Tales of Arise PC Performance Analysis & Port Report

Tales of Arise has plenty of graphics options, but they don’t do much

Sadly, in our demanding Cyslodia test area, we found that none of Tales of Arise’s graphical options had a huge impact on the game’s performance on PC. While some areas are affected more by specific graphics options than others (as Screen Space Reflections are often only seen in indoor locations with polished floors), these areas are typically significantly less demanding than this location for other reasons. 

Tales of Arise’s maximum graphics settings are likely the same as the game’s default settings on consoles, with the only way to significantly alter the game’s performance being the game’s resolution. Sadly, Tales of Arise’s resolution scale option is not granular enough to make resolution scaling useful. The game’s fullscreen resolution bug (as detailed on page 3) also makes using non-native resolutions difficult for PC gamers using 4K television screens.