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    Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

    Game » consists of 5 releases. Released Jul 10, 2008

    Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 is a role-playing game developed and published by Atlus for the PlayStation 2. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series. Like its predecessor, its gameplay combines a traditional role-playing game with elements of a social simulation. Its critical and commercial success spawned a sizable media empire, including several spinoff titles.

    Re-Endure the Persona 4 Endurance Run: Episode 1!

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    #151  Edited By Make_Me_Mad
    @X19:
    Oh yes, I figured that out a while ago.  It's just that this particular embed format is the only one, aside from the scrunched-up low res version, that will allow the videos to be watched on Opera's web browser.  Also, I think it looks the best out of the possible embedded styles, but that's secondary to the ability to finally watch the Endurance Run on my browser of choice once again.

    If people would rather have them embedded like this:

      
      

    Then I'll do it.
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    #152  Edited By jaketaylor

    I've been watching it for the first time over the last couple of weeks. I'm currently on episode 38 and it's really making me want to dig out my PS2, find a copy of Persona 4 and sink 100+ hours into it. 
     
    If only I had the time!

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    #153  Edited By Gnorbooth
    @JakeTaylor said:
    "I'm currently on episode 38 and it's really making me want to dig out my PS2, find a copy of Persona 4 and sink 100+ hours into it.
    Well I'm re-enduring with the rest of us here, and its already inspired me to fire up the PS2 and play through P4 for my fourth time.  Yeah, I need help.
     
    But whatever, I'm starting up college again here in the next month, so I need a good time sink.
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    #154  Edited By Little_Socrates

    A good episode, Positive King is pretty awesome.

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    #155  Edited By Nux

    Is it crazy that I just finished watching this for my 2nd time af few days ago?

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    #156  Edited By Make_Me_Mad

    Two episodes today!  They clock in at about 50 minutes combined, so it's a good primer for some of the later episodes, which can get pretty long.  Not much happening in these, with the social links still getting off the ground and Charlie finding work.  Vinny and Jeff are just going to blow all the cash in the compendium, but it's the thought that counts.

      

     

    Episode 17


      

      
     

    Episode 18


      

    Still, things pick up when they join one of the social clubs tomorrow, meet one of my favorite characters in the game, and they're going to be back in the dungeon before long.  The unholy beat-down they get on the next trip almost makes up for how bad I got destroyed on my run through Persona 4.

    Also, the new plan is to embed the videos in the first post with all the quality options and the like, and embed them in these posts throughout the thread in this opera-compatible format.  That way everyone is happy, everyone can watch, and I don't have to constantly switch browsers.  Good for everyone!
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    #157  Edited By Jaktajj

    I've been rewatching myself and am currently on episode 81............
     
    .......and after finding my PS2 on the weekend, Persona 4 is currently on it's way to my house! I couldn't help myself! xD

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    #158  Edited By Make_Me_Mad

    Back to the single episodes today.  19!  The guys meet Yumi, a.k.a. every girl I knew in High School.

      

     
      

    That band girl always kinda freaked me out too...
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    #159  Edited By punisherkaos

    Lol i loved how they reacted to Ayane.

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    #160  Edited By MrAristocrates
    @Make_Me_Mad: Which character was one of your favorites?
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    #161  Edited By Make_Me_Mad
    @MrAristocrates:
    Yumi.  Her social link is a totally accurate representation of pretty much every girl I was friends with back in school.
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    #162  Edited By npeterson08

    Yay! Started re-watching the P4 ER a couple weeks ago and I'm up to episode 30. One of my favorite things about this ER is hearing Jeff and Vinny's opinions of this game go from skeptical, to accepting, and finally to really enjoying the game. This is something which I never really found happening in the Deadly Premonition ER. There was something always keeping the guys from truly enjoying the game, be it controls, game play, etc.

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    #163  Edited By AngelN7

    I want to share something, I started playing Persona 3 portable and I remember that Episode when the P4 Cast goes to Tatsumi Port Island , people where saying that "how could Vinny have missed all those Persona 3 references?!", music,  places and some characters , I think Vinny didn´t want to say anything because Jeff didn´t play Persona 3 theres no way he would have miss so much stuff , maybe he did it so Jeff wouldn´t felt like he was mising something some joke or a reference so he just stay as if everything was new wich I tough was the best way to handle that part of the episode

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    #164  Edited By Little_Socrates

    Gotta do some catch-up. Power cable broke on my MacBook, first night I've had the PC to myself.

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    #165  Edited By Little_Socrates

    New episodes have been great, social linking remains awesome. Yumi's all right so far; she's a little more full of herself than most of the girls I met in the drama department at my high school, but obviously it's her more deeply inset insecurity that makes her act that way. She reminds me more of the poetry girls.

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    #166  Edited By sameeeeam
    I remember it took them a long ass time to get done with Yumi's social link.
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    #167  Edited By Make_Me_Mad

    The Yukiko Rescue Mission is back on!  If we're talking favorite episodes of the Endurance Run, this one gets honorable mention at least.

      

     
      
    Love this episode so much.  The capsule machine fiasco, Vinny and Jeff debate the merits of making out with Yumi v. Saving a life, amazing reactions after seeing the mid-boss ("That makes sense-Wow."  "CRAP."), the team gets completely worked over in a single turn, and Drew Scanlon saves the Endurance Run!
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    #168  Edited By mutha3
    @Underachiever007 said:

    " I remember it took them a long ass time to get done with Yumi's social link. "

    I'm pretty sure they never finished it.
     
    @Make_Me_Mad:
    God, I love Soejima Shigenori.
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    #169  Edited By Little_Socrates

    Man, this episode was INTENSE. I still wonder what happens if you somehow manage to fail to save a life.

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    #170  Edited By Make_Me_Mad
    @Little_Socrates:
    Never failed a dungeon do to time restraints, so I don't know gameplay wise what happens.  I hear you get set back.

    You do get some messed up phone calls from people telling you that the person you were trying to rescue was found dead, though.  And in the case of one character, you get a call from them and hear them being murdered over the phone.  Pretty screwed up.
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    #171  Edited By sameeeeam
    @Little_Socrates: I think the game sets you back a week or so.
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    #172  Edited By cannedstingray

    I've watched the entire ER like 3 times, so far, and I still watch random episodes like almost daily.. 
     
    Good stuff
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    #173  Edited By Gnorbooth

    Some good tension in this EP, since it's early on and you know if they eat it, it could of damn well meant the end of enduring!!!!
     
    Luckily, they lived.

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    #174  Edited By T4RTERS4UCE
    @mutha3 said:
    " @Underachiever007 said:

    " I remember it took them a long ass time to get done with Yumi's social link. "

    I'm pretty sure they never finished it.
       
    Well, they finished it insofar as they realized it sucked and hung out with Chie instead.
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    #175  Edited By sameeeeam
    @T4RTERS4UCE said: 

    @mutha3 said: 

    @Underachiever007 said: 

    " I remember it took them a long ass time to get done with Yumi's social link. "

    I'm pretty sure they never finished it. 
       
    Well, they finished it insofar as they realized it sucked and hung out with Chie instead. "
    Really? I vaguely remember them hanging out with her a little to raise their Expression and maxing out her Social Link. Might be misremembering.    
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    #176  Edited By Little_Socrates

    I'm gonna watch the next episode now, as I've got work today. Let me know if we're starting a new thread, though!

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    #177  Edited By Little_Socrates

    Looking forward to the stunning conclusion...of what's behind the door on Floor 8F?

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    #178  Edited By Make_Me_Mad

    Episode 21!  There's something really nice aesthetically about the red/pink fog in Yukiko's castle...
      

     
      

    The Mages, another Endurance Run staple.  Vinny and Jeff get lucky so many times in that fight that it makes my head hurt.  Their total inability to notice that the beetles are, in fact, reflecting physical attacks also makes me need some aspirin, but hey, they pulled it off!  Can't argue with results.

    We'll be moving to a second thread after episode 25, unless enough people make arguments and cow me into submission.
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    #179  Edited By mutha3
    @Make_Me_Mad: Eh...I think 25 is going a bit too far. We'd have 6 topics cluttering up this board and I don't think the mods would appreciate that.
     
    Try PM'ing a mod about it.
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    #180  Edited By BulletproofMonk
    @Underachiever007: They got up to level 9 with her.
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    #181  Edited By mutha3
    @BulletproofMonk: 
     
    ....You sure? I remember them getting to 7 and not a rank higher.
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    #182  Edited By BulletproofMonk
    @mutha3: I'm 100% sure.
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    #183  Edited By Sayishere

     iam currently watching the ER, iam near the end, episode 122
     
    its literally GETTING GOOD, i cant wait  for the 'descision; to be made :D
     
    best thing to watch on the internet for sure

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    #184  Edited By Gnorbooth

    Ahem, watching EP 21 takes me back.  I remember first seeing it and just silently face-palming to myself as they ran past enemies after getting rocked so hard by the mid-boss.  It also made me a tad tense cause by that point, I had already experienced the Yukiko fight.  So I was like "DAMMIT LEVEL UP!"  
     
    And that's when I learned to not think about the endurance run in any form of logic.  It makes your brain hurt.  But, by being so under prepared for most of the fights in this game it did ratchet up the drama in these type of situations.  Which makes for a compelling viewing experience. 

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    #185  Edited By Make_Me_Mad

    Episode 22!  Gearing up for one of the more challenging boss battles in the game, the guys turn to the comments section for help.

      

     
      

    Love the tension in this episode, considering that a loss would likely have meant the end of the Endurance Run.  Still, the guys got some good advice, things went shockingly well for them in getting everything they needed to increase the odds of a victory, and Vinny nearly brings an end to it all in the last two minutes anyways.  Great times!
    @Gnorbooth:
    The Endurance Run gets amazingly tense, even though I already know how it ends.  Every time they switch to a persona that's weak to what's being cast or totally miss an incredibly damaging status effect, like the SP draining ones later on, I end up wringing my hands.  Pretty awesome.
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    #186  Edited By Make_Me_Mad

    Yukiko's Shadow Boss Fight is a go!
      

     
      
    Not going to say too much about this one, but man, that was suspenseful.  Enjoy!
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    #187  Edited By Gnorbooth

    Turn brain off.  Then enjoy Yukiko fight!  Yip.
     
    Definitely suspenseful.  Great EP that turned the endurance from a thing, to a LIFESTYLE.

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    #188  Edited By BjornTheUnicorn

    Jesus shit I'm behind. I'm on like 17 right now.

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    im on 64 i think?  ive stopped watching cause ive been preoccupied for a while

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    #190  Edited By Make_Me_Mad

    Episode 24~  The relaxation following the first major boss battle of the game, and some more investigation into the midnight channel and the identity of the murderer.

      

     
      

    Dojima and Adachi continue to be great anytime they're on screen.  That whole scene with them was pretty... well, let's just say it spawned more than one horrifically graphic fanfiction.  Spoilers for the endgame, but 
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    #191  Edited By Little_Socrates

    Now THIS was a great episode. So looking forward to where this game goes from here. XD

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    #192  Edited By Make_Me_Mad
    @Little_Socrates:
    The next team member is my favorite character in the game, hands down.  Things pick up in a big way after that.
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    #193  Edited By Make_Me_Mad

    A short episode today to take some pressure off of anyone who's behind in the viewing.  Episode 25!

      

     
      

    Jeff's story about always wanting to date a girl that sings about steak reminds me how creepily attuned to these two it seems sometimes.  Maybe someone that vaguely knew Jeff made it into the localization team?  Also, I wish Ryan would heckle every episode of the Endurance Run.
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    #194  Edited By Gnorbooth

    MORE RYAN HECKLING!!!!!
     
    Back to ep24 though.  The conversation about cable boxes and scrambled porn really takes me back to my childhood...I mean, who would totally do that?  Not me.  Sheesh!
     
    I also dated a girl that loved steak more then I did, but she never sang about it.  Does that count?

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    #195  Edited By dagas

    Is it worth watching again even if you have already seen the ER and played the game yourself? 
     
    Also they should make Persona 5. Cathrine seems kind of cool, but I'd rather have Persona 5 (or Persona 4-2 with Chie, Yukari and the rest in collage now that they have graduated from high school). 

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    #196  Edited By Make_Me_Mad
    @Gnorbooth:
    I remember having a cable box that would give us free scrambled channels on certain days if you got lucky.  First exposure to anime was seeing something I really shouldn't have one weekend with my parents unconscious a room over.  Weird times...
    And any girl that can appreciate a good steak is cool in my book.
    @dagas:
    I consider it worth it.  I beat Persona 4 before I realized Giant Bomb was even a site, so it sort of brought me here.  Then I realized that Jeff, Vinny, Ryan and Brad were pretty awesome and stuck around to see what they got into.  Which has definitely been worth it.

    Also, I like that Catherine is taking the chance to tackle some issues they touch on in a few of the Persona games in way more depth.  I like it as a sort of break from the main Persona series.  Also, as great as Catherine is looking, you know when they do get around to another Persona game, it's going to be all kinds of awesome.
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    #197  Edited By Gnorbooth

      I think Atlus is doing something neat with Catherine.  It's nice to see the Persona team cutting their teeth on learning "current-gen" tech without their biggest title being on the line in case something goes south.  Having a go at Catherine first just guarantees that Persona 5 is going to be a bigger and better game.  Which is what all of us probably want.
     
    But on top of that, I am genuinely interested in everything Catherine as well.  Neat premise, novel gameplay, even if it is a little "not the norm" or possibly not the most exciting thing ever, and let's not forget it's the Persona team telling a different story.  With new characters and settings...consider me EXCITE!
     
    @Make_Me_Mad:
    Weird times, but amazing times!!!!!  Being a bit older now, I certainly miss growing up and doing stupid things like trying to catch a peek on scrambled stations while the parents are asleep.  But I still do stupid things, they just effect life long term now haha.  And that's a new pre-requisite for any future lady friends, they gotta love steak!

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    #198  Edited By Little_Socrates

    The calm before the storm is DESTROYING MY MIND.

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    #199  Edited By Make_Me_Mad

    Episode 26!  We're sticking with this thread for a while longer.  Fair warning, this episode is mostly fighting through low level enemies to get back to the top of the dungeon.

      

     
      

    Kind of surreal to hear them talking about RE4 and RE5, and Gears of War.  Makes you remember just how long ago this all was.
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    #200  Edited By Make_Me_Mad

    Episode 27.  More grinding and running to the top of the dungeon, but they do have their first encounter with the Arcana Chance cards in this episode.

      

     
      

    Enemies that are immune to physical attacks or worse continue to be forgotten about!  The Emperor causes something to happen!  Omoikane is unsettling looking, but also pretty awesome.  Tomorrow, a boss battle!  Tune in.

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