Meesh
Member
To be honest there's just some games I'll buy again no matter what.
Monster Hunter
Zelda
Animal crossing
Mario Kart...
And for me Grandia is on the list among so many others I buy whenever theres a re release or a new one.
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Monster Hunter
Zelda
Animal crossing
Mario Kart...
And for me Grandia is on the list among so many others I buy whenever theres a re release or a new one.
DigitalScrap
Member
You can count me as one of the suckers that they don't respect, as I'll be buying it. I love Grandia, and I'm willing to pay. I certainly understand some not wanting to do so as well though.
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Tiamat2san
Member
Same here.
Or let us buy the games separately.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
Japanese voice cast for Grandia is worth the price.
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
$40 and no physical is a hard pass.
Dirk Benedict
Member
I can still play it on my PS1. /seriousfaceI just want Grandia II though. I can still play the Grandia 1 on my Vita.
Gormless Noodle
Member
Is this US only or something? I don't see it on the EU store.
Vawn
Banned
Can we stop calling company pricing "greedy"? Its a business, you price things at whatever price you determine will result in most profit. Period.
That doesn't mean this price isn't too high. Time will tell.
Shifty1897
Member
The marketing for this whole situation has been embarrassing since day one.
Really disappointed.
Really disappointed.
blackjon24
Member
Exactly Grandia deserved better.
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Quasicat
Member
When Grandia II came out originally on Dreamcast it came out really close to Skies if Arcadia. I bought both and played the first hour of each to see which got my interest the most. Grandia II is fun, but I went straight to Skies of Arcadia first. I will pick this up again, but not at $40. It’ll be on my wish list for awhile.
Lupin3
Targeting terrorists with a D-Pad
Your point is irrelevant. Of course they can price it however they like, but that doesn't make it less greedy in this case! I've yet to see anything that calls for this price tag.
You may stop calling them greedy all you want and pretend it doesn't matter to you, but I won't. I rather voice my concerns than shut up about it.
Animagic
Banned
Maybe if M2 or someone that knew what they were doing ported these, I would pay $40 USD, and there was a bunch of cool display options and extras... no way in hell am I paying $40 for something this pedestrian. And I’m absolutely in the target market for something like this.
Grandia deserves so much better than this. Extremely disappointing.
Grandia deserves so much better than this. Extremely disappointing.
Vawn
Banned
You voice your concerns by not purchasing it. If enough people don't buy it, the price is too high. If almost everyone who bought it would have paid more, the price is too low. There's no greed involved, just business.
Lupin3
Targeting terrorists with a D-Pad
And by saying it's greedy. Because it is. Just like it's generous when developers are giving away games for free. Business can at times be the actual definition of greed.
Zog
Banned
SurprisedPikachu
Member
I own this game on Steam but if I remember correctly it doesn't support controllers for some reason so I might pick it up on the Switch to play there instead. Pretty pumped since even my wife says Grandia 2 is "fucking amazing".
belteshazzar
Member
$39.99 LOL. Yeah, will wait till its like 5 bucks
HaveButOneLife
Banned
Lol, digital only. Come on, if you're willing to charge me $30 for it then at least offer me a physical version. I'd buy it even if it were more expensive!
Sick of this tired excuse. You know these companies also don't care about the fact that you defend them and make excuses for them, right?
Sick of this tired excuse. You know these companies also don't care about the fact that you defend them and make excuses for them, right?
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Animagic
Banned
I’m content to wait and see if gungho took massive shits all over one of the greatest games of all time or not. If you blindly accept a subpar cash grab, then who is truly not worthy?
Zog
Banned
To the end that consumers can talk about it amongst themselves. Is it that it's ok to talk about the price of a game if you like it but not ok to talk about the price if you don't like it?
Vawn
Banned
I think you might be posting in the wrong thread. This thread is about Grandia.
I was going to get this, but I think I'll hold out as I have the original Saturn version of Grandia 1 and the Dreamcast version of Grandia 2. If this had a physical release, then I would have picked it up on day one, but blowing 8GB on this is not something I really want to do right now. Ended up spending the money on Oninaki JP physical version as I think I'd like to have that instead. I'll keep an eye out for impressions, too. Like does this Grandia release have the Saturn bonus disc stuff included as well?
ExpandKong
Banned
Lol. Massive corporations giving away free anything isn’t generous.
If a company is giving you a thing or providing a service for free, that thing/service isn’t the product they’re selling - you are.
Let’s stop pretending any of these companies, big or small, does anything for any reason other than their bottom line.
Vawn
Banned
Exactly. Nor should they be expected to do so.
Even things that seem to be done for charity are made with bottom-line in mind. Free game updates are done for good-will because that builds customer trust which ultimately leads to be better profits.
Microsoft built their accessibility controller. What did they do next? They spent a ton of money on a huge advertising campaign patting themselves on the back. Even things like this begin and end with the goal of making the most profit for the company. Whether it's directly or indirectly is irrelevant.
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Lupin3
Targeting terrorists with a D-Pad
In order to make your point valid, you create a narrow premiss based on "massive corporations" and services. Let's stop pretending these are the only examples of "free" today (the last game I got for free had zero MTX in it, and wasn't bound to either a client or service). And just because there is personal gain involved doesn't automatically make it "not generous" in every case.
Now, let's not derail this thread any further.
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FranXico
Member
There's nothing wrong with that either. That's just how business functions.
ExpandKong
Banned
Oh yes thank you daddy mmmmm
Queso de Grande
Member
I can’t wait to pick this up.
Off topic, but do think if this is successful enough GungHo might remaster some other Gamearts RPGs like the Lunar series?
Off topic, but do think if this is successful enough GungHo might remaster some other Gamearts RPGs like the Lunar series?
blackjon24
Member
Grandia HD is getting a steam release next month it looks like
I don't need to play this game now so I can wait to whichever version has a better deal.
I don't need to play this game now so I can wait to whichever version has a better deal.
Gormless Noodle
Member
Probably not coming today in Europe. The store's been updated but no Grandia. Weird because they said it would release here too.
Edit: Whoop, it's up.
Edit: Whoop, it's up.
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NeededSleep
Member
Damn... that price is harsh.
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Man, thank you so much for posting this. Just wishlisted it. Sooooooo hyped!!!
VectorVictor
Member
But I thought this was a Grandia HD remaster thread, and not a Final Fantasy VI thread, or a Lost Odyssey thread, or a ______ thread, or...
Rat Rage
Member
I'm a huge Grandia ( Grandia #1 that is), but I'm super dissapointed in this "HD remaster", so mch so, that I won't buy it.
They've had a unique chance to produce something truly amazing by remastering Grandia, which is one of the top 5 RPGS ever made, to the delight of longtime fans and new ones who never played the game, YET they completely fucked it up!
It would've been enought if they at least got on par with the orgiinal Saturn version at it's much sharper in-battle backgrounds, but nope, the "HD remaster" worse (which means blurrier) than the Playstation 1 version.
The dissapointment is off the roof with this one!
They've had a unique chance to produce something truly amazing by remastering Grandia, which is one of the top 5 RPGS ever made, to the delight of longtime fans and new ones who never played the game, YET they completely fucked it up!
It would've been enought if they at least got on par with the orgiinal Saturn version at it's much sharper in-battle backgrounds, but nope, the "HD remaster" worse (which means blurrier) than the Playstation 1 version.
The dissapointment is off the roof with this one!
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
It’s out today on Switch, right? Anyone try it yet?
Good to see it’s hitting PC relatively soon... hopefully, it comes to GOG, too. Grandia II did, and I want a DRM-free copy of the first game, too.
Good to see it’s hitting PC relatively soon... hopefully, it comes to GOG, too. Grandia II did, and I want a DRM-free copy of the first game, too.
Gormless Noodle
Member
Well I'm on it currently (Grandia 1 that is). Only at the beginning though. The opening FMV has these weird blur borders on each side, seems like a stylistic choice? The cinematic after it did not and it looked quite nice. But I can say the text, character pics, sprites all seem crisp to me, the environment seems fine in the opening town. Sound is good. I have to say though, I've never played the PS1 or Saturn version of this game, so I can't give you an apt comparison or anything I can only tell you what I'm seeing and I'm playing in handheld mode. It seems fine so far, I'll report back if anyone wants me to as I get further in.
Also on Japanese dub and I'm certain the guy with the eyepatch in the beginning has this cat's voice actor:
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Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
I assume you can turn off the blur filters on everything?