Grandia Steam
I actually played through the Grandia series for the first time myself relatively recently - just back in 2013. Wow 5.00.9 torrent. Without a Dreamcast I sadly had to settle for the PS2 version of Grandia II, which proceeded to lock up on me no less than eight times during my playthrough. Hearing that a new PC version of the game was coming therefore easily caught my interest.
Is it possible for GungHo to bring Grandia III to steam and GOG with 60 fps and 4k support like Grandia II and possiblly other enhancements like skipping battle animations and speeding up dialogue? Grandia II Anniversary Edition - 15 years after the stunning Dreamcast debut of Ryudo and his epic adventure, Grandia II is back and better than ever! The classic Japanese RPG returns with enhanced visuals, new difficulty level, and features both keyboard and gamepad support! Grandia II Anniversary Edition (Steam) adds 60 FPS battles, granular audio settings, analog camera/character control, 4k+ resolution support, and more. ( steamcommunity.com ) submitted 3 years ago by EvilTelephone.
Luckily, this new PC version, dubbed Grandia II Anniversary Edition, is based off of the Dreamcast version. I had a chance to play through most of the re-release this past week.
While we'll likely deliver a more full, scored verdict later, here are some simple highlights for those on the fence about or merely interested in checking out this new version, either as a nostalgic fan of the game or as somebody looking to try out Grandia II for the first time. Configuration and Performance First thing's first - what most PC folk will be keen to know - what does the configuration screen look like?
What options does it offer? These resolutions are supported, then, but there is a catch - Grandia II Anniversary does not support native widescreen. If you untick 'Keep Aspect Ratio', you will get a stretched image for selected widescreen resolutions. Otherwise, a resolution like 1920x1080 will actually be a 1440x1080 image with black borders, for example. In actuality, while this re-release was initially teased as a remaster, it's a very light one, a loose definition of remaster indeed.
Some of the models and building textures have been upscaled and slightly sharpened a bit and some shadows have been upgraded, but otherwise this edition does not see dramatic enhancements on a scale that compares to several remasters in recent years. The game also remains locked to a 30fps frame rate. I tested two different systems when checking out the performance of Grandia II Anniversary Edition: A gaming-capable laptop with a built-in high performance Nvidia graphics processor, and a dedicated gaming PC equipped with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 780. Considering the original age of the game, I wanted to see if a lighter machine would be capable of running the software without much hassle, thus checking the game out on a lower-spec system. Despite past success running HD-era games at medium/low setting, the experience proved problematic for the laptop.
At 720p resolutions or higher, the in-game hovered at unstable framerates less than 15fps, as the characters sluggishly traversed the screen in and out of battle - effectively making the game unplayable. Only at 'sub-HD' resolutions was I able to get playable performance, and even then the framerate had a tough time staying steady. Otherwise, Grandia II Anniversary avoids the problems that plagued the non-Dreamcast versions resulting in a solid, though simple, PC port. I recall when playing Grandia II on PS2, the game would struggle significantly everytime the camera panned to show the player the layout of each city. No such obvious issues this time around.
Verdict Those expecting a remaster similar in vein to Final Fantasy X or Majora's Mask 3D are probably going to be disappointed. Daftar episode one piece lengkap. Grandia II Anniversary is more of a slightly tweaked port than a remaster - note how the publisher has decided not to call it 'Grandia II HD' or something along those lines; that name choice is clearly deliberate, to avoid being accused of misleading gamers. However, the upscaled art direction can be pretty nice and clean on its own.
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Another small thing I felt could be better is the overall audio balance. Sometimes sound effects would overpower spoken dialogue, and enemy grunts were probably too loud in general. Unfortunately there are no in-game sliders for audio levels. With that said, considering a well playable version of the game was previously only found as a physical Dreamcast disc, having a working and easily accessible version on PC is a really good thing for historical archival purposes alone.