E3 2019: Tales of Arise Looks Like a Real Step Forward for the Series, Launches on PS4 in 2020

At least visually

by Robert Ramsey Sun 9th Jun 2019

There's a new Tales game on the horizon, and it certainly looks like a step up for the series in terms of graphical quality. Named Tales of Arise, the game was actually leaked a couple of days ago, but the short reveal trailer does have a few cool looking moments, and confirms that the title is aiming for a 2020 release date on PS4.

What do you think of this one? Wield a burning blade in the comments section below.

Robert's been a dedicated PlayStation fan since the days of Tekken 2, and he still loves a good dust up. When he's not practising combos, he's usually getting lost in the latest 100-hour RPG, or, y'know, replaying The Witcher 3.

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Areus
Sun 9th Jun 2019

Looks pretty good still need to see more and i hope the story is good the last thing the Tales Of Series Needs is more of the Power of Friendship Beats All Trope

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ShogunRok
Mon 10th Jun 2019

I'm looking forward to seeing more.

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mookysam
Mon 10th Jun 2019

I love Tales games so look forward to this This looks like an incredible step up graphically and if that is a snippet of battle gameplay, quite a bit of change there too.

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Orpheus79V
Mon 10th Jun 2019

@mookysam Yeah, it looks like whoever took over the series after Baba left is going in a new direction. Should be interesting.

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wiiware
Mon 10th Jun 2019

Nice finally tales series goes next-gen, err I mean current gen, it looks way more interesting than tales of berseria. I hope the combat is less hectis than berseria, vesperia combat is fine but I don’t like berseria since it’s more chaotic with a lot of characters filling the screen.

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WanderingBullet
Mon 10th Jun 2019

Haven't played a "Tales of" game since Abyss but visually this looks really good.

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Octane
Mon 10th Jun 2019

@Ralizah This is what Pokemon should've looked like.

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Rhaoulos
Mon 10th Jun 2019

The only one I really played was Symphonia on NGC. Never finished Abyss on 3DS (got bored half way through). This one looks great and if the story is as good as Symphonia, I'm all in

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Ralizah
Mon 10th Jun 2019

Best looking game at E3 so far.

And, yes, I'm including Cyberpunk when I say that.

This will likely be my first Tales game.

@Octane ???
No, clearly this is what Knack 2 should have looked like. Pokemon looked great.

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Matroska
Tue 11th Jun 2019

I like how they've finally tried something genuinely new but at the same time the faces of the characters don't look like Tales characters, they look like player-created characters in some Asian MMO. I hope they don't throw the baby out with the bathwater and get rid of series staples like skits, and all the humour and light-hearted moments.

@Orpheus79V Baba didn't work on Berseria either, I don't think it's that. I think one reason for the change is that it's coming out close to the next console generation and their early PS3 engine is looking increasingly lazy and dated- and presumably keeping away new fans.