Engaging story with emotional moments
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“The story is great, it will keep you engaged and have some major plot reveals that will shock you once you discover them.”
Steam review · 71.5 h played ↗
Tales of ARISE
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Bandai Namco Studios Inc.2023JRPG · Action RPG · RPG
The verdict
A gorgeous, fluid-combat JRPG with likeable characters and a strong first half, but the late game drags with exposition, damage-sponge enemies and a tedious final dungeon. Skip if you hate talky writing.
Great for
Fans of anime-styled action JRPGs who enjoy character-driven stories, party banter and flashy combat
Main risk
The second half bogs down in dialogue dumps and damage-sponge enemies, and the writing may grate
What players love
Fun, fluid action combat
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The combat system is the best of all the games in the series (as far as I know), and the visuals are beautiful and polished”
Steam review · 131.1 h played ↗
Likeable characters and party chemistry
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The characters are all unique and they each have their own backstory which sometimes causes them to clash with each other.”
Steam review · 335.1 h played ↗
Gorgeous visuals and art style
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The game looks stunning and runs like a dream, I think it is among the best looking anime styled games I have ever played.”
Steam review · 44.9 h played ↗
Great music and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The 2 opening song were a banger in this game.”
Steam review · 100 h played ↗
Runs well and stable, Steam Deck friendly
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“this game didn't have a single crash in 139 hours of nonstop running.”
Steam review · 145.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak, generic or badly written story
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“The writing is brutally terrible, to the point where 44 minutes was the maximum of what I could push myself through.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Combat feels shallow, clunky or repetitive
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Arte system is dumbed down to a point it is not fun. There's no real combos, there's no strategy, there's no thing.”
Steam review · 10 h played ↗
Damage-sponge enemies and bosses
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“15 minutes of fighting a boss that are just the biggest health sponges I have ever seen in a game”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
Second half drags with exposition and skits
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The second half contains hours of overwhelmingly long exposition dumps and back to back skits that could have been interspersed in the rest of the game.”
Steam review · 76.7 h played ↗
Repetitive enemies and recolors
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“There are only about 10 enemy types, and they’re essentially copy-pasted throughout the game with different textures in each chapter.”
Steam review · 34.7 h played ↗
Controller, resolution and PC settings problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“Controller does not work. Using xbox series X controller.”
Steam review · 12.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support45 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64-bit Only)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2300 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 760 or Radeon HD 7950
Storage45 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit Only)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4590 or AMD FX-8350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 970 or Radeon R9 390
Storage45 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64-bit Only)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2300 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 760 or Radeon HD 7950
Storage45 GB available space
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