Grandia 2 HD on Steam and GOG

[Clephas]

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/grandia-ii-hd-edition-coming-to-gogcom-set-for-201/1100-6429172/?utm_source=gamefaqs&utm_medium=partner&utm_content=news_module&utm_campaign=homepage

 

Something to look forward to.  Grandia II is by far the best game in the series, in terms of story, and it also has the incredibly awesome Grandia battle system, which is the best turn-based rpg battle system.  Just enough strategy to be enjoyable without making it too much of a hurdle for the slow of mind.  With an added hard mode and Japanese voices, I'm really interested in playing this again...

[XReaper]

definitely a top title, played it to death on dreamcast & enjoyed every minute of it

edit: them bosses later on are wayyyy too weak when you´ve pumped your team up.

edit2: loved the "soulless" robogirl as a character

[Deep Blue]

so many good memories I still miss my dreamcast

[Decay]

Grandia 2 is one of my favorite JRPGs from my teenage years, so naturally I'm interested in this. They're doing a real shit job on the hd upscale, though. It looks like a lot of the interface elements are stretched, there's aliasing, it's still in 4:3, and basically it looks no better than just running it on an emulator.

[BookwormOtaku]

One of my favorite PS2 RPGs, definitely getting this

[sanahtlig]

People are interested in remakes of games they've already finished?

[Decay]

Yes. People often enjoy playing games multiple times, especially games they finished and enjoyed many years ago and wish to revist.

[Deep Blue]

People are interested in remakes of games they've already finished?

[sanahtlig]

Seems tedious and repetitive to me--like being caught in a time loop where your thoughts and experiences merge to form a maddening chorus of deja vu.  Like trying to rewrite a long message board post that was lost.

[Clephas]

It depends... with most games, it isn't worth it.  However, there are a few games in every half-decade that are worth playing again and again.  Fortunately or unfortunately, those games really are very few in number, relative to the number of overall releases.  I've replayed Evolimit four times, for instance... and VNs are generally harder to replay than rpgs.

[Darklord Rooke]

 

It depends... with most games, it isn't worth it.  However, there are a few games in every half-decade that are worth playing again and again.  

 

*Looks at my DS copy of Chrono Trigger*

 

*Looks at my enhanced copies of Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2*

 

[Scorp]

Seems tedious and repetitive to me--like being caught in a time loop where your thoughts and experiences merge to form a maddening chorus of deja vu.  Like trying to rewrite a long message board post that was lost.

[Tawm]

The new difficulty mode and original VA sounds good, but the lack of true widescreen support makes me lean towards just sticking to PS2 emulation, which does have widescreen support as well as downsampling and shaders, just like a PC game. Not to mention I don't have to buy the game again.

[SilverLi]

So you don't need to play Grandia 1 first to understand the story? Because I haven't played this game and a good jrpg is something I always want.

[Scorp]

So you don't need to play Grandia 1 first to understand the story? Because I haven't played this game and a good jrpg is something I always want.

[XReaper]

this has been one of the very few games where i desperately hoped for a harem ending, simply because i couldnt decide whom to ship more...

[BookwormOtaku]

this has been one of the very few games where i desperately hoped for a harem ending, simply because i couldnt decide whom to ship more...

[sarkasmus]

Grandia 2 on gog would be great, because I can't find it anywhere and I wnat to play it after knowing the first one.

[LinovaA]

Holy shit! Much hype!

 

I freaking loved this game back when I played it in middle school. I've been really itching to replay it in the last few months, so this announcement has arrived at an opportune time. xD

[Kenshin_sama]

I really wanted to play this game when I was younger, but never got the chance to (my parents rarely bought games for me) and eventually forgot about it. But now that it's brought back to my attention, I'll definitely give this game a whirl.

[kyrt]

I still have my PS2 version but I'll probably pick this up.

[Canicheslayer]

Still a amazing pleasure to play Lunar 3 Grandia 2 A near-perfect combat system and...Millenia