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Aquila

2006-09-20, 7:34 pm

Is Grandia 2 any good?


Captain Wesker

2006-09-20, 7:34 pm

"Aquila" <Aquila@Aquila.net> wrote in message
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> Is Grandia 2 any good?
>
>


Hell yes, it is one of the greatest RPG's of all time. It has an innovative
combat system, which is part turn-based, part real-time. It has an
engrossing storyline, and great character development. It is fairly
short(Only 20-25 hours), but it has some great animations and moves too.

In fact, I think I am going to go play it now!


Chris F

2006-09-20, 7:34 pm

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:52:53 GMT, "Captain Wesker" <Capt{TAKE
AWAY}.Wesker@[REMOVE}ntlworld.com> wrote:
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>"Aquila" <Aquila@Aquila.net> wrote in message
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>Hell yes, it is one of the greatest RPG's of all time. It has an innovative
>combat system, which is part turn-based, part real-time. It has an
>engrossing storyline, and great character development. It is fairly
>short(Only 20-25 hours), but it has some great animations and moves too.
>
>In fact, I think I am going to go play it now!
>

i agree, except i thought the DC version looked a lot "crisper"
graphically, in comparison to the PS2 release.
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Relic

2006-09-21, 2:36 am

Aquila wrote:
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> Is Grandia 2 any good?


I played it on the Sega Dreamcast;
excellent.
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2006-09-21, 2:36 am

Captain Wesker wrote:
quote:

> "Aquila" <Aquila@Aquila.net> wrote in message
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(SNIP)
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> It has an engrossing storyline,


(SNIP)

ROFL!

qt
Doug Jacobs

2006-09-21, 7:39 pm

In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 Aquila <Aquila@aquila.net> wrote:
quote:

> Is Grandia 2 any good?


I liked it.

If you're familiar with the battle system from Grandia you'll do fine. In
fact, I only got into trouble near the end when I accidentally started a
boss battle without healing my characters (oops)

The ending annoyed me though. The rest of the story is quite dark and
would normally implicate a bitter-sweet ending - at best. But no. *poof*
everything turns happy. Huh?
Doug Jacobs

2006-09-21, 7:39 pm

In alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 QT <quicktransDESPAMDELASOUL@fastmail.fm> wrote:
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> ROFL!


I dunno. I *liked* the story line - despite some of the obvious "twists"
that are telegraphed to you very early on.

I *liked* how every victory your party won was almost pyrrhic in nature.

The only thing I hated was that the ending hit the magic reset button,
which was very disappointing - and completely nonsensical (why is
you-know-who still around?!)


Steve Liu

2006-09-21, 7:39 pm

In article <U9jQg.35678$G72.22758@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>,
Aquila <Aquila@Aquila.net> wrote:
quote:

>Is Grandia 2 any good?
>


Yes. I wouldn't say it's in the top ten with such a formulaic story,
though.

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FatHippy

2006-09-21, 11:36 pm

In message <3cj3h2hseb1clqmj8b8f8dma3c7crs2cu8@4ax.com>, Chris F
<chris@asifimtellingyoulot.com> writes
quote:

>On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:52:53 GMT, "Captain Wesker" <Capt{TAKE
>AWAY}.Wesker@[REMOVE}ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>i agree, except i thought the DC version looked a lot "crisper"
>graphically, in comparison to the PS2 release.


Great game, but I agree with Chris' comments. The "jaggies" on the PS2
are horrible compared to the DC version.
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