The Granstream Saga
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is an action role-playing game
for the PlayStation. The game was developed by a team consisting of staff from the developer Quintet under the name Shade.
The Granstream Saga is lauded as one of the first fully polygonal RPGs, as opposed to using pre-rendered backgrounds. The game features anime
-style cutscenes by Production I.G. It is also somewhat unique in that the characters the player meets in the game are faceless. The game's plot is based on the manga series Kros.
Prior to release, it was highly anticipated, but sales were ultimately disappointing.
while the rest of the in-game music was composed by Quintet's sound staff including Masanori Hikichi
, Miyoko Kobayashi, and Takako Ochiai.
, based on an aggregate of 7 reviews, THQ
was the United States
publisher, and their job with the English version voice acting in the game was poorly reviewed.
Action role-playing game
Action role-playing games form a loosely defined sub-genre of role-playing video games that incorporate elements of action or action-adventure games, emphasizing real-time action where the player has direct control over characters, instead of turn-based or menu-based combat...
for the PlayStation. The game was developed by a team consisting of staff from the developer Quintet under the name Shade.
The Granstream Saga is lauded as one of the first fully polygonal RPGs, as opposed to using pre-rendered backgrounds. The game features anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
-style cutscenes by Production I.G. It is also somewhat unique in that the characters the player meets in the game are faceless. The game's plot is based on the manga series Kros.
Prior to release, it was highly anticipated, but sales were ultimately disappointing.
Gameplay
Gameplay consists of top-down rpg-exploration and storytelling. When confronted or ambushed by an enemy, the camera angle shifts to a 45 degree angle, and combat gameplay begins. Combat gameplay consists of realtime battles, as opposed to the norm of turn based rpg combat. In realtime combat, you will utilize several weapons and abilities, such as swords, daggers, axes, warhammers, and various spells. When not in combat, you will spend a very large time exploring, gaining new weapons and armor, and conversing with the many characters of the different continents.Story
One hundred years prior to the story's beginning, there was a great war waged between the Allied Spirit Army and the Imperial Wizardry. The war waged for ages, with neither side having a clear advantage. The Imperial Wizardry employed a new weapon that would fire at the core, with the intent of causing heavy terrain damage to enemy territory, but a severe miscalculation caused the planet's axis to shift and cause global warming. Before the Earth could sink, four wise men created a machine to allow four of the continents to float, avoiding death. The wise men left the mechanism in the hands of their descendants. However, in the present day, their descendants have disappeared, and the remaining continents have begun to sink.Music
The game's anime cutscenes feature music by composer Kōhei TanakaKohei Tanaka (composer)
is a Japanese composer, arranger and singer. He is affiliated with the music production company Imagine. He has created numerous musical scores for famous anime TV series, OVAs, movies, computer games and tokusatsu series. Tanaka was born in Ebisubashi, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture on February 14,...
while the rest of the in-game music was composed by Quintet's sound staff including Masanori Hikichi
Masanori Hikichi
, is a Japanese video game music composer, famous for writing the soundtrack to Terranigma with Miyoko Kobayashi. He also wrote the soundtrack to Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine with Masayuki Nagao, the SNES game Langrisser, the PSOne game The Granstream Saga, and the PlayStation 2 game Orphen:...
, Miyoko Kobayashi, and Takako Ochiai.
Reception
The game received an average score of 73.43% at Game RankingsGame Rankings
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, based on an aggregate of 7 reviews, THQ
THQ
THQ Inc. is an American developer and publisher of video games. Founded in 1989 in the United States, the company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices...
was the United States
United States
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publisher, and their job with the English version voice acting in the game was poorly reviewed.
External links
- The Granstream Saga at Game RankingsGame RankingsGameRankings is a website that collects review scores from both offline and online sources to give an average rating. It indexes over 315,000 articles relating to more than 14,500 games.GameRankings is owned by CBS Interactive...
- http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/quintet/quintet.htm (Overview of the Soul Blazer trilogy and Granstream Saga)