# Grandia II

12 Hacker News commenters recommended Grandia II and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended mainly for its battle system, which several call their favorite in a JRPG; the story and voice acting are called rough.

## Why people recommend it

- Battle system praised as best in JRPGs (4 comments): "Grandia II's battle system was really great but the story and voice acting was so rough haha" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46212098)) "Grandia II is the only JRPG I've ever really truly enjoyed the battle system of." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46208363)) "it displaced Legend of Dragoon for my favourite battle system in a jRPG" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46210917))
- Fondly remembered and loved (3 comments): "I only know the second part of grandia, but it is great!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46204945)) "Grandia II is still one of my nostalgic favorites." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46206582)) "I absolutely loved that game" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46204385))

## What people warn about

- Story and voice acting rough (1 comments): "Grandia II's battle system was really great but the story and voice acting was so rough haha" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46212098))
- PS2 port has music and graphics artifacts (1 comments): "the ps2 works great but when compared to the dreamcast there is obvious music/graphics artifacts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46205147))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Baldur's Gate 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/baldur-s-gate-3.md): 71 recommend
- [Clair Obscur: Expedition 33](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clair-obscur-expedition-33.md): 58 recommend
- [Ultima VII Revisited](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ultima-vii.md): 24 recommend
- [Disco Elysium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/disco-elysium.md): 23 recommend
- [Chrono Trigger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/chrono-trigger.md): 23 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Grandia II", https://hackerapproved.com/p/grandia-ii/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).