Great game! Besides for a few minor flaws. one of my more favrite stratagy RPGs

User Rating: 8.6 | Growlanser Generations PS2
Well its easy to see that this is 2 games. the storys are not related at all and infact gameplay is diffrent between the 2. ill start off with growlanser 2 first.

The game plays much like Final Fantasy Tactics. you move around on a map from dot to dot (dots repersenting citys or an area) and you fight random battles sometiems when u get to a dot. Now battles are where this game is unique. its like a action RPG but a stratagy RPG at the same time. Things are always moving, charactors walking towards their targets, monsters doing the same. time only stops when you have to choose what action to take. i found this very enjoyable and made the battles feel less repetitive. The graphics of this game are just a 2D game, like FFT. but the charactor static portraits are amazing. some of the best art i have ever seen (they are anime too). hmmm now that iv stated a few of the good things. i guess i will state a few of the bad too. I really wasnt impresed with the voice acting. its not the best but it really isnt the worst either. The level up system, in which u get some points to place in skills is kinda cool at first but some of the skills you will just think are pointless and such and doesnt seem to really put a big change on combat.

Now for Growlanser 3. i didnt get to far in this one as i did in the other one but i did notice some things. first off the biggest change is that now there is a world map. that you can walk on and such (more like traditional RPGS) the battles are much the same although faster. The story telling is a little mediocer compared to 2 but remember i didnt get to far in it. the charactor's static portraits are still great (done by the same artist)

Over all a good game. still havent beat it but thats becuase im lazy. if your a fan of games like Final Fantasy Tactics then you should have no problem likeng this game too.