This Persona Speedrun Can Fail 9 HOURS Into An Attempt 

Edit: RIP to Billy, Maruki’s English VA. He recently passed due to Stage 4 colon cancer at the very young age of 35. Billy's portrayal of Maruki will always be one of my favorites out of the English VA cast, with many of his scenes really hitting home for me. I hope the family can find peace in his passing, and the community can spread awareness to be on the lookout for symptoms of this horrible disease. Fuck cancer. ----------- Also, to add on the discoveries here in the video made by Neviutz and FurryWulfz, Shady also put in a lot of time and effort into the Royal OOB discoveries found before major skips happened from one of the accidental finds. In mid 2020, royal OOB was possible, but was much less understood than before the late 2020 and early 2021 finds. Please give all the runners and glitchhunters a sub/follow!

God fears people who speedrun full length RPGs

*About to have the fastest speed run* Morgana: “you must be tired after today. Let’s get some sleep.”

Of course the run killer is in Okumura's palace...

One of my favorite things to do with glitches is try and imagine how the characters in game would react. Here, I just imagine everyone having their minds blown as Joker tells them “this is the metaverse, guys! Who needs to obey dumb laws like gravity and… whatever law keeps you from fazing through things!”

How to speedrun Persona 5? "BY THE MYRIAD TRUTHS!"

Persona 5 is probably the LAST game I’d ever want to try to speedrun

There used to be similar sort of runkiller in FFIX runs (boss could completely wipe your party like nine hours in if I remember correctly.) I watch a LOT of these multi hour RPG speedruns as background noise and to learn new things and as it turns out, most of them have some sort of runkiller hours in and that, as you said in the video, makes me respect the runners who can just push through random bullcrap like that and persevere to continue to do runs. I definitely would not have patience for that! Persona/Megaten speedruns are some of my favourites, love to see you cover one of them! Great video, thanks for your hard work!

As someone who follows the p5/p5r speedrun scene, I love that you went over these hilarious oob skips. It's like watching a history channel documentary on stuff you watched happen.

Love the Persona series but I can't imagine ever trying to speedrun one. I didn't know there were any OoB tricks in these games! Good video Doc :)

I can't think of another game where OOB antics are half as appropriate as they are in Persona 5. Thinking outside the box, breaking the rules and sneaking through areas thought to be inaccessible to find clever shortcuts is what being a Phantom Thief is all about!

Nev and Shady where the ones looking for useful skips. I had to do that run about 20+ times before I beat the WR. But it could be better. It's just a matter of time until they come back and beat me again.

Games from 2001: Let objects push you out of bounds Games from 2016: Let objects push you out of bounds Haven't we been here before?

I found a glitch in a Flash RPG called _Crystal Story II_ that allows both bridge areas to pretty much be skipped--normally, avoiding enemies on the bridges is harder than normal due to the tight space, but changing the display mode to Follow or Full makes it possible to clip out of bounds in the first transition points. While there are no speedruns of this game (or the first one, for that matter) that I know of, discovering that glitch (at least for myself) did intrigue me about speedrunning this game...

Great, detailed video. Persona 5 / Persona 5 Royal are great RPG runs that usually go dismissed just because of their sheer length, even by RPG standards. A lot of technical aspects go into making the runs as fast as they are though, and even though the community for each game is very small the people involved with both games have put a lot of time and effort into optimizing these runs as best as possible. edit: Granted there are a few minor inaccurate pieces of info on P5R. After May 2020, the full method of going OOB properly in Royal was being discussed long before December 2020 and the mention of what Fetchgames randomly stumbled upon, and this can be seen reflected in several videos on Shady's channel around July of 2020. Where Shady recorded methods of him going OOB in Madarame's, Okumura's, Kaneshiro's, and Maruki's Palace. Albeit in spots that didn't turn out to be much use in the end, but the community was still well aware of how to achieve free movement OOB long before December 2020. Fetchgames discovery was a recorded method of being stuck in the ground post ambushing a shadow. Which seems to be a rarely occurring bug with still no known method of achieving consistently.

I don't mind OoB skips, although my favourite one is portal where it's just a complete mindfuck to look at and probably is to learn.

I think a video comparing the different versions of Persona 3’s speedruns would be interesting. Because the one thing I know about persona 3 speedruning is that in fes, there’s a glitch that let’s you skip the final boss entirely, meaning you theoretically have to do none of Tartarus(probably a bit of a boring speedrun at that point). It saves 5 hours over the category that bans this glitch. However for some reason, even though it doesn’t have this major skip, the Persona 3 portable run is half as long, and I can’t imagine what makes such a huge difference. Sure the loading times and mashing through the cutscenes is probably faster, and it has fast travel, but fes can skip all of Tartarus. Wtf is going on in p3p that makes it so much shorter? I’d watch the runs to find out, but it’s a 15 hour and 8 hour run.

of course okumura's palast is the one that kills runs

Ive done a couple of these a bunch of times as I was doing my final runs of the game to get all the valentines chocolate. My fav is either kaneshiros or okumuras as they skip the most. With these skips incorporated the fastest I got for a run was like 32 hours, that was with maxing out every confidant though.

Finally hearing someone say Pokemon Red Rescue Team is among their favourite games is amazing, plus the music from Red Rescue team early in the vid. Love it!

This is one of my new favorite channels. Amazing content, have watched all your videos and enjoyed them all.

Great analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

If you ever want to hear the story of glitch hunting in the MMO "The Secret World", I've got a few stories for you!

Well done again, my guy! Great content :)

Eyyy, 17:42, I wasn't expecting to see that clip resurface again. Let alone in a Speedrun-based video. But I still say that's one of my favourite moments from my old streams. Imagine me, an accidental glitch hunter, nice~!

actually insane to see the jump in quality of the recent vids. really good shit

I don't use glitches for any of my games; but hearing how others use them is interesting.

Amazing music choices, particularly the wild arms track

i just want to say you are a HERO for putting all of the music in the bio thank u

Your videos are always great. Im a big persona fan and your making speedrunning it seem very interesting. Might try it soon

Ahhh thank you for the breakdown of Speedrunning this fantastic game! I've always thought about doing this run but never imagined it'd be possible due to my human body's limitations. Still a marathon but definitely plausible!

I always loved all things out of bounds, because it lets me see everything. I still remember being curious about what's out there outside the underwater pipe in mkwii koopa cape back when i was a kid.

For me it’s interesting to see how badly a game can be broken, but I rarely use glitches since I would rather just play the game normally :3

The thought of Speedrunning Persona 5 or any Persona Game is pretty nutso. But it was incredibly interesting to see how the glitches worked and how the runners utilised it. I'd be curious to see how they balance the other half of the game in the daily life and which confidants are key, skills etc. Great Video though!

Got something like this exploit accidentally while getting a chest in the Ark. Had to soft reset since I did not spot a way to get out.

I honestly didn't believe it was possible to speedrun any Persona game

I'm glad to see DK getting more notoriety for his Persona speedruns. He makes enjoyable content from Final Fantasy Top 10s to Let'sPlays, so it's nice to have other people learn about him.

Hot damn! Fantastic explainiation and video my guy!

"Dear Atlus Games, sinners of sloth. You have overlooked some serious areas in your game. Thus we decided to go out of bounds to make you confess all your crimes with your own mouth. From, The Phantom Thieves. "

This video popped up in my recommended and it was really cool! (Also, the video's link says "swag", so that's extra style points for the video)

Boy, I love that niche pull with the water world ost.

Sick video dude

Not many games have grabbed my attention like P5 has. I haven't had a gaming expereince like that since I was teenager playing FFIX and FFX for the first time, and I've played many great games. It's mad that a game I've only playing within the past 5 years took one of my top 3 of all time spots. I had a similar feeling with the Trails series as well. Epic games. I even love watching speedruns of P5. I usually watch DK's runs, but I catch Nev's once in a while as well. God runners! Anyhow, enough rambling, great video, man.

been following P5 runs for quite a few years now, so it was a welcome surprise to see a video covering it, great video

"...my personal favorites like chrono trigger and pokemon mystery dungeon" damn, youtube recommending some GOOD fucking taste tonight!

I just watched the Persona 5 ESA Summer 2021 run, so this is good timing as it's incredible to see the notable OoBs in the Vanilla version (especially the Okumura Director skip). I think you forgot about the Royal-exclusive Palace OoB where you skip the 2nd-to-last miniboss fight in Royal. It's in the current Royal WR by FurryWulfz.

Nice LOD music around the 15 min mark! Also great video over all

I was expecting sequence breaks, but this is way cooler.

9:40 Beast Eye Beast Eye

It has been a long time sense ive herd wild arms music thank you for the kick of nostalgia

When I played the original version I didn’t use any of the debuffs and I had to restart from the archangels

DoctorSwellman, I really enjoyed watching this, so I hit the like button!

Finally! A speadrun were you must play the game mostly as intended instead of playing what are essentially fever dreams.

I'm glad to see that the best team is being used in the space station.

I had a similar glitch in Royal. I tried to amblush a shadow from above in Kamoshida's palace. After the battle, I was stuck in the floor just like in the videos you showed.

Me opening this video: " *its okumuras palace isnt it* "

getting the platinum award on this game is not that hard in that it took me 3 games to actually get it and I still play it to complete all the achievements

Play the predecessors like SMT, and the older persona games, you'll see how good the elements are when it evolved, and even the novel-adaption game that started everything megami tensei which is cracked.

God speedrunning this game it still clocks in longer than other games run times is wild. I think my first playthrough was about 102 hours

There aren’t many games I consider perfect (the first Deus Ex) but I was in awe playing Persona 5. I had given up on JRPGs for many years but this series and Yakuza have really turned me back.

I can appreciate the Legend of Dragoon music. I see you are a man of culture.

honestly would love to run this game, i just love every part of it but takes just way too long - always a joy to watch a run

love glittchful soeedruns

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I feel as though speedruns for games that last longer than 10 hours NEED to allow players the opportunity to take a break. Think about how popular P5 is, yet how few people speedrun it. The amount of people who love the game, but also have both the time and willingness to sit and play for so long is extremely small. If a break were allowed I am confident the game would start to be broken and people would probably start finding new routes and making it significantly faster.

Hi i was recommended your video and on your final note i was inspired to comment. I found the arkham city room in arkham asylum on my launch day playthrough as a kid and had no idea what it was. I found it simply using the game mechanics… the bat vision. I got lost in a room and i would spam the abillity. I found the room beyond the wall and thought nothing of it until years later. Its known as something that took years to find.

As a newer viewer of your content. Is there anywhere I can watch your first P5 playthrough in full? Its really fun seeing people play it for the first time

this feels like a pannenkoek video. how nostalgic

Anyone know if this glitch is on the switch version as well? Don't see why it wouldn't but I couldn't find any info online.

When the Phantom Thieves get so good that they steal voidspace.

Man, people out here really finding out of bounds methods and here I am. Only finding out now that Joker can slide.

I remember darkkefka from when he uploaded top 10 final fantasy lists lol

Yo shout out for using geothermal. One of my all time favorite tracks.

I once ran into a glitch in Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling Into Darkness where a single time quest completed itself multiple times, maybe close to 10, and giving me experience each time. I was surprised when after all the cutscenes, it didn't correct itself and I kept all the rewards and exp. It would be nice if any glitches I ran into would help someone, but I can't really explain how or why that happened. 😅 At least it was recorded though.

It's funny seeing "speedrun" and "9 hours" in the same sentence

I wouldn’t call spending the day with some else from the last play through a ‘different path’

I noticed that Legend of Dragoon music! :D

18:16 it's so refreshing to see someone use Starfox64 ost

Riavals music

Love the SotN music

AHHH YESSSSS NEW SWELLLLYYY

rivals music massive w

In a few years they will skip so much that it will take less than one hour.

DUDE I THAT GLITCH ON RELEASE DAY , THAT'S SO FUCKING COOL!!! I wish I had documented!!

"my favorite Pokemon mystery dungeon: red and blue rescue team" finally someone who understands...

Imagine trying to speedrun persona 3 fes and have mitsuru kill your run using marin karin

failed 9 hours in? bet they never saw it coming

Of course it's in Okumara's palace!

My favorite palace skip is the one with all the water and guy dressed in green. :P

I’m surprised u can utilize OoB tricks in this game cuz I always thought that the areas would deload and load when entering a door that causes a loading screen

I have a combined 1000 hours in P5 and Royal, yet I could never quite see a way for anyone to speedrun the game. Quite obviously, this video opened my eyes. And now that I’ve learned how to skip the majority of Shido’s Palace, I’m doing it. No more Rrat Joker for me!

I never really liked the normal Any% runs of games, and really prefere the Any% Glitchless/No Major Glitches sections of games...

I wasn't going to say anything until I heard Legend of Dragoon music. Wingly Forest is a good song, god bless Legend of Dragoon.

7:55 dat SOTN music 👀

It’s by having to look for the ginza line

The game on every charge screen:

I was once playing through Dragon age origins and somehow skipped a minor section of the game that's usually boring and time consuming if you're playing casually. I have no idea how I set up the skip, I have no idea how to recreate it, and I have no idea if there is a dragon age origins speedrunning scene around and if they have discovered this skip. So a little bit what you said is true, I guess I am a glitch hunter in my own right.

had to give a like because of the RoA customize track \m/

I know persona is absolutely the most popular SMT series, but Soul Hackers is so slept on.

Speedrunning most any Megaten game seems absolutely painful to me, especially the more Visual Novel-esc Persona games Also, do you plan on covering any other SMT games? Though I'm not sure how interesting a video they would make