Part 27: CH27: Riot Peak
CH27: Riot Peak


















I can see this is lost on you. Very well. I guess I'll just have to keep an eye on things.




Fendel Soldier: Say, you got one of them new models too, huh? How do ya like it?


Hmmm... So the cryas goes here... And the transformer circuit is that little ka-tangy bit there...
Fendel Soldier: Hey! Stop bothering us!











Swordsman: I have a letter from her.

Our spy's commanding officer has grown suspicious of her actions. She will be unable to meet with us.







Fendel Soldier: That wench tried to steal our weapons!



Squad Captain: And who would you be? Perhaps the friends of that little spy? Oh yes, we know all about your plan to infiltrate our ranks.


Squad Captain: Is that so? Then you won't mind if we're your first opponents! And while we're at it, perhaps a small wager will make things more interesting. If we win - and we will win - you're going to tell us everything we want to know.

Squad Captain: Haw haw! Bold talk from a little mama's boy! See you on Riot Peak!




Skit: Observing the Observer




They're clearly made by someone super talented!




Skit: Knight Moves











This is a retarded password. The only part that threw me was the space there. Looking at the text entry dealie there, how do YOU think a space is entered? You select one of the blank spots on the right.

I don't use this book much
Anyway, Riot Peak is the arena that's in every modern Tales game.



Emcee: In order to stand in here, you must cut the other man down! Do not let your opponent's cute facade fool you, lest you end up with a face full of green thorns! And now, get ready... for the first-stage... baaaaaaaaattle!

Embarrassingly enough the difficulty was still set on "normal" from the earlier bit where I fought Hubert. I didn't want to go back to record it on a higher difficulty because this fight is straight-up not difficult at all.

By the way, you see those wheels at the corners of the platform, and the tracks in the walls? The platform raises between each "floor" of fights.
Emcee: Has the young man's naivety left him for good now?! The challenger has completed the first floor! Connnngratulations!
Next up... They float like a butterfly, but sting like a bee! They come from air and ground! They strike with spear and sword! Get ready... for the second-floor... baaaaaaaaattle!


Emcee:A storm of talons and beaks were no match for the new second-floor champion! Victoryyyyyyyyyy!
Next up... Crawling dread! A dragging form! But...but where is it?! IT'S BEHIND YOOOOOOOOOU! Get ready... for the third-floor... baaaaaaaaattle!


Emcee: Challenger wins! The-e-e-e-e challenger wins! The challenger has conquered the third floor! Victoryyyyy!
Next up... A roar followed by flames! An enemy beyond any man! More god than monster! Get ready... for the fourth-floor... baaaaaaaaattle!


Emcee: Down goes monster! Down goes monster! Down goes monster! The fourth floor is conquered! The challenger wins! Victoryyyyyyyy!



Squad Captain: You've got guts, mama's boy. I'll give you that. Oh, and we brought your little spy friend so she can watch us thrash you.

Squad Captain: Try not to die too quickly, now. That would be such a bore...

Squad Captain: Time to die!

This isn't a terribly difficult battle. I did get a chance to fix the difficulty back to Evil, but this is a filler boss.


None of these guys have anything especially threatening.

Focus on eliminating the little guys and they'll be gone before you know it.

Despite having a rotary gun, dude isn't firing that fast. Only 2 or 3 rounds in a burst.





Squad Captain: You can't have her!







Squad Captain: Y-You!

I hate hate hate it when they use "screen fades to white" to avoid showing a sword hit for bullshit reasons.



Hey guess who's a future boss.


Spy: Many thanks. I'm sorry you went to so much trouble on my behalf.

Spy: Of course. When you're ready, come see me by the Fendel boarding point.
Skit: En Guardian






But the guardians are judges who have proven themselves the strongest warriors of Riot Peak.
Apparently, they will leave this place only if they are defeated in battle.









Anyway the tournament is open now, even if we'll get demolished pretty easily.

Video of me doing the first section with Asbel.

These guys aren't very tough at all.

Even in groups of three they're pretty weak.

Anyway since we just got Hubert I'll go over a few of his attacks. Covering fire is a burst arte shoots out several glowing shots.

Radial Arc is a burst arte targets a patch of ground centered on an enemy.


Gravity Blast is a burst arte that has a cast time like a spell.

It creates an awesome energy ball that damages every enemy in it.

Aqua Bullet is a burst arte that inflicts extra damage on aquatic and machine enemies.

Flare Shot inflicts burn status, which prevents the enemy from healing.

That's the impact from Flare Shot there.

Scarlet Salvo is a nova attack.

Aerial Barrage knocks a dude into the air...

...then barrages them. It's sort of like a smaller Broadside Waltz.

Let's talk about Assault Artes too.

New Moon, despite not being very glowy by their standards, is a Nova attack. 2CC

That's still part of New Moon's animation, not Full Moon's.

Yet another circular spin attack. It has slightly higher damage per hit in the PS3 version for some reason. 3CC

This one is pretty cool. 4CC





Gale Fang is a spin-slash. 2CC

Dual Shredder features increased slashing and kicks up a ton of dust. 3CC


Dualblade Dance is actually pretty long and involved for an Assault Arte, lasting a whole 3 seconds or so.


This is pretty much the only time he'll separate his dualblade but use it as a melee weapon rather than opening it up to shoot in a normal move.






Let's have a look at someone else for a bit.

Most of Sophie's burst artes are spells with an emphasis on healing, but she's got a set of attack spells that she copies from people in the party. They all involve her creating a "photonic" copy of the party member's weapon and attacking with it. This is Cheria's technique.

Shotstaff Blast is copied from Pascal. First she charges up...

...then BOOM.

Slash Rose is copied from Richard, since he USED TO be in the party.

Sword Assault is copied from Asbel, she draws a "sword" like he does for his Burst Artes.

Except she does it while fucking vanishing.

And electrocuting them.

And only after that does she stoop to slashing them up.

No points for guessing this one.

She actually doesn't have Hubert's at the moment, so I'll end this exhibition here. Next time: Fendel, or maybe not.