Ever an RPG better than Grandia II?

[MrKirov]

I have finished Koudelka, (RPG set in my home country of Wales? Was bought day one!) and finished SH 1,2 and 3. 2 being my favourite with 3 being a bit ropey if I'm honest- the plot on that was total bollocks.

I like some Tales games, but not others- frankly they are all the same! I've bought and finish Graces and Xillia and there was much if a difference between them and symphonia or Vesperia! Still bought them all though... I including the HD remakes... And Tales of the Abyss of 3DS...

Everyone applauds the combat in tales, I find it messy and unstructured. Being back proper turn based I say!

[sj33]

As the only Tales game I've ever played, I enjoyed Symphonia on release. But thinking back, I can't remember a single thing about the story, and can't name a single one of the characters. That says a lot, given that I still remember games like Grandia and Chrono Trigger by heart.

[gunrock]

Suprised that Vandal Hearts hasn't appeared in this thread. I've only played the original, but thought it was a turn based work of genius.
FF Tactics (only played the Psp version) is a wonderful handheld turn based affair.

[nakamura]

It's mainly because the.op wanted to avoid rpg's that are faster paced in design rather than Vandal Hearts not being great.

[replicashooter]

PSP Go has arrived, getting ready for some Grandia now

If anyone else is after a cheap, clean PSP this vendor does them for ?50 brand new and is getting more stock in next week.

Thanks for all the recommendations folks.

[speedlolita]

They had one in CeX yesterday for ?35. Almost caved, though Nakamura should be offloading his 1000 onto me soon..

[shaffy_oppa]

Keep reading this thread and I realise I own so many of these RPGs mentioned but either never played them or never finished them.

Recently picked up Grandia on PSN and actually have a physical copy from ages ago but I've never played it. I need to put some time aside and play all these games.

[replicashooter]

About 3 hours into Grandia now, it's a bit slow to start but wow, it's pretty much the same as the sequel. I can see why people weren't impressed with II now as it's more of the same (not a bad thing) in a pretty dress (deffo not a bad thing) on the Dreamcast (you know what it is).

Still one of the best combat systems ever in any RPG, I can't believe this languished and folks slogged through FFVII instead.

[nakamura]

The first Grandia is lavished with incidental details and still remains on of the prettiest games ever.