[triwats]

My sister picked this up from a random supermarket in 1998/1999, and I sank 100s of hours into watching her play it through.

She does this thing where she wants to start games over and over again from the start, play them for a bunch of hours, then start it again.

The soundtrack and the challenge of beating the game at that age was wonderful.

I beat it a few years ago for the first time all the way through again. Really enjoyed it, but never played the sequel.

I find a lot of modern games unisnpiring. Too much focus is on creating a general great game, rather than focusing on story / mechanics.

Thanks for the post!

[lukan]

I only know the second part of grandia, but it is great!

(There does not seem a story connection, though)

[Izkata]

There's a fan theory that Grandia II is a prequel to Grandia set in the far, far, far distant past. I think the main basis is from one of the final scenes in Grandia II, involving two people with wings - possibly be very first Icarians (Grandia's ancient nonhuman civilization).

[qingcharles]

The soundtrack to Grandia lives rent free in my head. I've not heard it in 20 years but I can still play it back.

[triwats]

Happily found out on Monday that it is available on Spotify!!111

Sent it to said sister. Strange how something can exit your life then re-enter it heavily in the same week (soundtrack, and now HN).

[qingcharles]

Thank you! I think I had this on CD decades ago that I found in a comic book store.

I just went and found the whole soundtrack online. I found this cool live orchestra version too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4fUdY1PGhY

[triwats]

My partner doesn't get why I'm enjoying this so much. Thanks for sharing!