Grandia II (Sega Dreamcast, 2000)

Grandia II is amazing. The battle system is fun and all the characters are extremely likeable. The story itself will pull you in, and the game makes itself very presentable.

Starting off, you only have Ryudo, who is a mercenary who isn't appreciated by anyone. He is given an assignment to take Elena, who is a Songstress of Granas, and take her to a tower to make sure the world can be rid of evil. On the way, however, they accidently awaken the pieces of Valmar, who was the Devil of Darkness, and have to go on a quest to destroy any of those pieces that they encounter. It sounds generic, but when you get further in to the game it has some of the best plot twists in any RPG ever.

If you like JRPG's or just need something new to play, give Grandia II a try. It's fun, sometimes dark, and a great game to play overall.

I bought this game because it struck a memory.Have I played this interesting title before?I received it,played it and said to myself,"yes,I have."For me the characters were and still the center peice for me.Ryudo being tough with the little kid,Roan,but then letting up and it all melding together quite well.I get sad when I had to wait for some of the players to come back into the story as this is done to rotate some characters.

This game has several things going for it that make it worthwhile to play.

First would be the battle system, which I consider to be one of the best out there. Magic and attacks can have effects on a 'area' rather than single or multiple targets. I think this makes the battle system unique.

The story is actually not bad either. There is some cheesy moments but I am convinced that all RPGs have these. It's not quite as good as the original Grandia but it's close :)

The graphics in the game are very sharp and the animations are smooth (espcially the DC version)

Highly recommend this game to any RPG fan and those who are new to RPGs.

This brings back memories. Deamcast was way ahead of its time. Top of the line graphics, first, plus first online game play, virtual memory unit. this thing was a powerhouse in its day. nowadays everyone is all about x-box live.


X-box360 and its players are GAY. shame on thoses video game player wana a bees!

Grandia has a very good story line. I never getting bored to play it. I'm a RPG fan. What I want to say in specific is, if we focus only in the battle mode system, Grandia is the best battle mode system I ever play. It's the real RPG battle system I ever want. The features which you can't find in other RPG games are: invade, double-attack, and critical attack to cancel enemy's attack. All of these increase the excitement of RPG battle for you as you would never seen before!