Difference between revisions of "Grandia II Anniversary Edition"

Revision as of 02:50, 15 February 2018

Grandia
Grandia II	2002
Grandia Online	2009
Grandia II Anniversary Edition	2015
Grandia HD Remaster	2019

Key points

Offers both English and Japanese audio for the first time.

Lighting and Shadows are improved^[1]^[2]^[3]

Very mod friendly. All game files out in the open to play with.

There are many audio synchronization issues with events and music present not in the original Dreamcast game.

Audio files are poor quality with a lower average bitrate compared to previous versions of the game.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/330390/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Location
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/330390/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

HQ Music Mod^[4]

Download the mod here
If playing with English audio, files will belong in <path-to-game>/Data/Sound
If playing with Japanese audio, files will belong in <path-to-game>/Data/Sound_n
Backup the entire /Sound or Sound_n folder somewhere. You don't have to, if you need to revert the entire thing, you can just re-verify the files.
Drag and drop the contents of the OGG folder to the /Sound or Sound_n folder
Refer to the ReadME or download page for additional instructions for noted optional files.

leandroeidi's HD Mod^[5]
Download the mod here Make a backup of your `<path-to-game>\data\afs` folder. This mod will overwrite many files in there and you should keep a backup to make it possible to undo everything. Copy the `data` folder to `<path-to-game>`

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Japanese				Game text is same as English version.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8
Processor (CPU)	Dual Core, 2.5 GHz	Quad Core, 2.5 GHz+
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2 GB	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	AMD Radeon HD 4000 Series Nvidia GeForce GTX 200 Series Intel HD 3000 Series	Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 AMD Radeon HD 4850 Intel HD 4000 Series

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Developers

	SkyBox Labs
	Game Arts
Publishers
	GungHo Online Entertainment
Release dates
Windows	August 24, 2015