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Coming Soon: Grandia 3.

I just hope to God that Square doesn't manage to ******** up Game Arts's masterpiece. Compared to Game Arts, Square's a bumbling bunch of rejects at making RPGs. But it certainly is looking really great, and already right off the bat breaking new ground in RPGs by including the protagonist's mom as a major playable character.

(Does anyone CARE about the series besides me? Maybe not...but I'll make that change)

I played Grandia II on the DC, and while the game was a notch above average I really didn't find it to be anything worth getting worked up about (of course, I'm very hard to impress). The experience I had will get the new game a look, but given that it is a Square project I'll be going in with a skeptical eye. They lost my trust after the horrid abomination that men call FFVIII.

I dunno, Vince, I've played both, and while 1 is an exquisite masterpiece of RPG art, 2 blows it (and 98% of all other RPGs) out of the water so fast it's hard to even compare them in my opinion.

Valkyrie Profile looks pretty... I want it now. Damn you!

Say, do any of you guys know if Drag-on Dragoon ever came out in the states? If not, I suppose I'll have to just import it. ><; But I do enjoy completely understanding what the hell's going on in a game--not just partially.

I'd say Vagrant Story is pretty good. It's definitely an acquired taste, mind--it does away with the retarded anime-cliche of starring only beautiful characters, you can be ROYALLY screwed over by the class system if you promote people the wrong way, and battles are long, tough, and a little like a simplified version of FFT. It's got a very good sense of gritty realism that few RPGs have, portraying people in times of war and battle and change with unpleasant realism. The plot and characters are good, though, so I say go for it; you'll probably enjoy it.

EDIT: Dammit, I feel stupid, I was talking about VANDAL HEARTS, not Vagrant Story. I ALWAYS get those two mixed up.

Is there any way to do more than 1 damage to bosses? I got stuck at a boss battle because I just wasn't doing any damage whatsoever.

Yeah, Risk is a pain in the a** at times. I'd wager your best bet is to experiment with different attack combinations. For example, when fighting ordinary monsters for...hmm, let's say you want to make your current weapon more effective against whatever type the boss is, using Paralysis Pulse and whatever the Silencing attack is on every monster in the room will effectively make the enemy completely helpless, allowing you to just one-hit them repeatedly, keeping your risk low and thus more manageable. I'd recommend it for bosses, too, but chances are they're all resistant.

Of course, if that doesn't work, just break out a different weapon and hope it's attributes are good against whatever giant freak is currently bashing your face into the floor. And keep the chains low unless you've got an attack that deals damage based on your health, and you're certain the damage will be worth the high Risk.

Edit: Of course, Vera items are your friiieeeeennndddsss...

Or, better yet, I could un-hijack the thread now. sweatdrop