I finished Tales of Arise. Boring. The gameplay seems unable to decide whether it wants to appeal to JRPG players or hack-and-slash players. Yet another game that tries to appeal to more people than it can handle by branching out too much. The final dungeon was annoying as hell, and the story feels very subpar even for a JRPG. I never felt like I cared about any of the characters except maybe one.
That aside, this is my second Tales game. While I liked Tales of Berseria a lot, I'm failing to grasp what's so great about the series in general. I'll try another one soon. I'm not sure if I'll play the DLC. 2.5 Powrinas out of 5.