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Tales of Arise is an early days hit on Steam.

Bandai Namco's latest anime-aesthetic adventure launched this week, and it has already proved more popular on PC than any other Tales game released on Steam before it.
www.eurogamer.net/amp/2021-09-11-tales-of-arise-off-to-a-flyer-on-steam

 

[Athreous]

The game might be the best in the series. I really hope that it gets a lot more sales, it deserves it!

 

[Kenpachii]

saw there was a demo, maybe should try it out.

 

[Fbh]

saw there was a demo, maybe should try it out.

Just saw that there was finally a demo on PC.
Will check it out, it's much cheaper on PC (thanks regional pricing!) but I want to see if my laptop can handle it in 1080p/60fps

 

[Javthusiast]

saw there was a demo, maybe should try it out.

 

[martino]

I did my part.gif

 

[KàIRóS]

I guess I'm contributing to that stat lol since I bought it for PC, that's a first for me, since I bought all other Tales for consoles, I don't regret my choice though.

 

[Amiga]

The game might be the best in the series. I really hope that it gets a lot more sales, it deserves it!

Success also would hopefully convince Japanese publishers to invest and evolve other franchises like Ys and Trails.

 

[West Texas CEO]

 

[decisions]

This game needs an OT!

 

[Spukc]

Can you MOD out the attack SFX? during baturus?

 

[Mister Wolf]

The game has a shitty internal resolution scaler. Why is 50% my only only option below 100%.

 

[Graciaus]

Game doesn't work for me. Can't change the resolution so it's stuck on 4k unless you play windowed. Have to wait for a patch.

 

[Isa]

That's good news, I hope that success is replicated across consoles as well. I loved what I've played so far, really fun to explore and fight, and the story is interesting as well. I'm also really digging the music.

 

[ClosBSAS]

55k today is over 500k copies sold. That's pretty good considering the shitty ass regional prices that puts the ppl in my country in economic alert and the shitty port.

It's def a good start and it'll sell a million for sure.

 

[West Texas CEO]

WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO STOP BEING SURPRISED BY OWLS ??

 

[KàIRóS]

55k today is over 500k copies sold. That's pretty good considering the shitty ass regional prices that puts the ppl in my country in economic alert and the shitty port.

It's def a good start and it'll sell a million for sure.

It should sell a million in Japan alone you should see the hype here it's crazy.

 

[FStubbs]

It should sell a million in Japan alone you should see the hype here it's crazy.

PS4/5 returns to the top of the standings.

Actually, I guess it's because the gap between Berseria and Arise was huge. They put a lot of time into it.

 

[Celcius]

I'm still playing it but it's my GOTY so far. Glad to see it selling well.

 

[Epic Sax CEO]

Just saw that there was finally a demo on PC.
Will check it out, it's much cheaper on PC (thanks regional pricing!) but I want to see if my laptop can handle it in 1080p/60fps

Looks like a very light game:

 

[Evil Calvin]

I just bought this and I am confused on a few things

1. There is an Artes meter? Where is that and how do I fill it up?
2. How do you fill CP?
3. How do you quickly change characters mid battle?

All pretty obtuse even with the basic tutorials. There haven't been enough battles to really even figure it out.

 

[Mister Wolf]

I just bought this and I am confused on a few things

1. There is an Artes meter? Where is that and how do I fill it up?
2. How do you fill CP?
3. How do you quickly change characters mid battle?

All pretty obtuse even with the basic tutorials. There haven't been enough battles to really even figure it out.

Arts cost skill points. It fills up slowly naturally but as you unlock the skill tree there are faster ways to restore it up make your bar larger. When you look at the your arts list it will tell you how many points it cost to do a particular at. The Arts bar should be above your health bar while you're fighting. You get Cure Points back by resting or particular items restore them. To change character mid battle you bring up the menu and there is a button that cycles between them. You cannot do it in real time. Are you using a gamepad?

 

[Evil Calvin]

Arts cost skill points. It fills up slowly naturally but as you unlock the skill tree there are faster ways to restore it up make your bar larger. When you look at the your arts list it will tell you how many points it cost to do a particular at. The Arts bar should be above your health bar while you're fighting. You get Cure Points back by resting or particular items restore them. To change character mid battle you bring up the menu and there is a button that cycles between them. You cannot do it in real time. Are you using a gamepad?

Yes, gamepad.

Is the Artes bar the 3 dots that fill up?

Is there a need to swap characters mid battle?

 

[Mister Wolf]

Yes, gamepad.

Is the Artes bar the 3 dots that fill up?

Is there a need to swap characters mid battle?

Yes. Pick your favorite character to play with. They all play different and are viable. No real need to change unless you absolutely need something done like resurrecting a character and the A.I not doing it fast enough. Also use the system where you tell the A.I how you want them to fight. I tell the A.I to only use CP for healing when characters are below a certain HP. You can toggle between how you want the A.I to fight mid battle. There is like four A.I instructions you can have hotkeyed and toggle between during battle.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Yes. Pick your favorite character to play with. They all play different and are viable. No real need to change unless you absolutely need something done like resurrecting a character and the A.I not doing it fast enough. Also use the system where you tell the A.I how you want them to fight. I tell the A.I to only use CP for healing when characters are below a certain HP. You can toggle between how you want the A.I to fight mid battle. There is like four A.I instructions you can have hotkeyed and toggle between during battle.

Great. Thanks!

 

[eyesabitdull]

This thread makes me itch to try the game out

 

[Danjin44]

This thread makes me itch to try the game out

Its my 2nd favourite Tales game, very solid game with super fun action combat.

 

[Tschumi]

I took it for granted that arise would have co-op before i bought it.. oops.

It hasn't captured my attention yet, though i own it

 

[kalecsan]

Hope they use that money to hire a writer for the next one.

 

[Braag]

I was planning on buying FFVII Remake on PC but after the whole ordeal with that game I went with Arise instead.
It's been pretty fun thus far.

 

[Topher]

I tried the demo and really it felt like every other Tales game I've played and the reviews are far better. What is different? Great story?

 

[zeomax]

What is different? Great story?

The story is a generic anime story. Teens are saving the world with the power of love and friendship and one of them is the "chosen one"

 

[Topher]

The story is a generic anime story. Teens are saving the world and one of them is the "chosen one"

So.....better game play?

 

[zeomax]

So.....better game play?

Yes the combat is pretty much the highlight of the game. But it is not great either, it is just good enough.

 

[Topher]

Yes the combat is pretty much the highlight of the game. But it is not great either, it is just good enough.

Thanks. I’ll wait for a good sale then.

 

[Graciaus]

I tried the demo and really it felt like every other Tales game I've played and the reviews are far better. What is different? Great story?

Nothing is different. It doesn't have the best story or combat. First game that came out in awhile and it had marketing this time. If you enjoy the series you will like it.

If you can play it on PC I would recommend it. Fans modded the combat to what it should have been.

 

[Doom85]

Hope they use that money to hire a writer for the next one.

Yeah, just yesterday I came back to it to pick up where I had left off, but I played the first 10 hours initially and the characters/story were not grabbing me. Everything felt very standard, this honestly feels like Tales of Xillia again where they also made a bit of a graphical leap there but didn’t try that hard with the writing. Arise does feature a bigger graphical leap, but there isn’t THAT much of an advancement in terms of freedom of exploration compared to recent entries and the gameplay is usual Tales fare. Which isn’t bad for me but it’s also nothing revolutionary.

Especially frustrating as this game comes after Berseria which gave some great characters and a pretty good story with one twist I saw coming but then a few others that legit caught me off guard especially with how downright cruel they were. I feel most of my favorite Tales games (Abyss, Berseria, Vesperia, and Symphonia) had leads that weren’t typical heroes, with Abyss’ Luke starting off as a self-centered jerk, Vesperia’s Yuri being a kind person but who is willing to break any law to do what he considers the greater good, and Berseria’s Velvet not giving a shit if the antagonist possibly made the world a better place with his horrific actions and vowing to murder him no matter how many innocent people might suffer as a result. Even Symphonia’s Lloyd started off in an unexpected way with his attempts at doing good resulting in a lot of innocent people dying.

Not saying Tales games HAVE to do that, but man it wasn’t a good first impression to give the lead amnesia, the king of JRPG cliches when it comes to the lead. Also felt jarring to set the world up in such a bleak state but then give the heroes such a major victory only a few hours in, I felt if they had the rebels being forced to evacuate to the next country and always on the run constantly being pursued and only beating a Lord about 20 hours in or so would have made the threat feel more real. Instead the problem got solved with a Super Special Sword so quickly.

To be clear, I’m having a fairly good time, but man did I wish they had give the game more time with the script.

 

[Y0ssarian]

I dropped Scarlet Nexus and Tales of Arise in 2021. Thought NieR Replicant was the best out of the three of them

 

[kalecsan]

Yeah, just yesterday I came back to it to pick up where I had left off, but I played the first 10 hours initially and the characters/story were not grabbing me. Everything felt very standard, this honestly feels like Tales of Xillia again where they also made a bit of a graphical leap there but didn’t try that hard with the writing. Arise does feature a bigger graphical leap, but there isn’t THAT much of an advancement in terms of freedom of exploration compared to recent entries and the gameplay is usual Tales fare. Which isn’t bad for me but it’s also nothing revolutionary.

Especially frustrating as this game comes after Berseria which gave some great characters and a pretty good story with one twist I saw coming but then a few others that legit caught me off guard especially with how downright cruel they were. I feel most of my favorite Tales games (Abyss, Berseria, Vesperia, and Symphonia) had leads that weren’t typical heroes, with Abyss’ Luke starting off as a self-centered jerk, Vesperia’s Yuri being a kind person but who is willing to break any law to do what he considers the greater good, and Berseria’s Velvet not giving a shit if the antagonist possibly made the world a better place with his horrific actions and vowing to murder him no matter how many innocent people might suffer as a result. Even Symphonia’s Lloyd started off in an unexpected way with his attempts at doing good resulting in a lot of innocent people dying.

Not saying Tales games HAVE to do that, but man it wasn’t a good first impression to give the lead amnesia, the king of JRPG cliches when it comes to the lead. Also felt jarring to set the world up in such a bleak state but then give the heroes such a major victory only a few hours in, I felt if they had the rebels being forced to evacuate to the next country and always on the run constantly being pursued and only beating a Lord about 20 hours in or so would have made the threat feel more real. Instead the problem got solved with a Super Special Sword so quickly.

To be clear, I’m having a fairly good time, but man did I wish they had give the game more time with the script.

Yeah I tried them all but only liked almost the same ones as you. I recommend Tales of Innocence, best opening and amazing cast.