Comments: Well, not much to say. The one I played was for PS2 which was ported from the Dreamcast and had very short cinematics. The models were glitchy superficial-wise, and it seemed like the frame rate ran slow. In my opinion when they ported Grandia II they messed up the frame rate bad. The only thing it had going for it aside from the classic Grandia battle system, was its storyline which kind of wavered toward the end. Ryudo's sarcasm is great and kept me interested till the middle of the game. The end of the game is an okay, and LONG ending. Some of the storyline questions aren't exactly answered even when you finish the game, but everything that is mentioned matches well with other parts of the storyline.

Final Fantasy Origins isn't a greatest hit and I can kind of see why. The battles are down right annoying. Enemies hitting you with status affecting moves or instant kill moves. Pots are rather pointless. They barely heal you. Dungeons are long.... Very, very long with enemies that well.... to be blunt...can OWN YOU. Bosses aren't that bad, but its those damn random battles that add up.

I have decided that I am going to list some of the games I have beat and perhaps leave a comment or two for each game that I have beaten from the PSX/N64 console and up. I am honest in what I say and even though there are those who would lie about some as ridiculous as beating a game, I will not. To be more accurate about this, I am going to define the difference between BEATING a game and COMPLETING a game.

SECTION 1:

All this is my personal opinion, but I believe it is the most accurate gamer definition in my experience.

*All this is assuming you aren't cheating. Also beating a single player game with a friend by "taking turns" doesn't count.

Beating a game- This means to actually finish the game down to the last stage on normal mode or higher.

Completing a game- This would mean beating the game and doing all the side quest OR seeing all alternative endings of the game. Also all upgrades must be complete if its possible, even if replay is necessary.

SECTION 2:
I am going to completly make up this definition because I don't expect many people to apply to this section, simply because the requirements are incredibly hard.

0wn3d a game- Beat the game on the highest difficulty setting available.

Mastered the game- Beating and completing the game on the highest difficuly setting.

*Once again, all this is assuming you aren't cheating.

So what is cheating? Cheating in games is a subjective matter, but what I consider cheating is using a strategy guide or secret codes to finish the game. I do however believe that if you at least Beat the game on normal mode or above that you deserve to look at the strategy game for the game, because you have proven that you can defeat the game the way it was intended to be and you can look up alternative endings that would have changed depending on your choices in the game (mainly RPG's) which would enhance gameplay of a beaten game.

*To clear this up, if a game has only one ending and no side quest and you beat the game, its the same as completing it. If there is only one difficulty setting or not a hard mode difficulty setting then you can't apply to SECTION 2.