Oh I've got the artbook with their ages on it. Alphen is 21, Shionne is 19, Rinwell is 14, Law is 16, Kisara is 25 and Dohalim is 28.

@mylesobrien7477

2 жыл бұрын

I knew rinwell was young but damn not that young. Also it's interesting that Aplhen is older than Shipment cause she feels more mature so you don't really feel a difference in age. Kisara feels about right Dohalim surprises me but it make sense when you consider hes been a lord for 7 years

@matheus-sm7860

2 жыл бұрын

Alphen is actually 321 years old

@Konflick25769

2 жыл бұрын

@@matheus-sm7860 nice spoiler alert

@mrsgamer9218

2 жыл бұрын

Alphen 21, damn, i thought him to be 24, 25 at least

@matheus-sm7860

2 жыл бұрын

@@Konflick25769 I didnt revealed anything relevant to the plot, though.

I'm just glad that upgrading weapons, armor, and accessories were so much easier compared to Zestiria and Berseria. I hated having to individually level up everything then fusing it then leveling them up again to make anything remotely useful. Other than the money issue it was as simple as do you have these items then boom a new piece of equipment ready to go.

@sagermeister326

2 жыл бұрын

w8 there was weapon and armor upgradeing in Arise

@DrMike18

2 жыл бұрын

@@sagermeister326 Well armors you just have to buy or find. But yeah, weapons can be upgraded at different points in the game. Most weapons have a base form then the game gives you the recipes to upgrade them later like the Wind Sword to the Refined Wind Sword to the Supreme Wind Sword.

@CozNothingIsForever

2 жыл бұрын

Money issue? I completed it after 70 hours with 600.000 gold to spare. I didn't know what to buy with it. I am also a completionist and didn't skip any fight in the game.

@sagermeister326

2 жыл бұрын

@@DrMike18 ooo cus i have yet to upgrade my weps and i beat the game lol

@uriel9777

2 жыл бұрын

@@CozNothingIsForever exactly... I didn't have 600.000, just 400.000 gold (still need to do that mission where you have a rematch with all the lords) but it's the same point, how do people have money issues? Some chests even give ridiculous amounts of gold for no reason.

The story's concept was good in my opinion. The themes were solid. The main problem was when it started info dumping and rushing the 2nd part. They should've have taken Show Don't Tell approach and developed it more. Another problem was the final antagonist. He had a lot of potential but was underdeveloped.

@Sight-Beyond-Sight

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like they rushed it towards the end to get it released.

@boltinabottle6307

2 жыл бұрын

That's how I felt about Black Alberich in TOCS. I guess Ozzy made up for it though. Considering your pfp, I imagine you know what I'm talking about.

@Xit0mz

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sight-Beyond-Sight I agree, and I think it becomes obvious with the 4-5 credits drawings, where they show what happens with the characters. I am sure they wanted to animate it like any other important part of the game, but they just had to rush it, like the rest of part 2.

@asaka616

2 жыл бұрын

This happened a lot. Also, count the amount of times a characters says, "So, you're saying..." or "You're saying..." Once I noticed, I could not stop.

@butterworthboys4985

2 жыл бұрын

So it's basically FF8 lol

I just got my platinum yesterday and I love it! I love all the characters too and I agree Shionne is the most prettiest Tales female I’ve seen too. And the framerate drops for the PS4, yes its true especially during boost strikes and when you’re in Viscint, the mini map doesnt show up for a few seconds. This is actually my favorite Tales game of all time, I’m a sucker for romantic anime/video games. 😅

@kokushibyō-f9i

2 жыл бұрын

I like bitter sweet endings more ig tbh, I think it maybe would have been cool if in the second half Shionne(Xion) became the main character?

@christopherscott934

2 жыл бұрын

I've been playing the PS5 version but I have the PS4 version as well. Wonder if the PS4 version performs better played on the PS5?

@rhyssuy8361

2 жыл бұрын

@@kokushibyō-f9i come on nothing wrong with a happy ending from time to time every thing lately has to be dim and gloom and be down to reality

@dreadfulghost4146

2 жыл бұрын

Is this... Me?

@craigchenery1182

2 жыл бұрын

Getting them on ps5 too

"There's way too many skits" I mean when you come from Berseria it really doesnt feel that way for me. Also I have to strongly disagree on the slog of a relationship you mentioned between Alphen and Shionne and comparing them to Rinoa and Squall is to me a bit excessive. Shionne's not your run of the mill princess. She's neither a Rinoa, nor an Estelle. Her past and her vision of the future does not allow her the freedom to fall in love. Alphen has his own struggles, not being in the same generation, his sin, his gratitude to Naori. There was not a point I felt like "just tell them you love each other!" because I always perceived the scenes as they already know, yet until everything dies down, they both know they cant further their feelings. Excuse the long rant but seeing the dynamic of my favourite Tales couple criticised to that extent feels wrong for me. Cheers.

@pralenkaman8105

2 жыл бұрын

Spoilers, don't know if you've finished the game They do know, before they go to Rena shionne says to alphen "say it after this is over"

@aminqasim9150

2 жыл бұрын

@@pralenkaman8105 lol i came to write this as well 😂📝

@celrokproduction

2 жыл бұрын

You said it all bruh. And for the crafting weapon system, it's logic giving the story you're in. They not gonna sell weapon to Dhanean for free there would be civil war 24/7. So you have to craft your way out. For me it clearly wasn't a problem at all, since having stronger weapons clearly doesn't garrantue your lost/win in a fight

@MyLux777

2 жыл бұрын

All the while i was going "oh shit she wants the dannan bro give her the dannan!"

@derek.cruz1010

2 жыл бұрын

That's what I noticed too. Good thing the animation and dialogue are good otherwise I'd skipped.

To counter the battle system, I liked it in the released game more than the demo, but I think that was because you get to slowly learn each aspect of the battle system and master it. In the demo I was struggling to understand everything.

@nezkeys79

Жыл бұрын

The demo was pretty bad tbh because it lulls the player into a false sense of hope. It makes the combat seem better than it actually is

Long story short, arise really raised the bar. This game may not be perfect, but it's a huge step towards the evolution of the tales of series.

@aqua6887

2 жыл бұрын

its perfect 😊 dude

@helloneighbour2408

2 жыл бұрын

@@aqua6887 has a lot of typos and it seems like your party members are completely useless story wise. Whenever theres a battle theyre always in the back looking defeated or exhausted and they never have fighting screen time

@aqua6887

2 жыл бұрын

@@helloneighbour2408 every all people in this world say this game is masterpiece oke understand ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@Statistic189

2 жыл бұрын

@@aqua6887 no they don't lol game is FAR from perfect I know 10 things off the top of my head that aren't huge issues with this game.

@swiftchancellor159

2 жыл бұрын

@@helloneighbour2408 my party was never like this. They were dishing out crazy damage and even using their artes effectively. Plus you are supposed to be switching to set up huge damage.

I just finished it today and all the post game content. Loved it!

I love the character interactions in the skits like how Rinwell, Hootle's and Law's relationship is. I'm close to finishing Arise I've been ignoring gaming channels with spoilers until I complete the game it's been a challenge

@CallieBlader

2 жыл бұрын

i never understood why people avoid playthroughs/walkthroughs like the plague, ESPECIALLY if its channels that don't have commentary there's nothing spoilery about it, they just play the game, your reactions will be the same

@JimboShogun0686

2 жыл бұрын

@@CallieBlader Its how I enjoy JRPG games I avoid play through videos until my second play through for stuff I missed or to beat higher difficulty levels

@CallieBlader

2 жыл бұрын

@@JimboShogun0686 you'd still get the same enjoyment of the story and characters if you watch a play/walkthrough the only thing that'll be different is playstyle and your luck

@JimboShogun0686

2 жыл бұрын

@@CallieBlader I like the feeling of accomplishment of beating a game with my own skills and strategic thinking. I won't get that enjoyment watching KZreaders playing the game before I even beat the game

The game seems more adequately balanced on Hard. Aside from the Lords though, those can be a bit brutal "maybe a little too hard".

@ekseptio

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with that. I'm playing it on hard and lowering it on the bosses (after trying a couple of times oc). Up to now, I haven't been in a money problem of any sort, same with craft materials. I'm finishing the wind-mastercore part with plenty of resources (maybe not that much items, but still) with a very high spectation for what's to come. Other point that I want to share is that, maybe, playing the game so much in little time is what is making you see those flaws that much. I've been enjoying it an hour or two max per day and it's feels like watchin an anime episode. I recommend playing it in that way (and mastering the hard or moderate difficulty in normal battles)

@DanTE_1203

2 жыл бұрын

I think i disagree. Played on hard, towards the end, I find the final dungeon mobs to be harder than the actual final boss who was a cakewalk to fight. I actually think Ganabelt was the hardest fight I had

@FrizFroz

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanTE_1203 Me too - well, until a certain post endgame fight (that ended up being fight(s)) which was a life bottle chug. Past the midway point of the game fights got easier; not because enemies were pushovers but because your team had enough skills and artes to be self-sustaining to a point.

@DanTE_1203

2 жыл бұрын

@@FrizFroz well its post game. Besides the cameo fights are the real hard fights

@Crashfan97879

2 жыл бұрын

@@DanTE_1203 I haven't finished the game yet myself. But sweet Jesus was Ganabelt a pain in the butt! Him and the Great Dragon Zeugle was absolute torture to plow through. Luckily nothing to detour me directly from the game :)

Does this have spoilers? I just got to the part where you start fishing and i don't want to ruin my experience

I went with the Xbox Series X edition because the PS5 version seems to stutter by 5-10 FPS here and there. It was very noticeable in the demo but it's buttery smooth on my Series X.

Can someone explain further can you really breeze through this game on easy mode i play these games for the STORY not the game play

I just started with the game, but i already am wondering what its follow will look like if Bandai Namco is doing the same as with previous titles.

@chasegaetze4507

2 жыл бұрын

Makes me wonder what kind of paid content they will do for elden ring. Cause as much as they were pushing it on this game it wouldn't surprise me

My only issues with the game was, it had no fricking score/grade shop at the end. What's the point in playing through it multiple times. I literally played through Tale of Berseria 4 times.

I think the biggest issue with the game was the enemy variety. 30 hours in and I'm still facing boars and wolves and those mossel electric things. The bosses are excellent but everything in between is literally doing the Grandma's Boy solution of changing the wolves to green for this level. Other than that, best combat of the series by a mile and I went right into it after playing Berseria and Berseria feels like a PS2 game by comparison. They have the template down now and the more mature tone is a huge plus as lets be honest, the majority of Tales fans are in their 20s and prefer to follow adults rather than "children of destiny" part 2300. Ray Chase was also fantastic as Alphen too, and the way you keep all characters involved even if they're not in the starting lineup was great as well.

@williamzou8833

2 жыл бұрын

How's the grind? Is the level gap between you and the bosses unfairly wide or within reasonable reach?

@DarkNexus530

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamzou8833 I think I'm in the endgame (around 80% done with the game) now and I have been playing on Hard since the beginning with no DLC, but the grind is non-existent. I am always at the same level as mobs, some bosses are naturally higher levelled than you, but they're never at the point where they could kill your entire party in 5 seconds. There are some sidequests and post-game dungeons which are significantly higher level than you which are available to you once you reach the halfway point, but that's understandable cause they're endgame content.

@Abraun897

2 жыл бұрын

@@williamzou8833 no grind at all except for items and healing items. Those you have to grind to get enough of at least on moderate.

Thank you for your review! This is my first Tales game and I loved everything about it. I am excited to pick up others after I play a few other games. I always enjoy hearing people's opinions about games, especially if it's a series I'm just starting and they've played many in the series. This gives me hope that I'll enjoy others. I was afraid with how much I like this one, others won't keep my interest but it seems like that shouldn't be the case. Thank you!

Eric Reviews! Great to hear what you thought about it. It's my number 1 tales game. In terms of victory poses, I'm thinking they were removed to shorten the time it takes to get into and out of battle. I loved these fast transitions!

HI Erick, really enjoyed the video with u and Ircha. great job to both of u.

the combat was amazing for a long time, but near the end.... it was a struggle, every enemy is a big boy and the grind to kill those guys was way too much. I ended up running past past what enemies I could. Saying that it was a great game and could be made even better with a few tweaks.

@SnowmanSantana

2 жыл бұрын

Omg finally someone mentions this, this is the first tales game i played and i loved it it just every enemy is a fkn dmg sponge not just the bosses, i got into a loop of death on the rena part i had to lower the difficulty and that barely made a difference, instead of fighting 3 enemies that are dmg sponges why dont they give waves of enemies to kill like the KH games, i dont mind bosses being sponges but every damn enemy was, literally had to skip the 5 astral separator fights at the end cause i ran out of items and had to fast travel back to buy more items then start at the beginning of that level running past every enemy to get back to the point i left at

If I don’t like discord and I love your insanity great videos then how can I contribute to you making these awesome videos?

Can't wait to play this sometime. Just started with the Tales Of series, so have quite the backlog to get through, but one day lol - thanks for the video!

@SorenPenrose

2 жыл бұрын

you don't need to play all of them, but there are def some you simply shouldn't skip. My list of unskippable Tales games is: Symphonia, Vespiria, Berseria, and I must emphasize Berseria. That one was great, and a massive punch to the feels.

@BrianWasHere

2 жыл бұрын

@@SorenPenrose Yeah, realistically I was never going to play them all as I'm not buying a system I don't own just for one game. And the really old ones don't appeal to me anyways. Symphonia is one of the last ones I need to get. Patiently waiting for a decent deal on one...

i also tought enemies had too much hp until i gave alphen a magic emblem with 4x 15%fire dmg and he started deleting everything

@googleuser9073

2 жыл бұрын

Hellmask Fiend Skull also makes fights go by faster (Increases damage and damage received by 100%). You get it by completing Dohalim’s advanced training

Where are you from?

Thanks for this! Other people seem to talk about the same thing. Your take feels really genuine.

I think with the weapons and crafting money was a slight issue for me as I would try and buy Orange gels whenever I could but the resources for the crafting was never a real issue for me. I go a bit crazy exploring the map and fighting every enemy on it the first time I go through a place so I generally pick up all I need along the way

I started playing the game a couple days ago and I actually really like it. It's really fun. I defeated the first lord and it was difficult but I managed to pull it off. The difficulty level is staggering but it's still fun

@SorenPenrose

2 жыл бұрын

the second lord is a kick in the teeth. Prepare for that one.

@thrillainthemanilla1409

2 жыл бұрын

Jrpgs are infamous for requiring tons of grinding to make the game comfortable unfortunately for some lol. It’s a fantastic game I’m glad you’re enjoying it

@thrillainthemanilla1409

2 жыл бұрын

@@hex7515 If you’re trying to play the game on hard from the beginning it will require tons of grinding of ore and early on it can also be pretty hard with the first two lords. I agree though money has absolutely never been a problem for me

They didn't just mix graces and berseria, they've thrown a bit of xillia there too with the air combos, which is great. Looking forward to your Graces F review since i discovered the series thanks to it.

@nezkeys79

Жыл бұрын

Hard disagree. Xillia Graces F and Berseria rank amongst my top 3 for combat. Arise ranks amongst the worst. There are no similarities. Arise has no redeeming qualities other than the visuals

This is my first time seeing ye Channel it popped on my suggestions. Gotta say great job man I just beat tales last night actually I got it wen it came out. I loved it so much I put almost 200 hours into it playing everyday I'm not working.

@jklo4377

2 жыл бұрын

I forgot to add I played it on ps5. Honestly I had the game in graphics mode(not sure if the PS4 edition gives u the option but ps5 gave u the option in the menu to choose graphics or frame rate) but I had zero hiccups on graphics mode. Not that it matters just wanna let u know it may be bc it's the PS4 version. Also the story DOES INDEED GO BATSHIT OFF RAILS BRO LMAO but ehh didn't bother me to much I'm just glad they kept stretching the game out lol I did not want it to end so I was fine with it lol

I'm playing on the hardest difficulty and every boss is pretty much a nightmare. I don't know if I'll get through it's entirety because it's a bit too much at times.

@XxPlatinumChief

2 жыл бұрын

For sure though Im playing on moderate the lord's are the hardest and most cheese ones especially towards the end of the health bar they can just spam the ultimates

@Underournorthernstar

2 жыл бұрын

I almost always play on the hardest difficulty but I turned it down to moderate about halfway through the game. Bosses started to annoy me a bit because they were just a massive item dump

@rabbyd542

2 жыл бұрын

@@Underournorthernstar I agree with you 100%. It's a guarantee you need to use tons of life bottles at which point it isn't really harder, you just need to farm enough to get said items. And with how scarce Gald is to begin with, it's not worth it.

Just finished the game last night and on to the platinum road and Damn, I slept with a huge grin with that ending.

Dunno about this battle system. I only have like 5-6 skills to use on each character and I heard that if you spend your SP points on wrong upgrades you can never reset and you're stuck with an incredibly bad build that is good for nothing. So I'm scared to spend any SP on anything because what if as soon as I spend it, a new tree unlocks with even more powerful skills?? I currently have 17k+ sp points and not planning to spend any until the end of the game when all skill trees are unlocked. I don't want to ruin my characters so for me combat is very boring, using same 3 skills over and over and over.

Thank you, man, I was waiting for you to review this one as this is one of the very few RPGs I have played in a long time (as Dragon Warrior and the first Final Fantasy were one of the first games I ever played I fell in love with the genre... just to later grow sick of the same plots, characters, ). I agree with most of what you said, so I only want to comment that I really love how there are no victory poses haha, that made me feel the game really fluid (altough they could have done it optional). And regarding the difficulty, most of my defeats were while exploring higher level areas (right now I'm thinking on giving a try in the training grounds with the level 99 enemy... I'm at level 61 but I can cheese it... really slowly), I lost to bosses only a couple of times (I think is was at the ship chapter) and until then is when I decided to pay attention to the skills and enemy weaknesses, and find ways to maintain combo chains. Well, thanks again, what you said is spot on with what I have experienced so far.

@odudi

2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing a Dragon warrior ad on tv when it first came out on the nes. It looked way different than anything i had seen. I was blown away by everything, the first time a game used the name you called your characters, the first time i could save and come back where you left off and so much more i could go on and on about. Been hooked on rpgs/jrpgs ever since.

If you want to break the game equip this to Alphen Magic Emblem with 15% Fire Damage 15% Fire Damage 15% Fire Damage 15% Fire Damage Have all your Damage Near Death Skills acquired, Get behind the enemy and Hold Infernal Torrent till you only have 1hp

@richardanderson6531

2 жыл бұрын

This is risky because some opponent's have an aoe or can attack an opponent that is behind them

@UkelelesToo

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardanderson6531 the trick is to do it when you use your Allie’s boost attack to stun them based on their archetype

@ironplay9591

2 жыл бұрын

@@richardanderson6531 just use it after the enemy attacks I purposely didn’t do this because it was already op without the magic emblems lmao and if u use and Ariel burst art and u hold a ground burst art it’ll go off right away so less chance for enemy to attack

@ChaseWSanders

2 жыл бұрын

@Gendilann Where is the best place to farm the materials with 15% fire damage? I only found a level 2 one so far.

@UkelelesToo

2 жыл бұрын

@@ChaseWSanders I managed to get those mainly near end game. I didn’t really need them I there than to clear post game. Im assuming you can find them near the sub quests to defeat the four lights maybe?

I'm only about half way through the game but am enjoying the story a lot. I appreciate the fact that they tackle mature themes.

@ErgoProxy12345

2 жыл бұрын

and they tackle them well. Like racism, where characters don’t just start being accepting each other in a second. It takes time for Rinwell to accept Dohalim, and even then her aprehension to anything Renan comes up once in a while in some circumstances. She acts like a person would.

@fedoff2190

2 жыл бұрын

OK I just about to beat it, and the story has grinded to a halt. I feel like the last 20% is nothing but cut scene.

Have you tried eastward it’s reminds me of the old school snes JRPGs the dragon quest inspired mini game alone was well done as well.

@outkastshadowking2719

2 жыл бұрын

I'm about to get back into that game and try to finish that mini game and explore the main game. I've never play a first person turn based until eastward and it battle system is very from the norm.

So where does this rank on the list of best Tales games?

@ForceofNature99

2 жыл бұрын

Probably Top 3 easily.

Been waiting to hear my boy Erick’s opinion on this. Thanks for the review!

I haven't finished the game (just got Law) but one thing I don't like is Alphens combat abilities specifically his blazing sword and boost attack. Having to spend resources to heal to do his blazing attacks and boost strikes while other characters don't have that stipulation irks me. With Berseria your consuming claw attacks at least healed you a little bit.

Is that the game stuttering or the video? Because that's pretty freaking bad.

I think that the music in Dohalim's region is actually pretty good overall 😎😎😎

Can't wait to see you play Tales of Vesperia. That game is absolutely excellent! I'm personally looking forward to playing Symphonia after I finish Arise.

One thing that irritated me was during the boss battles. Once you reach the halfway point you get that weird free Boost Strike...but it doesn't do any damage!! The hp damage number shows up but the bar doesn't go down. This is really obvious in NG+ when I'm essentially one-shotting early game bosses but the HP bar freezes at the halfway point.

i agree, i play every game on easy and decide from there if I enjoy it enough to invest time into the challenge.

How difficult did you find Berseria? I liked the combat in Berseria more than in Arise (of which I only played the demo), but I had to rise the difficult constantly, whenever I unblocked a new difficulty level, I used that, because in general I felt Berseria was easy (except the special monsters, which were really though, but were optional).

This was my favorite Tales game yet, though I admit I haven't played them all as I was a bit late to the series with Tales of the Abyss and Tales of Vesperia. If there is another that is comparable or even considered better, I'd love to know. I'd be happy to dive into another if it's as good as this one was.

@michaelmrozek790

2 жыл бұрын

I personally love Graces F. Best battle system for me - not overloaded with features, but solid battling when you switch to Semi-Auto or manual control, so you can sidestep, back-attack and so on. I also loved the overall humour of the game. Later Tales games had battle systems which were sometimes too complex to be fun (Zesteria is a prime example for that), and I didn't like crafting weapons as well. Just let me buy it and done :)

Tales of Graces F also goes to space and in a more unbelievable way. Tales of Symphonia uses Dimensional warps on flying scooters. Like I am fine with the space travel. Considering tales games have done crazier things.

@Scrumpdaddy

2 жыл бұрын

It’s almost always another world with advanced technology. Either space or alternate dimension type stuff, arise made just as much since as any tales story

@nicogalax

2 жыл бұрын

@@Scrumpdaddy Star Ocean too

The skits reveal plot development and character growth that are needed for the game.

@shogun1x

2 жыл бұрын

True, but it can be annoying when I just got out of a cutscrene and then I gotta watch three skits in a row before I can start playing the damn game.

@theoaremevano3227

2 жыл бұрын

@@shogun1x : At least you can skip them and check them later, but that doesn't stop the tendency to feel like "I don't want to miss this, but also this is a lot to watch." Still nice on a repeat run.

Valid points and great take as usual. I'm pretty close to the end and it's still on course to end up one of my all time favorite games though.

@Jack-ji8kr

2 жыл бұрын

You are still in the honeymoon phase. In time I bet your opinion will change.

@vvolfflovv

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jack-ji8kr I have a feeling this will be the case but then again, Berseria was one of my fav games last gen and I like most aspects of this game even better. I also look forward to replaying it in a while.

@raulm.3524

2 жыл бұрын

@@vvolfflovv Men, I'm playing Berseria right now. What am worrying on is that there Will not be a better cast of characters than Berseria's cast. I have play many jrpg and to me, all the gang in Berseria are the best ones for a Long shot, all of them are so damn fun and I really like the fact that they are not the classic good guys that will save the day. For what I seen so far, Arise cast is good but I don't see them surpassing Berseria's cast anytime soon. That what makes doubt if buy or not.

@vvolfflovv

2 жыл бұрын

@@raulm.3524 Personally, I still prefer Berseria's cast but not by much. Arise really fleshes out the characters, maybe even too much as some of the skits could have been trimmed down. The ending didn't blow me away for either game but the stories along the way made up for it in both. The combat truly shines in Arise and is an absolute blast though.

Glad you enjoyed this game for what it was, is it wrong that I'm already excited for whatever game comes next?

Was playing this last night. Loving the battle system, can be challenging when playing on Hard Mode... I made the mistake of trying to fight that level 40+ monster in the beginning thinking I can take it. Characters are great, Kisara is my favorite for the same reason she is your favorite lol. One thing I don't like is having to craft weapons and accessories, rather buy them. But so far so good.

@Daigon95

2 жыл бұрын

Well given the context of the story, it wuld make sense why u cant buy weps. But I understand despite tht, u still dont like it. lol

@isaiahjaxon

2 жыл бұрын

@@Daigon95 Lol great game though. Was playing this with a friend and was showing off some costumes and now she wants the buddy accessories for real especially Hottle

So glad you got a chance to play this game! I agree with you that the battle system is great, and your comparison to Graces is spot on given how the devs cited that as an inspiration for its combat and progression system! As far as the story goes, I enjoyed it myself though I also get your criticisms of it. The devs mentioned in an interview that the story is inspired by the games that have come before, and there’s quite a few callbacks. That said, I don’t think that came across in the story and this might’ve been a case of the devs forcing an idea onto something that could potentially be more compelling or more indicative that it’s an homage to Tales stories of the past. What I also agree with your review is it’s music. It felt more Western RPG inspired, which I speculate was done to appeal to more mainstream players, but I don’t think it worked out. I was really surprised how different the sound was compared to Berseria and got confused for a second. I heard that Legendia’s soundtrack is incredible, which was actually done by someone else, but maybe this is a situation where Sakuraba needs a break from the series, given that he’s been a part of the games for decades at this point. Always glad to watch your videos man! Looking forward to the next one as always

The battle system is really good but some of the bosses are just insanely hard at times. I was 10 levels ahead of them and still getting 2 shot killed on normal.

@A.Martin

2 жыл бұрын

same of the enemies had such crazy hp that some battles felt like they were taking half an hour to finish

@ninjason57

2 жыл бұрын

@@A.Martin seriously, there were times when I would exit the game mid fight because a side quest boss fight was taking too long. I would restart, go find better items, and then come back to fight.

@chasegaetze4507

2 жыл бұрын

10 levels ahead?! I was on moderate and had no problems with any of the bosses as long as I was within a level or two under.

@chasegaetze4507

2 жыл бұрын

I actually killed Vholron the first time uploaded a save I made right before entering the boss arena and then killed him like 5 minutes faster the second time

My experience with this game was the polar opposite of my experience with Tales of Berseria. Loved the gameplay, the story never clicked. By the final dungeon, after four skits in a row, I started button mashing through them to get back to combat.

@gamsolar156

2 жыл бұрын

Oh boy .. If you think berseria's story is good then tales of arise must be awful. Berseria's story is so bland and the charcters so cliché...tales of games are so overrated. Never buying this one

@Xilladan093

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamsolar156 quiet u clown

@Kasaaz

2 жыл бұрын

The Localization just falls off a cliff after you get to Niez. I was in the same place by the last dungeon... It was like aliens just babbling random plot words by then, contradicting themselves, etc.

@feo130

2 жыл бұрын

@@gamsolar156 I agree. I want my $60 for this trash lol.

@gamsolar156

2 жыл бұрын

@@feo130 Bro never spend 60 dollars on a game. Only a few games in the history of video games deserve that. Tales of series are mid-tier at best. Excellent jrpgs are actually quite rare...the stories are generally for airheads who dont know a good story from a bad one.

Tales of Arise is amazing! Love the new cast and battle system!

@detectivehan5717

2 жыл бұрын

Depends what cast you're talking about.

I also felt it is rushed towards the end. I think they still have plan for that final act but due to lack of tiime they just dump text on you. Still the best game I've played this year and one of the best jrpg I've played in recent years I like this more than super anime cliche persona 5.

@SBaby

2 жыл бұрын

I'll say this about the Post-Lord part of the game. It's not as bad as Xenogears, where they just dump a bunch of text on you, two dungeons and a handful of bosses and then after it's over, you lose access to most of the world's locations. And it's definitely nowhere near as bad as what they did with FFXV, where they killed several major characters offscreen and the second act of the story is a massive hallway. This game at least feels like they were able to do more to make it feel finished.

@saklek4955

2 жыл бұрын

I think Scarlet Nexus was better, personally. Check it out if you haven’t already.

@kawaiipotatoes7888

2 жыл бұрын

@@saklek4955 I did finished playing it and it's not lol

@DKarkarov

2 жыл бұрын

@@saklek4955 This is a guy who called Persona 5 anime cliche, I am not sure I would recommend him anything lol.

@saklek4955

2 жыл бұрын

@@DKarkarov Honestly, I consider Persona 5 to be the worst Persona game, so I didn’t even bother to watch the anime. Persona 3 is my favorite (the first Persona game I played, so I have a bias), but I’m much more into mainline Shin Megami Tensei.

Was it just me or did the game totally contradict itself with the will of rena? IIRC one scene they were saying rena’s will wants to destroy all existence then Alphen says rena’s will never had evil intentions.

@nicogalax

2 жыл бұрын

Dunno, apparently after they found out the will of Rena is like an animal that just wanted to fuse both worlds no matter what they just....understood

I love the game, love the combat, love the interactions between the characters. My only gripe with the game is the revelation of the big bad boss *spoiler* Is basically an alien planet.

@lytningthief

2 жыл бұрын

SPOILER My gripe with the final battle was that Vholran, still completely convinced that he's the main villain, shows up and attacks you. If he'd had more presence throughout the story or had more of a personality other than, "I'm a jerk and I'm ok with that," it would've been fine. I LOVE the slow and well developed romance between Alphen and Shionne though, but that's another can of worms entirely.

I don’t think the enemies have too much health, they have health in hard mode to encourage you to learn to dodge and get bonus gauge and partner attacks

@themarchinggoblin8294

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Its the best tales game in a long time. I'm on ps4 aswell and had zero tech issues. Didn't really agree with much in the vid for once. Except yes there are alot of skits in this tales.

You know that You can speed up the skits, right? :)

The skits are optional but you see the prompt you have to click It hehe

I was very impressed with the story. When I first got details about the group going around and fighting oppression I just imagined, okay, here we go "Tales of Woke", but in reality the story is very well balanced. The party learns to value the lives of both groups and even allows for redemption and forgiveness of the oppressor group. There are monologues that make it clear that even without the Renans, Danans have been oppressors in the past and the real goal here freedom from all forms of oppressors, not just to set up a new society that changes who the oppressors are. I was really impressed with the game tackling some real truths about human nature and the party actually considering the "is this worth it if we just free the Danans only to have Danans ruling over Danans?" This was thoughtful and well done in my opinion, I have high praise for this game's story.

@adamcormier9312

2 жыл бұрын

Also a reveal that happens later that many will see coming really makes you think about the oppressor/victim narrative and who is really in control.

@andylevant6247

2 жыл бұрын

Tales of the woke? Is this your first entry to the series?

@skytiger215

2 жыл бұрын

Fighting against racism and chattel slavery is "Tales of Woke?" That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard, but also is this your first tales of game? Classism, racism, unfair justice systems, and corrupt religious organizations are some of the many "woke" themes this series explores on a regular basis. And this game's story is ass. It doesn't even answer those difficult questions. After Alphen deus ex machina's Shionne's thorns away, all you see is a mega happy ending credit sequence that doesn't address how their societies will function now and how they actually plan to fight discrimination and heal the scars between the two races. And really? You think the answer is just forgiveness and that if Dahnan's got rid of the literal slave drivers, they'd become the new oppressors? This awful story must have been made for you.

@edcorps2876

2 жыл бұрын

@@skytiger215 Well it certainly wasn't made for you Karen.

@skytiger215

2 жыл бұрын

@@edcorps2876 How stupid and immature do you have to be to just call me a "Karen" and not even try to engage with what I said? If you don't want to actually have a conversation, then don't post a comment saying dumbass things.

No Victory poses? I loved the Tales Victory pose at the end of a battle. That's not cool. I think your tastes align a lot with mine. I'm a 40+ long time JRPG fan and I understand a lot of where you are coming from on your synopsis of the game. Thanks for the great critique.

One thing that helped me with the difficulty was the accessories, to each boss I made some focused on them. I’m going for the platinum, and I played on the moderate. It is challenging, but I like it. I really enjoyed this game. Spoiler: Have you found Edna?

@shiro214okane

2 жыл бұрын

you can find edna and his brother once you've finished the game, damn they hard specially chrono (if you're using melee)

@chasegaetze4507

2 жыл бұрын

@@shiro214okane if you are leveled appropriately they aren't too bad on moderate. Just used dohalim and stacked him with 4 +15% darkness and they went down easily.

Honestly, after a while, I was just fighting for that kiss scene. Still would’ve love something to happen with Law and Rinwell with all of the teasing, etc.

@Ultimabuster92

2 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, if Rinwell and Law won't be a thing in the future, i don't think that i understood romance in my almost 30 years, and i don't believe that, tbh. But yes, i agree, i wished there would be a bit of confirmation. And i also have to agree with your other point, towards the end i stopped caring for the story, i only fought for Alphen and Shionne, that was all that mattered to me, and i got what i wanted, a kiss AND even a WEDDING in the credits... more than i hoped for actually xD

@iwanttoputkamuistoesinmymo5938

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ultimabuster92 lol same i pogged at the wedding in the credits that shit was so cute.. i was enjoying the story up until the helganquil were revealed then i just stopped caring about anything other than my main party

@ivanderyunus3026

2 жыл бұрын

Its so sad that the credit scene are not animated

I'd say the combat was more of a combination of berseria and Vesperia/Xillia.

Battle system is YS-tier now

@tchitchouan

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it's as good as the ys games

You seem really passionate about games and that's a good thing! Also, thanks for the minor spoiler warning, as someone who hates any kind of spoiler I really appreciate that too! Subscribed.

I played the game on moderate and rarely ever had my full party die. Boss battles were hardest at the start with no skills and later on got super easy especially once you start using their weaknesses, you melt bosses hp

Level 85 now and i had 4000000 currency. Never had any money problem, but i did EVERYTHING as it became available, I even delayed the main story sometimes. I never grinded so you can avoid money problems just doing side missions and opening all the chests. (some chests give a ridiculous amount of money)

Hard mode is dumb for some fights, I had to knock it down to moderate for Ganabelt then I just decided to keep it there. Go for it, if you want to strategize how to beat them but most of the things I've read involve either not letting the AI do anything (sometimes just letting them die) or switching everything to manual, both of which will make any fight a major slog. I really didn't mind the hard difficulty with the character I was piloting but the problem was the AI just getting nuked right from the start and using up all my CP before I even get a heal myself. Just finished the 3rd lord and still having tons of fun, hope it ends well :)

I havent finished it yet. But I have some concern mid part of the stories. When dohalim join you especially. I mean, he's a lord and he join you just that and he said he's not a lord again. I mean its weird. If im in that situation, all citizen must be wanted me to obtain the lordship again. Its.. weird really. Then who's the one governing his land? Or at least, give a proper explanation. Its kinda rushed at that point. What else.. hmm maybe the formula. Its added some kind of new thing, but most are recycled from the old tales series. Need something more fresh. Whats best is the QoL, and the UI. Its snappy, its really easy to navigate, and its not a hassle to come back to old map etc.

@fierytigergaming8112

2 жыл бұрын

Probably thought that being a lord would drag the group down

@muhsetio

2 жыл бұрын

@@fierytigergaming8112 Yeah but its too sudden. I mean he didnt talk to his citizen first about his departure, maybe make a little scene for that. Small details but i believe its important. This make the first part kinda feel rushed. Just my 2 cents. Overall i still like it.

Finished the game after playing through entirely on Moderate. Overall it was enjoyable, but two big issues: I definitely felt the HP issue. Especially near the end, everything was just a sponge for damage and fights just started taking far too long. I started just pulling multiple groups together and fleeing just to clear areas faster. The second issue is that the localization just falls off a cliff once you get to Niez. They start being weirdly vague or wrong with exposition and by the final dungeon I just was skipping most skits etc. Characters would just vaguely repeat nonsense that was sort of plot-related, but get things wrong or contradict what they just said. I just feel bad for the translators, since this was the first global release for a Tales game. They weren't given the time and resources they needed.

Why the FUCK can't I turn off the mini map

I'm only at about 10 hours of this game balancing this with phantom brave (switch) and i'll say that the game is pretty enjoyable. I can't say much about the game yet except that this is the only game that pushes my ps4 pro's fans to max despite internally dusting and cleaning it. I could go the reapply thermal paste route but I'm hoping that namco bandai would release a patch that would optimize it for us PS4 users.

i still havn't finished the game, but so long i think i'm with you in every point, story is incredible at the start end then, i don't know what happened. gameplay is a 9.5, absurdly fun to play. music i'll give the game a 6/7 not lame, but not great. graphics it's a 9. for me it's an overal 8/8.5 point game, i'll definitely play it again, but don't think i'll have it in my top tales

I don't have a PS4 anymore, I don't use my switch. But I love playing on my PC because there's like always a good Fling Trainer. I try not to overdo it with the cheats, but it's nice not having to worry about all the BS materials for upgrades or gil if you're low

I had just come off my second playthrough of Scarlet Nexus, which was also done by large parts of the Tales team, and I felt like the combat was both overtweaked, and under. I'm also glad someone else pointed out the absurd amount of HP Non-Boss enemies have. I had a fun time with Arise, but gods be damned, is it one of the most long-winded JRPG I played, and I played th Xenogears and Xenoblade Sagas. Playing on Next gen, the anime cutscenes, while amazing, were extremely immersion breaking but they were running at a lower res than the game was. I loved pretty much all the characters; Do was probably the one that I didn't like the most, though Law came really close at parts. The girls were easily my favorite. I honestly didn't see a point of playing on difficulty setting other than story because they don't really add anything other than lower the amount of XP that is dropped...

The fact enemys do not drop gald pissed me of too items are so overprized always was low on Orange and ananas gels

I have yet to finish it but I'm currently: - - - - - - - - - - - - at the beginning of the second half of the game where the second anime opening plays. I have to admit that I'm not impressed with the story telling or even the cast so far...for Tales standards it seems like a bit of a step down. The combat IMO is amazing so far, probably my second favorite iteration of it (Berseria being my fav combat system).

Tales of Arise is the best JRPG atm even beating the Trails series or Persona at its best at least for me.

@meowciferdeofol4809

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, persona has a better off combat system but the combat system in Tales makes the game easier to finish. Persona is good, but the combat system gets boring around 4 castles in.

@ralphcoronado1548

2 жыл бұрын

@@meowciferdeofol4809 I believe the setting and lore of Arise makes it far more superior than Persona. Persona has a good lore with those “Personas” but it gets a bit redundant with the themes even in their previous games. While Tales do have some similarities in preserving its theme like good and evil kind of concept, but the characters and its plot twist makes it more interesting not mentioning its awesome real time combat.

@outkastshadowking2719

2 жыл бұрын

I don't agree with you on the Trails series because it has better writing, protagonists, antagonists,and musics is the best. Its does alot of things that tops most jrpg.

@ralphcoronado1548

2 жыл бұрын

@@outkastshadowking2719 We have our own taste so what's good in you is not actually good in me. I am more attracted with the plot twists and fantasy setting in Tales. Trails on the other hand, each of the game is actually a continuation of the other that forms a gigantic plot, but the bosses are actually "meh". Tales is more varied and specific in each game and its characters are distinct as well, not just some pure student-instructor-knight kind of characters.

I'm hoping for a switch port. Love your videos man!

@chimeratcg07

2 жыл бұрын

Your switch will get fried.

@NerdCrave

2 жыл бұрын

@@chimeratcg07 I discovered it's on steam. I'll be waiting for my Steam Deck to come in and play it on there

I have to agree with changing it to easy (well in my case, I restarted game after getting all the way to 5th Lord) cause enemies became sponges and also couldn't combo anything cause of an in story reason making enemies do a certain something

Ganabelt gave me a hard time! But man was it satisfying after punching his face! :D Great game!

@onceuponarevenant9409

2 жыл бұрын

my favorite boss so far, and then that magical wench that i had to silence for good.

@michaelmorningstar7933

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. This SOB was ridiculous tough; even on normal mode! Think of Kvar from Tales of Symphonia (which he greatly reminds me of) - only that he can now replicate himself whose clones can do the same amount of damage its original can do and once his HP is near death, he will constantly spam Indignation which can kill an unprepared party.

@arnowisp6244

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmorningstar7933 I recall a KZreadr Sirlionhart basically I framing the Indignation using the characters Burst to dodge most damage.

@TheTrueDiablix

2 жыл бұрын

Having gotten all the achievements and 100% the game, I can say with utmost certainty: Ganabelt was the only Lord that was actually tough to beat.

@Kerdukie

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheTrueDiablix And I kinda only found him diffucult when first encountering him! Post game Ganabelt on higher difficulties was, or at least felt, easier :D

I really like Rinwell from what I've seen. She'll probably be my favorite, because I'm a younger guy. ;)

The sword needs to be wider, maybe I would’ve played.

Use shionne, she is easiest to use. You can range jump arts, run, heal when necessary. It's much easier that way

@XxPlatinumChief

2 жыл бұрын

For some reason I play better with alphen but yea she's mad cheese against lord's/bosses

I have a similar take so far, havnt beat it yet but I'm at the Rena grave room about to fight something. Do is my favorite so I mostly just play him or Alphen depending on enemies but I love Kisara too. I kinda can't stand Law and Rinwell together but i guess they are young so it makes sense they are immature.. The story was so good until the satellite then fell off for me but I love the combat so I still want to play more. HATE the accessory crafting so much, weapons aren't too bad besides having the funds for it. Never played tales games before but I enjoy turn based and action so I will definitely be checking out more of them.

i am 14 hours in, so far loving it ! Sometimes it feels like the artes and normal combos deal basically no damage even on normal field monsters.

@ReaveIdono

2 жыл бұрын

You have to either exploit weak points or use the main characters Flame Edges. Also Law does a truck load of damage.

Absolutely amazing game from combat to story to characters. The Japanese voice acting was great and even the English dub was pretty damn solid. Only thing I don't approve of the game is the DLC practices with level up dlc and outfits that unlock OP skills

@chasegaetze4507

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more. Especially since it was available on the day of release. And now they just put a dlc that is $16 and you get one boss fight, so maybe 3 minutes and two costumes and a new mystic art. Woopy doo

I followed your advice and started Tales of Grace F but so far I'm not such a big fan of the gameplay. Everything else looks good tho.

I’m so with you about the story. As beautiful and mature as the game looked the story telling was surprisingly childish.

@dimitarbelchev3062

2 жыл бұрын

It’s so frustrating to see so many of the vocal JRPG fans online defending games like this one when everyone is complaining about the story being too light. IT. IS. And some people(like me) can’t get into it because of that.

@SBaby

2 жыл бұрын

Not really. I think they just didn't have the time to tell the full story they wanted to tell, so they had to take shortcuts and improvise to avoid this game becoming another FFXV.

@AquaShibby3000

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's really frustrating.. I've finished the game, and I do like the characters and the story overall in general, but the game really digs its heels in and refuses to just break all the very worst anime tropes. That combat could have pulled me through ANY game, though.

@djw_tekken8490

2 жыл бұрын

@@SBaby i love FFXV maxed out everything

@trollingisasport

2 жыл бұрын

@@djw_tekken8490 Some people love french fries, still doesn't mean they aren't off poor nutrition.

Sucks that the ps4 version has frame drops. I had a flashback to when I played Grandia 2 on the Grandia collection for the switch. It was unplayable at times, frame drops were horrible during some battles when there was a lot goin on at the same time. Either way, if you get your hands on a ps5, I recommend to play it again. Looks awesome on a next gen console.

Dont feel bad about easy mode. I played the main story thru on normal and once i started end game post game content ive been playing on easy/story mode. Made leveling to 100 not feel like such a chore. Play what feels right. I loved every minute of this game :) ps i do think this is better than vesperia and way better than berseria imo

I have to say it's the best game of 2021, way better than Ys IX.

@arkeshn729

2 жыл бұрын

Ys needs a bigger budget and better writers if it's going to keep being sold at full price.

@dustingonzalez8080

2 жыл бұрын

Ys was never really about the story but more about the gameplay.

@buddhabinaural

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a big Ys fan and a moderate Tales of fan and I was way more excited for Tales of Arise than Ys 9. Not bought either yet but have the issue that Switch is my favourite console and no Arise on Switch.

@Lorin116

2 жыл бұрын

I've played more Tales games than Ys. And I've played both Arise and Ys IX. I 've got to hand it to Ys IX. It is the better game in my opinion. I'm currently forcing myself to finish Arise. That's how much I'm not into it.

@Lorin116

2 жыл бұрын

@@dustingonzalez8080 well I've played both Ys VIII and IX and the stories were fun and engaging.

I played the demo, but couldn't like the battle system. I found confusing, to much things going on. Maybe getting the skills from the start would help, but the demo scared me.

Doliham his cryptic wisdom and manner of speaking and understanding and back story reminds me of uncle iroh from avatar last air Bender

I think people really lift up Berseria but I think it had as many issues as any other Tales of. The story was good and a departure from typical Tales. But the battle system was just ok. Environments were not great and only a few of the characters were good. Villain was good which helps a lot. But I think all Tales of games end up being that way for me. There are always a few things that keep them from being an all time great game. I really enjoyed Legendia and Vesperia. Have to finish Arise but I can agree to some of your points for sure so far. Keep up the good content!

your comment about is it tales game or star ocean game was on point👌 did you hold back saying how bad tales of arise was? you shouldn't because 'twas

10:00 Despite what you like more, none of those Tales game sale over a million copies in a week after launch like Arise.

@haveagoodday7021

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but sales doesn't mean you have to like it the best. Endgame sold the most out of the MCU but it still isn't my favorite/my personal best Marvel movie

@espada9000

2 жыл бұрын

@@haveagoodday7021 Not really saying that. I'm saying you should appreciate it more than the others considering it brought the franchise back up again. Because honestly the series has been going downhill for quite some time now.

@espada9000

2 жыл бұрын

@@FennelRPG Same applies to Genshin Impact in that logic. But Tales of Arise deserves it a lot more.