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by **Mystic Thunder** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:22 am

I tend to not trust IGN reviews,

Stupid Microsoft fanbois

by **Cataulin** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:26 am

oooooooohhhhhhhhhh time paradox

Yeah I never go with IGN. they focus on too much stuff. Thats why I like Gamespot and other pure game only websites.

by **Mystic Thunder** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:42 am

by **Elfen** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:16 am

Uh!?

Anyway, I never see rating for some games that I really like.
Currently waiting the most is Shadow Heart III!

by **Cataulin** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:19 am

You two should keep your dirty urges ofline. <_<

by **Mystic Thunder** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:29 am

i haven't played 2 yet but i really want 3.

its the same with all Castlevania games with me.

by **Elfen** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:33 am

Nevermind with 2. Although its quite nice.
But the 1st Grandia is the best. It has awesome story and its quite anime-ish.

Try getting the 3rd installment though. :lol:

by **Ris** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:19 pm

still havent left the first town in 2...

but ive had other things to do

and gamespot > ign

by **Mystic Thunder** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:34 pm

Elfen wrote:Nevermind with 2. Although its quite nice.
But the 1st Grandia is the best. It has awesome story and its quite anime-ish.

Try getting the 3rd installment though.

i was talking about shadow hearts <_<

I never played Grandia 1

by **Sparhawk** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 4:52 pm

I've played both 1 and 2, I actually liked 2 better, of course I played 1 a really long time ago.

by **Mystic Thunder** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:01 pm

2 was cool.

i was stuck inside valmar....well i just stopped playing.

by **Lynk Stryfe** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 8:22 am

Grandia (the original) was... (prepare for another essay from me, I think) far more epic. In size, feel, and scope. Even compared to what should have been more epic, Grandia 2's storyline. I won't spoil, but suffice to say, both games are "save the world" things, by the end of it. I don't consider a basic cliché of RPGs to be a spoiler. :p

Grandia 2's characters were flat, the story was a re-tread, and generally not as fun. The world, though. Now that was amazing. Some of the areas were pure art. I still had fun, 'cause, see, it's still Grandia. It's still miles ahead of most, but compared to the original, it's lacking.

Grandia starts off small, almost kiddish. This could have turned people off, but stick with it. Soon it starts moving. Soon after introducing Feena (<3 to the power of infinity), the real story begins, hitting the necessary points to be a fine drama; happiness, sadness, loneliness, exultation, so on. This is where two failed to appeal, the characters didn't inspire any feeling of compassion. Even though it was far more serious, which should have helped drag you into the drama, G2 dropped the ball.

Kasuga, that's what I meant by soulless. Grandia 2 felt more like they were just going through the motions. The motions themselves were still fun, and I did finish it. But I don't feel the same interest, and there was definately no feeling of "Damn, it's over? But I want to see more of the characters interacting."

Grandia is a very linear game. There's no denying that. More linear than most RPGs, even. Somehow, they made G2 even moreso. Removing (hypothetical) secrets and extra areas, and the like.

Both games graphics were amazing, for the time. Have you ever sat down and looked at Grandia 1? Notice the texturing work? That's some really great texturing work, for the platform. Very little clipping, solid engine, especially considering it was a port. (I, like most, played the PSX version. Sorry, I don't own a Saturn, nor do I understand Japanese.)

by **Mystic Thunder** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:56 am

What i liked about Grandia 2 was the fact that most of the spells looked hand drawn, while in Extreme they aren't

by **Sparhawk** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 12:07 pm

Grandia Xtreme was a really bad game, its like the FFX-2 of Grandia.

by **Elfen** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 7:15 pm

Grandia Xtreme is more to dungeon crawler than RPG.
Although I did finish it with dissapointed feel.

by **Mystic Thunder** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:36 am

I hated how they made all the spells 3D. but they did have some good ideas like the team attacks,

Divine Dragon Slash FTW!

by **Elfen** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:29 am

Actually the thing that I like about Grandia is the battle system.
Their story are nice too.
But so far, they can't beat Shadow Hearts.

by **Mystic Thunder** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 3:47 am

The story for Shadow hearts one was kinda cool.

by **Vlastokov** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:39 am

Ive never played Shadow Hearts. =\

by **Elfen** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:34 am

You should play it.
Its one of those underated RPG games I've played.
Its story is the best so far.

by **Mystic Thunder** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:09 am

i wouldnt say the best story out.

by **Sparhawk** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:43 am

It still a good game though, and probably under $20 used now.

by **Vlastokov** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:14 am

For ps2 or psx? I've actually only heard of it by word of mouth and never seen it.

by **Sparhawk** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:16 am

Vlastokov wrote:For ps2 or psx? I've actually only heard of it by word of mouth and never seen it.

Its for PS2, I think it was released in like 2001 or so.

by **Vlastokov** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:17 am

All three of them are for one system? Good good. I'll check out Gamestop some time soon.

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