I want to give this 5 stars but its getting 4 and I will tell you why. The game is great, good story, likable characters, and the combat is very good as it is much smoother than older Tales games. That being said, if you are a fan of the Tales series and you play them on hardest difficulty for your first run and it will be almost impossible. They always made tales games extremely hard just like Vesperia was (usually for second play throughs). Arise isn't necessarily easy on hard but definitely easier than other Tales games. Its worth playing for sure, I am glad this game is doing well, 9/10. Great 👍 Bandai.