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Grandia HD Collection (Switch/PC) |OT| Taking a grandiose adventure on the go!
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I'm planning to get this, but I will wait to a sale and at least hear some impressions. Good luck everyone playing today lol
The battle system is a lot like in Child of Light. It borrows it perfectly. (Nobody mentioned this in all the giant explanations here, really guys? 😅)
Reason why not many mentioned it probably because it's an indie game not necessarily played by a lot, but yeah child of light borrows a lot from grandia lacking the free movement from grandia
as someone who never played a Grandia, I find the screenshots of the original more appealing-looking than the Switch version. pixel smoothing filters just never looked good to me and even the backgrounds IMO benefit from pixellation as it tends to hide the imperfections inherent to a decades old videogame. for example, I think that stone fortress gels more convincingly with the sky in the original.
a lot of that is subjective though and I can see how some people would be into the new look. godspeed to the devs, hope this is a success so we get more rereleases of old classics.
a lot of that is subjective though and I can see how some people would be into the new look. godspeed to the devs, hope this is a success so we get more rereleases of old classics.
In that case you may prefer to keep an eye on this translation project and then buy the saturn version and emulate:
Im looking forward forward to replaying Grandia - personally I'm not too fussed over the filter used, after seeing the Gamexolain video it looked pretty decent to me all things considered. I can understand why others may not want to bite though.
Wish we could have had a physical release too but oh well.
Wish we could have had a physical release too but oh well.
1) Grandia is the best JRPG battle system, but it took some time for the series to find its stride. 1&2 are still some great stuff, though.
2) These are two, full-length JRPGs for $40. That's not a bad deal.
3) The remaster of both is generally pretty good? Sucks that only Grandia 2 has an added Hard mode. Definitely play on that if you really enjoyed the battle system of Grandia 1.
4) The localizations are about what you'd expect from a JRPG of that era, Grandia 1 on the low-end of "normal". I wish it had gotten a re-dub/translation, but it isn't that ig of a loss.
2) These are two, full-length JRPGs for $40. That's not a bad deal.
3) The remaster of both is generally pretty good? Sucks that only Grandia 2 has an added Hard mode. Definitely play on that if you really enjoyed the battle system of Grandia 1.
4) The localizations are about what you'd expect from a JRPG of that era, Grandia 1 on the low-end of "normal". I wish it had gotten a re-dub/translation, but it isn't that ig of a loss.
How Long To Beat says 44 hours for Grandia and 33 hours for Grandia 2, which lines up with my experience.
Submit it to GungHo's art contest
^ Do this, it seriously deserves it. I love the art <3
(I also just love Justin and Feena so <3)
Child of Light managed to take Grandia's battle system and somehow make it suck, which was impressive in its own way I guess. Grandia's battles are as good as turn-based has ever managed to get, so I can't wait to play this again for the xth time. They could have just left the graphics as they were and I'd have still bought it, the gameplay is just too good, nothing else matters.
Shucks... both of you, thanks so much 😢
Wow, done and done. Be nice to save a few bucks on Canadian game prices T_T
What time do new games generally go live on the eshop? It doesn't look like this is available just yet.
Closest to the somewhat recent "Trails" games largely in terms of design if you want a direct comparison. Group of kids longing for adventure go out to the see the world and get embroiled in...crazy stuff.
Some things to keep in mind for newcomers:
-Combat allows you to develop skills and abilities over use(think Skyrim). This leads to a LOT of repetitive actions to level them up. Don't fall into the min/max trap though as the game is a bit too easy and the grind is pretty ludicrous and not exactly worth it. Just play naturally and you'll be fine. Also, don't get hung up on skill egg spending. Plenty are in the game to uncover, so no real need to concern over them.
-Story is fun and endearing, but has LOTS of padding. Think DQ7 in a sense. It's almost like an episodic anime with yet another village chief asking for a favor for this episode. The overarching plot can take a seat for a bit, while you run errands for a chunk of the mid-game. Some will love it all, some may be turned off...
-Battle system allows for a lot of fun depth, but the opposition rarely commands you think much. Bosses can be exciting, but the fodder rarely are ever demanding. My largest criticism of the game and its cool mechanics, which is why I recommend NOT pushing to grind and make an easy game even easier and tedious by maxing every xp meter.
Its a solid anime-inspired jRPG for sure. Just know that is what you are getting.
I can't afford this at the moment, but I adore both of these games, so have changed my avatar in their honour for a bit (also because Feena's the bestest).
I'm interested to see how much they launch for on the UK eShop though. I still have my PS1 copy of the first game and my DC copy of the second (and own both digitally, on PSN and Steam respectively), but having them playable on the Switch would be lovely (even if they aren't entirely ideal).
Man, I still remember Sega Saturn Magazine hyping this up as an FFVII killer and running guides of a sort towards the back of the magazine as it became increasingly clear that it wasn't going to be localised. I ended up having to borrow my brother's PS1 when it eventually hit that console.
I'm interested to see how much they launch for on the UK eShop though. I still have my PS1 copy of the first game and my DC copy of the second (and own both digitally, on PSN and Steam respectively), but having them playable on the Switch would be lovely (even if they aren't entirely ideal).
Man, I still remember Sega Saturn Magazine hyping this up as an FFVII killer and running guides of a sort towards the back of the magazine as it became increasingly clear that it wasn't going to be localised. I ended up having to borrow my brother's PS1 when it eventually hit that console.
Its 9:54 am here in Costa Rica, August 16, and the store still shows up the "tentative August 16" message.
I'm thirsty for this.
I'm thirsty for this.
Spoilers yo lol. If you have never played the game don't watch this.
I need the original English voices, no matter how bad, I'm so used to them. 😅
Oh OK, just getting bored of waiting for the game to FINALLY be available on Switch in Europe. I guess it's not out in the US yet too ?
Really curious to see what we get in the way of enhancements. Widescreen is great but poking around for old details here are a few of the things they originally promised for Grandia 1 almost a year ago:
- Enhanced details to UI, sprites, and texture art. 2x to 4x upscaling
- Original cinematic videos receiving visual enhancements
- Addition of MSAA, bloom, normal mapping, and blur effects
For Grandia II the following was mentioned back then which is a pretty big deal, hope they delivered:
- Fix PC video/audio desync
- Enhanced details to UI, sprites, and texture art. 2x to 4x upscaling
- Original cinematic videos receiving visual enhancements
- Addition of MSAA, bloom, normal mapping, and blur effects
For Grandia II the following was mentioned back then which is a pretty big deal, hope they delivered:
- Fix PC video/audio desync
I haven't heard but does Grandia 1 have the same English voice acting as the PS1 version or did they redub it?
Thankfully it's the original PS1 dub. It's far from professional standards, but for me it's part of the game's charme (and Justin's voice is awesome, wouldn't want it any other way).
Right, question is for those who will be playing docked.
I always play docked (prefer to play on my TV).
Edit: Actually, playing with the Joy Cons attached to the holder is relatively the same as doing handheld mode.
Unless someone really wants to use two Joy Cons without the holder, or just one Joy Con. But I don't think there will be a benefit of that/or are able with one Joy Con.
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I edited my posts, but hey that's the promo trailer they went with lol
Still not up on the NA eShop. :(
