Grandia II

1001 Video Games

Grandia II appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Soundtrack

The US version includes an additional CD of Grandia II music as selected by the composer Noriyuki Iwadare, featuring words and vocals by Kaori Kawasumi.

Tracklist: 1. Cancáo do povo (Little Shelter Mix) 2. Carbo 3. A Deus 4. Dangerous Zone 5. Agear 6. Fight!! Ver. 1 7. Liligue 8. Mirumu 9. Saint Heim 10. Fight!! Ver. 2 11. A Deus (Sunking Mix) 12. Cancáo do povo

Running Time: 49:32 minutes

The lyrics for the songs Canção do Povo and A Deus are in Portuguese, even though the Japanese pronounce is quite apparent.

Special Edition

The Japanese Grandia II Special Package contains an additional Digipak music CD titled Grandia II Melodia, composed by Noriyuki Iwadare. The booklet contains character studies and background information on the music production. It is NOT identical to the US soundtrack version.

It contains 7 tracks with a running time of 22:11 minutes. The tracklist is partially written in Japanese.

Version differences

Although the game has been ported around, there are some differences between versions.

The PS2 version has quite some problems, some parts of the game are extremely slow and there are transparency clipping issues.

In the Dreamcast version, mushrooms spawn random items, Melfice's regenerator is invincible and the Millenia Zap! bug from the PS2 version doesn't occur.

The PC version has a setup program called Gmconfig which lets you assign the keys and resolution. Also on PC, only CD2 is the game disc, CD1 is solely used for installing the game.

Information also contributed by Jiguryo and Sciere