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My sister picked this up from a random supermarket in 1998/1999, and I sank 100s of hours into watching her play it through. She does this thing where she want
by triwats 9mo ago
My sister picked this up from a random supermarket in 1998/1999, and I sank 100s of hours into watching her play it through.
She does this thing where she wants to start games over and over again from the start, play them for a bunch of hours, then start it again.
The soundtrack and the challenge of beating the game at that age was wonderful.
I beat it a few years ago for the first time all the way through again. Really enjoyed it, but never played the sequel.
I find a lot of modern games unisnpiring. Too much focus is on creating a general great game, rather than focusing on story / mechanics.
Thanks for the post!
- lukan 9mo agoI only know the second part of grandia, but it is great! (There does not seem a story connection, though)
- Izkata 9mo agoThere's a fan theory that Grandia II is a prequel to Grandia set in the far, far, far distant past. I think the main basis is from one of the final scenes in Grandia II, involving two people with wings - possibly be very first Icarians (Grandia's ancient nonhuman civilization).
- qingcharles 9mo agoThe soundtrack to Grandia lives rent free in my head. I've not heard it in 20 years but I can still play it back.
- triwats 9mo agoHappily found out on Monday that it is available on Spotify!!111 Sent it to said sister. Strange how something can exit your life then re-enter it heavily in the same week (soundtrack, and now HN).
- qingcharles 9mo agoThank you! I think I had this on CD decades ago that I found in a comic book store. I just went and found the whole soundtrack online. I found this cool live orchestra version too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4fUdY1PGhY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4fUdY1PGhY
- triwats 9mo agoMy partner doesn't get why I'm enjoying this so much. Thanks for sharing!