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Endurance Run

Endurance Run: Deadly Premonition: Part BR-24

Yeah! Take THAT to the bank and cash it!

Vinny and Jeff sit down and take a crack at the latest game in the Shin Megami Tensei series. Will they make it through the entire game?

May. 6 2010

Cast: Ryan, Brad

Posted by: Drew

In This Episode:

Deadly Premonition

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@mutha3: they don't read the comments so posting here won't do anything. if you really want to tell them, send them a pm.  but then again it could just annoy them more lol.
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@Jonny7892 said:
" Seems pointless having the pistol now, so you guys should drop that. "
The pea shooter cannot be dropped. Standard issue for all FBI agents.
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@mantasradzas said:

" So this is how it goes..  Edit: goddamn I was like a second late. A SECOND. Inconceivable "

*in heavy spanish accent* 
 You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.    
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Shoot the Barrels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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its interesting that the two groups take on the same quest at around the same time.

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 Unfair! Brad and Ryan got the infinite machine gun from a tip off whilst Jeff and Vinny didn't. And the Super Persona Brothers would have gotten whatever the other spiritual map has a day before Brad and Ryan but their game froze. I call dirty pool! This is obviously a conspiracy against Jeff and Vinny and if they don't take the lead soon... the people I made wager with are gonna break my leg! Oh man... I knew I shouldn't have told them I have a gold platted copy of Techmo Pro Wrestling... 
 
"... I play by my own rules." Ah such hubris; see what that gets you Brad... Also: Shoot the barrels! That's why they are there.  At least they got the infinite machine gun and I really liked the Rambo moment when Brad emptied his clip.

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fucking barrels. shoot the barrels. other than that, the BR run is fun to watch since its like watching a horror movie in palmdale where everyone shouts at the screen. :)

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"Hell yeah. I play by my own rules." *crashes into a tree*
"Great job!"
 
Love it.

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Did they forget that barrels are explosive? AGAIN?!

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@EmuLeader: 
 
Yes they do.
 
You don't honestly believe team VJ or Brad suddenly ''stumbled'' upon the ISMG or how Brad suddenly became very insistent to get to George's house? Or how Vinny suddenly said ''I know the Ice Axe would bring her down faster but-'' this ER episode, after people told them the wallcrawlers could have been taken down by melee weapons.
 
Besides, Vinny has stated multiple times during the previous ER that he didn't mind gameplay hints and 
tips. They probably wouldn't have made it past Persona 4 without the comment section.
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I don't think Brad reads comments. I think he gets his info from Vinny. I am pretty sure Vinny checks the comments some times.

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@mutha3 said:
" They probably wouldn't have made it past Persona 4 without the comment section. "
I doubt that. Okay, they might have only gotten the bad or good ending by themselves, but the game's difficulty isn't that harsh that they'd be stuck on a boss.
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Heh, Keith's story time loses a bit of punch when you talk to him behind the counter. Also, now Ryan's making fun of Brad as much as he's making fun of the game. I give them two more weeks before they kill each other or quit. Heh heh.

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@paulunga: 
 
To be honest, I'm pretty sure the game would have ended for them on the Yukiko boss. They followed the fusion combinations in the comment section for basically every boss. Hell, I think the only fusion they made by themself was in the Nanako dungeon(Garuda)
 
and that Persona sucks
  
And:
 
 

@paulunga

said:

" @mutha3 said:

" They probably wouldn't have made it past Persona 4 without the comment section. "

I doubt that. Okay, they might have only gotten the bad or good ending by themselves, but the game's difficulty isn't that harsh that they'd be stuck on a boss. "


 This is simply untrue. A lot of people consider Persona 4 to be a difficult game, but if you understand the game mechanics its not that hard. The thing is: they never figured out fusing. They struggeled with basic JRPG mechanics let alone the finer points of the fusing system, had the commenters not helpfully pointed out(for instance) that having a red wall could make that boss battle way easier: 
 
they would have been defeated by Shadow Yukiko over and over again.
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Really Brad? It's ridiculously obvious that you have read ahead of your position in the game.
And your constantly defending yourself or trying to justify the fact that you generally suck at games.
It's officially to irritating to watch.

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Now they'll have to tell VJ about the radio. An eye for an eye.

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Brad go to the junkyard, and buy a new car, you still have to drive from time to time, and take general's quest to speed it up.

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@paulunga said:

" Did they forget that barrels are explosive? AGAIN?! "

That barrel wasn't red. In video games, usually, only red barrels explode. So blame video games!
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@mutha3: They understood the fusion enough to get persona like Black Frost that carried them through most of the game. I think you're mistaking their constantly making fun of themselves for actual ignorance. Most of the fusions they got was from randomly picking a few Persona and fusing until they got something with the spells they wanted.
 
EDIT: Which to be honest is what anyone who hasn't looked at a FAQ would do considering it never explains fusion properly.
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I LOVE YOU BRAD AND I'M SORRY!

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@EndlessMike said:

" @mutha3: They understood the fusion enough to get persona like Black Frost that carried them through most of the game. I think you're mistaking their constantly making fun of themselves for actual ignorance.

 Not true.
 
Not only where they continuesly urged to fuse Black Frost in the comments, they also didn't have the proper fusion materials for it and needed people to tell them how to fuse someone required for Black Frost.
 
Without the comment section, they probably would have never bothered with that. They also needed the comments to tell them to use debuffs/buffs, urge them to use physical attacks and tell them where to get special items.

 
 Most of the fusions they got was from randomly picking a few Persona and fusing until they got something with the spells they wanted.
 


Archangel:Urged by the comments
Sarasvatii:Urged by the comments
Black Frost:Urged by the comments
Rangda:Urged by the comments 
Tam Lin:Urged by the comments
 Trumpeter: Urged by the comments

These 6 Persona's carried them through 70% of the game, because, they are pretty much the best ones. The only place where they did anything by themselfs was the Rise dungeon and the Nanako one. We all know how those episodes turned(IE: 90 minutes and death respectively)
 
 


   EDIT: Which to be honest is what anyone who hasn't looked at a FAQ would do considering it never explains fusion properly. "

Bull. 
 
There is a very comprehensive fusion tutorial  right there in the fusion menu which they never clicked on because: ''LOL WE DON'T NEED THIS'' 5 episodes later:''THEY DONT EXPLAIN FUSION''
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@mutha3: You know just cause people said something in the comments doesn't mean that's where they got it from. And when they were fusing Black Frost they looked up a guide to fuse the one persona they didn't have. Saying the comments is the only reason they fused Black Frost and some of those others is crazy. It basically pops up by itself in those seperate menus telling you what you need, no one would ignore that if they had the right Personas.
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Brad's reactions to major game changers are always great.  First the radio, now the infinite SMG.

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was yelling about the barrels too and just waiting for brad to get shot again and killed. At least they know the sidequests are useful now

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@Swaboo said:
" @paulunga said:

" Did they forget that barrels are explosive? AGAIN?! "

That barrel wasn't red. In video games, usually, only red barrels explode. So blame video games! "
That really isn't true at all.
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@EndlessMike said:

" @mutha3: You know just cause people said something in the comments doesn't mean that's where they got it from. And when they were fusing Black Frost they looked up a guide to fuse the one persona they didn't have. Saying the comments is the only reason they fused Black Frost and some of those others is crazy. It basically pops up by itself in those seperate menus telling you what you need, no one would ignore that if they had the right Personas. "

Um, I just rewatched and sure enough Jeff's own words'' that someone in the comments said it was 'Omoikane+ Senri''
 
Besides, they probably wouldn't have fused Black Frost if they did not know he was rad. The commenters were saying ''BLACK FROST IS RAD'' for 5 episodes, and that's why they wanted to fuse him. Because BF's starting skills are really not that impressive. And if these ER's have thaught us anything about the GB guys, its that they're goddamn lazy.
 
Also, my other points and examples still stand. They blowed at the game and needed the commentators.
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shoot the barrels man, have you played a video game b4 lol?

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OH Brad you are indeed awesome.

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@Ventilaator said:
" So I'm guessing that spiritual map B leads to an ifinite...shotgun? "
Yep. And C gets you an infinite RPG. All of the other infinite weapons are found elsewhere.
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Way to soil the meaning of the Dual Endurance Run Brad, The point is to see more of a game that has many branching paths. If your just going to follow VJ because their better, I'm going only with VJ from now on.

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FINALLY!!! INFINATE AMMO!!!!

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"Oh, it can't be that long."
Long pause.
"The incredible assumptions you make about this game, Brad..."
And LAWLZ.

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@Haru48: 
Who said he got this info from team VJ? he probably read it in the comments, just like Vinny did.
 
And why would they have to get different items from each other? making the game needlessly harder on your self for some arbitrary reason seems really silly to me.
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It would be interesting if the game crashes for BR at the same spot as VJ.  Not that it would but it would be funny.

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Brad needs to team up with Jeff, just for the team name.

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@mutha3 said:
Um, I just rewatched and sure enough Jeff's own words'' that someone in the comments said it was 'Omoikane+ Senri'' Besides, they probably wouldn't have fused Black Frost if they did not know he was rad. The commenters were saying ''BLACK FROST IS RAD'' for 5 episodes, and that's why they wanted to fuse him. Because BF's starting skills are really not that impressive. And if these ER's have thaught us anything about the GB guys, its that they're goddamn lazy.  Also, my other points and examples still stand. They blowed at the game and needed the commentators. "
 
ZOMG!!!! They are lazy when they play a video game? What a crime!!!! Don't they know that this is such serious business? 
 
Who cares how they go about doing side quests or how they fuse? Let them just play the game and if they read the comments and do stuff that is suggested then so be it. 
 
Just keep watching ER because it is entertaining, if I need a walkthrough or somebody who doesn't "blow at the game" then I will watch youtube. I have always loved people who say "they are playing the game wrong" like it really matters how they play when what is more important is the shared experience of watching this interesting video game and Giantbomb's impromptu reactions to it.
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@TurboMan: i lold hard
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Whoever told Brad about the infinite ammo SMG is a fucking jerk and did an effective job of ruining the fun of the Endurance Run. 
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@evreche: Damn straight.
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@TurboMan: Ah, I noticed that!
 
@HatKing said:
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Whoever told Brad about the infinite ammo SMG is a fucking jerk and did an effective job of ruining the fun of the Endurance Run.  "

No, whoever did that allowed this endurance run to be watchable!
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To be fair, someone needs to tell VJ about the radio now.

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hmm interesting, VJ had to go in the circle a few times to figure out they were supposed to go through the door, BR figured it out right away...

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@Haru48:
Each Endurance Run team has no idea where the other is in the game or what the other is doing. Brad has no idea that he has the same gun as Vinny. Besides he has a gun with unlmited ammo, the BR Endurance Run will get better now that he does not have to worry about reloading as much.
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There's no rules about looking in the comments, people. Jeff and Vinny did it all the time during the Persona 4 endurance run. Besides, the infinite SMG will make the other world sections much more bearable for them and us.

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@NZV said:
" @Ventilaator said:
" So I'm guessing that spiritual map B leads to an ifinite...shotgun? "
Yep. And C gets you an infinite RPG. All of the other infinite weapons are found elsewhere. "
...O.O Infinite RPG? Dude, awesome. Glad they finally got the Infinite SMG.
 
Spirit Map B's story time with Keith wasn't as bad as A's angle for BR, but still not as good as when you're standing. K-Man is alright as a character.
 
"We are ready to investigate the shit out of Greenvale." Good episode.
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@evreche: 
 
Huh...? what are you talking about? I'm just saying they used the comments pretty intensively. Which is a fact.
 
Also, yeah it is an issue when do stuff  like this. It gives boring, obnoxious video of a guy staring at a map for 30 minutes or whining about stuff which isn't the game's fault.
 
Now that they have a radio and the infinite SMG we never have to see brad shooting at wooden crates with a handgun for 40 seconds every time he encouters one, or spend 3/4th of a video looking at a map.
 
You know? the bad part of this game.
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Radio? Infinite SMG? BRAD AND RYAN ARE GOING PLACES!

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Finally they got the infinite ammo SMG.