While many Tales games might fit the niche Genshin Impact fills, Tales of Arise is the best candidate for any fans coming in from Genshin’s side of RPGs. It’s not only available on the same console miHoYo’s fans may already be playing it on, but as the latest entry of the series, it shares similar quality of life improvements as the other title due to how much the genre has changed over time. This leads Tales of Arise to feel the most like Genshin Impact; which means plenty of players from the gacha title won’t be alienated, and will instead feel right at home with how the newest Tales plays.
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The Similarities in Exploration in Tales of Arise
As expected from an RPG, Tales of Arise offers a vast world for players to explore and run around in. Unlike Genshin, Arise’s maps feature one area only and will need to have the player go between different entryways and exits to get to the next area, but that isn’t necessarily bad. Each map in Arise is big and spawling, only getting more elaborate the farther players get in the title. Fans will also find the way Tales RPGs give players the chance to look for ingredients and items strewn across the maps rather familiar once they begin playing.
The similarities don’t just end with the collectibles, however. Tales of Arise also offers dungeons and quests like Genshin Impact does, along with the ability to swim to explore more of the map if in a particularly wet area. The game also includes fishing and plenty of sub-quests for players to tackle if they’d like to. While these features seem like the norm for games like these, Arise and Genshin handle them in such a way that players of either will feel at home when picking up one after the other.
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Genshin Impact’s Character Lore is Harder to Get than in Arise
One thing that has players coming back for more is that Genshin Impact adds characters with its updates, with lore fleshing them and the world of the game out more and more each and every time. The world of miHoYo’s title is almost getting rather intimidatingly hard to keep up with, as every update comes with more information, and some lore is trapped behind something like artifacts that are randomly obtained. Tales RPGs are known for having fleshed-out worlds with great atmospheres that make everything full of life, with things such as skits giving deep and enticing character interactions over almost everything players would want to know about the characters, and all of it can be seen in one simple playthrough.
Tales of Arise even improves on the Tales formula and makes character skits easier to obtain. If a player ever misses one, they can set up camp and use the “Reminisce” feature to see which ones they didn’t get to see when they appeared, as well as re-watch any in-game cinematics. The story of Tales of Arise has been praised for being “told masterfully from beginning to end,” and players interested definitely won’t want to miss its emotional power. All of it is accessible in the game, without the need for fans to rely on gacha to play as their favorite character.
In conclusion, Genshin Impact fans shouldn’t sleep on the Tales RPGs, with Arise being able to welcome fans in with no trouble thanks to how similarly it plays. Arise is available on many consoles, but for the mobile Genshin players, there’s Tales of Crestoria. Though, it should be noted that Crestoria is turn-based, and has more of a classic mobile game format. The Tales series is also about to welcome in Tales of Luminaria, which may have what it takes to go against Genshin Impact a bit more closely if the style of the character designs is to be believed.
Genshin Impact is available on mobile devices, PC, PS4, and PS5.
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