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a game of mediatory

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: April 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is one that strived for the middle of the road and got there. There is no really great aspect of the game as well as there is no real hinderance. It tells the story of a mercenary that is cought up with the church, therefore needing to save the world but never quite makes you really get involved in the game. All in all it is simply a good diversion from what you do not want to do in the first place.

Final Fantasy this ain't

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: May 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Well, where do I begin? I've played many RPG's in my gaming life, but i have never come across one so unimpressive and disappointing as Grandia II. Yes, I understand that this is a port from an older version, but that's no excuse for the mundane audio and visual aspects of what could have been a decent game. This game clearly does not utilize the full potential of what the PS2 can accomplish. The voice-acting where horribly done, and the graphics appear like the lowly N64 could've pulled it off. The story wasn't that great either, and this is a key aspect in creating a good rpg. The battle system however, worked fairly well. It provides a nice change from the average "stand still, attack, move back to position, wash, rinse, repeat." It did, however, move a bit too slow for me. All in all, you're better of with the Final Fantasy series. This one's a rental.

Very Disappointing

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: June 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game with the hope that maybe it would be something close to the first, but I was sorely mistaken.

I've played a ton of RPG's in the past, and most are always decent. I also played the original Grandia for the PS One (Great Game). The original blew my mind with its well-written plot, and Battle system. But this second installment of Grandia just stunk. It was like someone dug through the garbage and just put together something. The Graphics made me feel like i was play N64 or something. The battle system made the game worth continue play. But it got so easy as the game progresses that you no longer care much the battle system. The game was so short you couldn't appreciate the skills and magic. I mean after playing for a while I found the game all u need to do is set the AI. I hope that the later installments of the game are better made and that more thought goes into to plot like the orginal.

Grandia II

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is an excellent rpg it has a good storyline and the gameplay is also pretty good. But there are also some downsides like the graphics they are crummy(look like FF7 graphics) Actually i think that is pretty much all the downsides. I recomend it to rpg fans and anyone that wants to get entertained.
In my opinion it is nowhere near ffX or kingdom hearts but it stacks up pretty good.(also dont forget about grandia xtreme)and this game is also on dream cast.

Better on DC?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: March 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When I played this, I could tell it was a port, but nevertheless still a decent RPG. Worth a try for RPG gamers.

An Absolutely horrid conception for a game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 7
Date: January 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

If you are an rpg fan, please stay away from this one. The story line is one dimensional, and does not adequately develop characters. The main character, Ryudo, is insulting to all things RPG. The script is childish, and the plot pushes you in a specific direction, rather than allow you to follow on your own. Weapons upgrades are fairly automatic, as it takes you a certain number of battles to get to a new city to buy weapons, and when you do, you can always afford them. You are always more powerful than your enemies, even the bosses, and unless the storyline demands that you die, you never do. Hence there is no challenge. Even the soundtrack is repetitive.

The only saving grace is the real-time/turn based battle system. This is a very good amalgamation of a tactical turn based/strategy driven action system, and a hack and slash real time combat system. It could rely more heavily on strategy, as counter-attacks are not determined by proximity to the target, but rather initiative, which is inane. In effect a counter attack occurs before the attack actually takes place (begging the question, How, then, is it a counter attack?). Do not buy this game, I'm very distraught that I did.

COOLER ACTION-PACKED RPG but lacks fun!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I remember the first Grandia. It had SOO MUCH FUN and ADVENTURE!!! The characters could crawl inside the air ducks, fly in the sky to get to the evil skyship, runing on a railroad, escaping from the big explotion of the skyship, hiding in a boat, breaking a fast runing train so the bad guys couldn't get them, sailing alone in the sea, escaping from prision, climbing a gigantic wall and spying from the roofs.
BUT the game had bad graphics, stupid characters, terrible voice acting, so so powers and a very childist style.

This game improved the graphics to 3D, the powers were SOOO COOOL and very well animated like Final fantasy 7, the characters are even COOLER like Chrono Trigger but not like Akira Toriyama style and the voices were SOO MUCH BETTER.
BUT this game doesn't have to much fun and adventure like the first Grandia.

Just imagine the RPG Chrono Trigger with good 3D graphics, predictable story and without cool fun adventure. This game concentrate only on the action! but is one of the BEST ACTION-PACKED RPGS I EVER PLAYED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adios.

Ideal for RPG beginers

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have passed this game playing it when I can. Took me about a month and there are a few things that I noticed in this game that kepted me from enjoying it.

First, the compass within the game is useless. If there is a logical way to understand it then I'm at a loss. I bought a used copy and so there were no manual associated with this game but a compass is a compass and I had a hard time knowing where I was heading and where I already was.

Second, the game lags a lot. Walk into a town and you will notice a lot of eye candy but then you start to walk around and your running speed is that of a normal walk. The camera angles in towns and dungeons were also very restrictive, not allowing me to see what is on the other side of the street because a tall building was blocking my view of what is underneath it.

Third, I would like to mention that this game is very easy. There is no need to draw out maps or anything and hardly any needs to fear exploration. This is because there is about 2 save points that allows free restoration in each location. One is at the start and the other is right before a hard part. What smart players are going to do is clear the whole map and then go for a heal before meeting the boss. There is no need to be efficient about your magic since you can easily restore it.

The game, I believe was made for beginners. There is an auto-fight command but there is very little need for it since there is little need to level your characters up. The only use for this auto-fight command that I can think of is if you wish to accumulate a lot of money to buy the best set of armor that the current town sells to stay within level of the monsters (or if you didn't find the 500 gold treasure box within the map.

Good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

From what I've experienced in this game, it is rather a great game despite the slightly aging graphics. What holds you on for more is the actual storyline which can give you a good 30-35 hours of gameplay.

It may be a port from the Dreamcast version but it still holds up rather well storywise like Final Fantasy 7.

One of the best Grandia games ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I thought Grandia was a blast, but Grandia 2 proves the same fun as the first one. The main characer is a hoot, and the other characters are just as enjoyable.

I enjoyed the mana egg system in this game, instead of running around looking for them, like you did in the first game, you get one that you can power up and learn new spells. :D

The story is great, it's dinamic and keeps you in tune with the game. The theme around it was unique too, making this game the best, so far, in the series!

With a dinamic story, rememberable characters, and fun magic,talents,abilities level up system this game is sure to be a wonderful sucessor to Grandia.

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