Pokemon Legends: Arceus vs Tartaros Rebirth
Pokemon Legends: Arceus
Pokemon Legends: Arceus is the exciting new "prequel" to the highly popular Pokemon franchise. Step into the world of Hisui, which will be known as Sinnoh in the future, the era way before the mainline Pokémon games in this game. Go on excursions to explore the vast region, surveying, catching, and studying Pokémon you meet along the way. Set out from Jubilife village, and visit the neighboring areas throughout the region, like other settlements and breathtaking locales. Though there are no gym leaders, you’ll meet wardens and Frenzied Pokémon who need your help. Apart from intense Pokémon battles, you’ll need to calm down rampaging Frenzied Pokémon through balms and other tactics.In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, you’ll play as either Rei or Akari, part of the Galaxy Team of the Survey Corps. Your goal is to meet and survey every Pokémon in the region to complete the region’s first-ever Pokédex. You’ll meet various characters along the way, like Professor Laventon, Commander Kamado, various merchants, and the members of the Pearl and Diamond Clan.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus is not your typical “come-of-age story” and “challenge the Pokémon League adventure”. It’s an all-new type of quest where you don’t have to be the best: you just have to catch’em all!
Tartaros Rebirth
Tartaros Rebirth is the revived version of the anime-themed MMORPG that was popular back in the 2000s, Tartaros Online. Featuring everything you know and love from back in the day, this game has something new to offer as well, such as brand-new storylines. Like the original, you'll get to play as one of nine unique characters, each with their own personalities and skillsets. You can switch between them while you're in town, but not in dungeons or instances. Questing is the main way to level up in this game and the grind is real. However, there are tons of places for you to explore and you can even use higher level characters to complete quests for your lower level characters to turn in.The combat system is rather clunky though, so is its controls with keys that you'll probably have to rebind. Battles are played out in a semi-action-based manner, but since you can't really dodge, block or dash away from danger, all the "non-action" can be a bit underwhelming. Not to mention, the graphics isn't updated somehow and although it may have been acceptable back then, it is definitely not something that will appeal to players in this day and age.
So, in short, Tartaros Rebirth is a great anime-themed game to play, despite sharing many similarities with Dragon Nest, for nostalgic purposes but if you're simply looking for a new anime game to play, you might have a better time playing Lineage II: Revolution.