Endurance Run: Persona 4 - Part 74

Best episode in a long time, guys. Good job getting it on with Chie.

(now go for the other girls, you know you wanna)

YEAH CHIE!

You guys should never go back the hospital again.

Achievement Unlocked: Scored with Chie!  Awesome episode guys, and Vinny: you can totally go out with all the girls in the game so far without any real consequences.  

A wanted criminal is you!

Huh, wonder how Jeff and Vinny will handle Christmas eve, assuming they get there.

@MagikGimp

Persona 3 had some of the downranking.  I don't know if wrong choices could rank you down, but they would definetly make getting to the next rank take longer.  You could also rank down in an S. Link if you had too long a period of inactivity.

I think the thing with S. Links is they probably have to be as mechanical as possible.  It's simple to call up the SL menu and see all the numbers.  Rank 9 in Chariot, Rank 1 in Empress.  The idea of helping other people forge relationships is an interesting one, but I think it would still need some kind of "math" behind it, if you get what I'm saying.

Say, for example, you can convince Yosuke to start hitting on Yukiko, and they form a relationship outside yours.  I have no idea how such a relationship would "rank up," but maybe such a system could facilitate an interesting "couple's combo" system or something.  The important thing is that it affects gameplay in some way.  For the most part, everything you do in P4 has a positive effect.  Heck, in P3, going to the bathroom had positive effects.

Speaking of which, could someone explain how dating works?  No FAQ explains how "Lovers Relationships" work.  All I know is that there's a different cutscene when you're about to hit Max Rank.

That crazy fish-eyed kid WAS in one of the early episodes.

He asks Yukiko out.

lol good for charlie......yukiko sucks

Chie!

I wish Chie was MY girlfriend...

Great episode, guys!  Aww, Chie love~  Now, just so you know, you can have multiple girlfriends in this game.  In fact, you can be a total manwhore and date all the girls [your age].  None of them will ever find out unless you invite them on a Sunday date.  In short: If you want more than one girlfriend, NEVER take them on Sunday dates.  Though amusing, the scenes negate most of the points you'd get with that person.

Anywaaaays, we are at Mitsuo's arc!  His shadow is one of my personal favorites, and I can't wait until you see his dungeon.  I mean, your reactions to his portrait were hilarious enough, so it'll be something to hear your opinions on what his "true thoughts" manifest as.

Also, @endaround: Add to that, "Anyone who directly interacts with the MC who has a voice over = important, too".  I can hear spoilers calling...

"Punch her in the Gut" lol good stuff guys.

Did you you know you can miss 20 something episodes and just come back? That's awesome.

carrots.. olives.. in a burrito? the hell kinda burritos you guys eat on the west coat?! NAZI BURRITOS!?

It's about time Charlie got with Chie. Now he needs to GET with Chie.

fun fact!: The name Chie means "blessed with wisdom."

Ok, i want to watch these, but dear god this game is fucking shit.  I gave it more than a chance.....i like RPGs, but christ, christ, christ, I cant watch this shit anymore...

FUNKY STUDENT ON FOX 

...The mood is right.

damn I wish that "the mood is right" cue would appear IRL. I'm terrible at that knowing when that is and always choose the wrong time...

Go Vinny, Go!

YOU RUINED CRACKDOWN FOR ME!!!!

lol

"but thats thematically consistent" lol

"But that's thematically consistent" XD

Man, Ryan is awesome LOL!

Has anybody else noticed that all the girls are, like, a full two cup sizes larger in the drawings and anime than in the game?

man FUCK chie. rise FO' LIFE, HOLMES?!

"Enough of these games Fox, where's my sister!"

"so deep, so deep..."  Endurance Run forever!!!

Chie Get!

Yay, Jeff has the same text-signal as I!

Yes a steven seagal reference. BAM!

I really enjoyed this episode because I can easily compare two things from their save file to mine: #1 They jumped into the S. Links menu agaon letting me see where they're at (04:45). And #2, they're Expression ranked up to 4 so now I know they've got everything else at 3 (07:42).
 
Oh, and I made a small observation: I'm pretty sure Vinny said "Hey, guess what? I'm pregnant!" the last time that girl came in to mention the test scores (see 07:55). It was still funny though. And I was cracking up near the end of Chie's Rank 9 S. Link event (which they spoiled for me but whatever, I'll live), when Vinny & Jeff mentioned Fox in the corner with Funky Student riding him (see 16:27). Pure gold! LOL
 
Hopefully, they have an easier time getting info the current person in the TV than they did with Rise. I suspect that they'll fumble through it but it's funnier that way. :)

 I am re watching all of these over the summer!    

They're at the point where I stopped hanging out with Fox. xD I couldn't figure out how to get the kid to have friends.. Except those of the imaginary variety.

Something that really bothers me about this game kinda gets brought up in the episode: your S. links have 0 impact on the plot. Like Chie (or whoever) never acknowledges the romance during the course of the game, so it seems like this weird thing that's happening off to the side. 
I get the why (limited disc space), but it's still bothersome. Hope they fix it in Persona 5.

Shin.

spoilers for crackdown and Res 4 but... CHIE YEAH!

One of my favorite episodes.

AWESOME EPISODE!

Fishin'!!! O !!!

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