Best VGM 952 - Grandia II - Fight!! Ver.1

[AiRwOlFe23]

Ah, Grandia II on the Dreamcast. One of the greatest, most overshadowed RPGs of all time.

[GenBadGuy]

I always imagine this track being used in a bitchin' 80s montage.

[AxeBlack84]

V slash!... oh wait wrong game....

[Svenshinhan]

This theme always made me want to squeeze out more power from my characters. Hearing Ryodo's TENSEIKEN SLASH still gives me goosebumps.

[orwell9788]

@Arc13 I'd have to politely disagree with you. I was a kid in the 90's and my first impulse might be to say that the best games where 1990-2000, that could just be my nostalgia talking. Case in point, I thought Super Mario 64, OoT, and FFVII where the best games ever (not saying they aren't amazing cause they are). But over the years I've matured and those amazing, epic plots (I mean RPG's during this time) seem to have more flaws and cliches to me. I'm glad the industry is trying to make kore

[TheChaz011]

Nice

[ladatree]

I better get my Dreamcast working, and try to buy this game off EBAY!

[purppanther]

Oh God I miss this game.

[GameBeatenakaKevinS]

I really want to get the first two Grandias.

[ronman208]

I think I am gonna buy a Dreamcast just to play this game. The ONLY way to play this masterpiece of a video game is on the Dreamcast. The other versions suck. Especially the PC version. Bleh!

[redwaller66]

Where do you get the files for all the music? Just searching and downloading or is there a specific website you use.

[Smileoscar]

I went into Gamestop today to just look at random cheap games, and what do I see? Fucking Grandia II. Bought it dirty cheap, and I will play it so hard next week.

So.FUCKING.HARD.

[marcusdranz]

@Smileoscar I am so goddamn proud of you, you have no idea.

[RequiemOfNothingness]

Oh god I remember this game. Was probably the only rpg I had on the Dreamcast. Wish I could play it again, but my darn dreamcast is trash now.

[MasterOfStealth64]

Is this a good RPG for the PS2 that anyone would recommend? Ive been trying to search around for one.

[ThePoopsack69]

@MasterOfStealth64 A good PS2 rpg? There are plenty! I would recommend Wild Arms 4, Persona 3 and Persona 4. I've never played this one before, but i've heard it's good.

[assgoblin2damax]

@MasterOfStealth64

Yes, this is a good PS2 RPG (though it does suffer from a few framerate problems, nothing game-breaking though). Any Shin Megami Tensei or Persona game are also good.

[VexylMusic]

Love that bass in there...

[RazzWasThere]

Greatest RPG battle theme of all time.

[xXxDarkSeraphxXx]

aw, just started playing the first one:3

[GarlyleWilds]

@wiiplayin The second carries the spirit of the first game real well while still being original - it's fantastic, and honestly I like it more than the first.

The third Grandia meanwhile cleaned up the battle system and made the gameplay even more fun than the other entries in the series, but at the cost of having an atrociously cliche plot and cast, largely lacking any of the charm or loveability of the first two games' scenarios.

[wirevirus]

The battle themes from this game are all great. My favourite would be the regular boss fight theme, Fight!! Ver.3.

[Celebandune]

Listened to all your playlists in these past two months! They're awesome, dude!! ;)

Now I'm gonna start from scratch and download the ones I liked the most, and I'm curious to see if you'll be at 1000 songs by the time I get here again! ;)

[DerUnbekannteFlo]

Grandia II was my first jRPG ive played ^^

[CleverDjembe]

Grandia 1 was legendary.

[Moonkiller69]

Grandia 2 have one of the greatest soundtracks ever!

[gott957]

i really need to get back into this game. i stopped playing it like 8 hours in. i believe i got stuck at a boss fight.

the slowdown in the ps 2 version can get a bit annoying but it's far from gamebreaking.

[AZthehedgehog]

Excellent choice... Grandia 1 and 2 ftw...

[NYCrazyRob]

I was going to get this game on PC many years ago, but then I stopped seeing it in stores and never got it. :-(

[Arc13]

90s, the golden age of gaming.

[krits]

@Arc13 your comment makes me want to cry.

[Quikquik98]

@Arc13 but this song's from the year 2000, which was during, like, the silver age of gaming.

[Arc13]

@Quikquik98 I count 2000 still admist the 90s due to the fact N64 PS1 Dreamcast was still the go to systems.

[Quikquik98]

@Arc13 But wouldn't that mean we are still in the 2000's because Xbox 360 and PS3 are still the go-to systems? I mean, it's 2011 already and Microsoft hasn't even announced a new home console yet.

[Arc13]

@Quikquik98 You are over thinking this. By a lot.

If I need to enter this level of specifity then I will.

1991-2000, the greatest era of video games ever made and all the games released with the SNES, Genesis, N64, Playstation, Saturn, Dreamcast are all amazing.

You can't really apply that kind of logic current gen due to current gen not exactly even holding a candle to the quality of the past.

If it sounds like I'm insulting you, I apologize I don't mean to just, don't overthink it.

[Quikquik98]

@Arc13 But you left out 1990. Never mind that that year is technically part of the 90's but that's when Mega Man 3 and Castlevania 3 were released (in North America, anyway). so it's sort of strange that you're leaving that game out of "the greatest era of video games ever made."

Are Mega Mans 4, 5, and 6 also arbitrarily left out of the greatest era because they were on NES and not on any of the consoles you mentioned?

[Arc13]

@Quikquik98 You are not following my advice at all. And yes, while those came out then, NES counts more towards Silver Age of gaming because while amazing tell me if Castlevania III really holds a candle to Castlevania IV.

Now please, just stop overthinking it. I'm merely saying this is awesome along with the games of it's era and systems. And you're overthinking each and every time. It almost seems like you wish to disprove that these games are good. I'm not sure if that even makes sense...AGH

[Quikquik98]

@Arc13 I think you're confusing the Pewter Age (1980-89) with the Silver Age (2000-09) and, quite frankly, Castlevania III does hold quite a candle to Castlevania IV (you can control 4 different characters in Dracula's Curse!) but nothing in the Clinton Years holds a candle to games made in the 2000's. Case in point: Super Metroid is a blatant rip-off of Halo.

[ShadowPhazonv2]

What does this game and Metal Gear Solid have in common? They both have many of the same voice actors. If you look even farther, almost all the the remaining cast would voice a role in a future game in the MGS series. Interesting. =D

[diamondlancer]

Yes! Yes! Yes! I'm surprised my Grandia II soundtrack hasn't worn out from me listening to this one! Best regular (i.e. non boss) battle theme in any RPG I've played.

[Xavior86]

@diamondlancer *hi-fives* Hasn't aged a bit.

[B1SH1]

i think i never played this but somehow this song seems familiar, great track

[FenroKaiderX]

I feel this would work in the SRW series lol

[hairyguy23]

I was just raped by good memories and nostalgia

[Adowel123]

I miss when Ubisoft actually made games that made it seem like they cared about their fans and not their fans money.

[hanz101]

oh mah god, i loved this game and the song. nostalgia

[danetucker]

I'm pretty certain I can fly after hearing this.

[chorest]

@dionarapthevicious Flying Tenseiken! :P

[Zapper101]

Ah, my favorite regular battle theme. Brings back memories.

[fitzcannon]

takes me back to my teenage-hood!

[ZeZwede]

al lthe main 4 fight themes of grandia 2 is great!

[blablamannn]

Purple lightning!

[Mdude123456789]

thumbs up if your the 228'th perso- ah forget it

[Keviinskyyy]

"You better practice before you beat me"

[redrosefriendy]

@Keviinskyyy "You better practice if you want to beat me."

[stickmanbrains]

Oh dang it was Ubisoft too. So really HOW DID I MISS THIS GAME...

[stickmanbrains]

How did I miss this game? I was big into Sega consoles especially Dreamcast...

[TheHarmonixer]

Amazing music in this game. Might I recommend "A Deus" as another choice for a song from this game?

[ValisHD]

0:40 - 0:52 dont you just love that japanese battle themed music? SO nostalgia

[SeriousBeats357]

This is a fresh breath of air

[Sephiko]

One of the best regular battle themes in an RPG.

[solar464]

@Sephiko and for another good one, look up "brave warriors" from lunar 2 eternal blue complete.

[tattswein]

Ah, good old dreamcast. The combat and leveling systems made this game great.

[TarvusDrake]

I remember when you first encounter Milennia, and she has to use Zap! on you to finish the cutscene/unwinnable fight. I kept interrupting her casting, so she kept killing me with the crossbow instead. It took me forever to figure that part out...

[leryan]

LOOK TO THE MOON

[SupraDarky]

I loved the first two Grandia games. I played this one on the Playstation 2 and there were some slowdowns so I'd recommend playing it on the original Dreamcast version if possible.

After Grandia III underwhelmed, I wonder if it marked the end of this series, especially since Square-Enix took over.

[Frohstaruus]

@SupraDarky Wait, how does the game run better on older hardware (Dreamcast)?

[arcticfox04]

@SupraDarky Yea, too bad the only games Square can make that can please the more Turnbase RPG is a Dragonquest now. I agree Grandia rocked my Dreamcast hard.

[mascot1063]

@SupraDarky I wondered this to. But I don't think its was grandia 3 that made me think this, it was... Grandia XTreme...