Tales of Arise - Part 4: Glanymede Castle / Boss: The First Lord

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Published on September 13, 2021 10:00:26 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4d4Vb1XZVA

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Tales of Arise (2021)

Duration: 59:37

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With all our preparations done, it is time to launch an assault on Glanymede Castle and face its Lord, Balseph! The Crimson Crows will do their best to keep the enemy busy and so it is up to Iron Mask and Shionne to infiltrate the castle.
Once inside, a few more tutorials will happen as Iron Mask gains the possibility to use the Blazing Sword in combat and Boost Strikes are unlocked. You also get introduced to Map Actions that can remove obstacles from your path in exchange for CP, some are mandatory, others optional.

At the top of the castle sits our target, Lord Balseph, and as you'd expect from his stature, he'll put up a fight! Needless to say, he hits hard with that axe of his, keep an eye on his movement to not get caught in a combo as he often follows up his downward swings with spinning sweeps, and more of those as his health gets lower.
At half-health, he'll run off and the fight will resume after a cutscene bringing the Fire Avatar into the fight, though it'll mostly be a background setpiece launching some attacks here and there, your target remains Balseph himself.
When he gets to really low health, he'll start charging up for a very powerful attack, if you manage to go all-out and take him down before he finishes, you'll have seeing his Mystic Arte, Pyroclasm, but if you fail to do so, either get behind him or exploit the gaps in his attack to avoid damage.

After your victory, witness the few cutscenes as our hero tears down the Gates of Fire and remembers his name, Alphen!

Then you get treated to the opening of the game!

Timestamps:
0:00 Final pep talk and the assault is launched!
9:19 The castle is successfully infiltrated.
43:00 Boss: Lord Balseph
54:20 Cutscenes and game's intro.

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