I mean. Gameplay has a good foundation for future games, but implementation here wasn't great. Cast is overall good, but depth wise really Shionne and Dophalim stand out.
And story is pretty generic. But my god the last 3rd of the game in the final stretch wasstatus.
Like I said graphic wise it was a big step up and gameplay for me was a big improvement from Beseria.
To me its a 6-7/10 game. Enjoyable while playing it but Its not good, not bad. Arise is a mid, but it does a great job at getting newcomers into the franchise which is cool
The last 10 hours of Arise is probably the worst I've experienced in a Tales game narratively. That was a terrible twist that made the rest of the game feel almost pointless.
Everything before that was great though. It stopped it from being the best Tales, but I can't say it's a 7. I'd give it a 9. Cast was indeed good. Loved them all. Battle system was excellent. It was nice playing a tales game with a budget behind it.
They did it already, they just never brought it over to the states.
