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1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 24
Date: May 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is just bad.That is all i have to say.

this is not the dc version!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: January 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Stay away from this game! It is not the same beautiful fun game that came out on the Dreamcast. It suffers from a bloched rush job syndrome. The beautiful graphics are now gone. The really cool looking spell animations are also missing from this version. Also slowdown is a majior problem. Get this for DC.

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.

3.5 stars, fun and brisk gameplay, bad graphics.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: February 20, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I just finished with Final Fantasy X, and was looking for another RPG, and seems Grandia II is the only next Gen RPG that is a good and real rpg (A lot of games claim to be RPG, but they are really action adventure games).

The battles are brisk, there isn't a lot of frustrating like some other RPGs (i.e. you don't have to constantly looking for enemies to fight to level up.) There is no random battles, which kinda bogged down FFX. The characters seems cute and fun in typical Japanese Anime kinda of way.

However, the reason I am giving it a low score is because the graphics are simply horrible. I am not expecting graphics on the level of FFX, but The character models are not nearly as good as character models in Final Fantasy 9 which is on PS One. The character models are tiny, can't see any details. Granted, FF9 have prerendered backgrounds, but in Overworld, FF9 do have real time 3-D enviroments, and the 3-D enviroments in Grandia 2 are simply not as good looking as the FF9's 3-D overworld, which is unforgivable, considering, Grandia is on PS2.

The people at Game Arts may have good artists and good gameplay designers, but they need to learn some more programming skills. Right now, their programming skills are not good enough.

Just like the PSX Version

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 6
Date: February 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I just brought this game and what first hit me was that it is
just like the PSX version. The graphics are a bit "softer" and rounder but other than that it's gameplay and style is not much off. I am bout 1/4 of the way through (2hrs) and just brought the strategy guide. From looking through the guide this game doe snot seem to have much to offer in length or replay.

I brought this looking for something like FFX (graphic, gameplay, and storywise) and it does not even come close. Still it's not a bad game, I'd wait till the price drops some before buying it though.

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.

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.

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.

eh....

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: August 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Well, Grandia 2 has come and gone. I was fairly happy with the derivative story (a cross between FF7 and BOF2 would be an accurate description), but the quest itself was too easy and brief.

The Good points:
1) The battle system is nice, allowing for strategy in both combat and player development (however, see below)]
2) The story, if not original, was at least entertaining.
3) The sound in the game was nice (some parts are stellar, some are merely OK).

The Bad points:
1) This game is TOO short (about 30 hours should do it),
2) This game is TOOOOOO easy! With recovery points every board or so, and massively powerful spells, I never had to use an item in the whole game. I didn't use many of the spells, since I didn't require them. In fact, the hardest boss in the game (according to one reviewer, and I think I agree) was made infinitely easier, since one of my characters went berserk and fired off her best spell, over and over, with almost no time in between castings.

All in all, the game is fun, and with the price drop, it is more than worth the money. However, I don't understand why people think this is the greatest game ever; it's not even as good as the first.

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