Endurance Run: Chrono Trigger - Part 20

BOTHING BOPS THE BENBURANCE BUN

Brono Trigger GO!

Endurance run rules. Merry Christmas everyone!

Endurance fun!

oh Brog… how i haveth missed thou.

NOTHING STOPS THE ENDURANCE RUN

ITS TIME FOR A RUN.....AN ENDURANCE RUN!

jeez, those comments pile on fast.

Nothing stops me from watching the endurance run, nothing!

The Endurance Run is all I need in the morning.

That's just science.

FIRTS!!!

There is no situation which shall slow the Endurance Run to a halt.

"Defensive power up when attacked... I really don't know what that means..."

Okay, now I know they're just trolling the commenters.

@AndrewB: The Endurance Run is the only truly perpetual motion machine.

The Endurance Run really tests my patience some time, sounds like Patrick and Ryan are doing something else while playing and not actually looking at the sceen. Well, they've pushed me to go out and buy Chrono Trigger myself on the DS :P

I swear sometimes they're retarded. If it says "defense up" twice, and "defense down" once after electricity attack, it doesn't take a genius to figure out why attack damage keeps going down!

Still an enjoyable ER though, but geez.

Wouldn't Lighting 1 be better on a single target than Lightning 2?

BOCK 'N BOLL!!

I enjoy the pace of this game. Magus and Azala are both very nice, last boss-like enemies, and you fight them so close to one another.

Also, these bosses are much more interesting than the Persona 4 bosses, which just took forever, or the bosses of the third Golden Sun game which I'm plowing through now. can you guys recommend any RPGs with equally varied patterns and tricks for their enemies? I appreciate you can just power through the Chrono Trigger bosses if you don't get what their trick is, but I like them a lot more than bosses who just have a lot of HP and deal a ot of damage.

@TruthTellah said:

@AndrewB: The Endurance Run is the only truly perpetual motion machine.

Solving all of the world's energy problems.

I can't count how many times I was yelling for them to use Volt Bite. Whatever though, at least they are managing to still make progress, and the show's still great. But MAN, they are not awesome at this game.

I like how they outright ignored Volt Bite until using it on accident. It would have made both boss fights way easier.

Their lack of use of Volt Bite makes me sad. Love that attack and it kicks some dino ass.

Their lack of reading comprehension is also... troubling. I understand from their capture setup reading is hard. But man do they miss so many messages that tell them exactly what's going on while they act bewildered.

@Redhotchilimist said:

I enjoy the pace of this game. Magus and Azala are both very nice, last boss-like enemies, and you fight them so close to one another.

Also, these bosses are much more interesting than the Persona 4 bosses, which just took forever, or the bosses of the third Golden Sun game which I'm plowing through now. can you guys recommend any RPGs with equally varied patterns and tricks for their enemies? I appreciate you can just power through the Chrono Trigger bosses if you don't get what their trick is, but I like them a lot more than bosses who just have a lot of HP and deal a ot of damage.

Don't be fooled by the way they're playing. There isn't THAT much variety to how you approach the bosses here. They keep thinking that different physical attacks had different properties when all you really have to do is the newest one. That's why they only figured out that Volt Bite was a better option when Ryan picked it by accident. Still though, I agree that the pacing in this game is fantastic. It's one of the strengths of the game. It moves crazy fast from the Magus battle and on with just about 0 filler nonsense.

As far as recommendations go, Super Mario RPG for SNES is a all time classic IMO. Good variety on boss fights, good humor, and good music.

Episode Spoilers: Man, the way they just accidentally stumbled upon Volt Bite was the best, THE BEST! Man I laughed!

If I had yelled "VOLT BITE" one more time, I think I might have passed out. Or my head would have exploded. One or the other.

lol you think they would notice that his defense was stacking. i really like the ER but you can tell Ryan and Patrick are not great at rpgs. i will forgive them for adding entertainment to this mess of tactics.

i wish they had tried out volt bite, also i wish they had left frog in, soo much more potential than robo

I don't understand how they could have gotten this far though the game without reading the information at the top of the screen in boss battles, god damn.

Guys he's week against electricity, and this attack is called "Volt Kick".

The love-affair with Spincut continues! <3

Merry Christmas, guys.

For journalists it's pretty disturbing how bad these guys are at reading comprehension sometimes.

They HAVE to be troling at this point. This is more like a sitcom than an ER.

That said, still totally enjoying it.

Congratulations. I bestow upon you the title of fully competent Brono Trigger players.

@MannySavior said:

@Redhotchilimist said:

I enjoy the pace of this game. Magus and Azala are both very nice, last boss-like enemies, and you fight them so close to one another.

Also, these bosses are much more interesting than the Persona 4 bosses, which just took forever, or the bosses of the third Golden Sun game which I'm plowing through now. can you guys recommend any RPGs with equally varied patterns and tricks for their enemies? I appreciate you can just power through the Chrono Trigger bosses if you don't get what their trick is, but I like them a lot more than bosses who just have a lot of HP and deal a ot of damage.

Don't be fooled by the way they're playing. There isn't THAT much variety to how you approach the bosses here. They keep thinking that different physical attacks had different properties when all you really have to do is the newest one. That's why they only figured out that Volt Bite was a better option when Ryan picked it by accident. Still though, I agree that the pacing in this game is fantastic. It's one of the strengths of the game. It moves crazy fast from the Magus battle and on with just about 0 filler nonsense.

As far as recommendations go, Super Mario RPG for SNES is a all time classic IMO. Good variety on boss fights, good humor, and good music.

Thanks, I'll download it on the Wii.

VOLT

BITE

dual techs are so disregarded this run :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

oh well, i still had fun watching.

DOES BOXING DAY STOP THE ENDURANCE RUN???

Watching them... 'play' this game is painful enough as to make me feel physically ill.

That's how you know it's an Endurance Run!

I know Chrono trigger is an easy game, but watching Ryan play so inefficiently is painful. Mix that with Patrick actively giving him bad/completely wrong advice and I'm amazed they continue to make progress everyday. But despite all that, watching them eventually get it right reminds me of how I probably played this game the first time through. Once they realize how powerful double and triple techs are the game will become even easier and hopefully they will enjoy it even more.

Is this coming back on Monday? I thought they were off next week.

@RobKenno:

NOTHING STOPS THE ENDURANCE RUN

WOHOOO

Endurance Run, AWAY!

@xite: Yes, it's all pre-recorded, they are a good few hours ahead right now after seeing what fight they are on yesterday when jeff took a photo of them playing it.

Happy birthday Lavos!

It's like Ryan forgot how to play since the last episode! Bahahahaha amazing Endurance Run...

Please Ryan for the love of god. Stop using Lightning 2 when there is 1 enemy on screen that will take damage. its a waste of mp. your blasting doing 8 mp per turn with brono when you can be using 2 mp per turn when there is 1 enemy. both boss fights was a perfect example of how not to use magic. there are some attacks that attack and is multiplied but that is not but the difference between lighting 1 and 2 is that one attacks a group the other does a single enemy but no damage multiplier.

Hey guys, Lightning2 doesn't actually do more damage than regular Lightning you know, it just hits multiple enemies and costs 4 times as much MP. So yeah for single targets, never use Lightning2.

Also, one of the great advantages of dual techs – even if they sometimes only do the same damage as two seperate attacks (but often way more) – is that you only attack once. This means you can only be counterattacked once instead of twice, and that an enemy who raises his defense every time he gets hit only does that once instead of twice. Also, it's quicker (in terms of time spent in battle menus) to use one dual tech than to use two seperate attacks, so if a boss is hitting you like crazy in between turns, then dual techs are the way to go.

Finally, if physical attacks don't do shit, then have that character do a dual tech that combines with some magic damage. Volt Bite, for example lets Byla + Brono do something useful, instead of just Brono.

Oh and Ryan, please actually check to see who are the character participating in a specific dual attack instead of just making a wild guess. Your reason for not using Volt Bite was 'I need that heal', but Bobo, your healer, isn't in it. It's Byla + Brono.

wherein ryan and patrick accidentally choose the right move.

Use the goddamn volt bite!

READ THE BATTLE TEXTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

I enjoy the pace of this game. Magus and Azala are both very nice, last boss-like enemies, and you fight them so close to one another.

Also, these bosses are much more interesting than the Persona 4 bosses, which just took forever, or the bosses of the third Golden Sun game which I'm plowing through now. can you guys recommend any RPGs with equally varied patterns and tricks for their enemies? I appreciate you can just power through the Chrono Trigger bosses if you don't get what their trick is, but I like them a lot more than bosses who just have a lot of HP and deal a ot of damage.

Will they ever read the status text?