Thoughts?
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Thoughts?
great game. the best in the franchise. easily one of the top jrpgs around. I actually replayed 1 and 2 about 6 months ago. had a blast. love both.
play it if you haven't already. G1 starts slow but it gets better and better.
also the spots where you can heal your party/save...go ahead and let enemies hit you then cast heal, then go to these spots to replenish your mp. a good way to grind your healing abilities early on. on the other hand...you may not want to do this because the game isn't hard at all.
Second best JRPG ever made.
>>344313750
what's the first best?
>>344313051
Was just jonesing on doing another run on this game.
>>344313051
It's good until it turns into another save the world jrpg. Justin is an ass for not seeing his mother for years.
>>344313878
lunar silver star story complete for charming story/characters and ff6 for gameplay.
>>344314028
you don't make it over the end of the world then hop back over it just to pay mom a visit. plus Justin's mother was an adventurer and knew what was up. please don't pretend she didn't.
>>344314028
>implying saving the world isn't the best type of story
>>344313878
its good but the battles are slow, annoying, and almost impossible to avoid. just like every other PS1 JRPG
I spent hours grinding for Feena's ultimate attackWasn't really worth it
Going back to that era, there's an annoying slowness in most gen 5 RPGs. And it's not jut about PS1 CD loading, it feels like most aspects of the gameplay take more time than necessary with its low responsiveness, lengthy animations, crawling text etc.
>>344313051
Saturn version is better, too bad I can't emulate that on a handheld.
Of the JRPGs I've played, it's probably my favourite.
Steam release when.
>>344315837
It's understandable that developers wanted to make flashy 1000 year long animations, seeing as how it was the first 3d generation and nothing of that type had been possible before
>>344313051
One of the last JRPGs that were all about having fun adventures. While generally having the same adventurous feeling, Lunar games had darker stories in comparison.
>>344316423
Sometimes it went way overboard though.
>literal 110 seconds for one attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Nqt0B3MHQ
>>344315837
probably because they were figuring it out but you can't discount that games were simply slower paced in general. you didn't look to constantly alt-tab because you were engaged for 10 seconds or something like people do today. although, it's probably just coping with 3d because I remember suikoden 1 and 2 being blazingly fast in every respect.
>>344316816
>you didn't look to constantly alt-tab because you were engaged for 10 seconds
guilty
>>344313051
Yes.
>>344316816
But I only alt-tab briefly to check for (You)s.
Is the second game as good/comfy as the first?
>>344317449
>>344318646
Kill yourselves.
>>344319835
Well excuse me, I'm not getting a second monitor just to funpost.
>>344319983
>alt-tabbing in the first place
>emulation
nah senpai
kill yourself
>>344320106
>hardware purist
I'm playing the same games you did, except for free and without physical clutter. Get over it.
>>344316709
>implying that entire thing wasn't dope as fuck
>>344320269
>he actively supports emulation over native hardware
wew, now I know you're a complete retard
>>344313051
It was really fun upon release. I replayed it a few times later on. The english dub was so bad it was just funny.
>>344313051
It's faptastic.
>>344320517
>he doesn't support emulators
You know what's the one and only thing consoles have that emulators don't? An expiration date. If you don't support emulators, youre basically saying you're OK with games eventually disappearing forever once the last console bites the dust.
I wanted to sex Feena so bad as a 15 year old.
Game is fine too.
>>344320978
>consoles
>expiration date
my ps1 from 2001 still works though
>>344321274
And my 70s soviet refridgerator I thought to be immortal just shat itself last month beyond repair. You don't know the day.
Look what I got in the mail the other dayThe game guide for the first is kind of a rip off because it only covers the second disk, the sleeve thing wasn't pictured when I ordered it
>>344321449
It will never die, fuck you.
>>344321485
Huh, never knew it was released on the Saturn. I learn something new everyday.
>>344321567
Every day something as simple as moisture in the air brings it closer to the end, anon.
>>344321695
no ;_;
One of my favorite games. A must play.
>>344313051
Loved it, one of my favourite games as a kid
>>344321485
>Gudies
Speaking of guides I remember someone once carrying the Prima guide for Grandia. I wonder how it was.
>>344321689
Only the Japanese version. It actually looks a lot better than the Playstation version too in my opinion.
>>344321921
I had the prima guide too (don't any more) and it was pretty good. I fapped to the map picture with Justin and Feena in the tent many times. My version was actually misprinted and there was a supplement in the back that had corrections about the last part of the book. They blamed it on General Baal or something.
Here's a neat map that's in the guide I have. I wish I had a high resolution copy.
Are any of the game arts talents still in the gaming industry?
Only series which came close to the "sense of adventure" of Grandia 1 was Lunar.
>>344322893
Not that anon you're talking to but GOOD GOD that map looks amazing!
>>344324021
When I got the guide, I spent about 10 minutes looking at the map. I love all those old world maps with sea monsters and stuff in them.
I'd try to make a scan of it, but I'd have to ruin the book and the printing is pretty bad.
I have to go now, if the thread is still up in 2 hours or so I'll post more pictures.
>>344323925
Well the creator of Grandia and Lunar died some time ago.
Iwadare's still kicking. Nowadays he's more known for composing the Ace Attorney OSTs.
No idea for the rest.
>>344324356
great
I really enjoyed grandia 1. Except that whole romance shit.
Everything else was neat. I played it after 2 though so the battle system felt way too simple.
>>344324534
>Well the creator of Grandia and Lunar died some time ago.
GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE NO WAY!
>>344324534
That explains why AA has such great music
>>344324964
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi_Miyaji
>Takeshi died in 2011 at the age of 45 due to complications after surgery for a brain tumor.[6]
>>344325081
OH FUCK
>>344325081
>>344314037
I love you, anon.
i'm a sucker for rpgs with relatively mundane starts
sure, you see the bad guys pretty early on but you don't really know what they're up to. justin just wants to go on an adventure to the end of the world
>French PSN version has a gamebreaking freeze for EVERYONE on disc 2
>Still on the store
And this is when I started emulating
G2 > G1 > G3 > GX
This is correct.
>>344327724
>GX
lol I totally forgot that game existed.
>>344327932
It wasn't very good. I remember it somehow feeling too short and too long at the same time.
G3 is an under-appreciated gem though that almost holds a real candle to G1.
>>344327932
It seems no-one liked it a lot.
>>344328107
>G3 is an under-appreciated gem though that almost holds a real candle to G1.
Well looks like I know what I'm playing next.
>>344328251
Yeah, wasn't that because they drastically changed it to a dungeon crawler or something? I can't remember.
>>344329993
>Yeah, wasn't that because they drastically changed it to a dungeon crawler or something?
Basically yeah.
As you can tell. It backfired.
>>344313051
Is the undub good?
and how exactly does the gameplay work, real time stuff looks complicated.
Top tier milf
>>344320978
you are completely retarded.
>>344331806
It's good enough although the battle VA's are still gonna be in English.
>and how exactly does the gameplay work, real time stuff looks complicated.
I'm gonna try to sum it up best I can. So you have this bar at the bottom right of the screen the enemies head and your parties head are sliding along the bar until it gets to the act part. After that both you and your enemies can attack and move and such. A good part of Grandia's gameplay is preventing enemies from getting to the act bar.
>>344313051
One of the best adventure themed RPGs I've ever played as a kid. The first half was absolutely perfect. The second half had some flaws.
Good game!
>>344315837
And yet they are much better than the hot garbage we have nowadays. I'm playing 7th saga right now on my other monitor and having a fucking blast while the handholdy modern garbage they call RPGs nowadays, which are just glorified adventure games, can't keep me entertained enough to give a crap about them.
These games had a neat sense of adventure and they had tons of secret and optional stuff hidden away without any indication to them. Nowadays everything has an arrow pointing where you should go and the game is always telling you "go here, retard". Don't even start me on games like assasin's creed or witcher 3 that have a Press X To See Everything Relevant So You Can Ignore The Rest Of The World mechanic, just don't.
I never finished Soldier's graveyard and tower of temptation, hope I do it next time.
>>344314037
Good taste. SSS and EB are produly displayed on my collection
>>344327724
G1>G2>>>>>>>>>G3>>>>>GX
I already played Grandia II on PC and i've been itching to play the original. Should I just grab the US PS1 version or is there some sekrit retranslation patch or the like.
Is the third one worth a shot? How well does it emulate?
Also this cover is fucking gorgeous.
>>344336253
>Is the third one worth a shot?
Compared to the first and second? It's trash.
>>344313878
The one with giant robots
>>344313051
My favorite jrpg. Also the reason I started appreciating this genre.
>>344336253
If you are fan of the series, yes. Story and characters aren't so memorable but they are ok and closer to the feeling of the first game (Grandia 2 is kinda edgy for me), the graphics and soundtrack are great (from the most beautiful games for PS2) and the gameplay is the best of the series and with better challenging at its difficulty (Grandia 1's difficulty was medium to easy).
And this gal is one of my biggest loves in video games.
>>344336630
Nah. Third one is much better than the second one. The second one is kinda overrated, mostly praised by Dreamcast fags that never played the first game.
>>344337023
I think the third's problem is that they tried too hard to recapture the "fuck yeah! adventure" attitude Justin had, but overdid it and made it too cringy.
Justin was cringy, but in a good way. It reflected his immaturity.
I'm the guidefag btw, here's another picture.dem nipples on Milda
>>344313750
I agree, and it's a pretty close comparison too
>That Justin and Feena date boat scene
Truly one of the sweetest scenes in my memory desu. Feena is just too cute.
>>344338851Did they fug
>>344313051
Never played the first. Played / replay the second one every couple years. Beat most of 3. Just couldn't get too into 3.
I really like 2 though.
2 is good.
Lack of r34 though.
>>344339152Yes, they canon fuck, they have like 8 kids in the epilogue. The sad part is that it either means they have to stop going on adventures together, or both have to leave their children either parentless, or in a single parent household
>>344337962
Where is Sue??
>>344340604
on the next page
>>344339410
You really should play the first, it's much better balanced
>>344341215
damn, forgot to rotate like a dumbfuck, you guys get the idea though
This part was my favorite moment in any game. They pulled it off perfectly.
>>344341510
Which part was that? I can't remember. Is that the part where Sue leave the party permanently?
>>344341510
grandia is full of emotional moments.
i remember that scene where justin is alone on zil padon and the rain is falling and he is about to give up but then everyone appears and cheers him, it's more than 10 years that i've played and still remember.
>>344342092
it's when he reads his moms letter
>>344342092
No, when you board the steamer ship.
First off, they set it up at the beginning of the game as a far off goal, and then give you just enough time between setting it up and it actually happening.
Then they break the connection with home by ditching Sue and leaving without telling mom. They make you grow fond of Parm. Also, in Parm, you're treated as a kid all the time. Once you leave, you're treated more like an adult.
Then, when the time finally comes, they set it in the early morning. It shows a new side of the town and makes leaving the house seem more significant.
I could go on and on about how well they set it up.
Sue leaving felt kind of contrived for me. I feel like they just needed to get rid of her suddenly because she didn't fit the story at that point. It wasn't logical. The bit where you see Parm and hear the music when she goes back is pretty nice though.
>>344314037
>Lunar 1 better than Lunar 2
This is incorrect.
>>344343197
how is lunar compared to grandia?
i always felt like i was missing not playing them when i was younger.
>>344343489
Lunar 1 isn't anywhere near Grandia's level of quality. It's just this generic fantasy RPG where you rescue your girlfriend from an evil wizard. Lunar 2, on the other hand, is really fucking good. Check out the PS1 version of both games if you're interested.
>>344344153
What's the battle system like? I've been spoiled by Grandia's for so long sometimes it's hard for me to play other jrpgs
Best PSX emulator?
>>344344286
It has field positioning mechanics like Grandia, but everything else is pretty vanilla.
>>344313051
>where's your mommy and daddy?!
Man dude, that feel never went away! My first feeling before I realized whatCannonandOTPwere.
>>344344391
A PS2.
>>344334897
Well fuck, guess I'm convinced.
Grandia Xtreme is the best one it has the best gameplay
>>344345305
a ps3 is a good alternative too
>>344342836
Yeah, I think it would have if the original trio remained for the entire game and temporary party members like Gadwin and Milda would float in and out of the party as the plot dictated.
>>344313051
If you really loved Grandia, try the hard-mode patch called Grandia ReDux
It makes the game quite grindy, yes, but it also makes you use EVERYTHING the game has to offer to win, you will level all magics to around 85-99, bosses will wreck your shit in, etc.
Here is an example of the end-game stats you will need
https://youtu.be/LxjhLEEvcSI?list=PL463B5B79DBA6A801&t=85
>>344313051
Much better than the sequels. Saturn version needs a translation.
>>344344391
Mednafen.
