Topic: Tales of the Rays (Android/iOS)

It's a mobile Tales game that launched in the US this week, and much like FE: Heroes, it plays like a simplified version of it's console brethren.

Interestingly, characters aren't locked behind RNG Summons (they join you as you play the main quest). Rather, you summon Artes, and while characters do level up via normal gameplay, their viability will probably rely on summoming rare & powerful Artes.

Right now it has Ix & Mileena (Main Characters), Yuri & Repede (Vesperia), Luke (Abyss), Jude (Xillia ?), and a purple haired girl (Graces ?), though more will be added.

Not much to say about it yet, other than it looks like it has promise, as far as F2P games go (Namco Bandai seems pretty good at supporting theirs as well, from what I've experienced & heard). I'm honestly surprised it supports my 4 year old tablet model, lol. Takes awhile to load, and battle animations are a bit choppy, but it's fine otherwise, and I'm investing in a newer tablet, so hopefully that'll help things.

So it's worthless, just like Fire Emblem Heroes? Does it have a random-drop/Gatcha system as well, so I have even more reason to spew bile at it? Bamco's pretty good at screwing people over with their F2P games, I just can't wait to see how they fail to learn a single thing despite all the criticism they've garnered, since that's just how little they think of the mobile audience.

/Soap box

@CanisWolfred, Well, the characters aren't earned via a Gatcha system, but Artes are. So, you're pretty much guaranteed to get whatever character(s) you want (as long as they add them), but whether or not they're viable later on depends on what Artes you've summoned (the Artes are obtained from the Gatcha system).

Also, this is the first time I've heard anything negative about Namco Bandai's F2P efforts (they're generally considered above par from what I've heard, and can confirm they're really good at supporting DBZ: Dokkan Battle).