Tales of Arise came in just shy of a 9/10. It just wasn't quite enough.
There is a lot of greatness here. All the characters are likable and interesting, the combat system is by far the best the Tales of Series has ever seen and the OST is as good as ever.
However, in the second half of the game, it drops off a little bit.
... I dunno. The pacing is not quite as good, the story is not quite as concise and one can find moments of Anime Dumb here and there that are just not for me.
It's still a really great entry in a great series though, and totally worth your time.
There is a lot of greatness here. All the characters are likable and interesting, the combat system is by far the best the Tales of Series has ever seen and the OST is as good as ever.
However, in the second half of the game, it drops off a little bit.
... I dunno. The pacing is not quite as good, the story is not quite as concise and one can find moments of Anime Dumb here and there that are just not for me.
It's still a really great entry in a great series though, and totally worth your time.
5 Comments
I have played and Finished Symphonia (liked it a lot), Berseria (loved it), Vespiria (loved it), Zestiria (hated it) and Arise (liked it a lot). Now I am at the start of Tales of the Abyss.
I am fond of the series, but most if not all of the games are plagued by pacing issues and horrendous combat.
I am fond of the series, but most if not all of the games are plagued by pacing issues and horrendous combat.
Hmmmm. I didn't mind Symphonia, I came to it late in the HD collection though and just found it slow, might have liked it more in the gamecube era and never finished it. Vesperia is in my backlog.
I'll give Arise a chance in a sale down the line, I've got like a 170 game backlog to workthrough as it is! :(
I'll give Arise a chance in a sale down the line, I've got like a 170 game backlog to workthrough as it is! :(
Don't we all? The Backlog just grows. It never shrinks.
:D
FallenGrace
2 years ago