Can You Beat Persona 4 Golden On Very Hard Doing Only Mandatory Battles?

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  • Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
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    After beating Persona 5 Royal using only Gun Damage we go back in the series for some more Persona 4 Golden stuff. This time we will try to beat the entire game without fighting any random encounters. Basically we only do the mandatory battles and that's all!
    I hope you enjoy and sorry for the long video :)
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Комментарии • 228

  • @Yes-----
    @Yes----- Год назад +1428

    even though the run was invalidated when you didn't help Nanako with her homework, this was one of the coolest runs I've seen!

    • @steam-powereddolphin5449
      @steam-powereddolphin5449 Год назад +42

      For legal reasons, this is a joke.

    • @eyoshinthemaximum
      @eyoshinthemaximum Год назад +222

      @@steam-powereddolphin5449no it isn’t, not helping Nanako is a sin

    • @eyoshinthemaximum
      @eyoshinthemaximum Год назад +129

      @implord4197 its not a hivemind its a fact its not a hivemind its a fact its not a hivemind its a fact one of us one of us one of us one of us SINNER

    • @kvotheosem-sangue
      @kvotheosem-sangue Год назад +42

      @implord4197 He persists on his sin 😢

    • @erykaldo2l270
      @erykaldo2l270 Год назад +22

      ​@implord4197🤡🤡🤡

  • @Haastuur
    @Haastuur Год назад +870

    Great vegetables

  • @StallionX3
    @StallionX3 Год назад +136

    Gotta love how the party members almost never level up by defeating hard af bosses, but immediately do by watching a damn movie.

  • @misheruzinho
    @misheruzinho Год назад +316

    After years of playing persona i realized through this video that Goho-M is a pun "Go Home"

  • @NitsuaGamer
    @NitsuaGamer Год назад +491

    Wow, this was honestly insane man! HUGE congrats to you for not only doing this run, but doing it on Very Hard Difficulty. I honestly would have gave up and called it impossible, especially after Mitsuo and Ameno-Sagiri who seem to be the most brutal part of the whole run. But you did it! Huge congrats to you! And hey, I got to learn a few things from this run too! Like how KO'd members can debuff Ameno during Bewildering Fog or how Kunino never goes for physical, so you can just endure the whole thing with magic mirrors or makarakarn. Good job getting through this run! Definitely one of the most brutal challenge runs I've ever seen on this game.

  • @sakura368
    @sakura368 Год назад +147

    i like how narukami is the only one good enough to actually successfully land after the crowd moves out of the way, he really is the king

  • @Roxas90250
    @Roxas90250 Год назад +422

    The most brutal part of this challenge was not the hellish difficulty, nor the stringent resource management. No, it was the relentless bullying of poor, poor Nanako. This is truly the worst timeline, True Golden Ending or no.

  • @sarapoda
    @sarapoda Год назад +125

    What a tenacious person. I'm seriously impressed. This feels like a persona challenge run for the ages, my dude. Congrats!

  • @coltonandjen
    @coltonandjen Год назад +153

    26:28
    Teddie: "Wow, that was intense! Are you all right?"
    Everyone dead on the ground:

  • @marioagainsttheworld6248
    @marioagainsttheworld6248 Год назад +77

    That challenge was BRUTAL man! Congratulations on beating it!

  • @SilverInterpolFire
    @SilverInterpolFire 11 месяцев назад +6

    This was easily the most entertaining challenge run I've seen. The Ameno Sagiri fight was hype 😅 amazing!

  • @Sock_ket
    @Sock_ket Год назад +39

    This is so cool! Not only is this a super impressive challenge to watch it was a great look into the bosses AI. It really felt like i was learning with you lol

  • @Linkforlife199
    @Linkforlife199 Год назад +4

    Ragnar, hats off to you for completing this run. I was on the edge of my seat for some of these fights, but you pulled through.

  • @zerotalent297
    @zerotalent297 Год назад +12

    Atlus: Persona is not a grindy game, you can beat it without a single non-story battle.. probably.
    Ragnar: Aight, bet.
    Phenomenal run! Would love to see a persona 2 challenge run of some sorts, though as nails game without grinding and getting lucky with evolutions.

  • @chaostails7
    @chaostails7 Год назад +13

    This must have taken FOREVER. Kudos to your perseverance

  • @PinkBorussia
    @PinkBorussia Год назад +78

    I haven't finished the video yet but if this is possible you need the most incredible RNG

  • @PinClockFuntime
    @PinClockFuntime Год назад +36

    As someone who did this challenge myself I knew the boss with the most focus would be Ame no Sagiri, that guy is absolute hell for this run.

  • @madbrosheo1514
    @madbrosheo1514 Год назад +46

    Bro, I can’t believe this is even possible. Probably isn’t in vanilla p4 because no Rise help, but at this point, nothing would surprise me.

    • @chamclamtv
      @chamclamtv Год назад +42

      The first mini boss in yukiko's dungeon doesn't even have a weakness in vanilla, so it might just end right there 💀

    • @Somedyingdude
      @Somedyingdude 4 месяца назад +1

      ​@@chamclamtv no weaknesses+ no floor reset for treasure farming, the OG P4 Shadow Yukiko was a madness

    • @YukiSnow75
      @YukiSnow75 4 месяца назад

      @@Somedyingdudebro what she’s easy I beat her in 3 try’s.

    • @Somedyingdude
      @Somedyingdude 4 месяца назад +5

      @@YukiSnow75 >easy
      >Took 3 attempts
      So is she easy or not, things that take you multiple attempts to complete can be considered difficult

    • @YukiSnow75
      @YukiSnow75 4 месяца назад

      @@Somedyingdude the only reason I lost was really just because I came with no plan the hardest part of the fight was Chie giving Yukiko 2 turns I was able to skip the summoning of her prince by damaging her enough before she spawns him

  • @jvever4904
    @jvever4904 Год назад +6

    This run is INSANE. Amazing that you managed to pull it off!

  • @PacesetterREAL
    @PacesetterREAL Год назад +93

    You put in a lot of work for such a small channel, love your videos. Just as a piece of constructive criticism, when you are explaining your strategies for certain bosses, it would be nice to have some graphics that match what you are talking about on screen. The Mitsuo fight was a good example of this, its really hard to compartmentalize everything that you are saying in my head, and I feel like some graphics would be helpful in making the fight more understandable from a viewers perspective, as well as freshen up the footage past the gameplay that is being shown. I know that these videos take a lot of time and effort to make, and I'm not trying to diminish your already amazing work. Excited for the next video!

    • @RagnarAlvarrGaming
      @RagnarAlvarrGaming  Год назад +54

      This is something I actually thought about as well, even more so when things get a bit more complicated (like the Mitsuo fight). The problem was that I was already so accustomed to everything that it became somewhat "normal" for me, hence why I didn't do anything extra for the most part but it is definitely something I'll keep in the back of my mind for future videos!

    • @PrincessToadstoolPeach001
      @PrincessToadstoolPeach001 Год назад +11

      I love to see this, genuine criticism that comes from a good place and positive reception. It gives me hope in RUclips after darn near losing it. Props to you both! 👍

    • @steam-powereddolphin5449
      @steam-powereddolphin5449 Год назад +3

      @@RagnarAlvarrGaming I have a question about the RNG manipulation: how do you reliably exploit it to acquire Barbaric Bracers or Chakra Rings from locked chests in the areas where they can appear?

    • @RagnarAlvarrGaming
      @RagnarAlvarrGaming  Год назад +3

      @@steam-powereddolphin5449 as far as I know there is only known item manipulation for the Divine Pillar at the moment since it is used in speedruns. Technically you can manipulate every drop but you'd need to trial and error to find a matching pattern

    • @topasu9454
      @topasu9454 Год назад

      "such a small channel" bro what the fuck? 9k subs is huge

  • @DraconisLeonidas
    @DraconisLeonidas Год назад +7

    Wow, that was intense. A really fun watch, and I think the way you did commentary this time around is solid. It certainly was easy to follow and it was nice to hear the thought process, something that can get kinda missed in post-scripting, I think.

  • @kademaxwell6025
    @kademaxwell6025 Год назад +2

    Damn this was so insane and even learned some new things about the game, too. Especially the bewildering fog trick. Congrats!

  • @bubbletea_
    @bubbletea_ Год назад +4

    huge props to you bro. i would never do this. i'm doing a low level (not mandatory encounters, i'm allowing gold shadow grinding cuz they give no exp and i don't think i can win the game without weapon fusion) run of persona 3 fes and this challenge actually seems worse to do. which is funny because most people would consider this game easier on a normal run.

    • @myyoutubeaccount4167
      @myyoutubeaccount4167 3 месяца назад

      What other games would you consider doing a challenge like this for?

  • @venrexx
    @venrexx Год назад +13

    For those who didn't know, if you want to make the Shadow Teddie fight easier, when Shadow Teddie charges up to do Nihil Hand, you can stagger him out of it by just dealing enough damage to him before he can use the actual ability, forcing him to forfeit a turn.

  • @kohganightbane9430
    @kohganightbane9430 Год назад +3

    This is honestly my favorite Persona game, so I always love seeing people do challenge runs of it.

  • @kevindropbox7502
    @kevindropbox7502 Год назад +3

    this is beyond insane, you put the low level megaten gameplay to the next level with this, props!!

  • @person3231
    @person3231 9 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing run! This might be one of the greatest accomplishments for a Persona game

  • @skeith804
    @skeith804 Год назад +2

    Nice man! I'm doing Very Hard, not a low level run, but I kinda don't just want to grind up to recommended as I might as well have played Hard if I were gonna do that. This is extremely helpful! I'm on Mitsuo right now and man he's a pain.

  • @Slyfox2235
    @Slyfox2235 11 месяцев назад +1

    This was by far the most interesting challenge run i have seen

  • @Moffattt
    @Moffattt Год назад +8

    ahahaha no hesitation
    "do you like kids?"
    "i hate kids!"

  • @ballistic2527
    @ballistic2527 Год назад +4

    I did this challenge a few years back when i was bedridden for a while. One of the most fun times i've ever had playing a persona game, second only to my first playthrough of Persona 3 FES. I do recommend.

  • @D-OS_II_Fan
    @D-OS_II_Fan Год назад

    When I first saw this in my recs I thought it was another low effort challenge run video but you're probably one of the best runners out there. Love your content❤.

  • @varyosc
    @varyosc Год назад +6

    It was always deemed impossible till you did it. Great video man thanks for the great content as always

    • @steam-powereddolphin5449
      @steam-powereddolphin5449 Год назад

      Only one other person I know of has done something like this: Soulgrunt.
      Their channel and videos may be gone...but I still have their saves as proof that it's been done.

  • @angwelio
    @angwelio Год назад +4

    Is that pain and suffering playing an arbitrary challenge in persona 4?
    Oh, yes please

  • @mAceOfHearts
    @mAceOfHearts Год назад +1

    Really impressive stuff, man. Your determination's quite something.

  • @edzarahmadya5491
    @edzarahmadya5491 Год назад +3

    Bro that calculates damage thingy is a really mindblowing holy fk

  • @mapledaz3353
    @mapledaz3353 Год назад +1

    an amazing challenge run, wish i was there when you streamed this. take my like you deserve it and more for this.

  • @therenegadegamer7422
    @therenegadegamer7422 Год назад

    Just looking at the title and I'm already worried for your sanity this run sounds like actual torture

  • @Baratinha
    @Baratinha Год назад

    Maaaan I spent the entire week watching piece by piece. Tnks for the content and for your time. This is the ultimate Persona Challgenge and Im grateful someone did it for us to watch haha keep going man, cheers from Brasil

  • @Celestigames
    @Celestigames Год назад

    Holy what a beautiful run and challenge, now am gonna watch all of ur challenges videos 🐐

  • @Voidsealer
    @Voidsealer Год назад +4

    you absolute madlad, god damn impressive.

  • @toressykes
    @toressykes Год назад +1

    bro your viewer counter per video is so high but your subscriber count is so low. thats not fair. i subscribed :)

  • @codewraith1
    @codewraith1 Год назад +14

    "stuck with izanagi" excuse me that's precisely why it's a doable run lol

  • @RosyMiranto
    @RosyMiranto Год назад +4

    Oh hey, didn't expect someone actually did P4 Golden No Grinding after i heard someone said it's impossible. So this will be fun...

  • @starempresshel1211
    @starempresshel1211 Год назад +1

    Very impressive! I tried this before on the easiest difficulty and just couldn't do it. Congratulations on the clear!

    • @steam-powereddolphin5449
      @steam-powereddolphin5449 Год назад

      I did a similar thing on Very Easy myself. My biggest stumbling block was Ameno-Sagiri as I just didn't have enough of the right items. I had to rely on multiple free revives just to get past, because I didn't have much time or patience then.

  • @Bruder_Benny
    @Bruder_Benny Год назад +1

    yesterday i watched your P5R Video today this one. Great ones. And i love Persona Games so much, it was so fun to watch them. sub inc

  • @steam-powereddolphin5449
    @steam-powereddolphin5449 Год назад +7

    Somebody who went by the name Soulgrunt actually did something like this a while ago, but their channel seems to have disappeared.
    I still have a copy of all their pre-boss save files (as they were generous enough to provide these shortly after the first long-awaited port released on June 13, 2020), and I used them to make pre-miniboss saves of my own. If anyone wants these saves, I'm happy to share what this legend left behind...
    Edit: I believe they also disallowed movies and the Haikara Shirt, and split EXP from every big battle starting with Shadow Mitsuo. The protagonist's final level was a mere 27, and they also relied on dodge strategies later on. (I can tell this because I have the aforementioned saves from the lost legendary run). Even so, your run is still very impressive!

    • @croc3862
      @croc3862 Год назад

      Aight put your money where your mouth is

  • @HarbingerYT
    @HarbingerYT Год назад +1

    Megaten fans: decides to do a challenge run of Persona 4 (Golden)
    Shadow Mitsuo:

  • @FluffyMoni4367
    @FluffyMoni4367 Год назад

    You are a strategy master, awesome video!

  • @Jimmeeehhh
    @Jimmeeehhh Год назад +1

    Yu out here unleashing Ultra Instinct against Ameno-Sagiri.

  • @ВиталийМакаронов
    @ВиталийМакаронов Год назад +1

    Cool challenge idea, well done

  • @LuisParson
    @LuisParson Год назад

    My first playthrough of this game was actually a low level run on very hard. I find it interesting your MC and Teddie are the same level as mine when I fought Ameno-sagiri. And this is with me fighting normal enemies for quest and shuffle time.

  • @EmEm-fm4nn
    @EmEm-fm4nn Год назад +2

    I had relied on dodges multiple times in P4 in a lot of challenge runs, you’ll be surprised how well it worked.

  • @lazypaladin
    @lazypaladin Год назад +1

    _Oddly poetic that Void Quest forced you to use Damage Calcs._

  • @leftoflove
    @leftoflove Год назад +1

    i can't believe how crazy this was. I had to grind for hours to beat this game.

  • @orolien_gs664
    @orolien_gs664 Месяц назад

    not helping nanako made me tear up omg my poor baby !!!

  • @skeith804
    @skeith804 Год назад

    Update! Grabbed some Magatamas myself thanks to your strat and it helped me push through the armor rebuilds! It was weird though. For a few attempts when he started doing the 2-stage rebuild he finished the 3rd one on the following turn where I only had gotten off around 650dmg. Since I'm not doing low level I lasted a bit against the Gigadynes but eventually lost it.
    On the attempt where I won he did a 2-stage build and I threw a Bufudyne and 2 Magatamas but then thought back to the last few attempts. If he was gonna take the 3 turns we thought he should I'd still have enough actions but if he finished his rebuild I'm gonna want a Rakukaja on MC. I didn't have enough output to down the 2nd stage rebuild in one turn so might as well buff. Well I buffed and he Dekaja'd and evil smiled! I knocked him down and he started only doing 1-stage rebuilds again which was just like what? Anyways not gonna complain. I took the W. Thanks for the help

  • @aiikrstn
    @aiikrstn Год назад +1

    I was literally just thinking about doing this challenge and I couldn’t even get to chie awakening 😅 so good luck on that

  • @tricmagic
    @tricmagic Год назад

    All those movies really paid off in the end, huh.

  • @TheKharymusic
    @TheKharymusic Год назад

    Without even watching, I'm going to say the teddie fight was a nightmare. Even going in fully prepared, it's a slog.

  • @oatstealer5075
    @oatstealer5075 Год назад +1

    21:45 Joseph anderson did permenant damage to the persona fandom

  • @icee711
    @icee711 Год назад +4

    Narly's izanagi run on steriods

  • @sh1tler
    @sh1tler Год назад

    glad I'm not the only one who's always forgetting to grab the orb of darkness

  • @jadebayoba7073
    @jadebayoba7073 Год назад +1

    Honestly i CANNOT imagine fighting Yukiko's persona without the butterfly prince

    • @jadebayoba7073
      @jadebayoba7073 Год назад

      No bc literally THE ONLY WAY to survive Burn to Ashes is to block, i swear to god no matter how much def u put in, you will DIE if you don't block

    • @jadebayoba7073
      @jadebayoba7073 Год назад

      15:50 THAT'S ALSO WHAT I THOUGHT, BUT THEN THIS BITCH DECIDED TO SILVER RONDO MY MC?! I WAS SO FLABBERGASTED AND SO MAD AT THE GAME I HAD TO FALL BACK AND BREATHE

  • @polishedrelish
    @polishedrelish Год назад +4

    Crazy run, probably the hardest way to play the game

  • @Shadowreaper8435
    @Shadowreaper8435 Год назад

    man I can't even beat kunino sagiri on easy playing normally and this man does it solo with a handicap on very hard

  • @ChaosFlame13
    @ChaosFlame13 Год назад

    Holy hell that was an amazing video

  • @mattbroadbentmusic5602
    @mattbroadbentmusic5602 Год назад

    Love your videos :) great job once again!

  • @mgray6357
    @mgray6357 Год назад

    Amazing video, prolly gonna try to pull off something like this in p3p

  • @skelecon4647
    @skelecon4647 Год назад +2

    21:35 bro did not hesitate

  • @angelobruno9809
    @angelobruno9809 4 месяца назад

    I think this type of run is what made atlus turn the first shuffle time and shadow negotiation obligatory in every game after p4 so the player doesn't lack options like what's happening here

  • @lolialf
    @lolialf Год назад +1

    you failed Nanako, you disappoint me

  • @GrayD_Fox
    @GrayD_Fox Год назад

    I've scorpioned twice, I can't believe I didnt break my back

  • @roguetoxic4207
    @roguetoxic4207 Год назад +1

    5:51 how are you able to access the shop so early? I beat Yukiko’s castle and still can’t access it. (First play through btw)

    • @mouthwide0pen
      @mouthwide0pen 4 месяца назад

      It's just in the building to the right of Marukyi Tofu. Same street as Daidara.

  • @rafaelamorim3291
    @rafaelamorim3291 Год назад

    An amazing challenge as always s2

  • @muddybuddy9299
    @muddybuddy9299 Год назад +1

    Great Vegetables

  • @onetoughpickl1729
    @onetoughpickl1729 Год назад +1

    Imo you should’ve kept using yosuke bc his super ability is really good for evasion and healing. Still a great run!

    • @mouthwide0pen
      @mouthwide0pen 4 месяца назад

      hed be far too underlevelled

  • @Glorya69
    @Glorya69 Год назад

    bro got that dream luck

  • @AdmiralEclipse
    @AdmiralEclipse Год назад

    Really great video 👍

  • @natesadz
    @natesadz Год назад

    I don't know why but for some reason when I read the title I assumed it was something like a non randomized run and was very confused before realizing it meant required encounters only

  • @fox-milessavioroffoxes3782
    @fox-milessavioroffoxes3782 Год назад

    Yu achieved Ultra Instinct

  • @themoonwalker1073
    @themoonwalker1073 Год назад

    „And we did eat all the girls food“ 😂

  • @padnoob6998
    @padnoob6998 Год назад

    I forgot it too buddy. I forgot it too.

  • @nikopunna9479
    @nikopunna9479 Год назад

    This challenge is batmans way of playing the game

    • @yaboihuey5298
      @yaboihuey5298 Год назад

      Nah, Batman’s way would be be beating every enemy to a pulp but just *barely* leaving them alive before leaving

  • @robert23456789
    @robert23456789 11 месяцев назад

    Nan close enough ..... Stoll better then 99% of us will do

  • @halikarnak1862
    @halikarnak1862 Год назад

    Truly an achievement

  • @webpombo7765
    @webpombo7765 8 месяцев назад

    Moral of this run: Items op

  • @Q-gf8vb
    @Q-gf8vb Год назад +1

    1:32 RISE TUMMY

  • @jacobconley3721
    @jacobconley3721 Год назад

    Didn’t think it was possible

  • @EmEm-fm4nn
    @EmEm-fm4nn Год назад

    I had relied on dodges multiple times in P4 in a lot of challenge runs, you’ll be surprised how well it worked. I always disliked the divine pillar lol.

  • @terrenceswiff
    @terrenceswiff Год назад

    Dang! Well done!

  • @Kaiserdudegaming
    @Kaiserdudegaming Год назад +1

    effectively Minimum Battles, reduced EXP and Money, Handicaped against player to max (You do less damage and they do more damage)? Yeah that's *harsh*

  • @The_Ice_Type_Specialist
    @The_Ice_Type_Specialist Год назад

    Items: the run

  • @drvofoka7033
    @drvofoka7033 Год назад

    Man this was incredible. I would never have thought this was possible on very hard. Excellent video!
    If I may just suggest one thing, it'd be nice if you worked on your enunciation a bit, there were a couple of times throughout the video where I had to replay to figure out what you said. Also your choice of words was odd a few times.
    Oh, also, I subscribed.

  • @lilinberce9386
    @lilinberce9386 Год назад

    Still in Yukiko's part of the video, I'm betting it's just gonna be mirror grinding and Rise null damage support the entire time.
    Edit: I was going to mention it, but forgor the 21:45

  • @DeadShoot48659
    @DeadShoot48659 Год назад +1

    I uh was also doing this... damn nice

  • @Juni_Bowman
    @Juni_Bowman Год назад +1

    I’d love for you or someone else to do this run on p5, it’s a interesting run but I can’t watch the p3 version of this by someone else cause I’m still early game p3

  • @LovelyNyx7
    @LovelyNyx7 Год назад

    I'm not gonna lie. I did not think you were gonna be able to beat the challenge bc of how hard Izanagi is. I literally could not beat her and had to lower the enemy dmg down in the menu to beat her and I regret it. I'm playing P4G again just to beat her without lowering it.

  • @STR1V3F0RL1F3
    @STR1V3F0RL1F3 Год назад +1

    Hydrogen bomb(bosses) vs coughing baby(yu)

  • @tearlesscoder
    @tearlesscoder Год назад

    We can grow WEED here the way he said that had me laughing far more than I care to admit