Grandia II Anniversary Edition

[Nz17]

Grandia II Anniversary Edition is now on Good Old Games:

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, a new difficulty level, and features both keyboard and gamepad support!

Take the role of a hardened mercenary with a heart, and go on an epic adventure filled with magic, new friendships, and surprising storyline twists in search of a weapon once wielded by a deity.

$14.99
DRM-free
http://www.gog.com/game/grandia_ii_anniversary_edition

[Edmond Dantes]

Just wondering, if I already own this game on Dreamcast then what benefit is there to getting this version?

[Nz17]

~Higher-res textures
~Higher-res running resolution (up to 1080p)
~Keyboard support
~Gamepad support
~Hard mode
~English voice acting
~Japanese voice acting

...And I kid you not, it supports the Dreamcast save files. The original source code acted as the basis for this enhanced port, so the save files are 100% compatible between the Dreamcast and Windows versions of this game. So if you have a DC memory card which you can hook up to your PC or you can transfer your DC files over the network, then you can play you PC save files on your DC and your DC files on your PC. Now that's a feature!

[sfchakan]

Just wondering, if I already own this game on Dreamcast then what benefit is there to getting this version?

Sell your Dreamcast version for almost $40 on ebay, then spend the $17 gain on pixie sticks and temporary tattoos!

[Gamevet]

Sell your Dreamcast version for almost $40 on ebay.....

Blasphemy!

[Tanooki]

Given the shaky quality of the DC and how easy the discs can eat it from scratches, maybe selling it would be smart. I've thought time and again I'd like to get into the DC one last time but finding good quality copies of games I like without scratches with a good price, and a system that hasn't been messed with or worn well already I just leave it be.

Grandia II was my favorite RPG on the DC, Skies did it with the airship fights but otherwise it was overkill encounter rates and drawn out animations grated on me. This one I will get, not today, no time for it, but i will. I had bookmarked it on Steam, but then I saw it was on GOG so I pulled it and popped it on the GoG wishlist.

To be honest it's not just a time factor but storage, my budget we all know kind of sucks, so I've been using a 32GB and a 4GB(I think?) pair of stick drives to store all my backups and the big one is nearly out of room and Grandia I think was like a 1.5GB download or so, not sure it would fit or if it did I'd be up against the wall. Anyone know a really really cheap deal on a not all that huge usb portable hard drive? 500GB would do, don't need terabytes of space.

[sfchakan]

PROTIP: You could skip most battle animations in Skies by pressing Start. Suck it, Final Fantasy!