Tales of Arise marks 25 years of Bandai Namco's charming RPG series with a brand new adventure. Arise delivers a lot of what you remember about its namesake, but aims to serve as an innovative turning point for the series that elevates it to modern standards. If you're looking to blaze through its main storyline, Arise shouldn't be too intimidating for RPG fans. If you're chasing a completionist playthrough, you'll be here a while.
Expect your typical RPG obstacles and choices in Tales of Arise. Difficulty settings, level grinding, and time spent side questing means your mileage may vary based on individual playstyles. Arise doesn't have story DLC, and its extra elements just give you costumes and buffs, so this guide serves all purposes. For completionists, remember estimates include a lot of extra collectibles, and the nature of some may mean you're knocking off or adding several hours.
How Long Does The Tales of Arise Main Story Take To Beat?
We've barreled through Tales of Arise, and estimate it will take you anywhere from 45-50 hours to beat on its regular difficulty. That's assuming you spend time picking up side quests here and there, but don't stop to linger too long while grinding out levels for optional bosses. There's a story difficulty that you can swap to if you don't feel like dealing with the occasional hitch in progress, but those of you eager for the challenge of moderate or hard settings should tack on quite a bit more time.
If you're looking to be thorough in completing sub-quests, and hunting those iconic Tales skits, you're asking for a lot more. Tales of Arise has over 300 skits and 70+ sub-quests, so expect at least 65-75 hoursꦯ, depending upon your goals. Remember, you can always swap difficulty settings mid-playthrough.
How Long Does Tales Of Arise Take To Beat For Completionists?
RPG completionists shouldn't be surprised—Tales of Arise is a bit of a beast if you're looking to do it all. Your list of tasks grows massively longer, as Arise has post-game challenges, extra bosses, owls to find, farming and fishing to ventures to complete, and skits to watch. You'll also spend a lot of time crafting and forging, and other achievements include milestones like 400,000 spent, reaching level 100, and preparing tons of meals.
There's easily over 120 hours of content for Tales of Arise completionists, but doing it all at a leisurely place probably takes you closer to 155 hours at least. For some of those harder grinds, remember you can use DLC to boost battle gains and gra🔯b shop discounts.