the English VAs did an AMAZING JOB. Eastern writing is pretty dramatic and sound OTT in English. But yeah, the English voices were endearing and grew on me fast.

@IzmaSky

3 ай бұрын

finished the game in japanse. Story wise it had more emotional impact than english.@@RandomWandrer

I hope you will find some time to read this: I play a lot of JRPG games. And if I do...I give them 100 % of my freetime to complete everything. My personal favourite is Xenoblade Chronicles 1. Here is the thing tho: I am currently 27 years old - and I would say that my taste when it comes to anime focused media has changed quite a bit. I cant really watch to many anime shows nowadays because I get annoyed by the constant childish humor or plot and the same boring one sided story or character personalities. Every time you have a male childish protagonist who fights for his friends and gets a harem with trophy like female companions...I am really tired of this. Sadly, since I started disliking this in anime...it also went on the JRPG side of things. Games like Xenoblade Chronicles 2 ... that I liked originaly ... I could never replay do to its "cringe anime" nature sometimes. That being said: I have only played Tales of Berseria and Arise up until now...But for Arise specifically I must say: I have never seen a JRPG handeling its story and characters so maturely. The way the group reacts to problems is 100 % relatable. It doesnt matter how much they trust / like each other. They still get into conflicts and it takes others from outside to pull them out. Its not always that easy and its great that Arise shows that. Every time another game would avoid a question do to spoiler a potentioal future plottwist...this game just asks the obvious. So you never feel like the characters behavior was stupid do to the story. They always asked what is the right thing to ask in that moment. They all act human and realistic ... Shionne when she fights against herself as soon as she realizes that her original goal is not the thing she still wants... Or Rinwell when you see her struggeling with or "White / Black" way of thinking. Law you slowly tries to come to terms with him indirectly killing his father - and trying others to do equaly bad decisions. Kisara who loses all her trust towards Dohalim after she saw what his real intentions where...only to realize that the actions matter...not the intention. And of course Alphen... the in my opinion best male protagonist I have ever seen. He has flaws (which is rare in the protagonist spectrum) - he is not horny what soever. He is not childish, he thinks things trough, he cares about everyone and not just Shionne, he has self doupt and needs supports from others from time to time. The way this game treats his characters reacting the on another or the world around them is exactly what I miss in most anime nowadays. Its more mature, less unrelatable and also less cringe. I adore Tales of Arise. The person that wrote this script should get rewareded imo.

i really hope we get a xillia and abyss remasters cause they need it

Great game. I just hate Rinwell's dialogue, they make her such a socially incompetent person and I was expecting better intelligence from a mage.

@bunm.8530

11 ай бұрын

She's 16 and lacked any sort of real emotional guidance before meeting the party other than her own hatred, of course she's not gonna be the picture of intelligence

@brad4058

11 ай бұрын

@@bunm.8530 Well, I take it back. I believe I'm now at the half point of the game and I'm starting to see a glimpse of maturity on her part. I too have rushed to conclusions before realizing the depth of her character. I'm afraid that I've fallen into judgements on her that I'm not proud of now. I apologize.

Velvet crow alone solos this cast tbh I hope the next tales game is good the baby owl was cute tho

@Phillipmurr

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, berserk’s story is. Is superior in almost every way. All the characters have interesting and conflicting goals And the antagonist I given enough story time to understand their motivations and conflicting goals One thing arise, gets completely wrong There antagonist so bland,

This came is alittle strange but it grows on u then it becomes a perfect game haha.

Couldn’t get myself to finish the game. To me the longer the story of went on, the worse it got. And the antagonist, so one note. I’d give the game is 6 out of 10 simply too repetitive and an interesting

@onceuponarevenant9409

10 ай бұрын

The story could had been better for sure, overly ambitious for its own good

A fantastic analysis on Tales of Arise is by youtuber DreamlordofGaming, with his video titled "Tales of Arise Critique - When a Great Story Fails" since he analyzes the story to the most minute detail, and I agree with MANY of his criticisms of it. To be clear, Tales of games were NEVER primarily known for it's plot ( Personally, If I was to rate JRPGs in terms of plot, I don't think I'd put any on the ones I'd played in my top ten) , but what Tales IS known for is it's action combat, and character interactions (enhanced by it's skits, though honestly fun banter can only get you so far). That said, Arise's story was particularly stupid IMO. DreamlordofGaming analysis here for anyone that's curious: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o4tn09yYlditj9o.html

@user-wd4rq2cd3g

2 ай бұрын

Why would you recommend an anti-Arise video to someone who enjoyed the game's story? They're not gonna bother watching it. No one asked for a "Tales of Arise's story sucks" video here.

It felt like treason to me, and I still stuggle thinking of it as part of the Tales of series. The 13 year old me would probably love this game and probably it's what he would have wanted the series to be after he played ToS. But Now that I have played almost all of them and understand what makes the series good and charming despite most games being behind other RPGs of their time is precisely that they were not obsessed with making the makes just look cool and be marketeable. That it's what this game feels to me... and is still as flawed as any other Tales of. All of it is partly my fault. I have such a clear vision of what the series should be and what I want form it that it would be hard for them to please me. But when the last lord was "defeated" and the plot unraleved and the second OP played I thought they got it. That I would kinda what I wanted. But then it was just another rushed second half devoted to exposition adn wrapping things up just almost in any way with another very poor dungeon at the end and a very dissapointing final boss. I just hope the next one reallly does inheritance and evolution respectfully and feels like a Tales of to me.

i gave the game 2 chances and both times i gave up after a few hours, 2 main characters were promised, we only got one, shionne was just a sidekick, i think the devs wanted to make shionne special (she looks like Lailah and has the behavior of Velvet) but from my point of view they failed.

@peen2804

Жыл бұрын

when were you promised “2 main characters”? unless by promise you mean random assumption you made. the literal plot revolves around her plus she’s the reason why you’re doing everything you’re doing in the game what more could they have done exactly 😂 if you only played 2 of a 35+ hour story how did you even come to the conclusion you did 😂 lastly, who tf plays tales games for the story. they’re like soap operas for edgy 12 year olds. it’s all about that sweet hot thick J-ARPG combat

@M-und-M

Жыл бұрын

@@peen2804 go and provoke someone else, thanks.

Just like Hibana WHAAAAAOOOO OOOOOOAAAA Just like Hibana!