Can You Beat Persona 4 WITHOUT the Protagonist?
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One of the most defining features of Persona 3’s combat system was its ai controlled party members. It was a somewhat unique idea for the series and helped give Persona 3 a distinct identity compared to the other games. Though this feature was met with a pretty mixed reception so much so that by the time Persona 4 came around, the devs over at P-studio sort of backpedalled on the idea and included an option for direct control. You know it’s bad when this feature is advertised on the back of the box. While this is a good feature to have, you know what? Old habits die hard. Persona 4 still offers the option to use the tactic system in a similar fashion to persona 3. And since I already proved how useful it was in that game, I figured I should tackle the same challenge here. So in today’s video, we’re going to find out whether or not you can beat Persona 4 without the protagonist.
The rules of this run are pretty simple. Rule number 1: the direct command tactic is completely off-limits and I have to stick with ai controlled party members. Rule number 2: the protagonist cannot perform any actions in battle other than changing party tactics, accept all out attacks, and guarding. This means that no items during a battle but I’ll allow their use outside of combat. Rule number 3: is that I’m allowed to use save states for the sake of saving time. Obviously I’m not going to use savestates in the middle of fights, but I’ll plop one down at the start of boss fights so I don’t have to rewatch the cutscenes. Rule number 4 is no new game plus for obvious reasons. And finally, rule number 5 is that this run is going to be attempted with the vanilla ps2 release of persona 4. While Persona 4 golden is the most accessible version of the game, the quality of life additions ultimately make the game significantly easier. Rise’s social bonuses and the reworked shuffle time mechanics completely trivialize that version of the game so for the sake of keeping things interesting, I’m going with the ps2 version. Plus everyone always uses golden for challenge runs so playing vanilla will be a good shake up.
Can You Beat Persona 4 WITHOUT the Protagonist? Welcome to my Persona 4 challenge run video. in this Persona 4 challenge run, Nam's Compendium will be asking the question can you beat Persona 4 without the protagonist. This Persona 4 challenge run video is not a Persona 4 review or Persona 4 Analysis but it does serve as a Persona 4 in 2023 video. This Persona 4 challenge run was uploaded in commemoration of the somewhat recent Persona 4 Portable PC port which is a great way to experience the game. Nam's Compendium has a Persona 4 analysis and Persona 4 review in the past, but can you beat Persona 4 without the protagonist is very different. If this video does well, expect more Persona challenge run videos and Shin Megami Tensei challenge run videos in the future.
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