Tales of Arise has put out a new featurette, focusing on bonding with your party in These include the new Skits system, as well as Event Movies, Animations and Short Chats.
Skits are like mini cutscenes, with a comic panel style presentation. These can be triggered at any point in the game, and are like mini vignettes featuring your party members interacting with each other, similar to the bond stories in Scarlet Nexus. These are a great way to get attached to your characters in Tales of Arise, as you can see who they are, independent of the plot of Tales of Arise.
They’re also a lot more low-stakes, being related to things like just cooking or sparring with each other.
The evolved feature in Tales of ARISE includes showcasing characters’ expression in 3D. Costumes and attachments equipped, as well as location and in-game time of the day, will also be reflected in the “Skit” cutscenes to enhance your feeling of real-time travelling with the whole party.
Fleshing Out The World With Sub Quests
During your adventures, Alphen and his friends will encounter people with various challenges. By solving their problems, you can obtain weapons, items and even cooking recipes.
On completing quests, you will be able to see characters’ personalities and emotional changes from a different angle than the main story. Some of the quests will require you to confront powerful enemies as well.
Cooking
You can cook by learning recipes and using ingredients to recreate them. By eating food, you can gain various buffs that will be useful for your battles.
There are different buffs that comes with different recipes. Choose the recipe that best suits the map you want to traverse and the enemies you want to defeat.
The Farm System
If you can manage the ingredients properly, you will be able to create a wider variety of dishes along the way. By developing farm and gathering a wealth of ingredients, you can cook a variety of dishes and use the additional buffs to your advantage in battles against powerful enemies.