Grandia Xtreme next please!

[Hylox, Bane of Titans]

as much as i love grandia 1 and 2, my favorite grandia game is xtreme by far. i admit that the story for xtreme isn't as good as 1 and 2's, but xtreme's gameplay is the grandia series' zenith. i just love giving Ulk triple attack + circle attack + line attack to smite all enemies 4 times with a critical attack mmmmm it's so good, also i love giving Jaid 6 quake blast chants and giving him the spell galactic bang and melting bosses just so much fun!

[Chouchers]

Grandia Xtreme was worst game of them all they better of remastering 3.

[Ogami]

Grandia Xtreme was the worst by FAR of the whole franchise.
Grandia 3 is also pretty bad but miles ahead of Xtreme.
You are literally the first person i ever seen who liked Xtreme. ^^

[Hylox, Bane of Titans]

first of all g3 battle system is a dumb-ed down version of xtreme, a lot of skills that are in GX were completely removed from g3 to simplify the battle system, GX has a very deep skill system that encourages experimentation to get the most of it; second following a character that his only ambition is to become a pilot is downright boring, solving an imminent threat of 4 major natural disasters [elemental disorders] is way more compelling in my book; third g3 forces you to do a difficult boss fight with a party of 2 characters and after that fight those characters are never used again and one of those characters literally joins like 10 mins b4 making that character pointless to the story, GX kinda does this by forcing you to take specific characters during certain story events but it teaches you to try out different party members and the mechanic is dropped after the final disorder is neutralized; fourth the game forces you to level grind to beat the final boss bcuz you can reach it by level 34 in which at that time 1 shots you, plus you don't need to be higher than 45 to beat it, GX you never have to level grind if you don't want to... you can beat the final boss at lvl 28 if you have the luck/skill to do so; fourth the final boss is a quanlee rip off that the game basically pulls out of its butt and seems to be w8ing patiently for the party to discover it, at least quanlee gives the player a reason to defeat him, quanlee is also built up during the story of the game if one pays attention to it; fifth xtreme has a procedural generated 100 floor bonus dungeon after you beat the game so you can get all the best skills and equipment in the game and take on the level 200 super boss in the darkness ruins, g3 has no bonus content after beating the game; sixth GX has a better sound track than g3; GX has Mark Hamil [luke skywalker, and the Joker from multiple batman related media] as a voice actor [he voices Colonel Croitz], g3 does not...

these are my top reasons why i think GX is superior to g3, but everybody is entitled to their own opinion, my opinion is GX is leagues above g3. i would suggest everyone replay both games to reevaluate their opinions on GX vs g3. Grandia Xtreme is a greatly underappreciated hidden gem and definitely deserves its time to shine.

[Ogami]

First of all ,paragraphs and inter-punctuation please.
Nobody wants to read such a word salad.

Also the best battle system is no use if the characters and story are crap.
Which they are in Xtreme, big time. Most people play RPG for the story and characters,a good battle system is just a bonus.

[Hylox, Bane of Titans]

okay so you think trying to become a pilot is way more interesting than neutralizing 4 major natural disasters that are endangering the world, point noted

[shinxagura]

I love both.(Grandia Xtreme and 3 are excellent)

[Cyflan]

Originally posted by Ogami:

First of all ,paragraphs and inter-punctuation please.
Nobody wants to read such a word salad.

Also the best battle system is no use if the characters and story are crap.
Which they are in Xtreme, big time. Most people play RPG for the story and characters,a good battle system is just a bonus.

I'm not sure if you are aware, but it is possible to play an RPG just for the gameplay, especially if they have a really good battle system like the Grandia series does.
So yes, the best battle system can be of use even if the characters and story are crap.

[Hylox, Bane of Titans]

Originally posted by Cyflan:

Originally posted by Ogami:

First of all ,paragraphs and inter-punctuation please.
Nobody wants to read such a word salad.

Also the best battle system is no use if the characters and story are crap.
Which they are in Xtreme, big time. Most people play RPG for the story and characters,a good battle system is just a bonus.

I'm not sure if you are aware, but it is possible to play an RPG just for the gameplay, especially if they have a really good battle system like the Grandia series does.
So yes, the best battle system can be of use even if the characters and story are crap.

Thank you Cyflan! GX's gameplay is top notch imo

[Hylox, Bane of Titans]

oh, i just remembered... GX not only has single techs, it has double, triple, and even quadruple techs! i.e. Evann + Carmyne + Brandol [sky dragon slash + rose slash + eruption slash] creates divine dragon slash, evann + brandol [spark volt + eruption slash] creates volt slash, brandol + ulk + jaid [eruption slash + spinning hurler + jolt knuckle] creates armagedon... quad techs are kinda lame so they aren't listed and there are only 2 of them...
g3 does not have anything more than single techs
all Grandia Xtreme moves below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHcN-1BvlKI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEmiTt4sTBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwwv1rv4N2o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56AbXPDgwR0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5iuTk21bYE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa6FDLpeSTs

[Cyflan]

Having some of the best battle themes of any JRPG also help Grandia Xtreme quite a bit.

[haaa]

Grandia Xtreme is probably the best JRPG ever when it comes to the battle system, hopefully it will come soon, although I doubt it given that they did not port it to PSN like they did with 3.

[GamerSeb]

I'm also a Grandia Xtreme lover, played it from start to middle a thousand times. It was grindy but felt so good.

[[sMil3]]

Originally posted by haaa:

Grandia Xtreme is probably the best JRPG ever when it comes to the battle system

Laughs in Shining Force, Fire Emblem, Panzer Dragoon Saga...

[haaa]

Originally posted by sMil3:

Laughs in Shining Force, Fire Emblem, Panzer Dragoon Saga...

Those are TRPGs, not JRPGs.

[davidb11]

ALso, no one can complain about Grandia Xtreme since it has Mark Hamil in it as the main bad guy's voice actor. :P
So, really, if you complain about Grandia Xtreme, you're going to get a visit from the Joker. :P
"Now that's funny."

Seriously though, Grandia 3 was pretty cool, but Grandia Xtreme is indeed amazing.