Is the gameplay in this somewhat similar to tales of arise?

[cpoc019]

As the title as that is the only jrpg I have any experience with. If not what is a game you would recommend for me to try out in this genre?

[nobalkain]

Its a mix of Real Time with the Ability to Pause and select Special Attacks, Magic, or Items. Keep in mind its Slower and really requires you to keep changing who you Control as the AI really only Blocks and preform Basic Attacks. Also ALL your Actions beyond Basic Attacks use the SAME GAUGE to preform them, even Items and Magic require part of your Action Bar to use.

[Weltall8000]

I thought it would be, but, less than I would have hoped for. I tried Arise after Remake, wanting more of Remake's combat and Tales of Arise did not scratch that itch.

[Xengre]

Games like Tales of Arise that are decent

Nope, Tales of Arise is much more action oriented than this. This is still mostly a strategic turn based game hiding behind the shell of having action elements.

Tales of Berseria is much more like Tales of Arise if that is your thing, compared to the prior Tales of games that are a bit less robust in combat. Personally, I found Berseria's story to be an absolute snore but so many others love it so...

You might appreciate Ys VIII Lacrimosa of Dana or Ys VIX Nox. If you do it might lead you into a nice big series you love as they have multiple games (imo the older entries are actually better but you're looking for something more immediately like Tales of Arise).

You might like Star Ocean the Divine Force. The game is somewhat average but by no means bad and has combat very similar to Tales of Arise in some ways. Star Ocean: The Second Story R has similar to Tales of Arise somewhat but with a more classic style system (YouTube some gameplay you will get an idea pretty fast).

JRPGs that aren't like Tales of Arise but are great recommendations

Most Final Fantasy games will be considered solid but the top ones are typically recommended as Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9, 10, and now 7 Remake (episode 1) / Rebirth (episode 2). Personally, because they're each different themes and some may have hit/miss elements like Remake's pacing for some people not used to the genre you might want to look into their general themes before picking one as these are lengthy games being JRPGs, naturally.

Tales of Abyss has, imo, one of the best JRPG stories and casts and is my favorite from the Tales of franchise. Naturally, being a PS2 title the combat is more dated (but not bad), though I have two warnings for you regarding it. First, combat gets better after the first few hours as elements become relevant. It starts kind of slow/basic tbh. Second, despite how much you will hate Luke (the main character) at the start, and you will hate him (just Google it lol), only a few hours in as he finally starts to change he has some of the best character development you will find in a game's story (like any game) and ends up being an excellent character. In fact, the entire cast is quite standout, except Natalie whom they could have done more with. Did I mention the game is very long due to its very developed story? Tales of Vesperia is another highly praised one and I felt it was okay but it isn't my favorite. Perhaps third after Abyss, Arise, then Vesperia (tied with Symphonia). Abyss isn't on PC but it is ported to many other systems so see if you can get it on any you own.

Chrono Trigger as well as the game Xenogears are both JRPG classics that are must recommendations because, overall, they're simply quite good. If you end up liking JRPG stories in general you will probably want to experience these.

Legend of Dragoon might be worth recommending. It does some things very well, but it might also be to slow for some people. Imo, amazing world building and atmosphere make it a rich experience, but it only does okay in some areas like combat.

Xenosaga episodes 1, 2, 3 if you want some hyper massive super story with great cutscenes and are looking for a more epic story oriented experience, and believe me... You better be there for the story or stay the hell away because the franchise has probably some 100+ hours of story cutscenes between the three episodes (yes you read that right, fortunately you can pause them as some can get to like 50 minutes per cutscene). Even to this day I'm confident Xenosaga boasts some of the best cutscene direction of any video game, especially episode 1. Great story and lore. Combat is interesting and okay, but episode 3's difficulty felt like they were giving you a victory lap which still leaves me feeling burned because it was simply excessively too easy in that episode, even the boss of the game (even without grinding there was a literal 0% chance I could lose against the final boss, lame).

Xenoblade Chronicles, notably the first game being my best recommendation but I hear great things about the latest entry, too. The second game is very different focusing more on gameplay and an absolutely ludicrously massive open world to explore while the first game is a much more balanced experience and has a competent story/cast. I wasn't a fan of 2 and haven't got to play 3 as of yet.

I think these will be the best place to generally start for those interested in checking out JRPGs.

[Tiberius]

It's a different form of RTwP (real time with pause). It's more similar to dragon age: inquisition than tales series

[Weltall8000]

Good to see you, Xengre! Speaking of recommendations of other games, have you picked up Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes yet? If so, any thoughts on it so far?

Not released yet, but, I saw an article on One Fenix Down the other day. That looked interesting.

[Xengre]

Originally posted by Weltall8000:

Good to see you, Xengre! Speaking of recommendations of other games, have you picked up Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes yet? If so, any thoughts on it so far?

Not released yet, but, I saw an article on One Fenix Down the other day. That looked interesting.

Nope, it is on my wishlist but I'm waiting on reviews to see if I will get it now or try it later since I still have a backlog and not enough time to play the games I've already recently bought. Plus, I still got to give FF7 Remake a go in VR now that the UEVR mod (better than Luke's tbh, I hate his mods) is fully functional for it.