Tales of Arise Is About as Long as Tales of Berseria, Says Producer

Most Of That Time In Berseria Was You Backtracking.

These games take far longer to finish if going for all developer given challenges as you say. Doing all trophy challenges, for example, often takes at least 2, but up to 5 or so, playthroughs. Would really like to see the trophy list once available.

One might say that it’s a family pack of Alpen.

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@thefourfoldroot DAMN! more than 2 playthroughs for all the trophies is absurd.

@KundaliniRising333 You ever try getting 100% in Dark Souls II? Not fun. The last few spells are only obtainable in later new game plus cycles, so it takes at least 3 play throughs if you are efficient, more if you aren’t following a guide.

It's one of my most anticipated games left for the year (especially without Horizon 2), so I'm fine with whatever length it is.

Berseria was my 1st attempt to get into Tales. I liked it at 1st but it didn't hook me enough to stick with it. I might give the series another go with Arise though. It will have to wait until at least October though. Lost Judgment demands my September.

Good, love my tales games plenty long, and Bersaria is probably my new favorite, glad the tales series has kept improving and getting better while lots of franchises start tanking

So I have never played any of the Tales games. Is each game its own stand alone story or is it a continuation of one long story over a span of multiple games? I'd like give this a try but I'd hate to go in playing lost.

@BloodNinja nope not at all I did one full playthrough of 2, and called it quits lol. Much props to any that have platinumed any of the soulslike games! I Haven't tried more than 2 playthroughs on any other than the demon souls remake lol

@KundaliniRising333 Yeah, it’s not worth it to platinum DS2, it’s just a bunch of item collection.

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Ahhhhh that's awesome! Can't wait to pick this up! I'm in desperate need of a new rpg!

@Korgon o don't know what it is with the Yakuza/Judgement games. I just really can't get in to them. like a Dragon held on to me for longest but by the time I met that robot who unlocks you the fight arena I was literally begging for it to be over

The thing i care about if its fun. The most annoying is that people rather have a long stretched game now then a good game. I said this a million times but if you take out all of the filler with AC games then you can make 1 game with all the paid DLC.

Never played Bersia but ok, I just hope the game is good.

I love jrpgs but many tend to overstay their welcome. I'm perfectly fine with a full price game being between 20-60 hours. Everything beyond and it needs to be Witcher 3, FF7 or persona 5 level good.

I'd love to play this but playtime is at a premium lately. Hopefully if I avoid the padding and turn the difficulty down I can get through it briskly enough.

Hi there fellow gamers.
50 to 60 hours is pretty long. Not absurdely long, like some other rpgs (Persona 5 Royal), so long enough.
As long as the 3 pillars of any RPG are strong, it will always be a pleasure to play.
What are the 3 pillars of RPGs you ask? They are as follows:

• Gameplay. Combat system and exploration mechanics. Both need to be super fun. You´ll be playing these games for hours. No fun, no play;
• Story and characters. Again, both need to be interesting and engaging. The initial mystery and premise needs to hook you and the more you play, the narrative and dialogues need to be on point;
• The OST. Like I said before, you´re going to be playing these games for hours, wich means you are going to listen to the same combat, village, town, character and Boss music.
  It needs not only to set the mood, but also the tone. It needs to be somber and melancholic, but also happy and cheerfull when need be. And it needs to be EPIC and make you feel excited to fight one more battle for the next level up or that Boss fight that makes your blood pumpin, because of the story and the music.
  So there you go. the 3 pillars of RPGs. In my oppinion, that is😉
  Cheers, stay safe and happy gaming to us all

I wish all the recent Tales games had instruction/art books.

I think they stopped doing instruction books with Zestiria on PS3/PS4.

For Berseria, I ended up just getting it off PSN for $6, because case is empty anyway.

My most fond memories of a Tales game was Symphonia (which I thoroughly enjoyed). I have dipped my toes into newer Tales games every now, but I always stop playing them after a few hours.