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Endurance Run

Endurance Run: Persona 4 - Part 130

Sometimes...you just have to make the hard choices

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?

Aug. 14 2009

Cast: Jeff, Vinny

Posted by: Jeff

530 Comments

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I remember having the same reaction as Jeff at first - there's no possible way they could kill off Nanako.  I was in absolute shock during the 'tease'.

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I don't like the dialog choices for that determine the good/bad ending. Too arbitrary and repetitive.

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Good ending, bad ending, whatever, the way the revenge discussion played out left a bad taste in my mouth. I couldn't help but be a little disappointed.  I mean, I would have done the same thing, but only because I saw the bad ending coming a mile away, not because "revenge is bad, mmkay?"  The "good ending" answers seem really wishy washy.
 
Anyways, much love for Vinny and Jeff. Watching this is a blast. Once I get to the end, I might just start over. :D

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I actually cried...

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I cried too. The only other game that made me cry (tears of sadness) was Final Fantasy 7. 

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Yeah... if you're playing and you're worried about the good/bad/true ending, dont sweat it too much, you pretty much have to work to get the bad ending, the good/true ending is kinda obvious once you think a little bit about it.


You dont need a FAQ to get to it.
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Oh man, this was a rough episode.  It's rare for a game to really hit you like that, but it somehow did it.  I mean... you really do care about these characters.  Seeing this was just heart-breaking.
 
I'm just glad you kept pushing through so the episode didn't end on a sad note. You did the right thing, and good/bad ending or not, you stood up for what's right.  I know this was a long time ago, but it was still impacting. 
 
What an episode.

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Man this was both a very sad episode and a very funny episode. 
"Nah were just F-ing with ya kids, the nurse was under the bed with the, teddie said it'd be funny"

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no way that was FAQ-less. if it was props, guys

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NO

NO NO NO NO NO

NOT NANA-CHAN

Edit: Don't you fucking play with my heart like that

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@TruthTellah said:
Oh man, this was a rough episode.  It's rare for a game to really hit you like that, but it somehow did it.  I mean... you really do care about these characters.  Seeing this was just heart-breaking.  I'm just glad you kept pushing through so the episode didn't end on a sad note. You did the right thing, and good/bad ending or not, you stood up for what's right.  I know this was a long time ago, but it was still impacting.   What an episode.
What a game! Probably my favorite of all time.
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I am playing this game basically parallel to each episode of ER. I applaud the guys for avoiding not 1 but 2 bad endings

1. Nanako dies and "Charlie Tunoku" goes home

2. Nanako lives and Charlie goes home

I guess there are probably more endings, but I have avoided the FAQs.

I felt like I was on the right path when you get to Youske's decision, but I wimped out and that lead to a bad ending.

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!

Go, go, go.

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Such a rough episode, it's a rare moment to see both Jeff and Vinny literally speechless.

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"Let's charge it to a biiiiitch!"

Jeff doing his Adachi impression before he had an Adachi impression.

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Such a great episode. Drama in games at some of its best!

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that was rough

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"We should get some oranges to go with it."

"Oh, yeah, you gotta-WHAT?!" I love the moments of cultural disconnect. And sadly I live in an apartment where you can't use a space heater and the microwave at the same time without tripping the breaker, so this episode has become MUCH more relevant to me over the last year and a half.

Edit: "I make a little fog of my own..."

It goes from laughter to tears PRETTY quick, but this is still an AMAZING line.

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I may or may not have teared up a little bit. This game... this damned game...

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Its been years and I still can't play through this part without tearing up.

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Kanji's delivery on his lines combined with jeff and vinny's reaction to his lines probably make him the best character in the game. From a non-gameplay perspective that is.

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I just got to this part in the game for the first time and had to see how Jeff and Vinny fared here. I tossed that fucker into the TV.

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I just got here in P4G and i got the ending where you leave Namatame to the police and then it fast forwards to the end.  The goodbye scene was really sad. :( 
 
Gonna go back and explore the other dialog options. 

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Second saddest part of a game ever, just behind the end of The Walking Dead series. Both parts made me weep, but then again, I'm a sucker for sad stories so I tear up pretty easily.

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@jedted said:

I just got here in P4G and i got the ending where you leave Namatame to the police and then it fast forwards to the end. The goodbye scene was really sad. :(

Gonna go back and explore the other dialog options.

You got one of the bad endings. I still can't believe Jeff and Vinny got every dialogue choice right for the good/true endings. One mistake and it would have been one of the many bad endings.

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Man, this part of the game is so sad, but I think I broke up more when Teddie came back.

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I've always suspected that Jeff knew ahead of time which responses to pick and just never told anyone.

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@salbert said:

I've always suspected that Jeff knew ahead of time which responses to pick and just never told anyone.

I dunno, I nearly guessed correctly my first playthrough without any outside advice/walkthrough, it's pretty obvious until the final choice how to choose. Even outside the game's narrative: there's no way Namatame is the killer and you only get Naoto for a single dungeon.