For the original release, see Grandia II.
Key points
- Updated version of Grandia II featuring improved textures, lighting and shadows, the original Japanese voice option and an additional difficulty level.
- An update was released for the Steam version on October 15, 2019 to coincide with Grandia HD Remaster, renaming the game to Grandia II HD Remaster and featuring further changes including improved interface textures, better 16:9 and gamepad support, and French, German, and Japanese language options.
- The HD Remaster update removes options present in AE, as well as removes 4:3 support entirely, crops videos to fit 16:9, performs worse, adds aliasing that isn't present in AE, does not fix major issues with Audio/Video/Animation synchronization, and the mouse cursor no longer auto hides itself.[1]
- Most updated textures are upscaled with the majority of textures untouched. Text is inconsistently updated, as some is high res and some is low res. Visual comparison here.
- Audio files are poor quality with a lower average bitrate compared to previous versions of the game. See HQ Music Mod for a fix.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
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- The 2015 Anniversary Edition is available to re-download on Steam at any time.
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Steam: Change to the Anniversary Edition version
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- Launch Steam.
- Select the game, Right-click on it and select Properties.
- Open the Betas tab.
- Change Select the beta you would like to opt into to
anniversary_edition and click Close.
- Launch the game after the download has finished.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Essential improvements
HQ Music Mod
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HQ Music Mod[2]
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- 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.
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HD Interface Mod
- No longer necessary for Grandia II HD Remaster. This is applicable to Anniversary Edition.
Video settings
Video settings (HD Remaster).
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Keyboard bindings (HD Remaster).
Controller bindings (HD Remaster).
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Audio settings (HD Remaster).
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| Japanese |
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Japanese Text
- Despite not being advertised, Japanese text is present in Grandia II HD Remaster and appears to be functional but can't be enabled in the launcher. Japanese text will be officially supported at a later date.
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- Go to <path-to-game>\data\saves\
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config.ini
- Navigate to
text_language and set it to 1
- Launch Grandia II HD Remaster directly through the executable and not through the launcher. The launcher will change the language back to a non-Japanese option.
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
11 |
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| Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
| Windows |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
| Audio |
XAudio2 |
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| Input |
SDL2 |
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| Cutscenes |
MPlayer |
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System requirements
| Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
7 |
10 |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core 2 Duo E6700
| Intel Pentium G4500 |
| System memory (RAM) |
4 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
4 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GT 240
DirectX 11 compatible
| AMD Radeon HD 7570
DirectX 12 compatible |
Notes
References
