Video Game / Grandia Xtreme

A 2002 Spinoff of the Grandia series. As the Grandia games were renowned for their exciting and dynamic battle system, a decision was made to make a game that focused almost entirely on combat. Unfortunately, this means that the story is threadbare and the gameplay largely involves grinding for levels, equipment and skills. There are only seven dungeons in the game, three of which are randomly generated.

A natural disaster known as the Elemental Disorder has thrown the world into chaos, forcing the Nortis Army to mobilise and search for a solution. A young Ranger named Evann is recruited to help in this endeavour, an offer that he is prepared to turn down until he discovers that his childhood friend and rival Kroitz is a high-ranking commander within the army. Accepting the mission, Evann must travel to the four elemental temples that lie across the world and investigate just what (or who) could be causing the Elemental Disorder.

Tropes associated with Grandia Xtreme:

• Amazing Technicolor Battlefield: During final battle.
• An Ice Person: Myam. Two of her special moves are ice elemental.
• Awesome, but Impractical: Some of the Combination Attacks are flashy, but some just plain hack and slash multiple times for big hits.
• BFS: Brandol.
• Big Bad: Quanlee.
• Big Eater: Brandol.
• The Big Guy: Brandol, Ulk.
• Blow You Away: Howlnado spell's effect will scatter everyone (allies and enemies) all over the battlefield.
• Bonus Dungeon: 100 floors Vortex Corridor with randomly generated floors. And mazes, don't forget the mazes.
• Bonus Boss: Level 200 Zenothlee.
• Bratty Half-Pint: Ben's Son.
• Cannot Spit It Out: Brandol to Wendy the barkeep, Lutina to Evann. Averted by Lutina in the second ending: "We'll be waiting. By then... I'll be more attractive to you."
• Cloning Blues: Lutina's Dragon Mirage.
• Combination Attack: The first of the series.
• Cognizant Limbs: The series' staple for bosses. Defeating those parts before bosses will yield more EXP and possibly some equipment.
• Deadpan Snarker: Evann, Jaid.
• Defeat Equals Friendship: Quanlee.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Lutina in the post ending. Diene, for the latter half of the game, as well.
• Dungeon Crawling
• Earth-Shattering Kaboom: BA-BOOM! spell.
• Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Ben's Wife and Ben's Son.
• Expy: The Bone Mantis is basically a color swap of the Claw of Valmar. The Mother Crustacean also bears a resemblance to the Tongue of Valmar.
  • The Nortis Army is essentially a modernised and pragmatic version of the Garlyle Forces from the first Grandia game.

• Fantastic Racism: Brandol has something against Arcadians. The feeling is mutual with Jaid.
• Fantasy Counterpart Culture: Nortis, of the Kaiserreich variety. The Army and its technology echoes early-to-mid 20th century Germany, though the settlements and culture seem to branch out into more generic European stylisation. Practically every named Nortis character has a German (or at least German-sounding) name.
• Fiery Red Head: Myam. Ironically that she's more of An Ice Person.
• Fight Woosh: Glass shattering type.
• Flawless Victory: Ending a battle without taking any damage will earn you bonus EXP range from 20% to 100%.

• Infinity +1 Sword: Evann's Spirit Blade. The only way to get one is from random enemy drop in the bonus dungeon.

• Lightning Bruiser: Battle Kroitz

• Manipulative Bastard: Kroitz. He manipulated the entire army to revive the Big Bad.

• Mythology Gag: The battle music from previous Grandia randomly change in Vortex Corridor.

• Rare Candy: Stats-raising seeds.

• Tech Points: Mental, Combat, Physical and Special.
• Useless Useful Spell: Averted. Some of the status-inflicting spells such as Shhh! and Fiora (blocking enemies' Magic and Moves, respectively) work even on bosses.
• Unresolved Sexual Tension: Evann and Lutina, Evann and Diene, Brandol and Wendy...
• Video Game Stealing: Titto's Get Item.
• Xtreme Kool Letterz
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Evann and Titto. Or green hair for Jaid and Lutina.

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