Tales of Arise turned out to be just the JRPG junk food I'd been craving. Examined seriously, there are some big issues here: the plot becomes an ideological mess, and some parts of combat just don't work the way you'd hope. And despite those flaws, I had a really good time with it.
Combat, across multiple characters, kept me engaged throughout, but what really struck me, and caught me off guard, was the way the writing clicked with me. I found myself invested in these characters and the world around them even after some of it stopped making sense. I don't regret sinking 50 hours into it one bit.
Combat, across multiple characters, kept me engaged throughout, but what really struck me, and caught me off guard, was the way the writing clicked with me. I found myself invested in these characters and the world around them even after some of it stopped making sense. I don't regret sinking 50 hours into it one bit.