Endurance Run: Persona 4 - Part 134

Wow, both Vinny and Jeff sound totally different today.

"  The "True" ending requires maxxing out all Social Links which is impossible on your first playthrough because you have to waste soooooo much time going to the Meat Dimension and doing things like folding envelopes to get your Expression, Courage, etc, up. "

" @Kanji_Tatsumi:  ive actually really enjoyed watching the series up untill this last week, i havent seen anything happen apart from a serious amount of dialogue, and tbh watching words go across the screen isnt my favourite thing to do in the world, agreed tht jrpg's would be the best games to use as endurance runs but there are a lot more action based ones out there, and i would much rather have maybe 2 or 3 endurance runs per month then watch the same game for months on end too. im not bein a negative nancy about the whole thing but this last week or so has been dragging on a lot. "

Even though this was a short one, i laughed at a lot of things. Like the igor impressions from Vinny and Jeff and most of the commentary too

" @Kanji_Tatsumi:  ive actually really enjoyed watching the series up untill this last week, i havent seen anything happen apart from a serious amount of dialogue, and tbh watching words go across the screen isnt my favourite thing to do in the world, agreed tht jrpg's would be the best games to use as endurance runs but there are a lot more action based ones out there, and i would much rather have maybe 2 or 3 endurance runs per month then watch the same game for months on end too. im not bein a negative nancy about the whole thing but this last week or so has been dragging on a lot. "

One: If those guys ment to show a long-ass game that's completely about action, they'd go with Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. And then discontinue the ER because of lack of interest after maybe 10 episodes. Why? Because action, especially when the gameplay is repetitive, in video games tends to be less exciting when you are not actively participating. If Persona 4 would be more about fights and the proportions would be 75% grinding and 25% story, you'd find yourself not caring about it at all. Fights in RPGs tend to be exciting for the player, because there is always the thrill - what the hell is going to happen, "AMAGAD I got 150 HP's, what the fuck I'm gonna do now, it's the other guy's turn!". That doesn't mean it's going to be kewl to watch for people just looking at a recorded video. You still can find lots of people here on the site stating that they mostly skip the dungeons and grinding, so that means something. Also, look up some dungeon episodes and see how tired Jeff and Vinny can sound when grinding or not developing Social Links or the plot.

Two: Two, three Endurance Runs? A month?! But this is completely missing the point of an ER! ENDURANCE, I capitalise that, this is what it's about. Jeff and Vinny took this game because it's horribly long (not even for today's standard - just plain long) and has a gameplay that needs you to keep focused for most of the time. The premise was obvious at the start, hell, even stated in the first episode - they wanted to see how long they're going to last when doing it as a chore, or rather as part of their work instead of something they're popping up when they really want or have the time when they are not working.

Three: You are completely missing the point of those videos and the duo's efforts.

The Teddie backstory stuff is absolutely great. Really funny commentary too. Great episode guys!

Yukiko really didn't say a damn thing during the Teddy scene.  What a racist.

come on. you guys sound like you want the game to end.

Sad to see that this turned into a rather futile debate about personal taste. You simply won't convince each other.

Teddie's pity party really gets on my nerves. Kanji needs to punch some sense into him.
 
I had forgotten how uneven the story got towards the end...particularly with its "twists".

Why is everyone saying that to get the "True Ending" you need to max all the S.Links? I got the True Ending with only all of the girls(Naoto,Chie, Yukiko and Rise) + Yosuke and Teddie, it doesn't make a difference, just the ending will be a tad a bit longer.

" @theholybible said:

" @Kanji_Tatsumi:  ive actually really enjoyed watching the series up untill this last week, i havent seen anything happen apart from a serious amount of dialogue, and tbh watching words go across the screen isnt my favourite thing to do in the world, agreed tht jrpg's would be the best games to use as endurance runs but there are a lot more action based ones out there, and i would much rather have maybe 2 or 3 endurance runs per month then watch the same game for months on end too. im not bein a negative nancy about the whole thing but this last week or so has been dragging on a lot. "

One: If those guys ment to show a long-ass game that's completely about action, they'd go with Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. And then discontinue the ER because of lack of interest after maybe 10 episodes. Why? Because action, especially when the gameplay is repetitive, in video games tends to be less exciting when you are not actively participating. If Persona 4 would be more about fights and the proportions would be 75% grinding and 25% story, you'd find yourself not caring about it at all. Fights in RPGs tend to be exciting for the player, because there is always the thrill - what the hell is going to happen, "AMAGAD I got 150 HP's, what the fuck I'm gonna do now, it's the other guy's turn!". That doesn't mean it's going to be kewl to watch for people just looking at a recorded video. You still can find lots of people here on the site stating that they mostly skip the dungeons and grinding, so that means something. Also, look up some dungeon episodes and see how tired Jeff and Vinny can sound when grinding or not developing Social Links or the plot.

Two: Two, three Endurance Runs? A month?! But this is completely missing the point of an ER! ENDURANCE, I capitalise that, this is what it's about. Jeff and Vinny took this game because it's horribly long (not even for today's standard - just plain long) and has a gameplay that needs you to keep focused for most of the time. The premise was obvious at the start, hell, even stated in the first episode - they wanted to see how long they're going to last when doing it as a chore, or rather as part of their work instead of something they're popping up when they really want or have the time when they are not working.

Three: You are completely missing the point of those videos and the duo's efforts.

"

Hey, an actual bug in the game!

" @Ghostiet: Right, the comment was, the last week of this endurance run has been quite boring, then everyone started crying about it, your essay makes a good point, lets leave it at that i just cant wait until this one has finished and the next one begins "

You know, I've been coming in and out on this endurance run thing. I don't think I really "got it" until this episode. This is actually really funny.

I don't like how the game focuses on this pedo-ass relationship between Nanako and Teddie. >_>

Guess it now time to spam strategy about this dungeon.
 
So, clear this dungeon before December 22

" I don't like how the game focuses on this pedo-ass relationship between Nanako and Teddie. >_> "

" Guess it now time to spam strategy about this dungeon.  So, clear this dungeon before December 22 "

" @Waffles13: You have a long and lustrous career writing fan fiction ahead of you. "

Ego - Freudian ego, not the other one, Philistines.

Pretty funny episode guys!

(Teddie) I wanted to tell you all... 'I have a gun!!!' *bang* *bang*   *bang*  *bang*    

LOL  at your impression of Igor:
"Is this thing house broken?"

" Sad to see that this turned into a rather futile debate about personal taste. You simply won't convince each other. "

Also, off-camera the world ends after the credits roll.  

Yosuke is such a cock.

Haha you guys are hillarious together :D

Rapping Igor and beatboxing Margret totally made this episode!
 
"Margret... YO KICK IT!" 

I loved the racism humor. Teddie is a shadow, but he's one of the good ones!

Lol the Igor  impersonations are the best.  " pull over, bury these dead bitches right outside of town"
 
This was a great episode.

well that was hilarious

The writings of a lunatic are as follows:  The limo that is the velvet room is a manifestation of Charlie's power to use persona.  It represents a haven and a vessel that protects you as you travel through the foggy shadow world to solve the mystery associated with the Fool.  Charlie's power is in essence the ability to draw power from the bonds he's made in Inaba.  This means that all the people he brings into the TV world are secretly protected by the power  of the vessel which is what allows them to face their true selves when in Charlie's presence.  
 
Since Junes was the first TV Charlie entered that makes the shadow TV studio Charlie's  "world" which also acted as a haven within the shadow world itself.  As fate would have it this world spawned only 1 shadow which represented the side of Charlie that wanted to guide him to the answer of the mystery at hand.  As the vessel protects all the bonds he forms, so did it protect this creature who was the 1st shadow Charlie met.  That protection gave rise to the development of free will as well as an ego allowing this shadow to name itself "Teddie".
 
When Teddie entered the real world he couldn't reflect an actual shadow because he himself was a shadow.  Instead he could only reflect a real body that was created by the side of him that wanted to pick up chicks. 
  
Of course its just a silly video game.

Teddie: "Aha.." 
Vinny: "... is this my chance?" 

GOD I love the Igor impressions so much.
 
 Also man, Yosuke can be a real cock sometimes.
 
But he DID produce the bathing suits on the camp trip, so he can be pretty awesome sometimes too. He's no Kanji, though.
 
Nice after-school-special understanding dialogue, too.

now that i think about it he doesn't know where it goes unlike in persona 3 your in an elevator and can just go up 

This episode was like the comedy show of Jeff and Vinny. This was a pretty hilarious episode despite how depressing the actual storyline was during it.

"in the 69 my humpty nose will tickle your rear" nice Shock G refrence

ha!  I'm glad the Endurance Run starting to turn the corner on this episode back to hilarity.  
 
Ahead to the end!  Fighting with all your might! :) 
 
These videos never stop being entertaining and actually a little reassuring and encouraging.

For some reason i keep thinking that Teddie shoved Igor and Margareth inside his bearsuit lol

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~Spies Like Us~ doctor bit.

"Do it again and I'll plant my foot so far up your ass, you be fusing my shoelaces"

The water I was drinking sprayed all over my keyboard and the following commentary is even better!

@Ghostiet said:

@DavidSnakes said:

" I ended up getting the bad ending just for some closure. "

What closure you get in the bad ending? Nothing gets explained, people die, the countdown to the end of the world starts.

If that's closure, get the bad ending in Persona 3 - that's what I call closure. Like, the closure of everything.

Wait what the countdown to the end of the world? So is this how it connects to the other shin games which I think start after the world has ended...

Is the doctor at 17 minutes in Boss from Catherine?