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* OnceOriginalNowCommon: Before ''Grandia'', most [=RPGs=] were mainly text-focused with very few having voice acting ''and'' a notable presentation. This alongside Game Art's prior work on ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'' both thoroughly recreated the anime style and vibe that many games of the era had attempted to produce, and had a variety of voice acted scenes (fully dubbed, albeit [[{{Narm}} cheesy]], to boot) all throughout. For 1997, this was ''super'' novel, which is a major point of the game's legacy. By today's standards, the turn of the millennium had ''everyone'' [[FollowTheLeader following suit]] in the genre, and now you can't go five feet without tripping over yet another anime RPG title.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Before ''Grandia'', most [=RPGs=] were mainly text-focused with very few having voice acting ''and'' a notable presentation. This alongside Game Art's prior work on ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'' both thoroughly recreated the anime style and vibe that many games of the era had attempted to produce, and had a variety of voice acted scenes (fully dubbed, albeit [[{{Narm}} cheesy]], to boot) all throughout. For 1997, this was ''super'' novel, which is a major point of the game's legacy. By today's standards, the turn of the millennium had ''everyone'' [[FollowTheLeader following suit]] in the genre, and now you can't go five feet without tripping over yet another anime RPG title.
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* ValuesDissonance: Lily hitting Justin on the head with a tray is treated like a slapstick-y moment in-game. Most modern audiences would definitely consider this abuse. It doesn't help that Sue jokes about the possibility of Justin sustaining brain damage from said abuse when now even most contact sports from wrestling to football view concussions very seriously.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Before ''Grandia'', most [=RPGs=] were mainly text-focused with very few having voice acting ''and'' a notable presentation. This alongside Game Art's prior work on ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'' both thoroughly recreated the anime style and vibe that many games of the era had attempted to produce, and had a variety of voice acted scenes (fully dubbed, albeit [[{{Narm}} cheesy]], to boot) all throughout. For 1997, this was ''super'' novel, which is a major point of the game's legacy. By today's standards, the turn of the millennium had ''everyone'' [[FollowTheLeader following suit]] in the genre, and now you can't go five feet without tripping over yet another anime RPG title.
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** Pakon’s bodyguard Chang, especially if you’ve been relying on Feena up to that point.
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** The first fight with General Baal if Justin is underleveled and underprepared. Since there’s no way to go back and grind, either, it can be incredibly frustrating to watch Justin die over and over as you try and get some hits in.
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* HarsherInHindsight: One of the dungeons is called "The Twin Towers." Ring any bells?
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** Early in the game, Pakon (the president of the Adventurer's Society) kidnaps Feena with the intention to marry her. Upon speaking to one of the non-player characters during your return to New Parm, [[https://i.imgur.com/xmaWJ8A.png he defends Pakon's behavior.]] 3 of the past 5 U.S. Presidents have been accused by multiple women of similar sexual harassment.
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* SampledUp: "Wrapped in Black" from ''VideoGame/SonicRush'''s soundtrack is better known than the Laine Village music. Try to find a video upload of Laine Village's music that doesn't have mentions of ''Sonic Rush'' or UsefulNotes/MalcolmX (who is also sampled in that track).
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* ThatOneBoss: Nana, Saki, and Mio are easy when alone, but when together they're quite a challenge.
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** Nana, Saki, and Mio are easy when alone, but when together they're quite achallenge.challenge.
** The Ruin Guard, who has three parts: a boomerang, whose IP fills up ''extremely'' quickly (as in, it can sometimes attack twice in a row before anyone else can act) and pushes back one of your characters back on the IP gauge, delaying their next turn; an ax that deals ''heavy'' damage in an area; and the body, which can either cast ZAP! (the least of your worries) or [[StatusBuffDispel Vanish]], wasting any buffs you might have cast to protect yourself from the ax's attacks. Even if you were sailing through the game easily, this boss might stop you for a while.
** Nana, Saki, and Mio are easy when alone, but when together they're quite a
** The Ruin Guard, who has three parts: a boomerang, whose IP fills up ''extremely'' quickly (as in, it can sometimes attack twice in a row before anyone else can act) and pushes back one of your characters back on the IP gauge, delaying their next turn; an ax that deals ''heavy'' damage in an area; and the body, which can either cast ZAP! (the least of your worries) or [[StatusBuffDispel Vanish]], wasting any buffs you might have cast to protect yourself from the ax's attacks. Even if you were sailing through the game easily, this boss might stop you for a while.
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** Early in the game, Pakon (the president of the Adventurer's Society) kidnaps Feena with the intention to marry her. Upon speaking to one of the non-player characters during your return to New Parm, [[https://i.imgur.com/xmaWJ8A.png he defends Pakon's behavior.]] 3 of the past 5 U.S. Presidents have been accused by multiple women of such behavior.
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** Early in the game, Pakon (the president of the Adventurer's Society) kidnaps Feena with the intention to marry her. Upon speaking to one of the non-player characters during your return to New Parm, [[https://i.imgur.com/xmaWJ8A.png he defends Pakon's behavior.]] 3 of the past 5 U.S. Presidents have been accused by multiple women of such behavior.similar sexual harassment.
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** Early in the game, Pakon (the president of the Adventurer's Society) kidnaps Feena with the intention to marry her. Upon speaking to one of the non-player characters during your return to New Parm, [[https://i.imgur.com/xmaWJ8A.png he defends Pakon's behavior.]] The 45th president of the United States would later commit such harassment.
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** Early in the game, Pakon (the president of the Adventurer's Society) kidnaps Feena with the intention to marry her. Upon speaking to one of the non-player characters during your return to New Parm, [[https://i.imgur.com/xmaWJ8A.png he defends Pakon's behavior.]] The 45th president 3 of the United States would later commit past 5 U.S. Presidents have been accused by multiple women of such harassment.behavior.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: After the tough fights against [[spoiler:Baal's last form and the Gaia Core, Gaia's]] second form is a total pushover as it only attacks the party with low-level spells like Snooze and can be easily bested with normal attacks. Of course, given the hell that the previous two boss fights feel like, it's like a breather after the real challenge, so it isn't that big of a deal.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: After the tough fights against [[spoiler:Baal's last form and the Gaia Core, Gaia's]] second form is a total pushover as it only attacks the party with low-level spells like Snooze and can be easily bested with normal attacks. Of course, given the hell that the previous two boss fights feel like, it's like a breather after the real challenge, so it isn't that big of a deal.
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** Early in the game, Pakon (the president of the Adventurer's Society) kidnaps Feena with the intention to marry her. Upon speaking to one of the NPCs during your return to New Parm, [[https://i.imgur.com/xmaWJ8A.png he defends Pakon's behavior.]] The 45th president of the United States would later commit such harassment.
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** Early in the game, Pakon (the president of the Adventurer's Society) kidnaps Feena with the intention to marry her. Upon speaking to one of the NPCs non-player characters during your return to New Parm, [[https://i.imgur.com/xmaWJ8A.png he defends Pakon's behavior.]] The 45th president of the United States would later commit such harassment.
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* PortingDisaster: The Switch (and seemingly PC) port. Most sprites (except for the ones they *missed*) are put through a SuperEagle-esque filter, backgrounds are filtered with bilinear, and Nearest Neighbor is used for shadows. Because these assets are filtered individually and at the source, not only are some of them untouched (creating inconsistency) but there is *also no option to disable the filter.* The port boasts widescreen support, but it's simply forced by cutting off the bottom and the top of the original 4:3 resolution, meaning there's *less* of an image present. Despite [[https://www.rpgsite.net/feature/8611-grandia-hd-collection-meeting-with-gungho-at-e3-2019-and-hands-on-impressions claiming to use the Saturn version as a base]], the backgrounds, lack of extras, and the fact the Japanese audio option is based on an incomplete and broken fan patch for the PS1 version (as indicated by containing the same errors, switching back to English in battle, and the last third of the game having almost entirely English voice acting) strongly suggest this is not the case. Numerous sound effects during gameplay (e.g. battle) and on the UI are missing, as well.
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* PortingDisaster: The Switch (and seemingly presumably PC) port. version. Most sprites (except for the ones they *missed*) ''missed'') are put through a SuperEagle-esque Super Eagle-esque filter, backgrounds are filtered with bilinear, and Nearest Neighbor is used for shadows. Because these assets are filtered individually and at the source, not only are some of them untouched (creating inconsistency) but there is *also ''also no option to disable the filter.* '' The port boasts widescreen support, but it's simply forced by cutting off the bottom and the top of the original 4:3 resolution, meaning there's *less* ''less'' of an image present. Despite [[https://www.rpgsite.net/feature/8611-grandia-hd-collection-meeting-with-gungho-at-e3-2019-and-hands-on-impressions claiming to use the Saturn version as a base]], the backgrounds, lack of extras, and the fact the Japanese audio option is based on an incomplete and broken fan patch for the PS1 Playstation version (as indicated by containing the same errors, switching back to English in battle, and the last third of the game having almost entirely English voice acting) strongly suggest this is not the case. Numerous sound effects during gameplay (e.g. battle) and on the UI are missing, as well.
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** Early in the game, Pakon (the president of the Adventurer's Society) kidnaps Feena with the intention to marry her. Upon speaking to one of the NPCs during your return to New Parm, [[https://i.imgur.com/xmaWJ8A.png he defends Pakon's behavior.]] The 45th president of the United States would later commit such harassment.
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* PortingDisaster: The Switch (and seemingly PC) port. Most sprites (except for the ones they *missed*) are put through a SuperEagle-esque filter, backgrounds are filtered with bilinear, and Nearest Neighbor is used for shadows. Because these assets are filtered individually and at the source, not only are some of them untouched (creating inconsistency) but there is *also no option to disable the filter.* The port boasts widescreen support, but it's simply forced by cutting off the bottom and the top of the original 4:3 resolution, meaning there's *less* of an image present. Despite [[https://www.rpgsite.net/feature/8611-grandia-hd-collection-meeting-with-gungho-at-e3-2019-and-hands-on-impressions claiming to use the Saturn version as a base]], the backgrounds, lack of extras, and the fact the Japanese audio option is based on an incomplete and broken fan patch for the PS1 version (as indicated by containing the same errors, switching back to English in battle, and the last third of the game having almost entirely English voice acting) strongly suggest this is not the case. Numerous sound effects during gameplay (e.g. battle) and on the UI are missing, as well.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: After the tough fights against [[spoiler:Baal's last form and the Gaia Core, Gaia's]] second form is a total pushover as it only attacks the party with low-level spells like Snooze and can be easily bested with normal attacks. Of course, given the hell that the previous two boss fights feel like, it's like a breather after the real challenge, so it isn't that big of a deal.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** The soundtrack of the game is full of great music, but especially Theme of Grandia. Just listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGiNEaNxOxo this]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd9NP0nWOTA The Edge of the World]] easily rivals the Theme of Grandia in awesomeness.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHHbckifnqU Duel With Gadwin]]", which plays when Gadwin tests out Justin's strength for real.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4luHb6q09w Approaching Crisis,]] the theme mainly associated with [[spoiler:Gaia.]] The first half is used in events associated with it such as [[spoiler:the invasion at Zil Padon and when fighting the Gaia Battlers,]] and the second half is used as part of the FinalBoss theme.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AtOOxVjtSM Farewell to Sue]] is TearJerker in music form, which is played when Sue has to part ways with Justin as she can't continue with him.
** Any of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4Q9vm_QUsM standard]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0BzPBxC70 battle]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BOw6QPt1-g themes,]] but especially the third one, which replaces the first two in Disc 2.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgzRPGTPZQw Four Volley Rounds of Tension]] is a mixture of four separate tracks, the first one being an event theme, the second being the battle theme for the [[TheEmpire Garlyle Forces]], the third one being the game's main boss battle theme and the fourth one being used when [[spoiler:Justin and Feena are about to get launched in a catapult.]]
** The FinalBoss [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5BenF3aCCY theme]] is unique in that it's not its own track, but a mixture of several existing tracks in the game, including [[spoiler:Gaia's theme]] Approaching Crisis, which serves as the main basis for the track.
* GameBreaker:
** The ultimate attacks of Justin, Feena, and Rapp (Heaven and Earth Cut, End of the World, and Neo Demon Ball, respectively), ESPECIALLY when used all at once.
** Justin is a one-man army full of incredibly powerful special moves, has access to the best equipment, can make himself invincible, amazing stats, and a wide variety of magic only surpassed by Feena and [[spoiler: Liete.]] All for the small price of using axes (which grant strength and HP boosts) and maces (which grant HP and defense boosts). His Dragon Cut is also not only a very powerful attack that hits all enemies, but it makes training his weapons, Fire and Earth magic a breeze.
** Although Sue doesn't remain in your group for long, you can have some fun with her! Give her Fire and Earth ASAP, and learn her "Fight!" Cheer (it is the only Fire+Earth+Mace skill she has). Spam this over and over and over again (since the skill is used on allies and not enemies, it always skills up the same amount, and isn't subject to diminishing returns like offensive skills are) to end up with a Sue that can one-shot nearly anything. Since "Fight!" Cheer levels Fire, Earth, and Mace skills, she gets all of the stat bonuses from that, plus the added attack power of having a ridiculously high weapon skill. Also, her Defense and HP will be so high, that nothing will actually be capable of [=KOing=] her until she leaves your party.[[note]]Which actually makes it a case of GameplayAndStorySegregation, given her reason for leaving...[[/note]]
* HarsherInHindsight: One of the dungeons is called "The Twin Towers." Ring any bells?
* {{Narm}}: Plenty of the attack shouts, especially Justin's "Alright you guys, this is it! WAUAUGH!" In fact, most of the English voice acting counts due to its generally poor quality, especially when compared to the Japanese voice acting. This might be the reason why the next games had much better English acting.
* NightmareFuel: Abandoned Laine Village. We get a taste of what [[spoiler:Gaia]] can do with the Petrified Forest and the Tower of Doom, but once the party walks into the Abandoned Laine Village, they learn what [[spoiler:Gaia is really capable of. The entire place no longer resembles a something that should even exist. The space of the area itself has become warped, with doors leading to different locations in the area entirely through what are essentially portals. The petrified bodies of those who weren't able to escape before Gaia arrived are encased in floating, spinning crystals that are eternally suspended above a dark void.]]
** And Gaia itself.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BOw6QPt1-g third battle theme]] has some similarities with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z58BxC0KbeM Rupert's Travels]]", an instrumental track by the British rock band Gun.
* ThatOneBoss: Nana, Saki, and Mio are easy when alone, but when together they're quite a challenge.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Justin in the promotional art can be easily mistaken for a girl.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** The soundtrack of the game is full of great music, but especially Theme of Grandia. Just listen to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGiNEaNxOxo this]].
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd9NP0nWOTA The Edge of the World]] easily rivals the Theme of Grandia in awesomeness.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHHbckifnqU Duel With Gadwin]]", which plays when Gadwin tests out Justin's strength for real.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4luHb6q09w Approaching Crisis,]] the theme mainly associated with [[spoiler:Gaia.]] The first half is used in events associated with it such as [[spoiler:the invasion at Zil Padon and when fighting the Gaia Battlers,]] and the second half is used as part of the FinalBoss theme.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AtOOxVjtSM Farewell to Sue]] is TearJerker in music form, which is played when Sue has to part ways with Justin as she can't continue with him.
** Any of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4Q9vm_QUsM standard]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV0BzPBxC70 battle]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BOw6QPt1-g themes,]] but especially the third one, which replaces the first two in Disc 2.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgzRPGTPZQw Four Volley Rounds of Tension]] is a mixture of four separate tracks, the first one being an event theme, the second being the battle theme for the [[TheEmpire Garlyle Forces]], the third one being the game's main boss battle theme and the fourth one being used when [[spoiler:Justin and Feena are about to get launched in a catapult.]]
** The FinalBoss [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5BenF3aCCY theme]] is unique in that it's not its own track, but a mixture of several existing tracks in the game, including [[spoiler:Gaia's theme]] Approaching Crisis, which serves as the main basis for the track.
* GameBreaker:
** The ultimate attacks of Justin, Feena, and Rapp (Heaven and Earth Cut, End of the World, and Neo Demon Ball, respectively), ESPECIALLY when used all at once.
** Justin is a one-man army full of incredibly powerful special moves, has access to the best equipment, can make himself invincible, amazing stats, and a wide variety of magic only surpassed by Feena and [[spoiler: Liete.]] All for the small price of using axes (which grant strength and HP boosts) and maces (which grant HP and defense boosts). His Dragon Cut is also not only a very powerful attack that hits all enemies, but it makes training his weapons, Fire and Earth magic a breeze.
** Although Sue doesn't remain in your group for long, you can have some fun with her! Give her Fire and Earth ASAP, and learn her "Fight!" Cheer (it is the only Fire+Earth+Mace skill she has). Spam this over and over and over again (since the skill is used on allies and not enemies, it always skills up the same amount, and isn't subject to diminishing returns like offensive skills are) to end up with a Sue that can one-shot nearly anything. Since "Fight!" Cheer levels Fire, Earth, and Mace skills, she gets all of the stat bonuses from that, plus the added attack power of having a ridiculously high weapon skill. Also, her Defense and HP will be so high, that nothing will actually be capable of [=KOing=] her until she leaves your party.[[note]]Which actually makes it a case of GameplayAndStorySegregation, given her reason for leaving...[[/note]]
* HarsherInHindsight: One of the dungeons is called "The Twin Towers." Ring any bells?
* {{Narm}}: Plenty of the attack shouts, especially Justin's "Alright you guys, this is it! WAUAUGH!" In fact, most of the English voice acting counts due to its generally poor quality, especially when compared to the Japanese voice acting. This might be the reason why the next games had much better English acting.
* NightmareFuel: Abandoned Laine Village. We get a taste of what [[spoiler:Gaia]] can do with the Petrified Forest and the Tower of Doom, but once the party walks into the Abandoned Laine Village, they learn what [[spoiler:Gaia is really capable of. The entire place no longer resembles a something that should even exist. The space of the area itself has become warped, with doors leading to different locations in the area entirely through what are essentially portals. The petrified bodies of those who weren't able to escape before Gaia arrived are encased in floating, spinning crystals that are eternally suspended above a dark void.]]
** And Gaia itself.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BOw6QPt1-g third battle theme]] has some similarities with "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z58BxC0KbeM Rupert's Travels]]", an instrumental track by the British rock band Gun.
* ThatOneBoss: Nana, Saki, and Mio are easy when alone, but when together they're quite a challenge.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Justin in the promotional art can be easily mistaken for a girl.
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