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Yes ... a great game that is going to talk big. I'll never understand why the Western public is not the same cult dedicated to this series of games in the Final Fantasy series. Speak Course I of Grandia!

Grandia, name, developed by Game Arts and published by Ubisoft in 1997, Saturn and PlayStation in 2000.

Special scenario, lovable characters, enchanting music, so many admirable elements in these old school titles ... do not try to convince you that this game is a killer, but I'll just say why this is a killer.

Released: 1997 Saturn / Playstation 2000

Genre: RPG

Publisher: Ubisoft

Developer: Game Arts

S Platform: Saturn and Playstation

ESRB Rating: E - 10 years

A History of ..., but full of surprises.

Justin, 14, lives in the small town of Parm and dream only of one thing: his father's footsteps to become an adventurer!
Justin wants to unravel the mystery of an ancient civilization Angelou minds of people.
Ah ... The youth, adventure want, "end of the world" to discover the limits of the known world ...

Well said, and you can use the usual clichés and boredom that follows, imagine, but the fact is that the game is full of surprises.

The story of this game multiplies the strange and bizarre situations without the story absurd (expect one of the female characters in the game will look through a wedding with the vilest kidnapped in the world and his bodyguard type Bruce Lee stun the entire group to a time in a typical kung fu music, ...).

The revelations are also numerous. It ranges from the revelation of what the gift of the hero's father left him in the destruction of the world for the equivalent version of Godzilla Poison Ivy while you understand the hero that is the only one capable of those who loves to save .

Deep characters develop.

Each character in the game suffers a real change of character in the game

Justin (the hero) presents the immature, their own way in the necessity of his girlfriend Sue (youngest) to make child watch over him, a hero with a real soul of the leader, the last bastion between humanity and death.

Sue Pooy girl with his pet (either used in combat torture as a weapon, ...) are to help the hero catches up to the reality and forces him to stop adventure. You can try to be an adult, it's just a kid ...

Feena, experienced adventurer .. to get to 15 (Welcome to Japan) to trust others and profound changes in what is and to make life ...

Gadwin, stereotyped Lord, met with the team after the "end of the world" the mentor of Justin will teach some and fight. To identify and kill Justin face first, but the cause and exceeded Justin.
The teacher, who finally had a student and the students learn to trust yourself.

Rapp has seen his decimated by the tyrant of the story ... Justin and Feena people understand why they fight with him. He will join the team until the end, to save his family. He will learn how to trust strangers and change folded upon itself the attitude of the people.

Milda is a barbarian with a violent end, a hundred lashes to fight! She is a member of a rival clan Rapp. The two hate each other at first, but become friends despite their differences in weight, size and culture.
She left the group to stay with her husband.

Liete is the last survivor of an ancient people. His lack of desire for life is questioned and eventually you fight fear "Gaia" (nooo and I will not say what it is, so make sure) and avenge his people.

I do not want to go no spoilers in the details of the characters are made as this game deserves and repeated only for its story and its characters.

Graphically and musically ...

Musically ... Honey for the ears ... I can be a bit too much to do, but the music is exceptional. Several questions are mythical. Each song fits perfectly to the situation, as the excerpts showing in this post.

Tell yourself that this scene comes after the group had one weeks mockery spent climbing the Eiffel Tower in height. A week of suffering and pain will go further than any other and see that ... the journey has just begun!

The graphics, meanwhile, are not exceptional, but still beautiful without some scenarios are very neat and we see that the work done in the surroundings.

Different in style and mood, you will never see the same environment twice in over 70 hours of gameplay
The world is different Gadwin Justin Coming example.

Cash and varied game

The battle system is a mixture of turn-based and real time.

Each character has his schedule for the action and, if they meet fully, the fight is over and you can choose from our combination of action (two quick strikes), single attack (interrupts attacks and a reduction in the action bar of the head makes less damage). In order magic attack, or recovered should use attention levels in the hope of mana eggs, rare and precious to deepen.
Four basic elements are present, combined to shoot a beam, for example by combining wind and fire.

Each level of magic that increases to use resistance, and when it reaches a level magic attack (example, you unlock: flamethrower costs 4 levels in the fire cast, so we repeated spell the fire base to achieve the Level 4 and unlock the flamethrower attack are the same combinations. 4 +5 = Wind Fire Pikachu, lightning attack)!
Weapons used the same system, either the ax or sword.

The combat system is not original, but the visual effects of the attacks are made known for their time.

Completion

This game thrives on its history, its story and its characters. Detailed and well said, try it and see why the video game is an art more than a hobby, how can vibrate and touch the soul. Because before "children" is the game for those who can dream and be amazed.

If these types of games, the affected Grandia emulator if necessary, but apparently not the wonders of the past, do not miss to a chart in history.

Music mentioned in the criticism.