Sungye Kine

PS4 - Tales of Arise (disc version) - Sept. 2021 I was really excited that a proper jrpg was arriving to the PS5. Patiently I waited - ignoring previews and demos - I wanted to step into this game with clear eyes. Here are the Cons for me Cons: Very long beginning offering little or no variety of new attacks, weapons, or armor. I feel this is because u need to work for (CP Points) that are used to open new attacks Cons: You cannot buy health recharges, etc early on - so if u fail on a boss u have to start over Cons: no proper auto-save so if u pass a boss and don't save u will start at wherever u was before u fought the boss Cons: maps are confusing and require u too search for the names of the location u want to travel to. Cons: During certain scenarios (fast travel) is disabled forcing you to travel thru areas that will reward you very little if none for battles invested in. Pros: ps4 (disc version) will load into a PS5 and give you a free PS5 upgrade. Pros: controls are semi smooth and battles can be quick or semi technical Pros: able to skip thru about most long cuts scenes Pros: Companion Ai is quick enough to heal and revive the character u are playing with Pros: Beautiful, smooth, enjoyable battles, Please this this with a grain of salt as I was comparing this to something like Tales of Vesteria which I found the battles to be more enjoyable and rewarding