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Grandia II
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
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Based on 12 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Ubi Soft
Developer: Game Arts
Genre(s): Role-Playing Game
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: January 29, 2002
Summary
Born of different worlds, woven together by fate, they shall rise to face their destiny. [Ubi Soft]
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
GameZone
It's got excellent battle mechanics, plenty of character building choices, a bright airy feel, some witty interjections from Ryduo and Skye, and has hours and hours of gameplay.
Read Full Review >PSX Nation
Enjoy Grandia II for its appealing characters, interesting story, 30+ hour length and the best active-time battle engine in the business.
Read Full Review >GamePro
The voice-acting is noteworthy, but there are some just rudimentary audio effects and the music is sometimes dramatic, sometimes just unexciting...Good, basic RPG fare.
Read Full Review >GamerWeb Sony
The battle system still rocks the house if you're a fan of fast-paced turn-based systems.
Read Full Review >Adrenaline Vault
Grandia II happily dwells in a genre where its players will sacrifice a bit of visual quality for a compelling story and excellent combat and character mechanics. Luckily, these are delivered in spades.
Read Full Review >Gaming Age
Grandia II still stands out as a fantastic RPG...[though] the graphics took a punch in the teeth in the translation.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
Grandia II may not look like much from a technical standpoint--disappointingly, the game actually looks a bit worse than the original Dreamcast version--but its visual design is well done.
Read Full Review >GameBrink
It’s not the best RPG out there, far from that. But it’s still pretty fun o play, although it might need some getting used to.
Read Full Review >IGN
It has its ups and its downs, and it certainly isn't the equal of its predecessor, but it's a good-looking game and an absolutely great-playing one.
Read Full Review >Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
To put it bluntly, this game's graphics are a mess...still a great RPG. [Feb 2002, p.107]
PSM Magazine
The biggest feather in the game's cap lies in it's amazing battle system. [Feb 2002, p.42]
Electric Playground
The graphics are dated and Ryundo's bad-boy character has been done to death. But those are only small faults in an otherwise excellent game.
Read Full Review >TotalGames.net
An above average RPG when released on the lesser Dreamcast system, on the PS2 it is merely average.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
Tie the archaic visual presentation to the nauseating plot and uninteresting character personalities, and the end result is yet another RPG that doesn't live up to the expectations. [Mar 2002, p.79]
Yahoo! Games
It has an original take on the combat system but its average graphics and strictly linear gameplay will not guarantee a long shelf life.
Read Full Review >Armchair Empire
The game suffers from slowdown that drags the game to a slowdown, clipping, and worst of all it has a tendency to freeze up, requiring the PS2 to be reset.
Read Full Review >Electronic Gaming Monthly
Inexplicably horrible graphics completely ruin an otherwise splendid title. [Feb 2002, p.156]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 8.3 (out of 10) based on 12 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Thebest gave it a9:
As a RPG Grandia is as good in the battles as they get. FF battles feel boring and slow after this masterpiece. The story keeps you on track, and brings up many suprises. The end games big pile of bosses are too easy to beat, but whoever you look at it, the battles are so amazing, the all not-so-good parts are forgotten and hidden under the chair.
Cloud Strife gave it a9:
I really like the game even if the graphic are not that good. But when we play a RPG we leave the graphics to be the last one. The game has a Very good story. one of the best i can say but i believe that the Dreamcast version is much better than PS2. PS2 machine is just another slowdown invention by SONY! i cant wait now for Grandia 3!!!! :D
Natasha B. gave it a 10:
I loved it it has a fantastic story and the characters were awsome.
Jason C. gave it a 1:
This has to be the worst RPG I have yet to play. Predictable in almost every respect and ugly too. With the exception of the Boss creatures all fights could be switched to auto which turned the whole game into a bad cartoon with minimal interactivity. Only play this if you've never played any other RPG and can't get hold of one.
Hitomi K. gave it a 10:
Even though the graphics were quite poor, the storyline and the battles make up for it and it is the only game where i like the love scenes. Also the fights between ryudo and skye really cheer me up.
Enthasius gave it an 8:
Any reviewer who rates an Rpg by graphics alone isn't doing justice. Grandia II rocks, no question. People got by without graphics on Rpgs since they have been about, the importrant thing it that it plays well, and it has an interesting story.
Solid Snake gave it a 9:
Don't listen to the "it doesn't have good graphics" bullsh.t. This is an outstanding rpg, that every fan of the genre should play. The story is so compelling and the battle system is so great, you won't care that it doesn't have "good graphics."
