The combat in Tales of Arise is definitely very fun, but is not very deep compared to other entries in the franchise. The story starts off very strong, but begins to get very bland and boring towards the half-way point. The characters are also nothing to get excited about either and don't contribute to wanting to progress the story. Definitely a step up in the graphics department and am glad that a Tales of game is getting mainstream attention, but just an average game in the series for me that I had to almost force myself to finish.