I don't have a ton of time to play the games I want. It's infuriating. Jobs and responsibilities get in the way. Why does life have to be so dang needy?!
I want to be involved and immersed in a fantasy world while fighting giant monsters. Invading castles and taking down the big baddies.
Enter: Tales Of Arise.
This is the 4067th entry in the series of which I have played 0. Joking aside, I have actually NEVER played a Tales game and there have been 17 games so far.
As a first timer, I had no idea what I was in for. 30 some hours in, I can say what I got was a good time. Out of all the games I currently playing (Scarlet Nexus, Final Fantasy 7, The Yakuza series, etc) Tales of Arise is consistently on my mind.
After the first initial hour or so, I was a tad overwhelmed as the game has a metric ton of dialogue and stoppages. So I felt like I was getting more of a cinematic experience rather than a game. I trudged on and gave it a bit more. It started to flesh out.
The gameplay is pretty straightforward as in an RPG form. You run into the creatures and start a battle. You then get to use combo attacks and super moves (known in Tales as Artes). Team up attacks (or strike attacks), character swapping and item usage are all present here.
I get a good feeling battling almost every enemy I encounter and even more so when I actually level up and collect enough skill points to beef up my group. On this front, I am very pleased.
Graphically, ToA is awesome. I am playing on the PS5 so I get all the nitty gritty details of fire particles and weapon slashes embedded into my eyeballs. Yummy.
The story is pretty cool and some characters have super RPG-like names which I absolutely love. (Balseph, anyone? *Hehe*) You're the typical hero that cannot remember his name or why he is so awesome, that is, until you do. You run with a rag tag crew of people you normally wouldn't roll with. You are burdened with saving the entire planet as no one else can. R. P. G.
The gameplay is pretty straightforward as in an RPG form. You run into the creatures and start a battle. You then get to use combo attacks and super moves (known in Tales as Artes). Team up attacks (or strike attacks), character swapping and item usage are all present here.
I get a good feeling battling almost every enemy I encounter and even more so when I actually level up and collect enough skill points to beef up my group. On this front, I am very pleased.
Graphically, ToA is awesome. I am playing on the PS5 so I get all the nitty gritty details of fire particles and weapon slashes embedded into my eyeballs. Yummy.
The story is pretty cool and some characters have super RPG-like names which I absolutely love. (Balseph, anyone? *Hehe*) You're the typical hero that cannot remember his name or why he is so awesome, that is, until you do. You run with a rag tag crew of people you normally wouldn't roll with. You are burdened with saving the entire planet as no one else can. R. P. G.
If you are thinking of getting yourself into a new game this fall, I really do recommend Tales Of Arise. Satisfying systems (cooking food for buffs, changing your outfits and leveling up your skills based on titles you acquire and more) and a super catchy anime styled theme song make this an even easier pick.
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