Grandia II

Grandia II (JapaneseグランディアII; Gurandia TSU ) is a role-playing game, which was produced by Game Arts for the Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and PC. Although the story of Grandia II does not ties in the first part of Grandia, it is the official second title of the eponymous series. The game was first released in August 2000 in Japan. Then they released it in North America and in Europe, but only on the English language.

Action

The plot revolves around Ryudo, a Geohound (a kind of mercenary ) and his talking bird Skye. Together, they take an order of the Church, Elena - a singer of granas - as bodyguards on their way to Garmia Tower accompany. On Garmia Tower arrived, the plot and Ryudo and Skye turns need to travel around the world to save her.

Combat system

The combat system of Grandia II is similar to from the predecessor:

At a time bar is displayed, when the protagonists of the battle (party members and monsters ) can give a command. Until this is then executed, it needs some more time, then, for example, attacked or conjured. The special feature of the combat system Grandias is the ability to interrupt attacks of the opponents (or cancel ) if they are in the time between command and execution. Thus, it is possible even to survive battles against bosses without having suffered a hit.

Furthermore, there are various strategies to avoid damage during combat or to inflict more damage, such as counter ( attack an opponent just before the attack) or evasive maneuvers.

Spells are learned in Grandia II character independently through so-called Mana Eggs ( Mana Eggs ). They have the ability to "learn" to certain spells ( all spells in five steps), and the one character who is equipped with the egg, this can conjure up (if he has enough magic points )

Furthermore, each character 's special skills that can be developed or learned in the course of the game ( order and strength are completely determined by the player ).

To help, there are also skill books ( books skills ), operating from the principle like mana eggs, only they do not constitute new spell available, but for example, increase the HP or the intelligence of a character permanently.

Voice Actors

More details

Originally Grandia II was developed for the Sega Dreamcast, but was ported in 2002 to the PlayStation 2 and PC. For its time, it offered superior graphics and music.