Grandia for PlayStation 1

Pros: Grandia is Easily one of the Greatest RPGs of All Time
Cons: Older Graphics, Difficult to Navigate Dungeons, Lame System For Learning Skills/Magic

Although Squaresoft and Enix were always the top dogs as far as roleplaying games go, Gamearts titles always had a magical quality to them which no other could properly emulate. After the mini-successes that were Lunar and Lunar 2, Gamearts began work on ...

Pros: great characters, fun battle system
Cons: way too easy, load times, a bit too cartoony for some.

Grandia is the complete Anime fan’s game. With bright colors, an action based plot with predictable mood plot segments, and character drawn faces with big googly eyes, it’s bound to appeal to any anime fan. There are even badly dubbed voices!
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Pros: Good graphics, different take on gaming, decent battle system
Cons: No character development, some samples can get annoying

For anyone who has played many video games, there is one thing that wears on you more than anything else. It's the noble part of every character to go out on their adventure to save something that is important to them: the world, a princess, their...

Pros: story line,characters,cut-scenes
Cons: out dated graphics

For those who care this is a re-written and re-named opinion. I bought this game for only ten bucks. If I could find other games as good as Grandia, and that are as long as it I would not leave my room again.

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Pros: Camera, story, voice acting, music, and character development!
Cons: Graphics are kid like and many adults may not play

This is by far one of the best Play Station One games I've never even bothered with. After seeing it at a local video game exchange I carefully considered my options. Checking on web sites for half right prices it seemed that by and large the exchange ...

Pros: Colorful graphics, great game-play mechanics and battle system.
Cons: 30 hours too long for the substance (or lack of) that it has. Gets VERY repetitive. Poor music and voice overs.

With all these RPGs finally making their way to America, there are good and bad consequences. The good is obviously that we will get a lot more RPGs here than we ever got before, and companies will also bring over older games that we never got here in...

Pros: Great Battle System, Dramatic Storyline
Cons: Too Many Random Battles, Useless Repeated Mazes

I can't really put my finger on it, but for some reason, Grandia struck me as a REALLY long game. I managed to beat the game in about 43 hours. Other games, like Final Fantasy IX, took me about the same amount of time, but I didn't feel like they had...

Pros: Huge quest along with memorable characters. Nice voice acting.
Cons: Bad music and irratating amount of experience needed to level up.

I've played bad rpgs, I've played great rpgs, and I can confidently say that Grandia falls into the latter. This game is just so freakin' fun!!! And I was almost certain that because of the PSXs 2 megs of ram, there would be problems beyond problems. As...

Pros: Breathtaking epic storyline with a groundbraking battle system
Cons: too linear with no replay value, a tad frustrating at times

RPG's today have become dimwitted and terribly graphics-obsessed. They have lost what originally made them special, good storylines and challenging dungeons. Games like Final Fantasy VIII and Chrono Cross do nothing but show off their graphical prowess...

Pros: Good facts
Cons: Buy this game

It is one of the best RPG I have played. I played this game on March 20, 1998 and beat it in a month. The reason why I played this so earlier is because the Grandia is actually a Sega Saturn game!!!!and I bought that game in Japan. And I fully...

Pros: The story, graphics, and FMV
Cons: The speech

I picked this game up as an afterthought. I never heard of it before I got it, but it looked good. I then put it in my "to play" pile for a few months, I had to finish a couple of other games I had. When I finally got started on it, I...

Pros: Plot and characters, great gameplay, long
Cons: graphics, can hurt social life

The following is an excerpt from a real phone conversation I had the other night:

Friend: What are you doing tonight?

Me: Probably nothing, I gotta work early in the morning.

Friend: That's cool...hey, what's that...

Pros: story, graphics, sound
Cons: too hard

Grandia’s story follows the adventures of Justin, a young boy whose ultimate goal is stop General Baal from finding the magical city of Angelou and unleashing its powerful technology on your home world. Along the way, you’ll be aided by all sorts of kids...

Pros: New battle system and a good story to emerse in.
Cons: The new battle system can really put you in a bad situation and tedious leveling up to aquire skills.

Grandia created by Game Arts originally was for the Sega Saturn systems. The game did fairly well on what was left of that system. Sony did a wise decision to snatch up this title to be release on the PSX as you will see further in my review. Grandia...

Pros: Gameplay, depth and addictingly fun!!
Cons: HORRIBLE voice acting in scale...

Grandia is perhaps one of the most engaging RPG in a long while. Please, do not compare Grandia to Final Fantasy or whatever. Grandia is not a technology showcase like FF8, but gameplay-wise it surely surpasses its strong competition. Don't get me wrong,...