Tales of Arise

Tales of Arise

Developers
	Bandai Namco Studios
Beyond the Dawn	Yuke's
Publishers
	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	September 10, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	84
OpenCritic	87
IGDB	87
Taxonomy
Monetization	DLC
Microtransactions	Boost, Cosmetic
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	ARPG, JRPG
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Tales

Tales
Tales of Eternia Online	2006
Tales of Zestiria	2015
Tales of Symphonia	2016
Tales of Berseria	2017
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition	2019
Tales of Arise	2021

Tales of Arise is a singleplayer third-person ARPG game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the seventeenth main entry of the Tales series.

The game was released on September 10, 2021.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Publisher website		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
GamersGate		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
		Beyond the Dawn Edition, Beyond the Dawn - Deluxe Edition and Beyond the Dawn - Ultimate Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Humble Store		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.
Microsoft Store		Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam		Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition also available.

Demo

A demo is available on Steam, allowing a small, non-story segment of the game to be played with all six playable characters. Save data from the demo cannot be carried over to the full game.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Various cosmetic items, enhancements, and music are available for purchase to be used in-game.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Beyond the Dawn	Expansion
+5 Level Up 1	Grants +5 levels to the entire party.
+5 Level Up 2	Grants +5 levels to the entire party.
+5 Level Up 3	Grants +5 levels to the entire party.
+5 Level Up 4	Grants +5 levels to the entire party.
+10 Level Up 1	Grants +10 levels to the entire party.
+10 Level Up 2	Grants +10 levels to the entire party.
100,000 Gald 1	Grants 100,000 gald.
100,000 Gald 2	Grants 100,000 gald.
100,000 Gald 3	Grants 100,000 gald.
100,000 Gald 4	Grants 100,000 gald.
Beach Time Triple Pack (Female)	Contains beach costumes for Shionne, Rinwell, and Kisara. Included with Ultimate Edition.
Beach Time Triple Pack (Male)	Contains beach costumes for Alphen, Law, and Dohalim. Included with Ultimate Edition.
Collaboration Costume Pack	Contains costumes inspired by Code Vein, The Idolmaster, and Tekken for Shionne, Rinwell, and Kisara. Included with Ultimate Edition.
Growth Boost Pack	Contains three special artifacts and +1000 SP.
Hootle Attachment Pack	Contains a Hootle Doll Pack with 10 different types of Hootle Dolls.
Premium Costume Pack	Contains a collection of unique costumes, hairstyles, and weapons for all characters. Included with Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition.
Premium Item Pack	Contains a collection of artifacts, items, food, and gald. Included with Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition.
Premium Travel Pack	Contains five artifacts and +1000 SP. Included with Deluxe Edition and Ultimate Edition.
Pre-Order Bonus Pack	Contains costumes and attachments for Alphen and Shionne, as well as exclusive cooking recipes, and food. Previously exclusive to pre-orders.
Relief Support Pack	Contains a collection of artifacts, enhancements, items, and gald.
SAO Collaboration Pack	Contains an additional quest, an exclusive Mystic Arte, costumes and hairstyles for Alphen, Shionne, and Law, and weapons based off of Kirito's from Sword Art Online: Alicization.
School Life Triple Pack (Female)	Contains school costumes for Shionne, Rinwell, and Kisara. Included with Ultimate Edition.
School Life Triple Pack (Male)	Contains school costumes for Alphen, Law, and Dohalim. Included with Ultimate Edition.
Starter Pack	Contains a collection of items and gald.
Tales of Series Battle BGM Pack	Contains a collection of music from several Tales games to play during battle.
Warring States Outfits Triple Pack (Female)	Contains Warring States costumes for Shionne, Rinwell, and Kisara. Included with Ultimate Edition.
Warring States Outfits Triple Pack (Male)	Contains Warring States costumes for Alphen, Law, and Dohalim. Included with Ultimate Edition.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Boost	In-game items, money, level up's, equipment, and food ingredients are sold as DLC.
Cosmetic	Costume packs are sold as DLC.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Move video files
Go to <path-to-game>\Arise\Content\Binaries\Movie\Animation\. Create a backup of the file MV_MEP_010_15400.usm. Go to <path-to-game>\Arise\Content\Binaries\Movie\Dummy\. Replace the aforementioned .usm file with MV_NowMaking.usm.

Install the Arise-SDK mod.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment\Tales of Arise\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/740130/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment\Tales of Arise\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\NAMCOBANDAIGamesInc.TalesofAriseWinBaseGame_gdy2aq6ez762w\SystemAppData\wgs\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/740130/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		See Ultra-widescreen.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		See Field of view (FOV).
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Three presets are available, "Low" (2x), "Medium" (8x), and "High" (16x).
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Options for TAA, SMAA, and TAA & SMAA are available.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Choice between 60, 75, 90, 120, 144 FPS or "No restrictions". In-game cutscenes are capped at 60 FPS, while FMV cutscenes are at 30 FPS. Use Arise-SDK to remove the 60 FPS cutscenes limit.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		Game doesn't include options for HDR, but can be modded in via Engine.ini tweaks.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Ultra-widescreen

Resolutions with aspect ratios other than 16:9 are pillarboxed.

Use Flawless Widescreen to remove the pillarboxing and correct the field of view.
Includes an option to constrain the HUD to 16:9. This option will also fix FMV cutscenes, which the AriseFix does not, but it results in the vignette during battles only appearing in the center of the screen. This mod can be used to remove the vignette.

Field of view (FOV)

Use Flawless Widescreen to adjust the field of view.
2D background assets, such as the main and pause menus, will display improperly if the FOV is higher than the default value.

NPC draw distance

By default, the game will not show NPCs very far away from the camera, resulting in noticeable pop-in.

Install the Arise-SDK mod.
This fix also skips the intro logos and unlocks the dev console.

Low-res & low-framerate in-game cutscenes

The in-engine skit cutscenes are rendered at a lower resolution than the game itself, causing things to look more blurry & aliased than the rest of the game.

In-game cutscenes are locked to 60FPS, making them look stuttery on higher refresh-rate displays.

Install the Arise-SDK mod.

Input

Keyboard and mouse bindings (Field)

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Mouse rebinds are reset when relaunching game.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		"Camera Speed: Battle/Field" does not adjust mouse camera sensitivity.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Referred to as "Camera Controls: Vertical".
Controller
Controller support		Uses Steam Input API.
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Buttons can only be remapped through "Steam Controller Settings". Can be accessed from "System" > "Settings" in the top menu.
Controller sensitivity		Referred to as "Camera Speed: Battle", and "Field". Separate sliders are available for both options.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Referred to as "Camera Controls: Vertical".

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		Referred to as "Vibration Settings". Can be toggled from "System" > "Settings" in the top menu.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Keyboard and button prompts rapidly flash when inputting from separate controllers.

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

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  Keyboard and mouse bindings (Combat)

Audio

General settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for Music, Sound Effects, and Voice.
Surround sound		In-game toggle to switch between surround sound and stereo is available. Plays up to 7.1 when enabled.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		Ending cutscenes and BGM contain copyrighted audio.

Localizations

Audio cannot be swapped between English or Japanese while in-game.

Audio language settings

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese				Fan translation, download.
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play		Use Multiplayer Mod.
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

Issues fixed

Game crashes before reaching main menu

The game suffers from an issue with the system XAudio2_7.dll file conflicting with the Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service, a problem that appears in some newer games.

Disable Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service

Go to the Start Menu, click Run... and in the box that pops up, type in services.msc and click OK. Find Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service, right click it and click Properties. Set Startup type to Disabled, click the Stop button and click Apply. If the Stop button cannot be clicked, go to Task Manager, and in the Processes tab, find Service Host: Touch Keyboard and Handwriting Panel Service. Right-click it, then End Task, and accept the prompts.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11
Shader Model support	5.0

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Speedtree
Audio	Wwise
Cutscenes	Criware

Mods

Arise-SDK

A mod to help fix some graphical issues on the PC port, and improve graphics beyond the in-game settings.

• NPC & monster draw distance can be increased, helping reduce the obvious pop-in they have.
• Skit cutscenes can render at your native resolution instead of being locked at a lower one, improving how sharp they look.
• In-game cutscenes framerate can be unlocked, and can also have UE4 interpolation enabled, allowing cutscenes to look much more smooth.
• Unlocks UE4 developer console, allowing CVars & console commands to be used during gameplay.
• Allows skipping the intro logos & menus.
• Fixes DPI issues, such as game forcing Windows resolution to 720p during startup, which could break certain apps in the background.
• Allows shadow resolution to be increased beyond in-game setting, and removes limit on shadow distance.
• Allows ToA-specific sharpening to be disabled.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2300 AMD Ryzen 3 1200	Intel Core i5-4590 AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	45 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7950 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 390
Sound (audio device)	DirectX compatible or onboard chipset

A 64-bit operating system is required.