Back

Game Data
Title - Grandia
Japanese Title - グランディア
Developer - Game Arts

Catalogue No. - T-4507G

Type - RPG
Video Link

 

Grandia is hailed by many as the ultimate RPG for the Saturn and it's easy to see why. Grandia probably pushes the Saturn graphically more than any other RPG out there. Makes Sega's Shinning Force games look dated even though they were released after Grandia. Solid 3D worlds with sprites for characters and wonderfully designed maps makes this a delight to look at.

Grandia plays very well indeed with battle controls easy enough to pick up even in Japanese and menus that aren't too confusing like some other RPGs. The story is also pretty good if you can understand it that is. Considering that it's in Japanese though I doubt that many of you will be interested in whether the story is any good or not anyway (^v^).

One thing that I must point out is that all the FMV in Grandia runs in the Saturn's highest resolution making it look super sharp like a DVD !! The odd thing is that the title screen is in standard resolution while the Grandia Prelude disc is full high resolution apart from the FMV.