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Bandai trademarks "Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn" in Europe
- Thread starter yoonshik
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Im still struggling to get through the game. Maybe I should put in on easy mode and just power through it. Game is good, music is good but lord, I hate the characters so much its painful to play through. The worst tales cast by a mile.
Arise isn't close to my favourite Tales, but I'd love a sequel. In general, more frequent Tales releases again would rule.
I didn't end up caring much about them but I wouldn't say I found them offensively bad like Cheria and Pascal from Graces at least. More Vesperia level of meh for me in that department
sounds more like an anime adaption to me. I remember them saying they didn't want to do anything more in the Arise continuity.
I'm still surprised it didn't happen for the anniversary after Vesperia DE sold millions. Instead we're getting... emulated PS2 Symphonia?
Yeah, I agree. Arise did end perfectly so I'm not entirely sure how I feel about a continuation... but... Arise was my 2021 GotY so..
That for sure is a questionable release. I liked Symphonia but a 30fps re-release for a game that's almost 20 years old is odd.
I wasn't that big of a fan of the first (it managed to have the only story in a game I've seen that I'd consider offensively bad) hopefully they'll continue the trend they had with the last few games ( Xillia to x2 and Zestiria to Berseria) of a not so great game followed by one of my favorites in the series.
I couldn't tear myself away from Arise even if I wanted to, fuckin devoured it. Give me all they wanna give me. The game was friggin beautiful.
That's the thought I was having too. Game ended perfectly and everything was resolved. The ending was so sweet.
Only thing I can think of is:
Vholran disappearing and telling Alphen that he chose a path of destruction and despair, and he will be waiting for him.
Platinum'd it earlier this year so I can't wait to dive back in. I hope they rethink some of that boss sponge shit though, what a drag.
I guess they could do a sequel or DLC for it based on the world recovering from the events but that's about it, the story was rushed but it did feel finished...
It definitely felt like it was shorter/contained less content than they originally planned, but I dunno if they can do much to recover the stuff lost there because the last section/plot points of the game ended up just being rushed through instead of it being "cut". The other planet being just a final dungeon was bizarre to me as one example, it felt like that should have been a whole new place to explore, but you can't put that genie back in the bottle now it was used in such a cut down manner. Unless they did a prequel instead, I guess, but the name doesn't suggest that.
It definitely felt like it was shorter/contained less content than they originally planned, but I dunno if they can do much to recover the stuff lost there because the last section/plot points of the game ended up just being rushed through instead of it being "cut". The other planet being just a final dungeon was bizarre to me as one example, it felt like that should have been a whole new place to explore, but you can't put that genie back in the bottle now it was used in such a cut down manner. Unless they did a prequel instead, I guess, but the name doesn't suggest that.
Symphonia really needs a full remaster and potentially even a remake. Imagine if they'd gone the latter route with new non-chibi models/environments and modern shading/materials to bring it more visually in line with Vesperia or even Arise.
Hell, imagine if they did that for Phantasia.
I don't want it. Tales of Arise is fucking horrible.
Please just give more attention to Scarlet Nexus -- i.e., the only promising IP under Bandai proper in the last like 10 years. That game's criminally underrated. Had it been given more time and a higher budget, the cutscenes wouldn't have had to be downscaled to Bayonetta 1 levels and I'm sure the game would've made a far bigger splash. Bandai did that team dirty, and they deserve it far more than Arise and its stupid mysogynistic characters ever will.
Also, big chance this is just another vapid anime or OVA. They've done those a lot before.
Please just give more attention to Scarlet Nexus -- i.e., the only promising IP under Bandai proper in the last like 10 years. That game's criminally underrated. Had it been given more time and a higher budget, the cutscenes wouldn't have had to be downscaled to Bayonetta 1 levels and I'm sure the game would've made a far bigger splash. Bandai did that team dirty, and they deserve it far more than Arise and its stupid mysogynistic characters ever will.
Also, big chance this is just another vapid anime or OVA. They've done those a lot before.
I mean for a full Symphonia remake to be worth it they'd have to change quite a lot in my opinion for it to hold up. The only thing that still holds up to me is the dungeon design, and that's more because they just forgot putting puzzles in a dungeon was a thing past maybe Tales of the Abyss, and kind of Vesperia.
I think the biggest issue with the Symphonia re-release is it wasn't even up to the normal standards of a remaster. Like the FPS lock is nonsense when there was literally a version of the game that worked at 60FPS. Nevermind the fact they didn't even bother to put in the effort of up-ressing the 2d plane backdrops in combat making them look incredibly ugly.
Though at that point, Phantasia would probably be the most remade game of all time (... it might already be)?
Scarlet Nexus was incredible. I was really concerned at first, but once it clicks and you approach the combat the way the developer wanted you to, it's just smooth sailing. Probably the only time I've admittedly played a game wrong at first.
Hopefully we see more of the IP, the director is really passionate about the game on Twitter.
I didn't realise this was so recent:
www.gamesradar.com
Thought it was from sometime last year. So iunno, Switch port or 'not direct sequel' lol.
Tales of Arise dev says there are no plans for a direct sequel
Bandai Namco wanted the story to feel complete "with a good aftertaste"
Thought it was from sometime last year. So iunno, Switch port or 'not direct sequel' lol.
They really are, and they always presented Scarlet Nexus as the game they wanted to make, and it really shines through. Beyond just having arguably the best like half-way point between an action game and a JRPG, it also has in my view a genuinely great story with a bunch of cool characters and a compelling mystery. And best of all, it has so much room for improvement without feeling like an incomplete or "imperfect" game on its own merit.
I sincerely hope they're not thinking about treating it like they do the dotHack// franchise.
The problem with Symphonia DE is it's not even a remaster. It's literally an emulated PS2 iso with some image enhancement (badly) slathered over the textures. It's not even a port of the PS2 version (like Chronicles was), it is the PS2 version.