Grandia

What? No! It can't be! Grandia is... finished? My God. There's no more. I've beat it. What else is there? for the last two weeks I have spent every waking moment of my life worshipping at the altar of Grandia, and now it's over? NO! Now that I have finished Grandia, I'll just have to find something constructive to do with my life. I know! I'll write this review!
In case you haven't noticed, Grandia has really gotten under my skin. It is not a flawless game but It is an amazing experience nonetheless.
Grandia was conceived as the alternative to Final Fantasy VII. In contrast to Final Fantasy VII's dark futuristic vision, everything in Grandia is cheerful and colorful. So much so that in the beginning of the game, I dismissed it as childish. I mean, you start out on a scavenger hunt with some other kids looking for imaginary armor made from buckets and other useless thingamajigs. But it is so much more than the 3D Earthbound I thought it to be. As the story went on, I got more...

THE GOOD:
Great characters, Excellent battle system, one of the best storylines ever and nice, long-length,
It was cheap!!! A slice of heaven for just £5!!!

THE BAD:
It had an ending...I wanted it to last forever

SUMMARY:
Justin is a young 14 year old boy, with big hopes and dreams. Full of spirit and love, he wishes to follow in his fathers footsteps, and become an adventurer. At first, he seems nothing more than a clumsy, foolish child, but when Baal of the Garyle army has plans to resurrect Gaia in order to become a 'god', things seem to change...

Grandia is truely a gift from the Gods of gaming, which doesnt focus only on graphics like other, 'so called' worthy games. This is one of the best games I have EVER played, and am honoured to say it is definately on the top 5 on my 'Games to worship' list. This game has two discs, but dont let that fool...

THE GOOD:
Game Play, Story Line, Battle System, some of the characters....

THE BAD:
Graphics, to short, bosses were to easy and the final boss was nothing

SUMMARY:
This game is a really good game but it did have a weak points, like the bosses throughout this game are to easy, and the main boss was so simple, I dont even consider him a boss really...:laughs: but there were some good stuff, the battle system was cool, and the story line was well put together, some of the characters were cool, the game play was fair enouhg to play as a game, and to top it all off with a cherry the stages throughout the game were pretty cool...in my opinion some of the best battle grounds in a rpg....I mean I have played alot of rpgs and some werent that great pof battle scences, but this game had a good amount of them...

THE GOOD:
How the battles and magics work, and the storyline is great and the game is fun. I also liked it when the 3 sisters fought , and when everyone picked on Justin. The ending was kinda funny, cuz the way the kids looked like. I also thought Gaia was a cool boss, but at the end he wasn't all challenging or anything at all, and I was a looow level, like...33-36 maybe.

THE BAD:
How characters leave your party when you put so much effort in them, the second time I played this game My Sue was like ultimate, and a great healer. I also got mad when Feena got kidnapped a lot, and Guido joined for a short period of time, and Liete wasn't in the party for too long.

SUMMARY:
I really enjoyed playing the game, but it did kinda made me sad on the part when Sue leaves, mainly because she's a good character and the music. I'm still too young, can't blame my emotions...

THE GOOD:
Story Line, Battle Setup, Normal and Magic Attacks, and the enrire game itself!!

THE BAD:
Graphics could be a little better, sound could also be a little bit better

SUMMARY:
This is a really good play its story line is worked out to be really good and the game play is fantastic!!
this is a must get game in qwhich you will really enjoy!!!

when u get this game you will not be dispointed!!

THE GOOD:
Excellent story, brilliant system, oooooh

THE BAD:
nuttin

SUMMARY:
this game is absoloutely excellent. It has a wicked story, involving gameplay, tons of magic, the best battle system and is the best RPG i've ever played next to final fantasy. The reason why this game was unnoticed was the overpowering final fantasy 7 coming out at the same time. Grandia doesn't deserve this this lack of attention...

THE GOOD:
The Innovative Battle Design
The Storyline
The Characters
The Amazingness about it all

THE BAD:
The graphics are dated but functional

SUMMARY:
The game begins in a small town of parm, a boy called Justin is in the middle of his quests for the legendary treasures so his best friend Sue will not be taken as Gantz's (His Rival) bride. Of course this is all childrens play and you soon realise that the legendary armour is nothing more than a cloth...

The game then lets you travel to a set of ruins in the north where the army is looking for a special stone, it is here where the story really begins...

The best part about this game is the fact that you can dodge enemy attacks and move yourselves to a better location to attack, this on it's own is an amazing thing.

The storyline is unrivalled, NOTHING even comes close to this beautiful game, the story of the lost city of Alent,...

THE GOOD:
This has to be one of the best RPG's I have ever played. With a outstanding storyline that won't let you go, cute graphics and loads of exploring to do, you won't turn off your PSX! I must say that you should go and get this game if you truely love RPG's! A definate Final Fantasy beater!

THE BAD:
Nothin bad here!

SUMMARY:
Very interactive characters! You have to think when you battle as well! Battles are full of stratagy, and are fun. Also, they are not Random!

THE GOOD:
Basically everything in the game! The battle system is better then any other RPG that I've ever played! music and voice acting is also good.

THE BAD:
Nothing really. Graphics aren't anything like FFIX.

SUMMARY:
Grandia is an RPG like no other. With 80+ hours of gameplay that addicts you like nothing before. The voices in the game are good, and the battle system is better then Chrono Cross, Any Final Fantasy, and Breath of Fire IV put together! the only battle system that comes close to this is Valiyre Profile's.
Each character is nicely detailed. You'll feel there emotions, it seems like that characters are real! Game Arts did a good job with this one.
The only game I like better is FFVIII and it comes close (I don't have a DC so I haven't played Grandia 2) Buy It!

THE GOOD:
The fighting system. A real classic, in my opinion.

THE BAD:
The voiceovers! Some people like them, some people hate them, and I am one of the latter.

SUMMARY:
The fighting system in this game is incredible. If you use magic or weapons a lot, then they level up more. And that's how you get new spells/moves, is to level up your stuff.

Despite being two discs, this game can easily last 100 hours. My friend is still on disc one and has 50 hours on it! It's addictive!