Saturn Which Saturn game should I play next?

[TheImmortalP]

I feel like finally playing another Saturn RPG.

I know that I want to play one of these 5 games:

Grandia
Lunar 2
Valhollian
The Story of Thor 2/Legend of Oasis
Linkle Liver Story


On a side note, Shining The Holy Ark is my fave Saturn game. I also like Guardian Heroes a lot, and I have happy memories going through Legend Of Eldean.

I also wanna play Shining Force 3, Dark Savior, Castlevania: SOTN and Princess Crown one day, but not right now. I've asked around and looked into all of the other translated Saturn RPGs and they don't interest me.

 

[Eclipse14]

I enjoyed my time with Linkle Liver Story, so I'll nominate that one.

 

[norunove]

I gotta say grandia, overall really fun game

 

[CG4R12I4N]

Grandia is a definitive Saturn best, better than the PSX ver. Panzer Dragoon Saga is also excellent and a legendary title tho it's more an air battle beat em up than your usual RPG.

 

[RustySK]

I vote Grandia as well - assuming you haven't played it yet, it's a really heartwarming, earnest romp! It's quite long though, so keep that in mind.

All of those games are great though, so you're going to have a good time no matter what, I'd wager.
Shining the Holy Ark is a banger btw, great taste there - hope you enjoy Shining Force 3 as well whenever you get around to it, that one is one (or three, I suppsoe) of my favourite TRPGs ever.

 

[bjork]

I would say Grandia as well. Is there anything different/new about the Lunar 2 port? If it's the same as it is elsewhere I'm not sure what the benefit would be to seeing the SS version over others.

 

[TheImmortalP]

I decided to go with Grandia, but my question is, is the game supposed to look like this. It seems really really bad!

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Lunar 2 apparantly isn't fully translated, so that one's not an option anymore.

 

[UnDubious]

It's not supposed to be that blurry and pixelated.

Grandia - solid traditional RPG with a focus on adventure. Similar to Lunar in terms of writing, with a new, better battle system. Though I didn't really get into the battles as much until Grandia 2.

Legend of Oasis - if you like Beyond Oasis you'll like this too, very good. But play Beyond first.

Linkle Liver Story - same makers as Crusader of Centy. I didn't like it as much but it's still pretty good, I just thought it took a couple hours to really get good.

Valhollian - this is sadly pretty bad. Horrible balancing where enemy stats are really high compared to yours makes the game tedious.

 

[RustySK]

I decided to go with Grandia, but my question is, is the game supposed to look like this. It seems really really bad!

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Could you be more specific with your issue? If you're referring to the lowe resolution and pixelation in the screenshot there - yeah, it's possible to make the game look cleaner. What emulator are you using? If you're on Retroarch, I believe both Kronos and Beetle Saturn should allow you to up the resolution and/or apply filters to your preference.

 

[HyperTurboFox]

Probably Linkle Liver Story?

 

[solnK!]

Haven´t played any but Shining the Holy Ark is Top Tier